Hey!

pandaxl0 · Post by **pandaxl0** » May 9th, 2007, 8:11 am

Hey guys! I'm new as of NOW lol I jus want to know if theres any suggestions for beginners I folded Origami before but not like these crazy ones, but I hope I'll be able to do some of those some day lol XP so ye tell me wat you think I should start off with.

Thanks!

Post by **TheRealChris** » May 9th, 2007, 8:38 am

welcome to the forum.

we surely had this a couple of times, so you could go there:
viewtopic.php?t=590&highlight=beginner
or simply use the search function to search
search.php
for "beginner" or the like.

pandaxl0 · Post by **pandaxl0** » May 9th, 2007, 8:50 am

lol sorry shouldve searched 1st.. i guess im like dat guy..impatient lol thanks!

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » May 9th, 2007, 10:21 pm

As I tell everyone, try www.origami.com , theres lots of stuff on there to start with.

(By the way, this is an international forum, so (if you can... depends what your first language is) try your best to write clearly)

pandaxl0 · Post by **pandaxl0** » May 10th, 2007, 2:18 am

oh.. sorry again...

Rdude · Post by **Rdude** » May 10th, 2007, 5:48 am

Welcome!

Another great way of finding diagrams is just searching for "origami" followed by whatever the object is that you wish to fold.

but as cupcake said, origami.com is excellent, it is where I first began to discover the true depth of origami

I hope we are able to help you out

Rdude

pandaxl0 · Post by **pandaxl0** » May 10th, 2007, 6:54 am

thanks! o ye i don't know if theres a thread already but its a quick question.. is there any specific kind of paper that is best for folding origami.. i had these origami papers but i don't know if they will do... so ye hope you guys can help me answer that question.. and THANKS for the feed backs.. i wish i can fold crazy origamis soon.. XD

JeossMayhem · Post by **JeossMayhem** » May 10th, 2007, 7:13 am

Yea, there's plenty of threads that discuss different folding materials, like the sticky at the top of the general forums. Anyway, what I do is:
1) When it's my first attempt, I use japanese foil or kami.
2) If that's no good, then I bump up the size of my paper till it works.
3) Once I get proficient at folding a particular model I make some tissue foil, which works great for complex models, even at relatively small paper sizes.
But again, do a search first, and get other people's opinions.

Post by **TheRealChris** » May 10th, 2007, 7:50 am

well, we even have a sticky post in the general section about the paper-question:
viewtopic.php?t=49

and a quick search came up with this two topics:

viewtopic.php?t=2829&highlight=paper&si ... 0205298d4f
viewtopic.php?t=2848&highlight=paper&si ... 0205298d4f

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » May 10th, 2007, 10:29 am

And the long discussion on the "what have you folded lately?" topic about copy paper

Post by **TheRealChris** » May 10th, 2007, 11:17 am

don't know what you're talking about

earth · Post by **earth** » May 10th, 2007, 11:35 am

I usually fold my first models with copy paper

since its abundant and inexpensive, but can be a real pain to fold subjects like insects