Origami Creatons - Wild Boar vs Pigs

From a biological perspective, boars and pigs are members of the same domesticated species.  However, the two are physically distinct and differ in their impact on the environment and their use of their habitat.

Although the wild boars are considered environmental nuisance and considered as pest, the flipside is that they are more intelligent and their meat is considered more superior than their farm-raised brothers.

To clearly show a wild boars' physical form, I have folded this model by the origami master Roman Diaz.

Trim, Strong and Alert with Tusk 

Now for the domesticated pig, here is Gen Hagiwara's design.  

Chubby, Round and more meaty :-)

Obviously both have distinct qualities and indeed both designs are impressively great (and the folder too!).  

Hope the week is going on great for all of you!

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Origami Creation - Remembering Babe the Pig

Babe was such a wonderful movie ... pigs could really be sweet, cute and cuddly.  They are so adorable.

Being so inspired with Babe, I searched for a pig piece to fold.  Here is Fuchimoto Muneji's masterpiece. 

Likes his nuts :-)

I love the simple lines and geometric shaping for this design - from the snout, ears, back legs and tail!  It is undoubtedly a perfect pig!

Hope the week is a kind one for all!

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Origami Creations - Rainer Bergs' Small Piggy

I had another great opportunity to fold and draw an origami diagram for an ori-friend.  His name is Rainer Berg.  

Check out his flickr account here.

This is his cute Small Pig design.

Uber cute and shapely :-)

I do not have any experience in wet-folding for shaping my origami models.  This specific design works really well with wet-folding to perfectly form the pig.  Hopefully in the future, I can master this form of technique and enhance my folding skills.


Have a wonderful December guys!

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Origami Creations - Amazing Wild Boar

It has been a long time since I have folded a complex model.  Looking for a good challenge I finally found this model by the famous japanese origamist Issei Yoshino.

Cool Spiky Tessellation Effect

It was an interesting and challenging fold as some shaping is involved .  Overall, I am happy with the result but I do really need to invest in better paper :-).

Hope you liked this and wish everyone a great weekend!

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