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The topic for June challenge will call ''Dinosaurs''



I will not impose restrictions on folding, let this be a model of one or more square sheets, the main condition - do not use glue and scissors ...

As for the models themselves, so it could be: different kind of dinosaur, whether it be flying, crawling or waterfowl ... You can add the skeletons of dinosaurs, bones, skulls from one or set of sheets. But main thing - it must be your new own model (new version of old own model), wich photos are not published on the Internet.

Judge of the contest will be juston ...
Enjoy! ...

Good luck!

Are you including prehistoric non-dinosaurs like Pterosaurs, Plesiosaurs, tetrapods, etc?

cool challenge! ill start designing staight away!

origamimasterjared wrote:Are you including prehistoric non-dinosaurs like Pterosaurs, Plesiosaurs, tetrapods, etc?

Yes, of course ...

Cool. This is probably my favorite subject in origami.

its definatly not myne! i hate folding dino's. but ill still try a few...

allosaurus - designed and folded by me from one uncut square of tissue foil

liopleurodon - designed and folded by me from one uncut square of tissue foil.
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bottom - i tried to get the right colour changes.

coelophysis - designed and folded by me from one uncut square of tissue foil.

origamimasterjared wrote:Are you including prehistoric non-dinosaurs like Pterosaurs, Plesiosaurs, tetrapods, etc?

Just FYI, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs, and dinosaurs are all tetrapods... But you are certainly correct that plesiosaurs and pterosaurs (what most people incorrectly call "pterodactyls") are not dinosaurs (nor are ichthyosaurs, mammoths, sabre-toothed cats, titanotheres, giant ground sloths, pelycosaurs like Dimetrodon, and a myriad of other things that most people call "dinosaurs" incorrectly.

However, birds are dinosaurs...are they included in this challenge, or did you only mean non-avian dinosaurs?

dimetrodon designed and folded by me from one uncut square of tissue foil

dinogami wrote:
However, birds are dinosaurs...are they included in this challenge, or did you only mean non-avian dinosaurs?

Guys, I am not a paleontologist ... Folding can be all kinds of flying, crawling or waterfowl prehistoric animals etc...

pteranodon designed and folded by me from one uncut square of tissue foil.

While I'm only the judge and can't tell you what to fold, I can tell you what I'd prefer to see and what I'm more likely to judge favorably. I'll accept any dinosaur. I'll accept any 65 million-year-old or older bird... no modern birds please. I'll also accept the animals that are commonly mistaken for, though not technically, dinosaurs... such as the pelycosaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs and ichthyosaurs. I'd rather not see any really early tetrapods or prehistoric mammals, as I think this pushes the boundaries of the competition too far for it to have any meaning.

Whoops, it was late. I was just trying to include the various prehistoric land tetrapods, like Dimetrodon, Acanthostega, etc. What I meant to say was other prehistoric tetrapods that some people get confused for dinosaurs, but whatever.

I decided not to even ask about birds. Of course I knew that they are dinosaurs. They're not really the spirit of this challenge. Also, that's the kind of thing I would do without asking, and just point out then.

Jerry, you should take this as an opportunity to do some new dinosaurs! I know I have one I need to work on.