Tekken Character

Tekken, Metal Gear, Minecraft and lots more Amazing Video Game Origami

Welcome to our final episode of video game themed origami.  In this post we’ll be covering an assortment of different games starting with this traveller from the incredible game Journey. Journey Traveller, Designed and Folded by Juston Crease Pattern available from Juston’s Flickr   Given the popularity of Minecraft it’s not surprise to find that there…

SNK 2.0

Awesome Origami Versions of League of Legends and DOTA 2 Heroes

Welcome to Part 3 of our video game origami series.  In this post we’ll explore two sort of similar type games League of Legends and DOTA 2. We’ll start off with League of Legends with this awesome origami Cho Gath. Cho Gath, Designed and Folded by Timothy Chang Instructions not available   Timothy Chang has also…

2016 Monkeys

Celebrate Chinese New Year 2016 with these Origami Monkeys

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!  This year is the year of the monkey and what better way to celebrate than by making origami monkeys! A lot of origami artists have folded different origami monkeys and here are some of the best ones I’ve seen starting with this monkey photographed in the wild by Folded Wilderness….

Christmas Tree

This Week in Origami, A Little Bit of Christmas Edition

Welcome to another edition of This Week in Origami featuring some of the best new origami uploaded to the Internet during the past week.  Christmas is almost here and it’s bringing with it a few great Christmas origami models. Let’s get started with this cute little Christmas tree scene by Peter Keller. Bascetta Star, Designed…

Jedi Master Yoda

Star Wars Origami Featuring Clone Troopers, Droids, Yoda and More!

Star Wars the Force Awakens is just a couple of days away so to celebrate that the wait is almost over here’s more Star Wars themed origami! Morisue Kei has designed a ton of excellent Star Wars models including these Clone Trooper helmets. Clone Trooper Helmet, Designed by Morisue Kei and Folded by Eyal Diagrams…

Chicken

This Week in Origami, Everyone’s Folding Chickens Edition

Welcome to another edition of This Week in Origami where we feature some of the best new origami posted on the Internet during the past week. This week a lot of people decided to fold chickens and roosters.  We’ll start with these cute caged chickens by Sebastien Limet. Outdoor, Designed and Folded by Sebastien Limet Instructions…

Yveltal

Gotta Fold ‘Em All, Pokemon Origami from Diamond/Pearl, Black/White and X/Y

Welcome to the final edition of our Pokemon origami extravaganza.  This post covers all the Pokemon from the Diamond/Pearl generation, Black/White and X/Y. If you missed our previous posts here they are: Gotta Fold ‘Em All, Pokemon Origami from the Best Generation Part 1 Gotta Fold ‘Em All, Pokemon Origami from the Best Generation Part 2…

Suicune

Gotta Fold ‘Em All, Pokemon Origami from Gold/Silver and Ruby/Sapphire

While the Red and Blue generation of Pokemon is the first generation I played and will always have a special nostalgia factor, Gold and Silver I think were my favourite games. They added a lot of new features and some of my all time favourite Pokemon are from this generation. There’s some great origami Pokemon…

Gyarados

Gotta Fold ‘Em All, Pokemon Origami from the Best Generation Part 2

I’m a huge fan of Pokemon so I’ve decided to make a series of posts featuring Pokemon origami because there’s some really awesome Pokemon origami models out there.  We covered the first half of the Red/Blue/Green/Yellow last week and this week we’re going to cover Pokemon #079 to #151. First up this time is this awesome…

Kirin

This Week in Origami, Autumn Leaves Edition

Last Updated: September 1, 2016 Welcome to another week of This Week in Origami where we feature the most awesome new origami uploaded to the Internet during the past week.  There’s lots of interesting stuff this week so lets get started. First up is this excellent tessellation by Peter Keller. Espresso Mortale, Designed and Folded…

Charizard

Gotta Fold ‘Em All, Pokemon Origami from the Best Generation Part 1

I’m a huge fan of Pokemon as well as origami obviously and because of that I’ve decided to combine both of these things into a big multi-part series of posts over the next few weeks covering Pokemon origami. There is a lot of really awesome Pokemon origami out there.  This post is going to cover…

Wizard

21 More Spooky Origami Models to Get You in the Halloween Spirit

Here’s one more big collection of awesome Halloween themed origami models from zombies to ghosts to skeletons and monsters in the closet. Tong Liu has designed an incredible and quite scary looking zombie climbing out of the grave. Zombie, Designed and Folded by Tong Liu Instructions not available   Here’s the zombie again from a…

Grim Reaper

3 Chillingly Awesome Origami Grim Reaper Models

There are tons of great Halloween themed origami models out there and we’re going to be highlighting some of them this month. This post is all about the Grim Reaper which is the personification of death and is often seen in a black hooded cloak carrying a large scythe.  The way these origami designers have captured this…

Monstrito

This Week in Origami- September 4, 2015 Edition

We’re back with another edition of our weekly origami feature where we post the best new origami that I saw uploaded to the Internet during the past week.  If you’re wondering why the website looks different it’s because I changed the design to hopefully fix some of the problems people were reporting.  You can learn…

Kusudama

This Week in Origami – August 28, 2015 Edition

Welcome to another edition of the weekly feature “This Week in Origami” where we feature the most awesome new origami that I saw uploaded to the Internet over the past week. There actually wasn’t too much new stuff this week but there were still some great models so let’s get started. sakuryu(╯3╰) had two excellent…

Ohio Paper Folders

Ohio Paper Folders is Raising Money to Bring Origami to Over 190 Children’s Hospitals

For several years now a local origami group from Ohio called the Ohio Paper Folders has been putting together little origami kits and donating them to a local hospital. The kits have proven to be be very popular and they’ve received tons of emails and phone calls from grateful parents saying that it helped make…

Dinosaur

11 Ferocious Origami Dinosaurs

A lot of origami artists have developed a lot of awesome looking origami dinosaurs.  Here are some of my favourites out of the more ferocious looking dinosaurs. Dimetrodon Grandis, Designed and Folded by Tran Trung Hieu Follow Tran Trung Hieu on Flickr or Facebook Instructions not available Original image on Flickr   Therizinosaurus, Designed and Folded by…

Tessellation

15 Beautiful Close-Up Photos of Origami Tessellations

A tessellation is a tiling repeating pattern using geometric shapes called tiles that repeat over and over with no gaps or overlaps.  If you’re familiar with the work of M.C. Escher then you’ve probably seen this sort of art before. It’s possible to create tessellations out of origami as well by taking a large piece…

Advice

How to Get Better at Origami, Advice from some of the Best Origami Artists on the Internet

I decided to contact several origami experts to get advice about how to improve one’s skill with origami. I received a pretty good response so here is the advice I was given from several highly skilled origami artists. I did edit some of these replies slightly to fix some grammar and spelling issues since not…