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I just diagrammed a donkey I designed can people test fold it. please tell me any spelling mistakes and what not

Diagram: http://phillipcurl.co.cc/files/Donkey.pdf

I edited your post and added the link to the diagram in.

I just folded it and it's very good for one of your first efforts! I did not have trouble finishing it.

There are a few things you can improve. If you're concerned about spelling you should also pay attention to punctuation. Be consistent. If you use capitalization for some steps, use it for all of them.

The images should be a little cleaner. What program did you use? I would suggest taking a picture of the model at each step as you're folding it and use a program to literally trace over the picture. That way you will be sure to draw the diagrams precisely as they are folded. For example, in the 6th step I wasn't sure if I had done something wrong because the flaps on each side did not look sharp enough. In the 8th step, a valley fold would hide the legs within the model, but you had drawn them on the outside. The 9th step looks like an inside crimp but the rest of the diagram looks like an outside crimp.

Maybe others have some advice, too.

thanks
I used paint.net it is easy to use and my fammely helped with some of the spelling but I think I will fix that ;D
oh yes do other people take pictures then draw over them? I might try that

OrigamiGeek wrote:I just diagrammed a donkey I designed can people test fold it. please tell me any spelling mistakes and what not

It's a cute model, I just tried it. Maybe one of the guides I linked here can be of help: http://neorigami.com/neo/index.php/en/a ... ing-guides

They're good diagrams, I only have a couple of suggestions:

• You're using a bit based program, you might want to explore a vector based one for this diagrams or for future ones. Inkscape is for free so that might be a good option
• I would suggest taking once more the photo, it has very very little resolution, or simply remove it and change it for a bigger digital image of the finished model.
• Adding step numbers might be helpful.
• Like leafPiece mentioned, there's a problem with step 8: is it a valley or mountain fold?
• Why don't you reduce the size of the first four steps so you can fit six steps in the first page? That way you can increase the size of the final steps. Just an idea.
• It's actually easy to make a turn over arrow. You just have to do it in two or three parts: first insert a circle, then place a curved arrow exactly on top of its border. That way it seems like it's just one object (the symbol) while in fact it's two.

Hope this was helpful

that is really helpful I'm going to try inkskape and I have a program called scribus which is very cool I will look at the other links

OrigamiGeek wrote:oh yes do other people take pictures then draw over them?

Come to think of it, I'm not sure what the norm is. It is best to use a vector program like Gerardo said, and as far as free software goes, I think most people use Inkscape. Whether they trace I don't know. It is definitely not necessary all the time, as math and geometry can usually take you from one step to another, but I like to draw over images because it's hard to make a mistake when the model is staring you in the face.