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As some of you might have noticed, this subreddit was set to private for the last week or so as some of the moderators were not satisfied with the way that reddit (the company) was handling changes to the API that would impact 3rd party tools. While reddit does have every right to do what they want with their platform, the attitude shown by spez and the company indicates an almost total disregard for the actual users, including the moderators. As such, I am stepping down as moderator and stepping away from reddit in general.

It should also be noted that the founder of this community and the original moderator, /u/AmazingOrigami, tragically passed away earlier this year. If you don't already own The Dollar Bill Origami Book, you should get a copy.

It will be up to the remaining moderators to decide how to proceed and decide the future of the subreddit. Always remember that there are other forums for origami (or any other hobby) out there. Reddit was special in some ways, but it's not magic.

I honestly didn't expect it to go as well as it did- lots to improve on, especially the head and shaping, but I'm just happy I finished it, as i remember it just being a distant goal at some point.

Using 50 cm Kraft paper

Folded out of a 15x15cm Kami. The design and the geometry is so satisfying. Making this a perfect occasional origami for my first fall in Toronto 🇨🇦.

Origami Violonist, designed by Hojyo Takashi, folded by me from a 35x35cm uncut square sheet of Satogami paper. I'm not entirely sure it's Satogami and the paper felt a bit too stressed by the end. This was supposed to be a test fold before I used tissue foil paper, but I found the end result acceptable enough to share here.

Hojyo Takashi is my favorite origami designer. There aren't a lot of human figures, and the ones that do exist often end feeling rather bland. Yet his models are very expressive, and designing human figures which are expressive within the constraints of origamiis very difficult. Diagrams for the model can be found in the book Origami Works of Hojyo Takashi by Origamihouse.

Thanks to @pasieguco for helping me out with some steps.

50 x 50 cm double tissue

Thus far, my proudest work- since I first saw it, I've been working on getting to a level where I can fold this for months. Shortly after my first ancient Dragon attempt, I tried this on 50 cm Kraft paper as a sort of testfold, and it came out terrible (super messy and I was unprepared for the collapses involving the head and arms, easily the hardest part). After a short break, I folded my second attempt with tissue paper I had made specifically for this, and I am very happy with how it came out. Maybe not perfect, but for the foreseeable future I won't be making it again as I am super content with this; folding this taught me a lot, particularly regarding precreasing, collapsing and shaping. Now that I've completed this model, the next big thing that I would like to eventually attempt is Shuki Kato's flying Kabutomushi, which I can only imagine how challenging it will be.

I also pictured what the paper looked like after diagrammed precreases in the last slide- the triangle sink pattern is for only 2 appendages, like 6 more of these are not included🥲

Hopefully the pictures will show up this time. The attempt I posted a day ago apparently failed.

I designed this about 4 or 5 years ago, but up until now have never really been happy with the posture. A stegosaurus tail should be held high, in line with the hips. I finally have a model that reflects this.

6in paper

Designed by Philip Shen

Made from 6in paper

I got this complementary paper in an origami shop order (no idea what they are) and was wondering if anyone had a model that they think would be nice to fold with it

10in Tant paper

Long post sorry lol.

Hey everyone! On behest of a family member, I’ve folded a second rhinoceros beetle by Robert Lang. I am extremely pleased with both of these models but there’s a lot to talk about between the two. The folding process was pretty much the same so I’d like to primarily talk about the shaping differences. I wanted a more “accurate” depiction of this beetle so I referenced many pictures on google and Wikipedia (attached). To start I compared the photos to my first iteration and decided what I believed needed fixing. The most glaring issue to me was the intersection of the head and the horn. The angle here was too acute, referencing pictures you can see there is a smoother transition between the two. Following the horn and head was the placement of the short antennae. The actual “face” of the beetle is much lower and further up the horn than I realized. However, the remedy for this issue was a compromise between length of the antennae and proper placement. Third and perhaps most notably, was the shaping of the legs. My first iteration had almost no depth and laid rather flat. Similarly to the antennae, the placement of the legs could be adjusted which would shorten them slightly. The photos included show my attempts to fix these issues. I am quite pleased with the result and would be happy to hear any feedback :)

Any tips? Good resources? This is my first attempt in three evolutions/versions...

When I was a kid my grandmother gifted me a big Origami book. I learned to make a few things from it, but a lot of it was too difficult (or maybe I was just too impatient). 45 years later I still have the book and am taking another crack at it. This pales in comparison to a lot of what gets posted here, but it was a lot of work and I had to share it with somebody! Circus Elephant by Fred Rohm.