Have you created any figure of obscene humor?

qtrollip · Post by **qtrollip** » February 25th, 2011, 4:49 am

You can read about this design on my flickr (click on my signature).
Quentin

Gerardo · Post by **Gerardo** » February 25th, 2011, 5:39 am

Razzmatazz wrote:Something tells me that Gerardo is underage for things like erotic origami books.
I'm sorry if this seems sort of aggressive; it's just a look on things. But logic points out that when he asked if "...they sell it like any other origami book or do they ask for your ID or something..." I sort of got this idea like he was a youngin and was looking for something to satisfy his erotic origami fetish.
Please tell me if I'm wrong. I do apologize for replying with that but I am curious.

But on the morallity of erotic origami;
No it is not "wrong", but now a days there are a lot more kids on thekhans origami forum and so you all have to keep this erotic theme off the forum. It's responsible of you to keep it through PMs and emails. I just wouldn't want to scar any of the youngins on the forums. Also parents would be concerned if they saw this.

Just to finalize, No it is not wrong; perfectly fine. But please keep it OFF the forum?

Thanks for your reply. Regarding your curiosity, if I simply reply "I'm not underage" would that be enough?

As for your recommendation, also thank you. I've tried to be careful about what I type in this thread (I'm only speaking for myself). For example, I have only implied that my two connecting bicolor variations of the flapping bird belong to the obscene humor genre, precisely trying not to write anything inappropiate in an open age forum. In regards to the fate of this thread I think it would be a good idea to leave it to the discretion of the moderator team; in the mean time I will finish thanking the other members that answered my thread.

Finally, I wanna specially thank you for being so clear about your position regarding pornigami (I'm not that fond of that word), I really respect that.

Gerardo · Post by **Gerardo** » February 25th, 2011, 6:00 am

bethnor wrote:while i do think forum members should try to be responsible, i also think it's the responsibility of the parents of our underage posters to have some idea of what their young ones are perusing on the web. unsupervised youngsters will find erotic materials on the web if left to their own devices.

all that said, taste aside, it shouldn't be a huge shocker that there is not much "erotic" origami; folding human figures has only come en vogue in origami within the last 10 or so years, and the process is still evolving. like cats, the human form is very curvilinear, so it is hard to make good representational origami with humans. takashi hojo is arguably its master, but even his humans are very stylized. joseph wu has been very vocal in his criticisms of kirschenbaum's humans, which are basic figures with "hoods" for heads. giang dinh has made beautiful human figures with motion and life, but they are also extremely abstract.

further, the vast majority of human figures currently are made from box-pleating, and well, look like it--distinctly rectilinear, not curvilinear. even further, many many of these box-pleated human designs are based on anime characters, which are already caricatures of humans. tan vuong's recent contributions of young ladies in bathing suits is an example. i admire the ingenuity of the designs, but they are also very fanboyish.

Thanks bethnor. Origami tradtions and tendencies is something I'm really curious about, I really wish I could read like an essay about that. Within the tendency of folding humans I gotta say Quentin did an INCREDIBLE job, right? But still, from what I can tell most pornigami isn't about nudes. In many cases, like in Anna's for example, it consists in a body part, or like in mine, it consists in animals in a compromising position. And since it's humor, realism shouldn't be that important, don't you think?

There's at least four or five books of pornigami, that's why I thought it wasn't that unpopular

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Gerardo · Post by **Gerardo** » February 25th, 2011, 6:03 am

qtrollip wrote:http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1337/515 ... 80dd46.jpg

You can read about this design on my flickr (click on my signature).
Quentin

That female figure is based on Eric Joisel's rat?! WOW

! Did you publish the diagrams or CP somewhere?

LeafPiece · Post by **LeafPiece** » February 25th, 2011, 6:06 pm

I agree that is an impressive model, Quentin.

As far as being responsible with our topics, I don't think anyone has crossed the line here. People have, in fact, been using PMs for the more risque stuff. The only thing that has been in bad taste, really, is the terminology used. But of all the trouble kids can get into online, I think the origami forum is the least of worries, lol. Folded paper is not so graphic.