To view this content, you must be a paying member of my patreon! Join us here and help support Paper Thin Personas. Already a qualifying Patreon member? See below on how to access the content.
Black & White
This category gathers all Paper Thin Personas printable paper doll designs available in black and white, featuring original artwork created for easy printing, cutting, and coloring. Because it includes many styles and eras, the list is long—feel free to browse at your own pace, or use the Master Paper Doll Index to find something more specific.
Unlock with PatreonGreek Fantasy Dresses with Evening
Download Black and White PDF | Download Color PDF | More Dolls Du Jour Paper Dolls
We had out first super hard frost a few days ago and now there’s been some snow mixed with rain. Winter is coming! I can tell as the days keep getting shorter. Sigh. Well, that’s the downside of living as close to the arctic circle as I do. Let’s move on.
So, there’s a lot of Xena Warrior Princess/Hercules and the Legendary Journeys wrapped up in this set. Not gonna lie. I wanted an autumnal color scheme without feeling too obvious and I figured the jewelry could help tie together the colors of the dresses. Evening here hasn’t gotten as many sets as some of the other dolls. She’s the newest, but she’s catching up fast.
As I mentioned in my last goals review post, this is my 7th Dolls Du Jour doll this year. Woot!
I want to do a few more historical themes for Dolls Du Jour. I’ve been asked for 1950s. Is there another period people would like to see? I’m leaning towards either 1950s (because someone asked) or 1400s (like this, if you’re wondering.)
By the way, did you know I have a newsletter? You can sign up for that Newsletter here. There’s going to be some super cute Halloween content in there come October. I’m excited, at least.
More Fairy Color Options for my Patrons
To view this content, you must be a paying member of my patreon! Join us here and help support Paper Thin Personas. Already a qualifying Patreon member? See below on how to access the content.
For my Patrons, Here’s Vivian’s Visiting Dress
To view this content, you must be a paying member of my patreon! Join us here and help support Paper Thin Personas. Already a qualifying Patreon member? See below on how to access the content.
Coastal Grandmother with Ruby!
Download Black and White PDF | Download Color PDF | More Jewels & Gemstones 2.0
My mother very rarely makes paper doll suggestions. So, I was super surprised when she brought up the coastal grandmother trend. And since she is my mom, I had to draw it. Being my mom gets you special paper doll privileges as it should.
Coastal grandmother is a trend that focuses on really nice basics in neutral colors that can be easily interchanged with each other. It’s linen pants and crisp white shirts. Think very neutral, classic staples in light shades and hats, though I didn’t include one. While the grandmother’s I know who live on the coast are more xtratuf boots than nice leather sandals, I think the basic idea holds- it’s a casual style that also emphasizes the value of really classic clothing.
In honor of the grandmother theme, I did a rare grey haired paper doll which I’ve had request for through Patreon. Being a Patron also gets you special request privileges.
Anyhow, here’s the paper doll! I hope you enjoy.
And, unless my math is wrong (and it 100% might be), I think this paper doll gets us to 99 Jewels and Gemstones 2.0 sets.
Sapphire is a Fairy in Blue
To view this content, you must be a paying member of my patreon! Join us here and help support Paper Thin Personas. Already a qualifying Patreon member? See below on how to access the content.
Tanya has a Formal Evening
Download the 2 Page Black and White PDF | Download the 2 Page Color PDF | More Talia Tuesday & Friends Dolls
Today, we have Tanya with some evening gowns. This set has actually been sitting on my computer for way longer than I like to admit. However, it’s done now, so that’s okay.
Tanya’s last collection was very fantasy themed, so I thought she should get some more modern things, but I confess now I feel like the poor girl needs some pants. I’m not 100% in love with how her afro-puff came out, but I can live with that. I think that angle is wrong…
I digress.
All right, so yeah, paper doll! I know for like Search Engine Optimization I should really try to write between 300 and 500 words per post, but I haven’t got that much to say here. It’s a cute printable black paper doll. That’s kinda all I got today.
Vivian: The Original Project
To view this content, you must be a paying member of my patreon! Join us here and help support Paper Thin Personas. Already a qualifying Patreon member? See below on how to access the content.
The Vivian Doll Herself
To view this content, you must be a paying member of my patreon! Join us here and help support Paper Thin Personas. Already a qualifying Patreon member? See below on how to access the content.
Athleisure with Ruby for My Patrons
To view this content, you must be a paying member of my patreon! Join us here and help support Paper Thin Personas. Already a qualifying Patreon member? See below on how to access the content.
Post-Apocalyptic Fashion With Dawn
Download Black and White PDF | Download Color PDF | More Dolls Du Jour Paper Dolls
At the height of the pandemic, I just couldn’t draw post-apocalyptic fashion. It felt somehow too much.
But now that things are starting to feel “normalish” again, I decided I could maybe slip back into that genre for a little paper doll set for the Dolls Du Jour. So, here’s Dawn and her post-apocalyptic fashions.
Also, is post-apocalyptic an oxymoron? Isn’t there not supposed to be anything left after an apocalypses by definition? That maybe overly pedantic.
Let’s move on.
The styles were inspired by my Post-Apocalyptic Fashion pinterest board which is, in turn, inspired by things like Mad Max and Tank Girl and Fall Out (even though I’ve never played Fall Out.)
I need to get to work on the OPDAG prompt for plaids. I am not much of a plaid drawing person, but I have an idea of how I might be able to make plaid work. Julie Matthews has a plaids in photoshop tutorial.
For those keeping count (which I am 95% sure is just me), this is Dolls Du Jour paper doll number seven. Three to go before I hit my 2022 goal.
Jade in Circus Inspired Fashions
Download Black and White PDF | Download Color PDF | More Jewels & Gemstones 2.0
I really love the visuals of circuses. I always have. After all, I have a whole pinterest board devoted to them, after all. So, sometimes I draw a circus paper doll like today’s to play with those visual motifs. One of the challenges of circus paper dolls is the color scheme. Generally, I do a black, white, and red for a circus paper doll, but I have played around with pink and blue as well.
For this circus paper doll’s color scheme, I decided to go with more a muted, softer cream over using black and added a moss green to add some depth to the whole thing. I wanted her swimsuit/bodysuit to be really a part of the set, so you can easily layer the skirts or hats with it. There’s no floating tabs for the top-hats, so you may need to make your own. I have faith in you all.
I hoped the addition of the green and the cream would make the whole thing feel more vintage. You might have seen the prototype for today’s paper doll a few weeks ago. In that version, I had played around with some weird lipstick for the doll, but I ended up scrapping it. Sometimes I think something will work and then realize… no, no it really doesn’t. Also, I got rid of the face makeup, because it read “evil clown” to me and that was not the vibe I was going for.
Another inspiration for all this was clowns. I don’t mean creepy party clowns or something, I mean traditional masked clowning which is super hard and very old. Goes back to commedia dell’arte, that semi-improvised form of Italian masked theater which dates back to the 1500s. I mean, we’re talking old old forms of art here. There’s something universal about masked theater. It seems to show up in most cultures in various forms.
As usual, if you love the blog then become a patron. It helps keep the blog on the internet and you get more paper dolls.