New guy.

Diego · Post by **Diego** » January 31st, 2009, 7:34 pm

Hi,
My name's Diego, i found this forum about a year ago, but this is the first time i'm making a post. I've always liked origami and i'm able to do simple figures and some hard ones, but i've trying to understand how to make origamis using CPs, like this one:
http://www.langorigami.com/art/human/violist_cp.pdf

If anyone could post any help about how to start making these kind of origami, i'd really apreciate it, thanks in advance,
Diego

Max · Post by **Max** » January 31st, 2009, 7:48 pm

Hey Diego!
Welcome to the forum! There is a good guide how to begin folding from Crease patterns:

http://spinflipper.com/origami/cp/toc.html

Some suggestions, take your time, be patient, and start with very simple ones. If you start to complex, you will quickly get very frustrated

Greetings,
max

Ondrej.Cibulka · Post by **Ondrej.Cibulka** » January 31st, 2009, 9:27 pm

Welcome to the forum!

Understanding of the CP is only one thing to do. The second is final shaping. CP usually contains creases which are needed to fold basic form of the model and such form is usually far from picture. Anyway, practicing from the simple is more than recomendable.

Post by **Daydreamer** » January 31st, 2009, 10:53 pm

Welcome to the forum Diego

Please make sure to read all the sticky topics, because they will contain a lot of answers to the questions you might have.

The search function is also very useful

This sticky topic here should give you enough information to get started with CPs:
viewtopic.php?t=2131

Diego · Post by **Diego** » February 3rd, 2009, 12:32 am

Thanks everyone for the welcome

, for my first CP I've been following the tutorial in this page: http://www.origamiaustria.at/articles.php?lang=2, but it isn't finished. I don't want to trow away the work done so far so, could anyone tell me how to finish it?,
Diego

Zoraz · Post by **Zoraz** » February 3rd, 2009, 1:40 am

For that CP, make sure you have some big paper! I barely made it with copy paper, and it was almost impossible to shape because of the tiny size and the thickness. If you have never done CPs before, try the ones at the webpage posted earlier, or for some boxpleating try the ones at http://scarygami.blogspot.com/. Of course, you could also buy ODS for design techniques and a "tutorial" on CPs.

and.. Welcome to the forum!