We’re back with the next installment of the best origami this time featuring mythological creatures, beings, etc. Let’s get started! 1) Yebisu, Designed and Folded by Kei Watanabe Yebisu is one of the Seven Lucky Gods from Japanese mythology and this super expressive model is folded from a single sheet of paper! I love the…
In today’s post, we’re going to take a look at the best origami reptiles and amphibians. This includes any sort of lizard, reptile, or dinosaur, as well as amphibians like frogs. Let’s begin! 1) Tree Frog, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by Ji Woo Han This is easily one of the best frogs I’ve…
We’re starting things off with the best origami people. These are anything from an entire person folded out of paper to just a face, a mask, or something person-related. 1) Charrui Designed and Folded by Rui Roda This mask was designed after Rui Roda attended a class taught by João Charrua and it kind of incorporates a…
October 9th is known as Leif Erikson Day, an observance that honours the Norse explorer Leif Erikson who is believed to be the first European to ever set foot in North America. The date itself doesn’t really have anything to do with Leif Erikson. Instead it commemorates the date of the start of a large…
We’ve posted about dogs previously. Since then we’ve come across a ton of other fantastic paper dogs that also deserve to be highlighted. We’ll start out this post with this beautiful looking dog folded from a sheet of mulberry paper. Dog, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by nyanko sensei Diagrams available in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 144…
There are a lot of really cool-looking origami masks out there. Joel Cooper is undoubtedly the master when it comes to designing paper masks. He has a very distinct style, using tessellations and other techniques to create some amazing-looking masks that follow an ancient Greek or maybe Babylonian style. While most of the images in this post…
Origami tessellations are essentially patterns folded with origami that repeat themselves as long as you want to continue folding. There are two major types of tessellations: the classic type and corrugations. Classic tessellations are usually based on either a square or hexagonal grid. The paper in these tessellations is folded into an odd number of…
An interesting thing that I’ve noticed some origami artists doing is designing models that are half one animal and half another ending up with a strange sort of hybrid creature. I’ve reached a point where I’ve seen enough of these that I decided to make a post about them. Eric Vigier is a master of…
I was collecting origami unicorns for a sort of general mythological creature themed post but ended up with enough of them with enough different designs that I figured they deserved their own entire post. First up is an elegant unicorn design by Andrey Ermakov. Unicorn, Designed by Andrey Ermakov and Folded by AbrahamMardini Diagrams available in Olympiad 2014…
There’s a pretty wide array of origami snakes out there. I didn’t think there would be so much since origami is usually folded from a square sheet of paper and snakes are so long, but surprisingly enough, there are some amazing origami snake designs out there. A lot of them are folded from a giant…
I realize that title for this post is pretty bad but if you can come up with a better fish-related pun that I could use let minnow. Anyways this post is all about origami fish because there’s a lot of really awesome fish models out there. Models like this really cool looking origami hammerhead shark….
Origami elephants are a timeless favorite, blending creativity and craftsmanship into one of the most majestic creatures in the animal kingdom. Whether you’re a beginner looking for a simple fold or an expert searching for a more complex design, there’s an origami elephant for every skill level. If you’re looking for inspiration, this collection showcases…
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…
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…
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…
