Origami Creations - Amazing 3D Sheep

I was so impressed by the 3D sheep by the origamist Gen Hagiwara for he was able to apply some volume shaping to its body.  I designed one for the 2015 Chinese New Year but wasn't able to incorporate this technique.

One meaty Sheep :-) 

The head design is also perfect with the eyes and color change effect.  I enjoyed folding this piece especially for its attention to details on measurements (angles) to achieve the desired shaping.

Wishing one and all a great weekend!

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Origami Creations - Sheep and more sheeps

My fondness for sheeps and goats still so strong with more adorable models and designs which I could not resist but make them.

Here they are ...

Excellent shaping and proportions

First off ... sheep by the awesome japanese origamist Hideo Komatsu.  As usual, it has an impressive folding sequence and a great color change.  What do you think?

Nice massive horns

Second is by Seth Friedman ... the photo would speak for itself.  Again, he freely shares his design through the video tutorial below:

Cool design

Thirdly ... the classic sheep design by the japanese origamist Jun Maekawa.  A tutorial is also available below for your folding pleasure.

Finally, below is another simple sheep by another japanese origamist Usada Takayuki.  I enjoyed the folding sequence and shaping for this model.  You should try it!

For this sheep, you can download the diagrams here.

You should have a busy sheep week if you would take up the challenge of making these great origami designs.

Good luck!

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Origami Creations - Goats Final Bow

Goats and more goats .... well its the chinese year of the goat so it can never be more appropriate to make more of them this year.

This is the Mountain goat designed by the singaporean origamist Eileen Tan.

Awesome shaping

The model speaks for itself and it is indeed a wonderful fold with unique and surprising steps.

I have rounded up my latest batch of sheeps/goats again for a group photo.  The first batch can be found here.

Goats/Sheeps on a cliff (part 2)

Hope you liked it.

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Origami Creations - Goats/Sheep and more Goats/Sheeps

I have been folding a lot of sheeps and goats the past few weeks for the Year of the Goat.  Finally, I get to post the folds I made.

Here they are ... (I have added links to the tutorial, if interested).

A model with great folding sequence

Tutorial for this click here

Cool yet simple design

Tutorial for this click here

Loving this model by Barth

A pureland cool model from a japanese book

One of my favorites with the laughing buddha

My previous goat folds on a stony hill

I had a great time folding them.  Hope you liked them too!

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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 Creations - Another Simple Sheep

In my search for another sheep model, I came upon this awesome model but with no information of who the creator is.  Surely it's another cool japanese origamist or plainly a traditional design.

Impressive color change and shaping

Though the feet might come out to be a little too small, the head appearance is too impressive to behold.

Below is the video tutorial for this model.

Enjoy!

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Origami Creations - Silence of the Lambs

Next year will be the Chinese New Year of the goat/sheep (羊年) and it reminds me of my favourite movie - silence of the lamb - a really awesome scary thriller of a movie.

Thinking about it, I was inspired to search for origami sheeps to fold and stumbled upon this model by Atsunori Muraki.

Cute and cool shaping

Aside from its lovely appearance, I enjoyed its unique proportions too.  It got me also excited to make my own origami sheep.  

Hmmm ... that will be a cool challenge to welcome  the coming chinese new year!

Have a nice day!

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Origami Creations - Mary had a Little Lamb

A lovely sheep model by a Korean origamist - Jeong Ki-Dam caught my attention.  I encountered some difficulty making its feet but fortunate enough to recover and complete the model.

Such a joy to fold ... now to take the photo ... Mary came to mind so I went to dig out my daughters' collection of small toys.

Tada!

Mary had a CUTE lamb, right?

Hope I did justice to this sheep model ... I know Mary is just as cool!

Have a wonderful week!

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