Quentin's photos

qtrollip · Post by **qtrollip** » December 29th, 2007, 10:37 pm

Here is the CP for my Teddy. Let me know if you think it resembles Kirschenbaum's "Fluffy".

Quentin

origamimasterjared · December 30th, 2007, 12:09 am

I see closed-sinks

Well, partially-closed, sinks anyway.

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » December 30th, 2007, 1:35 am

It looks like some creases are missing-near the bottom, there are a couple of creases that terminate when they hit a line-only 3 lines meet at that point, which does not fold flat.

qtrollip · Post by **qtrollip** » December 30th, 2007, 4:10 am

Wow, you guys are good. This was my first drawn CP, so there may be some lines missing. I just unfolded the model and drew what I saw.

Jared, yes, there are 2 (one on each side) closed sinks, which are very easy. I would still rate this model intermediate in difficulty.

origamimasterjared · December 30th, 2007, 4:37 am

Oh, I was just pointing out that you can see closed sinks just by looking at the CP. They have a certain construct. I like closed sinks. I think they're fun and usually easy (though Kirschenbaum and Lang have thrown some real screwballs...).

You've done well with this CP. There are a few places where you have extra creases that shouldn't be there (the two long creases in the middle going from left to right. They shouldn't extend all the way across.)

To check your CPs for flat-foldability check that in the interior:

At each crease intersection the difference in the number of mountain and valley creases is 2. (Maekawa's Theorem) This also means that every crease intersection must have an even number of creases.

At each crease intersection the two sets of alternating angles should each add up to 180˚(Kawasaki's Theorem).

qtrollip · Post by **qtrollip** » December 30th, 2007, 5:16 am

Thanks Jared.
Yeah, the reason I put this up (I don't usually draw CPs) is that I'm getting alot of input referring to Kirschenbaum's "Fluffy".

I'm not gonna fold and unfold "Fluffy" to see if there is a great similarity! For those who want to do it, they can let me know how similar they are! When I designed this, I wasn't referring to the "Fluffy" diagrams at all.
It came from looking at the bathroom tiles and seeing a Panda Bear. Then (as mentioned earlier) the six blue tiles (ears and legs) had to come from the side of the square in order to be colour-changed. I wanted a simple-ish design (to fit in with the cuteness) and started off with a blintzed base (half frog and half bird). The ratios were not right as all the points come from the same area (middle) of the base. So I started with an asymmetric blintzed base which also has a stretch-fold to orientate the flaps so they can be colour-changed.
Now looking at "Fluffy", it starts with a symmetric Fish Base, and no asymmetric stretch-folds either. So even if the CPs may have similarities, the design method is totally different!

Well, now you guys can probably fold the whole thing with the CP and all this info.

origamimasterjared · December 30th, 2007, 5:25 am

Yeah, Kirschenbaum's is from a fish base with one of the long flaps maximally point-split for the legs. Structurally, nothing like yours. And his sitting panda...it's the same (as you've seen).

qtrollip · Post by **qtrollip** » January 31st, 2008, 5:36 am

Designed 26 January 2008: Manta Ray

Front view

View from under to show gills and mouth

I went scuba diving in Hawaii to see these amazing animals up close, but unfortunately they didn't show up! So I had to design this from photos.

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » January 31st, 2008, 12:45 pm

Great job!

JeossMayhem · Post by **JeossMayhem** » January 31st, 2008, 7:08 pm

Dang man, that's pretty insane. The gills are super and the backdrop is expertly done too... I can't figure out how to photograph small objects without a macro mode. What's your method?

qtrollip · Post by **qtrollip** » January 31st, 2008, 8:03 pm

Thanx Jeossmayhem
I'm in the process of getting a digital SLR camera, can't wait!
These photos were taken with a normal digital compact camera. I used macro mode (the button with the flower on). Anyway, the secret is all in the lighting and how still you can keep the camera. Black or dark colored things especially need good lighting. And a tripod.
These photos were taken on a billiards table with the overhead lights and an extra light from the side to get rid of the shadow from the overhead lights. And a mini tripod.
Hope that helps.
Oh, and the model is not that small, probably 25 cm wide, so it wasnt really a "macro" photo.
I guess DSLR is the way to go, you can definitely see the difference!

Later...

qtrollip · Post by **qtrollip** » February 4th, 2008, 4:22 am

Horse, designed from a single uncut square.
The first photo with my new Canon 40D camera.

Quentin

JVega · Post by **JVega** » February 5th, 2008, 12:24 am

Qentin, only in this three pages thread there are enough great models to write a book, some of my favourites are: shark, panda bear, bat, howling wolf, chameleon, superman logo, gorilla...

Definitively, you are another origami master!! =D

HankSimon · Post by **HankSimon** » February 5th, 2008, 1:28 am

Nice Horse and nice photo. Horse looks like it works on two legs and on four ?

BTW, when you write your origami book, please include the border collie and all the bears...

- Hank Simon

qtrollip · Post by **qtrollip** » February 5th, 2008, 5:23 am

Thank you JVega and HankSimon. I appreciate the compliments.

Hank, very good question about the horse's legs! To me, most of the origami horses' legs are too short, especially if you have to do a crimp fold on a sharp point to make a hoof. That shortens the legs. If you take Kamiya's Unicorn, the crimp folds to form the hoofs are smaller, as there is already paper to form the hoofs. You don't have to pull paper from the layers to widen the hoofs. I hope this makes sense.
As this horse has the sharp points for legs, the legs look a bit short when the hoofs are folded and then standing on four legs. When a horse (or any animal) extends its back, the back looks shorter. So I shortened the back a bit to get longer rear legs. So this model probably looks better standing on its hind legs, but can be changed to stand on all four.

I have also designed a different horse with better hoofs (very similar to Kamiya's Unicorn's hoofs), which is similar to this one, except for the legs and looks much nicer! I still have to fold it though and I will post it then. Watch this space.

As for publishing a book. Well, that would certainly be an achievement! I do diagram almost all my designs with computer diagrams. The problem is that I draw them so I can remember the folds. They are not necessarily drawn for others to follow, ie they could be more detailed.
But it is a goal to finish all the diagrams!

By the way, the Border Collie and shark (and other diagrams by me and others) are published on a CD that is for sale by the LondonOrigami Group. Contact me for details if you want.
Thanx again
Quentin