Origami Horses

dragon man · Post by **dragon man** » May 23rd, 2008, 9:34 pm

I can't wait to see it Quentin Shire Horses are beautifal and huge

merman · Post by **merman** » May 24th, 2008, 8:24 pm

I have been away on vacation so maybe it was mentioned, but did someone notice Kaimya's new horse:

very Yoshino-ish but me likey!

here's the CP

These are all on his website so I guess it is legal to post both here...

origamimasterjared · Post by **origamimasterjared** » May 24th, 2008, 9:32 pm

Actually, the only Yoshino-ish thing about it is the mane. From the CP it appears to be similar to Komatsu's style.

Still, very nice!

merman · Post by **merman** » May 24th, 2008, 10:10 pm

of course... the mane is the main Yoshino thing mainly, I mean, by the way I am not from Maine (boy am I jetlagged)

JeossMayhem · Post by **JeossMayhem** » May 24th, 2008, 11:25 pm

I like Kamiya's better I think, mainly because the head is the right size and has a better shape (Yoshino's was a bit small I thought), and the layers are arranged more cleanly. Yoshino's had some distracting layers wrapped around in strange directions. But Yoshino's mane is still pretty special though.

qtrollip · Post by **qtrollip** » May 25th, 2008, 12:40 am

Ok, here is v1 of the Shire Horse.
The Strathmore paper was a bit thick for me, but gave the horse alot of volume.
I like the design and will re-fold it with different paper.
There are no colour-changes on this design

Quentin

Rdude · Post by **Rdude** » May 25th, 2008, 2:05 am

Oooooh! very nice! My old neighbour used to own one of these (his (the horse's) name was Victor). This model brings back memories

I especially like how you folded the face!

Andrew

dragon man · Post by **dragon man** » May 25th, 2008, 1:43 pm

BEAUTIFUL Quentin

i was watching all cretures great and small at my grans house and one had to be put down. The man who owned him lost his carting job and his only companion(the horse)

Max · Post by **Max** » May 25th, 2008, 2:05 pm

Quentin,i think it won't matter if you present only horses at the OUSA, you are the horse man anyway

Really great models!

merman · Post by **merman** » May 25th, 2008, 2:29 pm

Max wrote:you are the horse man anyway

That's a dubious honor

qtrollip · Post by **qtrollip** » May 25th, 2008, 5:48 pm

Well, at least it's not the "Headless Horseman"!!

Thank you everyone for the compliments!

Joseph Wu · Post by **Joseph Wu** » May 26th, 2008, 6:01 am

JeossMayhem wrote:I like Kamiya's better I think, mainly because the head is the right size and has a better shape (Yoshino's was a bit small I thought), and the layers are arranged more cleanly. Yoshino's had some distracting layers wrapped around in strange directions. But Yoshino's mane is still pretty special though.

I agree that the head on Yoshino's horse is too small. But the important thing to remember about Yoshino's horse is how groundbreaking it was. Before Yoshino, no one had grafted curved stretched crimp structures into a model. It's a pity he passed away at such a young age. He was a true innovator in origami.

InsomniacFolder · Post by **InsomniacFolder** » May 27th, 2008, 1:46 pm

Mr. Trollip: I like the first impression with the shire horse, especially the weight and strength implied in the legs and fetlocks, though the head looks a little "moosey".

This may be approaching sacrilege, but I don't like the Kamiya horse much, and I'm not entirely sure why. I appreciate all the form and proportion and exquisite skill and all, but it leaves me cold.

On the other hand, I find the Yoshino horse stupendous, ranking along with Stephen Weiss'. All of Yoshino's models I have seen are wonderful; innovative, detailed and elegant. Not many can do all those three. He is sadly missed.

qtrollip · Post by **qtrollip** » May 27th, 2008, 3:49 pm

Thanx Insomniacfolder
When I have to re-folded the Shire horse I'll post again, hopefully with better results.
Also one thing I noticed was that it is not easy photographing a black object. Maybe I should fold it in a different colour (although they are mainly black)!

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » May 28th, 2008, 4:59 am

qtrollip wrote:Also one thing I noticed was that it is not easy photographing a black object. Maybe I should fold it in a different colour (although they are mainly black)!

At one time I was fascinated with fantasy models, dragons and monsters and my choice of color was always black because they looked so cool. But this was until I found (the hard way) that they almost impossible to photograph well.