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First things first, what’s the name of your business and what kind of things do you create? What medium do you typically work in?My "business" name is Rae Miller Art (check out my website at Rae Miller Art and follow me on Instagram at rae_miller) but you can call me Rae. My art has been an evolving process. Most of my work is pen, ink, and paint. I’m branching out more by learning new mediums. I’m taking my second neon class this summer. I also like playing with found materials. Last year I completed a welding course where everything I created was made from...

Meet Justine Gabreski! She's an artist and nurse who lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She collaborated with Resident on making this super special Bev the Geometric Rhino. Get to know her below and check out her amazing 2D design work! First things first, what’s the name of your business (or if you work under your own name, we clearly know that… but help us make sure we get it right!) and what kind of things do you create? What medium to you typically work in? I'm Justine Gabreski. I can’t remember a time in my life when I wasn’t creating things!...

One of our favorite parts of working on Resident is seeing pictures and hearing from you guys on how your Resident paper sculpture builds go. Last month we chatted with one of our mega-makers, Scott White. Check out our interview with Scott to find out some of his expert tips and tricks for a successful build, what TV shows he watches while he constructs his Resident’s, and what his #1 favorite thing about our DIY Papercraft Kits is.

Cecilia the Fox - Design Development What does it take to design one of Resident's fabulous paper animal sculptures?Quite a lot! Maybe more than you think. I’ll start out by saying, I believe strongly in multiple iterations, as my design process relies on failures. I create many versions of each design and through failing and finding what I don't like, I eventually end up with a design that I am really proud to put out there in the world. Let me walk you through the four versions I created before I ended up with the newest member of the Resident crew,...