#finward

We've covered origami fish as well as crabs before and in this post we're going to be taking a look at all kinds of different sea creatures and animals found in the water. There's a lot of cool stuff here starting with these awesome eels. This is one of the coolest looking designs I've seen. I especially like how it looks when you use orange and white coloured paper like you see here. Not only do you get those awesome stripes but you get the eyes too.

Splendid Garden Eel, Designed and Folded by Gen Hagiwara Instructions not available Image source   This jellyfish uses a tessellation for the body which gives it a pretty cool look.

Jellyfish, Designed and Folded by Beth Johnson Instructions not available Image source   This puffer fish is a pretty popular model to fold and it always looks really great.

Puffer Fish, Designed by Jang Yong Ik and Folded by Michael Novio Diagrams available in Raison d’être 2014 Image source   Nguyen Ngoc Vu's sailfish is an awesome design and this one folded by P. Colman is absolutely beautiful.

Sailfish, Designed by Nguyen Ngoc Vu and Folded by P. Colman Diagrams available in VOG 2: Origami.vn Image source   Satoshi Kamiya probably designed the coolest looking paper octopus I've seen. The entire thing with all the legs is folded from a single sheet of paper.

Octopus, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by Eyal Instructions not available Image source   This beautiful looking lobster is folded from a single sheet of paper!

Maine Lobster, Designed by Robert J. Lang and Folded by Alex Mironenko Crease Pattern available from Robert J. Lang's website Image source   Here we have one of the best looking seahorses I've seen.

Seahorse, Designed by Edwin C. Flores and Folded by Agnieska (Agne) Mackonyte Diagrams available in 4 Esquinas Magazine #10 Image source   This mantis shrimp is one of the most impressive models out there. The entire thing is folded from one single sheet of paper and there are 104 steps! It took Shuki Kato over 15 hours to fold this.

Mantis Shrimp, Designed by Andrey Ermakov and Folded by Shuki Kato Diagrams available in the 17th Origami Tanteidan Convention book Image source   Here's another awesome and quite complex model. There are 173 steps to fold this!

Nautilus, Designed by Manuel Sirgo and Folded by Adriano Davanzo Diagrams available in SirgOrigami Image source   This shrimp is another one of the most complex and mind blowing models that I've ever seen. The whole thing is folded from one sheet of paper!

Shrimp, Designed and Folded by Kota Imai Crease pattern available from Kota Ima's Flickr Image source   These manta rays aren't super complex but they look really great regardless. I really like how the curves on the wings make them look like they're swimming.

Manta Ray, Designed and Folded by Won Seon Seo Instructions not available Image source   Here's another fantastic little crab.

Crab, Designed by Komatsu Hideo and Folded by Alexander Krupnikov Diagrams available in the Tanteidan 2016 Special Issue Image source   After than pun in the title of this post I definitely had to include at least one dolphin.

Dolphin, Designed by Hideo Komatsu and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi Diagrams available in Origami Tanteidan Magazine #155 Image source   This giant squid is easily one of the most beautiful origami models I've seen, especially with that paper.

Giant Squid, Designed by Dai Lu and Folded by P. Colman Crease pattern available from 戴璐's Flickr Image source   We've covered seashells before and here's another whole collection of them Joe Aida folded after watching Finding Dory. He even included a little paper Dory.

Designed by Multiple Artists and Folded by Joe Aida Image source   Here's a very awesome imaginary creature that's a redesign of Finward's old Kraken model.

Mythic Cephalopod, Designed and Folded by Finward Crease pattern available from Finward's Flickr (in the comments) Image source   This is probably my favourite shark design. The individual teeth are really awesome and so is the colour change that makes the belly of the shark white.

Shark, Designed by Nguyen Ngoc Vu and Folded by CaptainMoon Diagrams available in VOG 2: Origami.vn Image source   Here are some more of Beth Johnson's fantastic tessellated jellyfish photographed at an exhibit.

Jellyfish, Designed and Folded by Beth Johnson (Photo by Evan Zodl) Instructions not available Image source   Here's another really awesome shark design from Nguyen Ngoc Vu.

Hammerhead Shark, Designed by Nguyen Ngoc Vu and Folded by Phillip Curl Diagrams available in the Tanteidan 20th Convention Book Image source   This is probably the cutest little octopus design out there.

Flapjack Octopus, Designed by Gen Hagiwara and Folded by Magali Diagrams available in Spirits of Origami Image source   Here's a very unique looking octopus that's folded from one rectangle of paper. It was created as part of a challenge to create an octopus that doesn't use the standard frog base. It's pretty easy to get eight legs out of that base.

Octopus, Designed and Folded by Beth Johnson Instructions not available Image source   Here's another absolutely fantastic crab. I love the joints in the legs, they look really real.

Blue Swimmer Crab, Designed by Kota Imai and Folded by P. Colman Crease pattern available from Kota Imai's Flickr Image source   Kei Watanabe is one of the most impressive designer's I've ever seen and his lobster design is incredible!