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after seeing everyone elses galleries on this site, i decided to make one of my own. i am 13 and ive been folding for 9 years but ive only been designing for 3 years. i only have pics of my more recent designs but i will take some pics of my earlier designs sometime in the near future.
here is my first pic
model name- dragon
creator- me
folder- me
notes- i folded this a while back and only recently took pics of it so its a little beaten. folded from 10 inch kami. i am quite proud of this design.

model name- one sheet rose
creator- brian chan
folder- me
notes- my first attempt at folding from tissue foil. i folded this for me and my girls 7 monthaversary. the night before it, i was rushing to get it done, then i went on brian chans website and realized he took off the cp so i had to fold it from memory.


i would like to thank sarah for taking these pics for me.

model name- hercules beetle
creator- me
folder- me
notes- my first insect design. after folding this model from both tissue foil and kami, i realized that i hated kami and i would avoid folding from it as much as possible. folded fro a 9 inch sheet of tissue foil. i decided to give it a nice cartoonish feel and added big bug eyes to it

model name- cartoon frog
creator- nicholas terry
folder- me
notes- my second (succesful) attempt at folding from tissue foil. hes my new best friend.

Very nice models, especially the hercules beetle!

origamifreak_1.6180339889 wrote: After folding this model from both tissue foil and kami, i realized that i hated kami and i would avoid folding from it as much as possible.

Probably a good choice

Thanks!

yeah, before i tried folding from tissue foil, i saw all of these wonderful origami designs and mine all looked like crap and i tthought it was my fault, but then when i tried to fold my hercules beetle, i realized that it looked 10 times better than when i folded it with kami.

yay, i found an old pic of one of my first designs!!
model name- gryphon
creator- me
folder- me
notes- my second design. alot of shaping is required and the back legs are a bit short

simple is sometimes better
model name- lightsaber
creator- me
folder- me
notes- i designed this model because i had an origami display at my local library with a whole section dedicated to starwars and i couldnt find any good lightsaber models so i decided i would create one

my 3 favorite hercules beetles models.
creators- satoshi kamiya, robert lang, and me
folder- me
notes- the hercules beetle is my favorite insect. these are my favorite models. all folded from tissue foil


top- satoshi kamiya
bottom right- robert lang
bottom left- mine

i get good reactions whenever i show this model to someone. they always ask me how many pieces of paper i used.
model name- rickshaw
creator- nicholas terry
folder- me
notes- i couldnt find any brown tissue paper so i just used gold.

this one has nice movement
model name- lion
creator- satoshi kamiya
folder- me
notes- i messed up on the mane on the side thats not shown in this pic. folded from 10 inch kami

i made this to show how robert langs models have greatly improved between origami insects and their kin and origami insects II
model name- scorpion
creator- robert lang
folder- me
notes- i like the one from origami insects II better

right- origami insects and their kin
left- origami insects II

Maybe you should say which one is which for people who are not familiar with the models

I like the gryphon. Are parts of it color-changed? I wasn't sure if I was just seeing reflections in the photo.

no. its just the kind of paper i used. it had an orange and white swirl.