Monthly Folding Challenge - November 2009

insaneorigami · Post by **insaneorigami** » November 20th, 2009, 9:33 pm

Actually, el senior b, it is quite nice

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Well done

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childofsai · Post by **childofsai** » November 20th, 2009, 9:33 pm

omg I must admit I didn't see it at first -- now I do! I really like it, el senor b!

A colour change would make it even more awesome ^__^

el señor b · Post by **el señor b** » November 21st, 2009, 1:28 am

Actually, it incorporated a color change to begin with, I just folded it out of one-tone paper. Here it is with different paper:

The colored part on the lower right was bothering me, so during my physics lecture I came up with a slight variation, which I'm not sure I like.

@childofsai I can see how you didn't see it at first... it's like that duck/rabbit optical illusion thing http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... lusion.jpg

Falcifer · Post by **Falcifer** » November 21st, 2009, 7:34 am

The variation looks really great, in my opinion.

legionzilla · Post by **legionzilla** » November 22nd, 2009, 10:14 am

Really good. Those color changes are awesome!

origamimasterjared · November 24th, 2009, 5:38 am

I call it "Bunny God" or Usagigami (I think that's the correct Japanese). It's an anthropomorphic bunny with four arms, wings, and a fox tail.

Folded from a 10 inch square of origami paper...just a little springy for that second set of arms.

Click on the picture to read more and see a bunch more photos. I also have the CP at my Flickr.

topsu · Post by **topsu** » November 24th, 2009, 5:00 pm

Nice one Jared!

we'll see if I finish my tengu in time...

Zoraz · Post by **Zoraz** » November 25th, 2009, 2:49 am

Never would have guessed that! Usagi = rabbit, so I think you got the name right. I finally got a decent sized piece of white, so I'll be entering very soon

topsu · Post by **topsu** » November 26th, 2009, 7:43 pm

It's the time to post my entry, I guess:

for this month's challenge I had a go at a "tengu".
here's what wikipedia says:

Tengu (天狗?, "heavenly dogs") are a class of supernatural creatures found in Japanese folklore, art, theater, and literature. They are one of the best known yōkai (monster-spirits) and are sometimes worshipped as Shinto kami (revered spirits or gods). Although they take their name from a dog-like Chinese demon (Tiangou), the tengu were originally thought to take the forms of birds of prey, and they are traditionally depicted with both human and avian characteristics. They appear in the children's story Banner in the sky when the main character trips over one and falls off the face of the mountain. The earliest tengu were pictured with beaks, but this feature has often been humanized as an unnaturally long nose, which today is practically the tengu's defining characteristic in the popular imagination.

I tried to kind of mix different types of tengu together, getting a result like this:

As you can see, it's taking off. I read that these are able to transform into a different shape if they want, so I tried to also get that to the design.

here are some pictures of the the real thing:

satsukawa · Post by **satsukawa** » November 26th, 2009, 9:04 pm

origamimasterjared, can u show me a reference picture? Or any site with picture and description of usagi gami.

andssl · Post by **andssl** » November 28th, 2009, 12:48 am

Satsukawa, Jareds's cp is in his flickr page (link above).

Sunburst · Post by **Sunburst** » November 28th, 2009, 7:57 pm

origamimasterjared : I like your Usagigami a lot.
topsu : It seems we got the same idea, but represented much differently

This challenge was perfect for something I had in mind a while ago. Here's my submission : Tengu Yamabushi. topsu pretty much summed up what a tengu is. I'd like to add that there are two main types of tengus : karasu and yamabushi. I think the yamabushi are some kind of «greater» tengus (the ones in the pictures in topsu's post) while the karasu are «lesser» tengus.

topsu · Post by **topsu** » November 28th, 2009, 9:01 pm

very nice to see another tengu on the challenge! very nice details I think.

Zoraz · Post by **Zoraz** » November 29th, 2009, 10:14 pm

Well, never got an answer for my question a few pages back, so I'll post and hope for the best.

This is a representation of the musician Klaha, vocalist of the Japanese band Malice Mizer. The band is a style called Visual Kei, which is an underground sub culture in Japan. I have a half finished white final fold, but I won't be able to finish it in time for the challenge; the MC i ordered still hasn't come in, and I need it for shaping.

And a reference pic:

origamimasterjared · November 30th, 2009, 8:34 am

Thank you very much, Sunburst!

Kappa

It is swimming underwater, if you couldn't tell.

This was supposed to be a quick design, but it took me forever to get around to finishing it. Click on the photo to learn more. Unfortunately you can't see the head at all (especially that little circle thing).