Origami-Artist-Galen

[Jakeplusplus]

Vast improvement on an already great model!

[origami-artist-galen]

Atlas beetle 2011



Atlas beetle 2011
Folded From: one 20" square sheet of tracing paper
size: 9" wingspan
Time spent folding: 10 hours?

[origami-artist-galen]

Giganotosaurus Update:





Designed by: Shuki Kato
Folded from: one 15" square of origamido
Size: 12" long from nose to tail
Time spent: ~8 hours

[loganorigami]

that gigantosaurus is amazing

[origami-artist-galen]

that gigantosaurus is amazing

Thank you! It's in my top 5 models I've ever designed, and possibly #1.

My collection of designs since 2009:


The models:

Enzyme: April 2009
Ohmu: September 2009
Zoanoid Dragon v1: October 2009
Spinosaurus Modification: November 2009
Eva Unit 1 v2: January 2010
Zoanoid Dragon v2: March 2011
Flying Kabutomushi v1: August 2011
Flying Kabutomushi v2: September 2011
Asuka Langley Soryu: October 2011
Western Dragon v3: November 2011
Flying Atlas Beetle update: November 2011
Giganotosaurus v2: November 2011

[topsu]

Taking realism that far and still being able to give it loads of attitude. I'm impressed.

[phillipcurl]

Thank you! It's in my top 5 models I've ever designed, and possibly #1.

meh...i like some of your other models better. I'd say in my opinion the gigantosaurus is probably 6 or 7.

[origami-artist-galen]

So, I'm trying to make a book (yay!) and have diagrams complete for two models now.

Western Dragon v3: 233 steps

Bear Cub - 1999: 60 steps

[phillipcurl]

i see you reduced the steps from the version i'm testing.
what steps did you take out?

[origami-artist-galen]

i see you reduced the steps from the version i'm testing.
what steps did you take out?

Actually, I added five more steps.

[phillipcurl]

I thought there was 250...strange.

how many models do you think will be in the book?

[kowal]

wow! you are doing diagrams very fast :] i am getting close to folding the western dragon from CP, and i want to make it before your book will be released, i see i don't have much time...
but one question, the colour change on wings can be achieved just by using sheet of paper with different colour on sides? you have painted the dragon... that's confusing me

[origami-artist-galen]

how many models do you think will be in the book?

I expect 15-20 diagrammed models.

wow! you are doing diagrams very fast :] i am getting close to folding the western dragon from CP, and i want to make it before your book will be released, i see i don't have much time...
but one question, the colour change on wings can be achieved just by using sheet of paper with different colour on sides? you have painted the dragon... that's confusing me

Thanks! And yes, the color-change is achievable with any regular origami paper with a different color on both sides.

Here's v1 from foil to give you an example.

[kowal]

five minutes before i went here to see if you answered i figured myself how to make wings colour changed but thanks for answer anyway.
my test fold is almost ready, only head isn't done - but i've done it before separately

edit: uhh. my clean fold is turning into a mess. 30cm sheet of metallised tissue is too small, in the head it's too stressed and hardly keeps creases. ill try again from 35 cm japanese foil, but if it fails, i'll use 70cm piece of paper... it won't be too small

[origami-artist-galen]

In the process of folding a new ohmu, using the gorgeous O-gami for the first time.