How to get better at origami

[kavi]

Awesome advice garassdecaiman, exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for. Do you have a full name you're comfortable with me using in the post or a website you'd like me to link to?

[garrasdecaiman]

no website but my name is xilo perales and you can befriend me on facebook (I know it sucks but still everyone uses it!) at
http://www.facebook.com/xilo.perales

I'm glad to be of help!
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[kavi]

Well I stopped getting advice so I did go ahead and make the blog post. I think it turned out pretty well.

Check out the advice I received here: http://ultimateorigami.net/231110.html

[Fluffy]

Some of my best tricks are when you have a model that isnt neat, (ex: Satoshis phoenix) you'd print out a picture of his version and improve yours (straighten creases, crisper, etc...) and you do that till yours looks really good. But be careful on scales (CAREFUL:they may rip if you try to improve them). Hope I helped

[TvVtje]

Can somebody help me??
I'm looking for some models wich can help improving my skill in reading diagrams, because for some reason I get stuck with models in almost every book I got (and the books i threw away because i got to angry )...

Grtz,

TvVtje.

[bethnor]

start with montroll models. go from there.

[Argonaut]

About a year ago, I felt I was in about the same situation as you, like I had plateaued. One website that really helped me get better, learn to understand crease patterns, and help me learn how to design was http://spinflipper.com/blog/. If you go to the archives and look at the posts, the author carefully outlines the designing process. The most detailed explanation about how to design a crease pattern is the cthulhu. Sadly, the website has not been updated in a looong time, however I still think it's worth a look.

[redheadorigami]

Okay ive had this problem for about a year now, and its annoying as balls, figuratively.
Ill finish a base of a model in diagrams, but when it comes to shaping it, it crap, ive tried everything, and nothing seems to work.
(And please dont do this:(WARNING, SWEARS) http://origamistuff.wordpress.com/2011/ ... herfckers/)

[Argonaut]

Okay ive had this problem for about a year now, and its annoying as balls, figuratively.
Ill finish a base of a model in diagrams, but when it comes to shaping it, it crap, ive tried everything, and nothing seems to work.
(And please dont do this:(WARNING, SWEARS) http://origamistuff.wordpress.com/2011/ ... herfckers/)

This may or may not work, depending on what paper you use, but what I do after I collapse a base is use thread that is usually very thick to shape, condense, and bind the model in place. After I have all the details ready except flat parts, such as wings I run the model under water and let it dry. afterward I do the details involving the flat parts. I have had problems trying to straight out wet fold and trying to fold without using any water (although that's probably because I'm using printer paper), so I find this strategy to be the best option for me.

If you do not like this idea, you can also look at this site on completing a finished base. http://spinflipper.com/blog/?p=213

[Sroge4]

I'm assuming I can still post suggestions here, so here's a good one for people who just started working on CPs. (Also, not sure if this is obvious or not).


When dividing paper in 'x', always use prime factorization. Let's say you're dividing a paper into 24ths. Instead of dividing into 24 (which pretty hard to do) find the prime factorization of 24, like so:

24 = 6x4

6x4= 2x3x2x2

Therefor, you have to: divide in half three times, then into thirds once. I'm probably really bad at explaining this, so if anyone else wants to try, go for it.

[redheadorigami]

Okay ive had this problem for about a year now, and its annoying as balls, figuratively.
Ill finish a base of a model in diagrams, but when it comes to shaping it, it crap, ive tried everything, and nothing seems to work.
(And please dont do this:(WARNING, SWEARS) http://origamistuff.wordpress.com/2011/ ... herfckers/)

This may or may not work, depending on what paper you use, but what I do after I collapse a base is use thread that is usually very thick to shape, condense, and bind the model in place. After I have all the details ready except flat parts, such as wings I run the model under water and let it dry. afterward I do the details involving the flat parts. I have had problems trying to straight out wet fold and trying to fold without using any water (although that's probably because I'm using printer paper), so I find this strategy to be the best option for me.

If you do not like this idea, you can also look at this site on completing a finished base. http://spinflipper.com/blog/?p=213

Thanks ARgonaut, ive never really looked into wolfs blog into detail, youre a champion!

[Argonaut]

You're welcome. I learned a lot from that blog when I was a young origamist. Is the wolf who made that blog the same wolf who is a forum sensei on this forum?

[redheadorigami]

Yep.