Jonny Beakes
Paper Engineer and Illustrator

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Follow me @jonnypopsup for some of my latest work and other things I like.

..and the finished card from my previous post.Probably no prizes for originality, but this was for friends in Australia and their new baby.. a great big kangaroo. #kangaroo #kangaroopouch #babyroo #popupcard #papercrafts #paperengineering #watercolo
A bit of WIP for a commission heading to Australia.. it supposed to be a kangaroo.. #kangaroo #noreally
#blackouttuesday
A little drawing showing the homely tale of last Monday morning.. ending in parakeet blood on the carpet and a fox nearly in the kitchen... #livingthedream #parakeet #londonfox #catsofinstagram #idontlikemondays
Introducing the Richmatic-40, the future of cocktail making, with 6 arms and a fully stock bar there’s no stopping him. A lovely commission for @the_cocktailguy #jonnybeakes #paperart #pop #popupcard #cocktails #mixologist #robots #paperengin
At Club Tropicana drinks are free, so are the skeletal flamingos. The marvellous George Michael celebrated in a Day of the Dead pop up. Unbelievably/ unsurprising I still have some to buy see link to Etsy shop in my bio.:. #georgemichael #clubtropica
Another from my ‘day of the dead’ pop up illustrations. The marvellous David Bowie. Hanging out with 3 chameleons in the desert. I have a few of these left on my Etsy site- jonnypopsup #aladdinsane #bowie #davidbowie #dayofthedead #diadel
Lockdown has hit hard, driven the boy well and truely to the darkside... #stripeysocks #stormtrooper #darthvader #homeschool
This is sort of repost, I spent ages making a little animation of this pop-up magically opening and shutting all by itself, sadly the quality was rubbish so let’s do it the old fashioned way.. this is from a series of Day of the Dead pop up ill
Did this one a while back, it’s made of plastic, the tricky bit using plastic is that it doesn’t like glue so it all slots together.. a jellyfish seemed like a good subject.. plastic is robust enough for lots of fancy cutting out which i
A fancy commission for a barrister! A pop up royal court of justice. A3 spread hidden in his legal papers as a surprise.... #paperengineer #barrister #court #royalcourtsofjustice #jonnypopsup #swanagethree #nicebigpopup #lawyer #courtroom
A card for the very lovely @spacehog80 , it’s a one hit wonder so it’s a little rough around the edges. I think we could all do with a big box o kittens right now.. #boxofkittens #kittens #cardboardbox #hugs #popupcard #jonnypopsup