The Origami Forum

Just wanted to say hi to everyone, just joined this forum.

I started folding two weeks ago after seeing Satoshi's Ryu Jin 3.5, and being thoroughly inspired!!

So far I've folded an Eagle Ray (Satoshi),



and have started a Dollar Bill Koi (Won Park).



I'm going to work through Satoshi's book, and do dollar bill stuff on the side , and eventually attempt a Ryu Jin 3.5

Hopefully I can contribute to this site as much as I have already received from it.

Welcome to the forum! You did a very good job on the eagle ray and the precreasing, especially since you started just two weeks ago. I think the eagle ray had a difficult sink or something, but you navigated it very well. From what you have already done, I can definately say that you will be able to do some really complex stuff soon (Maybe even the ryu jin. Other folders have already folded it, and when you want to as well, I am sure they will give you some great advice). Welcome and good job so far!

P.S. It seems like you are attracted to harder models. My advice would be not to skip some of the simpler ones - they are nice as well, and might even help you to do harder models.

Thanks for the welcome! And thank you for the compliments. I will take your advice and fold some simpler models.

How old are you?

37......bit of a late starter with the origami

Your precise work indicate such age. Keep folding, you are on the right way.

Wow, not bad! By the way, I got hooked up by Ryujin as well >_<

Regarding the Won Park koi, you have a decent start on the precreasing.
I might warn you though, that the koi, as well as most of the advanced, complex models, oftentimes have a couple, or several, difficult tricky moves. These are generally overcome by intuition, experience, trial & error, and perception gained from past foldings.
Most diagrams are frequently deficit of some steps, leading to potential frustration.
Hence, some considerable practice folding from Lang ( Origami Sea Life , Origami Zoo and Origami design Secrets), Seiji Nishikawa (Works of ), Jun Maekawa ( Genuine Origami), and Nicolas Terry's books will give you some valuable experience .
Otherwise, it's kinda like starting out with Sipho Mobana's Baby Fugu, a daunting exercise.
Best of luck !

I am new myself, this looks like a great forum, I hope to be a contributor and also hope to learn a lot from everyone.