Origami animals

phindar · Post by **phindar** » January 25th, 2007, 1:33 am

My first post here.

I've folded origami since I was a kid. Just the models from books. I have never created anything by myself.

Anyways, I started this project: I want to fold the 12 chinise zodiac animals. But there are many that I can not find:
A tiger (could be a cat as I am just trying to represent the animal)
A dragon
An ox (I have a buffalo and pretended to start from there)

Also, the complexity of the animals don't seem to match the composition as a pig is much simpler than a rabbit, for example.

Any advice?
Any link to those animals?

Thanks for the help!

kingdomwinds · Post by **kingdomwinds** » January 25th, 2007, 1:37 am

http://www.giladorigami.com/BO_MythologicalZodiac.html

phindar · Post by **phindar** » January 25th, 2007, 2:26 pm

Nice! Thanks!

Does any one know if I can purchace the diagrams and not the whole book (maybe online)?
That because I have most of the animas that I need and, I got to say, nicer than the ones he include in his book. Not sure if I would like to buy a whole book for 3 animals. Well, rat and boar are better than the ones I have. but still...

The other thing is that I live in Mexico City and not all th bookstores ship here.

Post by **origami_8** » January 25th, 2007, 6:41 pm

Amazon ships nearly everywhere and the book isnÂ´t really expensive with around 11$ for a new one and Montroll books are worth the money.

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » January 25th, 2007, 9:00 pm

T P Kong's page has some diagrams you might find helpful. I remember that at least he has a tiger.