drawing of an origami man

madarko · Post by **madarko** » June 30th, 2009, 11:08 pm

i used to have an origami book but i can't remember what it was called although i think it was by Nick Robinson (i could be wrong) which had a japanese style drawing of a man sitting cross legged, tossing squares of paper into the air and as they ascended, they turned into origami cranes, which became 'real' birds. i really badly want this picture as a tattoo on my forearm, but as i say, i can't remember what book it was in. does anybody know the picture and book i'm after?

Fanatic · Post by **Fanatic** » June 30th, 2009, 11:25 pm

That picture is in some book by Rick Beech. I think it's called Complete Origami, but I may be wrong.

juston · Post by **juston** » June 30th, 2009, 11:38 pm

The woodblock print is called "A Magician Turns Sheets of Paper to Birds" and it's been reprinted in several origami books. You can also find it online.

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » July 1st, 2009, 1:57 am

This one:
[img]http://www.geocities.com/batmanstealth/birdsinvert.gif[/img]

legionzilla · Post by **legionzilla** » July 1st, 2009, 2:01 am

You can find it at Peter Engel's book- Origami from Angelfish to Zen.

madarko · Post by **madarko** » July 1st, 2009, 7:12 pm

that's the one! thanks ppl

tattoo time for me

Ben385 · Post by **Ben385** » July 1st, 2009, 7:54 pm

Sho us a pic when you're done!

leecho0 · Post by **leecho0** » July 4th, 2009, 3:18 am

before you put the pic that Brimstone provided, know that the chinese/kanji characters on it is reversed (left to right). I think this was made for a stamp. hope you didn't get the tat yet.

Ragnorax · Post by **Ragnorax** » July 4th, 2009, 4:26 am

leecho0 wrote:before you put the pic that Brimstone provided, know that the chinese/kanji characters on it is reversed (left to right). I think this was made for a stamp. hope you didn't get the tat yet.

uh oh

lol hope he/she didnt get it yet either lol

spiritofcat · Post by **spiritofcat** » July 4th, 2009, 4:48 am

Ragnorax wrote:
leecho0 wrote:before you put the pic that Brimstone provided, know that the chinese/kanji characters on it is reversed (left to right). I think this was made for a stamp. hope you didn't get the tat yet.
uh oh lol hope he/she didnt get it yet either lol

Well you could always say it was that way so you could read it when looking at yourself in the mirror...

Fanatic · Post by **Fanatic** » July 5th, 2009, 2:38 am

Or you could blame it on the person who tattooed you.

ArmyTim · Post by **ArmyTim** » July 5th, 2009, 4:08 am

wouldn't they have to draw it backwards anyways? so when they flip the paper to transfer it from the paper to your body the image is correct?

legionzilla · Post by **legionzilla** » July 5th, 2009, 4:09 am

Some chinese words are better written backwards.... like in caligraphy.

madarko · Post by **madarko** » July 25th, 2009, 7:33 pm

got my tat - i decided to get it without the lettering anyway because I don't know what it says and i couldn't be doing with people asking me what it said and me having to tell them i didn't know - anyway - here's a pic of it, still red, still sore - enjoy

to be honest, i don't really like the birds at the top, but the rest of it rocks!!

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » July 26th, 2009, 3:12 am

Nice-now that is hardcore origami!

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