Origami artist
I’ve created a simple origami Santa Claus. You can use a traditional origami Waterbomb as the bag and the Pandora’s Box as a gift box. See also other models for Christmas on my playlist!
Designed by Jo Nakashima & Camila Zeymer (07/Nov/2015)
Difficulty level: simple
Recommended paper size: 15cm x 15cm
Diagrams: download [PDF]
How to make the origami Devil Dragon
Designed by Jo Nakashima (2015/09)
Difficulty level: complex
The origami Devil Dragon is the evolution of my other origami dragons. I like it a lot specially because of the expression on his face. Now it has fingers, spikes on the tail, extra horns, eyes, improved lower jaw and larger wings.
In the video tutorial I start with 20cm x 20cm sheet of paper to show only the first steps, then I switch to 40cm x 40cm.
I’m using Red Tissue-foil, but this model doesn’t requires special paper if you use a sheet large enough (I recommend at least 40cm x 40cm). The eyes and the spikes on the tail can be a bit tricky to make if you use a small sheet.
You can see how it evolved from my previous Dragon in the crease patterns below.
Dragon CP  | Devil Dragon CP  |
The initial base is very simple, it is basically a mix of the bird base and the frog base. By “adding” some extra paper (the darker area at the top of the crease pattern) I managed to create all the extra features. This technique is called “border grafting” (to learn more about origami design I recommend the book Origami Design Secrets, by Robert J. Lang).
The tutorial is almost one hour long, but you can have an idea of the process in this time-lapse:
Learn how to make a simple origami pumpkin for Halloween from a square base.
Designed by Jo Nakashima (07/Oct/2015)
Difficulty level: simple
Recommended paper size: 15cm x 15cm
My paper: standard origami paper
Diagrams: download [PDF]
This model makes use of both sides of paper, if you don’t have the right colors you can use an additional green sheet of paper just to change the color of the top. The video below shows how to make it in more detail.
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