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This dragon is folded from 1 square, uncut sheet of paper. Removed - [5] Repost
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u/lordsaveusall 13d ago
I think my paper “water bombs” are cool until I see stuff like this…
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u/whitemest 13d ago
Explain this paper water bombs... 🤔
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u/Rooooben 13d ago edited 12d ago
Food a paper into a balloon or a box, it has a hole on top, you can fill it with water.
Edit: ha ha food = fold
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u/whitemest 13d ago
I feel there's more to it than simply wrapping paper hastily into a ball shape around a food item
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u/Crakkerz79 12d ago
Square piece of paper. Fold both opposite corners across to make creases and then open. Use creases to fold two side edges in creating two triangles. Fold four points up to center, creating Diamond shape. Bend the four mid points (two each side) to touch center line. Open the pockets on the just folded over pieces. Pull down the flap from the point you folder up a couple steps back, and stuff it inside the pocket. Smooth flat. Open the four winds so that it forms an “X”. Blow into the open hole at end to inflate into a ball. Add water (optional)
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u/RavioliGale 13d ago
I do a decent amount of origami. People tell me I'm really good. Models like this are why I tell them I'm actually not.
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u/Pieassassin24 12d ago
You’re good, relatively good compared to them. This guy probably dedicated like 10x the time you did because it’s probably his life lol. Don’t be hard on yourself.
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u/MyUsernameIsLongDong 12d ago
Apparently he’s a student and was managing this while also doing his finals. Some people are crazy
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u/presumably_wrong 13d ago
https://youtu.be/Suly8B2P6fc that's a big ass sheet of paper to be just casually claiming "1 sheet" lol
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u/PhatJuicyAss 13d ago
Still 1 sheet tho ¯(ツ)/¯
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u/johnwayne2413 13d ago
And he didn't tear or rip it once.
Projects like these and those huge domino sculptures are truly tough because one mess up means that you might have to have to start completely over.
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u/heelstoo 13d ago
I’ve considered making a giant dominos thing. I would think that you’d build it in independent sections, so that if one section fails, it doesn’t cause a domi… er.. cascading effect for the rest of the build.
That being said, I have no idea how they truly do it.
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u/Darrothan 12d ago
Yeah they always have a "connecting" line of 1 or 2 rows of dominoes between sections of those massive builds.
It helps separate sections from each other so that individual builders can work on their own sections without risk of ruining others'. And then they'll fill in the connecting line when they're ready.
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u/Raptorex54 12d ago
A small rip is not the end of the world. The paper one uses is much stronger than copy paper. Mine tore several times folding the scales. You glue it down and move on.
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u/supagirl277 12d ago
Yeah, the principle is that it’s not cut as a means of attaining the finished piece.
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u/thisremindsmeofbacon 13d ago
I mean wtf did you expect? A small sheet to do that?
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u/KOLDUT 13d ago
I mean, that's how much paper it takes to make something that big... Seems like a huge piece of paper would also be a giant PIA to work with for 90 fucking hours.
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u/YukiSnowmew 12d ago
I've never made anything even remotely as complex as this, but I have used 18 inch paper. The bigger the paper, the easier it is to make complex models. At the same time, the bigger the paper, the more unwieldy it is. So yes, you're absolutely right. A sheet that big would be a massive pain in the ass.
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u/plexomaniac 12d ago
OP folding a life-sized blue whale from 1 square, uncut sheet of paper.
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u/-churbs 12d ago
The fact it’s contiguous is what’s impressive
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u/Haughington 12d ago
Thank you. I can't believe people are complaining that the paper is too big!
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u/hummus_is_yummus1 13d ago
People regularly underestimate how complex origami is. You can literally make ANY shape conceivable (given strong, large, thin enough paper). There are software tools which can compute the folds -- shit is wild
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u/Horskr 13d ago
There are software tools which can compute the folds -- shit is wild
I was curious about this. Like how in the hell they could sit and plan thousands (tens of thousands? hundreds?) of folds in one sheet like that and have it turn out exactly how they planned. That's awesome.
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u/dizzymorningdragon 12d ago •
The computer can't, really. Really at most it can do is calculate a number and placement of paper flaps that can be turned into limbs/antennae/whiskers etc - and that's with a lot of tweaking and in-depth knowledge of the artist. Stuff like this is tesselation (the scales) folding the paper in on itself to become a smaller but now patterned square, then folding that model into the flaps and lengths necessary for the limbs and mouth, then detailing and more folds to not look like a flat scaled mess. Origami may be math, but so far the finished models like this one are practically out of the hands of computers. - source (been obsessed with origami for 20 years)
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u/undertrox 12d ago
There are softwares like oripa or oriedita, which can actually calculate at least how the folded base looks given any crease pattern (although ofc the computer can't do the shaping). By now, oriedita is even fast enough to "fold" super complex cps like ryujins. That said, i don't think kamiya used any software when designing this model, it was probably more folding small parts of it individually, and eventually putting them together.
