Origami Design - My Simple Sheep for CNY 2015

Finally, I got my own sheep design and submitted to the Japan Origami Academy Society (JOAS) celebration for World Origami Days (WOD).  Also, I used it for the International Origami Internet Olympiad competition  as my design task.

It will be the Chinese New Year of the Goat/Sheep next year so it is my fitting tribute to the best holiday of the year in Asia!

Simple and Sleek

Black is beautiful too!

I have prepared the diagrams for this piece and have asked some good pro ori-friends to test fold and provide feedback.  

Below are their awesome interpretation of my design.

My fave electric blue sheep 

Check out Patricia's folds in her flickr account here.

MagicFingaz with his cool variation

Check out Barth Dunkan (aka Ecorigami MagicFingaz) flickr account here.

Cool shaping and paper

Check out Rui Roda's flickr account here.

Mini-fold by awesome fast and expert folder Daniel Xu

Here  is Daniel's flickr account.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend!

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Origami Designs /Creations - 3D Horse Head Tutorial

Just barely two (2) weeks before the Lunar New Year of the Horse so I tried to catch up with the video tutorial for my Simple 3D Horse Head origami.  Details were mentioned in my blog here.

And a photo here to remind you on this model.

Without further ado, here below is the tutorial.

Again, I wish everyone a great Lunar New Year of the Horse.  Enjoy and have a great weekend!

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Origami Designs / Creations for the Year of the Horse (馬年) Tutorial

Finally got the chance to complete my video tutorial for the simple origami horse as mentioned in my blogpost here.

Got me a new picture too ... with all the horses folded so far.

Gallant Horses - Heads up high!

And an auto-awesome photo below:

The contest requires us to do limited number of folds thus the outlook may not be so horse like.  

Here is the video tutorial.

Advanced Lunar New Year of the Horse to all!  Prosperity, Wealth, Good Health and Happiness be showered upon us.

Have a nice day!

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Origami Designs / Creations - Simple 3D Horse Head

Quite impressed with the models submitted in the simple origami contest for the Lunar New Year 2014.

As I seem to have the momentum for creating more origami designs, I was able to come up with another one.  

This is plainly a horse head model and below is what I have submitted.

This model takes only 12 folds to make but requires a lot of pinch markings due to its 3D boxy form.  Very simple piece yet it gives a playful feeling which I believe exudes the real essence of making origami!  Fun, fun, fun!

Additional photos for your enjoyment.

Clearer photo of the 3D Horse Head.

Horses in a cup with fireworks :o).

Let me make a video tutorial on this for your enjoyment.  

Hope you like them.  Have a nice day!

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Origami Designs / Creations for the Lunar New Year of the Horse (馬年)

Even before the year 2013 was to end, a new origami competition has been announced for the celebration of the Lunar New Year of the Horse.

Fully recharged and ready for challenges, I set-out to fold my simple horse.  

I usually start from the simple origami bases and work towards coming up with the required body parts - very amateurish.  Then, I do the shaping.  Term commonly used for this creative style is doodling.  It is really a hit or miss thing but the outcome is very rewarding and self-fulfilling.

Here is my simple origami horse.

Gallant Horse - 2 views

I called this my "Gallant Horse" due to its upright posture (chest out and stomach in).  It is headstrong, fearless and ready to face the year 2014!  Not to forget to mention my awesome background "fu" (福) character.   This is the new year's blessing for Prosperity, Success, Wealth, Good Health and Happiness! 

Below is a clearer photo of the final model with hind legs, tail and ears defined.

Another photo of the horse in red kami paper complete with CNY fireworks.

Gallant Horse amid fireworks

For those interested to try and fold my Gallant Horse, you may get the photo diagrams here.

When I have the time, I'll upload a video tutorial and advice you the link on my future post.

Have a Blessed and Happy New Year!!!

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