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Hello, some must now me, i joined the community a while ago, and trying to make my way trough, but seems hard, i got frustrated on every model i tried, a pair of insects and the lion of kamiya satoshi.
I'll love to have some advices from people who is folding from long ago or have some experience, cuz i've seen lots of post of people who makes his own designs and thats so cool.
I really like origami, i want to make many models, but this is really putting me down :/

thx for reading, happy new year, i'll be waiting for your answers =)

It takes a long time to get good with origami, especially if you want to design your own models. I've been designing my own models for almost three years, and I still feel like a newbie sometimes-- and I've moved faster than most because I fold every day.

So don't get discouraged! It's like playing a musical instrument: you get better with practice. Nobody gets it all on the first try! But if you don't keep practicing, you'll never get better.

My violin teacher often had me play simple excercies, so I could work on technique and not have to worry about the notes. You should consider doing the same thing with your folding; fold simple models along with complex ones, and your ability to do both will improve. You'll start to understand what happens in the simple models, and that will lead (slowly) to understanding the harder models: how they work, how they were made, etc. This is the best way of learning to design things.

you should really start with easy stuff and go on if you think it's time for some harder stuff. start off with Montroll books if you can get your hands onto them and try folding them. Montroll's models are mostly pretty good to understand.
its hard to say what's good for you because we don't know anything about your skills. on my last origami meeting I folded with a 12 year old girl (the second time) and she's really amazing. we folded Roman Diaz' sparrow and she did come through very well. on the other hand I folded with some guys that where unable to accomplish even the simplest models.
so tell us, which models you successfully folded.

hi! i am also new. new in the forum and in the craft. have very basic knowledge about origami. im just very excited now, just bought a book actually.

Welcome to the forum! This is a very good place to start expanding your origami skill set. Asking questions is the best way to learn. Don't forget about the forum search tool, it is your friend! What book did you buy?

Andrew

You should also try working from video instructions-- it's much easier because you can see everything that happens, and it helps you understand things better.

Sara Adams has several excellent videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AdamsSara