To continue my love for doggy folds ... I present here a miniature schnauzer dog designed by one of my favorite japanese origamist Fuchimoto Muneji.
Uber Cute - he adores apples :-)
His designs are quite cute yet could be tricky to fold for the first time. Once you get to understand his base fold, it will then be easy to make them.
I am back to adding folds to my origami doggy collection. Here is the German Shepherd dog by the famous origami master Roman Diaz.
Color change perfection
It's structure, proportions and stance is adorable. It would have been great to make it with a dual color paper in black and brown ... something I can add to my "redo" list.
You may find the diagram in his latest book here. Have a great week! - - - 0 - - -
Digging up my pile of folded works, I realized that I still have a lot of doggie folds which I haven't wrote about ...
Cute Chihuahua
This is the cool chihuahua by the famous japanese origamist Fuchimoto Muneji. I found some video tutorials for this model here.
Adorable
Beagle, another adorable model by the famous japanese origamist Jun Maekawa. You can find the diagram for this piece in the 20th Tanteidan Convention Book.
A favourite color change cutie
This puppy by the HK origamist Jacky Chan is such a cutie! You can find its diagram in the HK Origami Newsletter No. 26.
Coolest
Last but not the least is Seth Friedmann's sheepdog. It is so fortunate that he has shared a video tutorial for this piece. Though a little bit difficult, the results is well worth it.
Due to insistent public (my daughters) demand, I was requested to make "Muttley dog" earrings. This is actually the origami design I made and blogged here.
I haven't made earrings before but seems quite an interesting challenge.
After a weeks of viewing "how-to" youtube tutorials, I set-off to buy me my tools and materials.
And here is my finished product ...
Cute, huh?
So very glad that the public liked it. They said its fun, unique and adorable.
Well, they should like it as it is limited edition and made specially by their loving and cool Dad.
Just realized that I couldn't catch up writing about the dogs which I have folded the last few weeks. So let me try to put more dogs on this post.
First one is from a diagram by Ko Chun Kin on his Yorkshire Terrier found here. It was a bit difficult and confusing that it turned out to be a fat chihuahua.
My Fat Chihuahua
Next is the simple dog by my ori-pal and Ori-expert origamist Barth Dunkan. Go check out his flickr account here and you'll be astounded by the wealth of his creations.
From an Ori-pal Barth Dunkan (Magic Fingaz)
Lovely bulldog by the famous origamist Quentin Trollip. I enjoyed the model's body and facial shaping. His flickr account is here.
Cool Bulldog
Another simple sitting dog by Ryo Aoki.
Simple Sitting Dog
A standing dog by Paul Frasco which I folded from the youtube video here.
Standing dog with my fave drink
My teacup chow-chow puppy by Yasuhiro Sano (never knew the creator till now as I folded this from an old japanese book a long while back).
Fitting in just right
Hope you've enjoyed this post. More doggy folds coming soon ...
I've been quite impressed with Roman Diaz origami creations. So I was quite lucky enough to find two of his dog models to present here.
Cute playful Puppy
Fox Terrier
His designs and folding sequence is such a joyful experience. The resulting look is quite impressive!
Also, I chance upon another awesome origamist by the name of Nicolas Gajardo Enriquez. His Collie model was an obsession to fold and was luckily enough to secure a CP. It took me a week and a kind-hearted help from an origamist friend from Vietnam (Billy Tu) to finally complete it.
Momentum of creating these dogs is building up ... never been so excited ever before with my folding until now. This next batch of tail-waggers is the cool looking ones. See for yourself.
Golden Retriever by Satoshi Kamiya
Seated Dog by Ares Alanya
Yorkshire Terrier by Seiji Nishikawa
The greatest challenge was the cutest among them all ... the Yorkshire Terrier. The facial details with the furry curls is just a difficult task. Took a lot of photos too until I was satisfied with this posted one.
I have been inspired to fold all the origami dog models that I can get hold of. This started with the creation of my simple Muttley Dog (here). Quite impressed with the many different species and the creative work by mostly famous origamist.
Here's the first batch...
Poodle and Doberman
Both cool models especially with the color change on the Doberman. Quite not so impressed with my folds though as I was using small kami paper. I plan to redo this again next time with bigger paper.
Finally, I was able to fulfill a friend request ... to make an easy origami dog.
I am calling this one "Muttley Dog" from a favorite cartoon character of mine in the TV show "Dick Dastardly & Muttley". He is undeniably a happy character with a great laugh.
Here is my Muttley Dog fold.
A lovely reversible color change design too!
To top it off, I gave them some cute puppies too!
Dog family & friend
So happy to give simple yet lasting pleasure to a friend. She is so overjoyed with the model especially with the cute puppies. That is a great feeling!
