Paperzest

Origami butterfly wings dragon, designed and folded by me. One uncut square of double tissue paper, black on one side and golden green on the other.

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Tiny dragon from a diagonal 16 grid! Another sort of fairy dragon? Based on a suggestion it has been named the "Inchwyrm Dragon".

Small square of white/pink paper. From a larger paper I've been repurposing into assorted smaller origami and printmaking projects.

First set of photos of the origami Plantcient Dragon designed by Brandon Wong (aka Plant). Uncut square of 75ish cm hanji painted orange before folding.

Today I folded an origami chair.

New fold of origami Char Aznable. 104 cm uncut square of white/red double tissue for the color changes. (I think it was 104 cm according to my notes. Either way, it was a decently large paper.) Some shaping done with wire and stuffing. Finished model is 12 inches tall.

Although I botched the shaping in some parts I think it’s still my best fold of him, at least! I don’t usually shape origami with wire or cotton so that was new to me. This time around, I made sure to have the cape go over the shoulders.

Working on test folds to revise the face. The goal is for the next iteration to have a color changed laughing mouth (and less wrinkly folded forms). We’ll see if that ever happens…

Origami artists LOVE the idea of a big piece of paper, until it's time to start preparing the paper, and then precreasing and collapsing the model. And lastly, finding a way to display and photograph the model. This origami is literally 12 inches tall and I do not currently have an appropriate display stand. Will try to update if I can get photos. Makeshift wire display method maybe?

Collapsing this base on and off.

Collapsed so far: sunglasses, forehead scar, hair, and face flaps

Updated origami dragon photos. The Plantcient Dragon designed by Brandon Wong, uncut square of 70ish cm double tissue, sparkly black with hot pink on the backside. (Modified into a dragon with fairy wings)

This dragon was a ton of fun to shape! Uncut square of black/pink double tissue of...I think around 70 cm? Need to get better photos later but Brandon Wong's Plantcient Dragon design is finished. Made it into a fairy dragon. Really enjoyed putting those "undesirable color changes" to use and turning it into something different but still in the spirit of the design. (I think.)

Guess who had an impulsive idea and had to test fold a color change mouth face and revise a mask to hopefully incorporate into a larger project.

The pink test fold looks cursed but I think there's potential.

But yeah, what if there was a color change mouth? What if he was laughing? And also the hair flaps were improved? What if the facial features had more of a sequence and it wasn't just a blank flap left to "idk let's fold it find out"? (...What if it's possible to also add details onto the backside this time too?)

WIP origami Plantcient "fairy" Dragon. Despite the warning about "undesirable color changes" and to not use duo paper by the designer I made it my goal to put the paper edge to use. It felt like too good of an opportunity to pass up??

Not sure if I'll compete or not or if it's even worth competing? Mostly wanted to just fold a cool 22.5 dragon. Going to be hard to get photos if I do finish in time and try to compete though. That black paper needs good lighting...also I'd want to show off that the belly is closed while still getting a good photo.