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Both from a simple bird base. I can't seem to replicate the folding sequence exactly, as each draft is slightly different... That's worrying, I won't be able to draw diagrams until I come up with a precise folding sewquence.Related content
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is it of one piece of paper?
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cool! Is there a technic or did you invent it?
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Actually, both. Just like there are techniques for using paints and one can use those to produce an original painting, I use existing origami techniques to come up with original models. all models in my origami folder are my original designs unless noted otherwise.
these two models are folded from a 'bird base' - the same base used to fold the traditional crane, for example - but everything that is done to the paper after the bird base is folded came from my own head.
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this is very interesting. And I think difficult,too. Once I also tried to invent an origami-animal, but it doesn't succeed. I find it very cool, when people are able to make these things.Respect!
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it's not easy, but it's not hard, it's just experience-intensive. If you'd like to be able to design your own models, you'll need experience from folding models from instructions. the more you fold, the better. you can try trial and error designing, trying something and seeing if it works or not - i still design some models this way, like these angelfish for example, they are just drafts where I was testing different ideas, that's why each one is different
this way of doing things can be frustrating for a beginner, but unfortunately this is all a beginner can do most of the time, which puts some people off. If this is something you'd like to do, don't stop, don't let the hard start discourrage you, a few years ago I wouldn't even dream about making the models I'm making now, you can definitely do it if you pursue that goal.
designing is all about imagining what result you want and figuring out what sequence of folds gets you to, or at least close to that result. You can achieve this by thinking while folding, thinking about which sequences of folds achieve which results, or even by folding a model - and unfolding it afterwards - to see how the folds are arranged. it's all about learning how to play an instrument before composing. I can't transfer my experience well in words I am afraid, but I can still give you some advice - fold as many models as you can find, if you find a model that is too complex, simply leave it for later and try some other slightly simpler model instead, and gradually go from simple models to complex. this will give you a followable learning curve. If you reach a point of folding complex diagrams, I think that's the point where you can safely try designing. even if your first designs are going to be simple (my first "design" was a tyrannosaurus from a bird base that didn't even have forelegs... XD) the experience you'll get from folding complex models will pay off. I didn't follow this advice, because I didn't have anybody to tell me, I am completely self-trained, but if I did that, I would have saved myself a lot of trouble and frustration.
If I can recommend an origami website, "origami resource center" is a good place to start, there are many articles aviable explaining many different aspects and techniques as well as diagrams.
If I can recommend a good place to look, I would sayΒ Nicolas Terry's origami shop, where you can get many different papers as well as books, fantastic origami books, by the way, designers like Quentin Trollip, Roman Diaz, Satoshi Kamiya, Fumiaki Kawahata, Fernando Gilgado, John Montroll or Robert Lang will provide you a variety of styles, both in the way the diagrams are drawn - there are some differences in the symbols that are used depending on the designer, even though there is a largely agreed upon format - and the origami style itself, as there are many different approaches to designing, almost as many as there are designers...
If i can recommend a book, definitely Origami Design Secrets by Robert Lang, which is an origami textbook for beginning designers, explaining almost all techniques of figurative design with many diagrams and crease patterns to follow the explanations. It is an excellent book and I owe the current level of my skill largely to this book. Even though I knew some of the things discussed in there, I didn't know everything, was confused by a lot of things and I didn't know why certain things work the way they do, this book explains it all quite well and is understandable if you know highschool mathematics, which I did when I got the book. The way the book is written is easily approachable though and I had zero problems even though I am not native english speaker. if you don't decide to invest in anything else, I would definitely invest in ODS2 - yes, it is that good.
If you decide to get this book, I would definitely recommend the second edition - there is more stuff in there, hard to believe, but there have been some new techniques invented since the first edition was published. XD
Another great book with a similar message - explain designing - is School of Masters by Andrey Ermakov, which I am afraid is only aviable in russian unfortunately, but I bought it and even without knowing russian, the illustrations were enough for me to understand what is being explained, but I cannot comment on that book from a beginner's perspective, I do not know the language and I was a designer already when I bought the book, I basically bought it just to support a fellow origamist, but it seems to be a good book too (If you know russian) but any books by any of the people I discussed above will do you good service, they'll provide you great quallity diagrams and great quallity designs that are beautiful and cleverly designed at the same time, which will give you a valuable insight while (hopefully 
You can still browse the internet for free diagrams or videos though, It's all up to you.
I can only wish you good luck if origami designing is something you'd like to try in the future.
For now, happy folding!
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Wow,you've written me a book!
Ok, thx for these advices!
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sorry! got a little carried away! just wanted to give you the best I could!
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oh,no problem! I like this
Yes, thanks for all
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glad you like them!
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You are quite welcome
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thank you!
I have been inspired by this one:Β www.deviantart.com/art/Veiltaiβ¦
i need to fold mine from better paper, these were just printer paper drafts, thinner paper would produce better results, especially the two thin fins that it "stands" on could be made thinner
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Ah, well, they still look impressive!
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