A cute cartoon creature with antlers, a swirl of hair, rainbow wrists and ankles, and a big smile sits on a spiral-bound notebook. He is printed and cut to look like he is standing up on the desk.

Guy the Desk Buddy

A few months ago my friend Adele from Dellies Designs created an adorable little desk buddy download for her Patreon, as chronicled in this studio vlog here.


It was ridiculously adorable. 

A small paper cutout of a smiling penguin holding a yellow sun. The text above the penguin reads, "The sun will shine again!" Created by Dellies Designs, this desk buddy download adds a touch of cheer to your workspace. The background features a keyboard and miscellaneous desk items.



Then last month she released a new one.  It was also ridiculously adorable.

A paper cutout of a gray and white cartoon bird with a yellow beak and feet stands upright in front of a laptop keyboard. The bird, perfect as a desk buddy download from Dellies Designs, has an ice cream cone upside down on its head with pink ice cream dripping. Various colorful items are in the background.



And it was when I saw the second one, that I had an idea.  One of my monsters would look utterly fantastic as a desk buddy. 

So I reached out to Adele and asked her permission to copy her idea.  And because she's a lovely lovely person, she said yes. 

So I drew Guy. 

A whimsical, cartoonish creature with a round, light gray body, small antlers, pink cheeks, and a two teeth. It has long arms with rainbow-striped decorations and big, expressive eyes.



And then I drew Guy's back.

A cartoon character with a large, light gray, rounded head featuring two antler-like protrusions. This is a view of its back, and it has a long tail with rainbow decorations. It has stick-like arms and legs with rainbow-striped cuffs, set against a purple background with small white speckles.



And then I played about with him a bit, and did some prototyping, and came up with this.

A small, cute cartoon creature with antlers, a swirl of hair, and a big smile sits on a spiral-bound notebook. The creature has rainbow-striped wrists and ankles. The background shows blurred office supplies.



He is, as I predicted, utterly fantastic.  And I decided you should all get to have a Guy on your desk too.  So I made a free printable.

A colorful cut-out craft sheet from Crafted By Colette featuring an illustrated character named Guy. Instructions to create an adorable desk buddy are on the right: print, cut around the shape, fold along dotted lines, tape or glue tabs together. Social media handles for @CraftedByColette are at the bottom.



You can download a full size image right here for absolutely free. 

If you make one, please let me know :-)

 

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