Antarctic Sea Serpent

[SK-37]

Hi there everybody,

i am new to origami designing but have been doing origami for about 6 years as im 17 years old and bored majorly.

I have finally designed my first decent model, The Antarctic Sea Serpent.
(i just made the name up because it sounds cool )

i hope you people like my design and any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Oh and i also hope that everyone can actually try folding it and post images of their model to compare (as living in NZ, there arent any craft stores or shops where you can buy Origami paper).

The CP is divided into 56ths. and some of the less important folds arent shown as i dont want it to look too complicated.

So please give feedback and try folding my first design!











And if you like grids...




Cheers.
SK-37

[insaneorigami]

Hmmm, good design mabye make the legs a bit closer to the wings?

Apart from that, nice!

[SK-37]

cheers for the feedback, i still think this design rivals sadarac's and kafars in terms of awesomeness, but like usual, no one is replying to my threads except the awesome insaneorigami

[plastgeek]

I think that your model is an improvement on the predecessors. I didn't see sadarac's ( I just saw the CP,) but I don't think either had legs, so that's a good step, although most SEA serpents don't have legs. As to the CP, I'm not very good at deciphring them yet, but I assume the top-left is the head, while the sides are the wings and the box pleats are the legs?

[angrydemon]

Don't be surprised if nobody replies to your threads. The forum is really slow. Like a GHOST TOWN!

You should try making the front fins looks more frilly by reverse folding them. The small hind fins look kind of unnecessary and are actually a little distracting, so I think the model might look much better without them. I also think you should put the model under some light the next time you take pictures. It's a little hard to see all the details. And um...you just might want to think about changing your avatar...

[SK-37]

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yep, well this can be a sea dragon then as they should have feet!

yea you r rite on the crease pattern, it is actually really easy, it is simple box pleating for the body, fins and legs but the rest for the head and neck starts to get quite hard, considering i think the head is the main part.

the tail is really easy and gives a fish-like resemblance.

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well thats great feedback angrydemon, thanks!

i'll try and make the double front fins become one which would essentially make them longer. it should be a simple task

By any chance could u attempt the CP so u have a better view of all the details? it doesnt matter if you cant but it would be greatly appreciated. :p


Moderator comment: merged double post, use the edit button to add info to your last post instead of making a new one

[origamimasterjared]

cheers for the feedback, i still think this design rivals sadarac's and kafars in terms of awesomeness, but like usual, no one is replying to my threads except the awesome insaneorigami

You need to give it a couple days before expecting any feedback.

It's a good start, but it needs a lot of work. If you are going to have legs, they should be a lot closer to the wings, like RIGHT behind them. I just thought those were fins. You also use a needlessly complex box-pleating scheme. If you were using all those excess pleats to produce spines along its back or something, that would be cool, but as it is, such narrow, numerous pleats don't seem to offer anything. Drop it to 28ths. I like how the wings look in that last photo. The head CP is cool too.

[SK-37]

well the 'wings' are supposed to be fins, as sea serpents generally do live underwater.
just imagine a crocodile with its front legs turned into fins but its hind legs staying the same.

i found an image that surprisingly looks like my serpent, it is what i want it to look like.
http://homepage.mac.com/cheethorne/ff8/ ... iathan.jpg

i dont know if dropping it down to 28ths would be possible as the body would be too thick, but i will try it, cheers!

[angrydemon]

Great avatar! I always wondered who in their right mind would prefer to use one of those Muppet avatars...

[Kafar]

Hi, I've made(modified) similar Sadarc's design

My(and Sadarac) Sea Serpent looks like that:




I'v added hind fins, but I have no photos to prove that

[SK-37]

wow, i didnt know u added hind fins kafar!
ive definitely seen your model before and praise it as an inspiration towards my model. considering you and i are in completely different leagues of origami (as you have made all versions of the ryuzin and i am stuck in NZ where you just dont get specialised coloured paper) i think i have done exceptionally well since im sorta new to CPs and designing dont ya think?

also your serpents head is much different from mine, yours looks serene and peaceful whereas mine looks predator-like. variation is an awesome thing

[insaneorigami]

Oh!, Sweet, I am now considered "awesome"? yay!

[Sadarac]

they are both great, if i do say so myself. technically my part in the sea serpent ( should we call it the KS or SK sea serpent?) was fairly small. all i did was make a base of sorts really. then kafar added lots of stuff:)

[SK-37]

yea well thats true sadarac, no one has even attempted mine which i think is poor but that doesn't matter. i think im going to change mine to become shorter in length.

as when you want a long sea serpent-like body, you make the ratio of grid very small. at the moment it is changing into somesort of water lizard/dragon.
and yes insaneorigami, u r awesome like everyone else here.com

[Sadarac]

Don't beat yourselve up. With Origami you cannot compare two models to each other unless they are the EXACT same subject. The differences in our two models is large enough that they are incomparible. Yours is a sea serpent, but yours was based on a different image then mine-kafars was. Plus you just released yours. it will take a little before people get around to trying yours, but they will. When I get more skilled (and if i remeber) i will try yours