Jayme McGowan is an artist liv­ing in Cal­i­for­nia. She makes won­der­ful paper cutouts and 3D shadow boxes, using paper as a a way to ren­der depth.

Jayme’s shadow boxes are some­thing that you don’t see every­day, espe­cially in the world of illus­tra­tion. Her char­ac­ters are sweet and the work shows that there is a lot of care taken in it. You should really spend some time with this work and take in all the details — the tex­tures and pat­terned papers are really quite beau­ti­ful. I love see­ing the shad­ows pro­duced from her 3D boxes. It makes her work fun, yet not cheesy. Play­ful in the best sense of the word.

I can really appre­ci­ate that her web­site, Road­side Projects shows her process and helps give us insight to the way she works. It’s some­thing that I always like to see.

All images via her web­site. She also has work avail­able on Poketo. I actu­ally bought one of her wal­lets the other day!