Fantasy Origami Creatures

Fantasy Origami models are generally accepted to be models in the intermediate and advanced levels. There is a certain amount of detail required to perfectly shape that phoenix' head or to get that unicorn's tail right.

That's why I won't be providing a lot of folding steps in this article. Instead, we'll be looking at what others do ;-)

Different kinds of fantasy creatures have spoken to the imagination of many people. Children, grown-ups, eldery people, we all share a wild interest in everything 'magical', or 'otherworldly'. The featured artists below have captured this imagination with paper and created some truly astonishing paper sculptures.

In modular Origami, there are a lot of possibilities to create some extraordinary models. Modular origami allows us to be more precise, create bigger and better models and it's actually a sturdy thing you are designing.

Take a look at some of the pictures.

Warning! You will need liquid glue to make the dragon model, preferably a glue gun.

Step One

You will need a standard A4 sheet of copy paper. Something slightly thicker could also work. Fold the paper in half, in the length, open it up and tear or cut it in two. You will have two pieces of paper as shown in the picture. Do this again for both pieces. You now have 4. Repeat. You now have 16. Repeat. You now have 32 pieces of paper.

Step Two

32 pieces of paper from one A4 sheet. The pieces are as shown in the picture. You need one hundred of these pieces. (!) I'll just wait right here until you finish....

Step Three

All done? Here's how to make one piece. Fold the paper in half.

Step Four

Fold in half again.

Step Five

Unfold your last fold. Wait! Did you remember to crease your folds well?

Step Six

Make sure that the open part of your model is facing downwards. Take the upper left ledge of the paper and fold it alongside the centre crease. Crease well.

Step Seven

Do the same on the other side. As you can see, we are clearly going for a triangular shape here.

Step Eight

Flip your model over.

Step Nine

This is a detail of what you have to do next. The small pieces of paper that are sticking 'out' of the model, need to be folded up. However, we go for a triangle, so first we need to fold a small triangle of both corners upwards. Only fold untill you reach the ledge of your model.

Step Ten

This is how it should look like by now.

Step Eleven

Now, fold the 'sticking-out' pieces of paper upwards along the bottom ledge of your model.

Step Twelve

Fold in half and you got one unit! 99 more to go!

Credit, where credit is due. Check out the artists who made the above examples:

Star Wars Re-Imagined
Scot's Mutterings
The Toy Zone
Origami Dragon
Star Wars Origami
Origami Phoenix
Origami Phoenix 2
Origami Artist Galen
Awesome Star Wars Origami
Amazing Origami Art

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