Valoo is a central character in the Legend of Zelda: the Wind Waker. He helps Link on his journey and is the focus of his own dungeon on Dragon Roost Island.
I have a couple of confessions to make - Dragonite is my favourite pokémon and the second I saw Valoo I fell in love. I have a fondness for portly dragons and in 2012 I wanted to express it through papercraft. At first I produced a template close to his original in-game model, but at 27 pages it would be time consuming and difficult to build. What I really wanted to make was a paper incarnation of Valoo that would be quick, simple and fun to build.
The goal was to cram Valoo’s recognisable silhouette and all his features into as few paper pieces as possible. The final result features minimal 3D construction as most elements have been flattened into 2D elements.
created using Adobe Illustrator, March 2012