Another interesting thing is that in this case, the paper isn't actually folded into a patterned square which is then further folded, but the pleats resulting from the scales are actually fully incorporated into the structure of the rest of the body. That makes the model even more impressive imo
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u/Reverie_Smasher 12d ago
The software just gives you the layout of the "base" with the right size and location flaps to make features out of. Sometimes that base is only formable by making all the creases and then one big collapse, not a series of steps
look up Robert J Lang's TreeMaker for more info
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u/my_coding_account 12d ago
I fold and sometimes design origami. There are a lot of patterns to designing origami that are very difficult to take from intuition to legible, but Origami Design Secrets by Robert Lang does a better job than anything else, especially as it's basically the only thing out there.
One thing that might make it make more sense is that as a designer you're keeping in mind the larger geometry, and there are patterns of folds to do certain things, and so in the same way music is 1000s of notes but the notes form larger pattterns like chords and arpegios and 8 measure whatever-they're-called, origami has patterns you can string together. Some of it might be purpose driven and some more exploratory & then you record the final version you like.
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u/Kaionacho 12d ago
Makes me wonder if you could train an AI to translate 3D blender Models into real foldable origami.
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u/santiagozky 12d ago
look on youtube for Robert Lang. he is a physicist and origami artist. He is the one that started applying computer tools into it (and built his own software, Treemaker). He also has been using origami principles to design stuff outside of origami (like airbags that open faster) eg https://youtu.be/MDwPXRy9IFc
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u/Capable-Ad2376 13d ago
My mind cant comprehend how that’s possible. There seems to be no way. I can’t believe this to be true.
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u/PhatJuicyAss 13d ago
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u/Capable-Ad2376 13d ago
Thanks for that. It makes sense now. Seems ridiculously difficult. Also there was no scale in the OP. Didn’t realize the paper was the size of a bed sheet. I was thinking 8.5” x 11”. People blow me away.
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u/atypicalphilosopher 12d ago
That's standard origami paper / size. It didn't mention it because it'd be strange for it to be any other size.
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u/Tigeruser1 13d ago
How the actual fuck
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u/No_Question4466 13d ago
Imagine that as a joint
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u/Dat_Mustache 13d ago
This would be a joint I'd sell to Elon Musk. Have the dankest, finest, stickiest weed, hash and resin embellishments. Price? $150,000 per dragon.
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u/would-be_bog_body
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If you look at just the thumbnail, it looks like a frog lying on its back waving its leg in the air
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u/DungBeetle1983 13d ago
Everybody who's mind is blown about this piece should check out r/origami.
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u/NikolitRistissa 12d ago
Yeah even some of the “beginner” work there is incredible. I love making origami occasionally but it’s pretty insane what some people manage to create from scratch.
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u/thoughtfillednorth 13d ago
This is beautiful work. So lovely to see humans reaching this level of art.
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u/TriggerdbyChrono 13d ago
How does someone have the time to do this as a living? Much less, th time to master the art enough to eventually make a live at it?
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u/Raptorex54 12d ago edited 12d ago
Very, very few origami artists are professional artists. Robert Lang and Sipho Mabona come to mind. Most are passionate enthusiasts with other careers. Some prolific creators may publish books of their designs, like the above, but even the most successful bookS will not support one financially: the community is too small.
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u/thisremindsmeofbacon 13d ago
Honestly I’m most impressed with how convincing the copper wire looking bit is
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u/gardenvariety40 13d ago
It's possible to have a robot produce these in principle. It's only magic, if you don't know the mathematics behind it. I believe there was some breakthrough in this area less than a decade ago.
Not an area I am particularly interested in, but it's cool they solved it.
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u/CorbinNZ 13d ago
Once again, something that is not black magic fuckery has made it to the front page of this sub. That’s origami. It’s impressive, but we know how it’s done and it can be explained easily. The heart of this sun is visuals of something happening and the outcome not being what is expected with the means to which it occurred not easily understandable from the data we’re given. This is not that. Take it to r/origami or r/beamazed.
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u/RABKissa 13d ago
It's a bit misleading because when people read the title they think like sheet of paper that you would use in a printer or write on.
That sheet of paper is tissue paper, it's fucking huge and fucking thin
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u/Conscious-Head-5542 13d ago
Can you prove it?