Gallery of TJ Foo

Post by **origami_8** » June 21st, 2008, 4:58 pm

Look at the wing in the third picture. It seems as if there where many equal sized little crinkles like if it would be crepe paper. It can be that this is only an illusion, maybe caused by the brush strokes. Therefore my question if your tissue paper had some kind of structure beforehand.

angrydemon · Post by **angrydemon** » June 21st, 2008, 5:06 pm

It IS crepe paper. I just call it tissue so I don't confuse people. It is also known as "artist's tissue" so I don't see anything wrong with using this term. This texture already exists beforehand and has nothing to do with the brush strokes.

Post by **origami_8** » June 21st, 2008, 5:24 pm

Isn't it very hard to fold with it if it has such a texture? I just imagine it to be very hard. Like I mentioned before the tissue paper that I have, doesn't have any texture but is completely smooth making it ideal to work with. That was why I asked.
In that case I also understand very well, why you choose only to take one layer, the paper will probably become incredible thick if taking more than one layer.

angrydemon · Post by **angrydemon** » June 21st, 2008, 5:33 pm

Two layers would have been thin enough, but I only used one because I wanted it to be as thin as it possibly can. By the way, how does the texture effect it's foldablility? It was a little difficult to crease, but it was probably because it was so thin. Anyway, I like the texture. It makes the model look more natural and realistic.

Post by **origami_8** » June 24th, 2008, 7:05 pm

angrydemon wrote:I was wondering why you're using a puny paintbrush when you could use an enormous one instead.

Here's a picture of the brush I use together with a ruler (all sizes on the ruler are in mm):

angrydemon · Post by **angrydemon** » June 25th, 2008, 4:39 pm

Wizard
Author: Satoshi Kamiya
Folder: TJ Foo

angrydemon · Post by **angrydemon** » June 27th, 2008, 7:11 pm

Ancient Dragon
Author: Satoshi Kamiya
Folder: TJ Foo

Sorry for the lousy photos. For some reason, red is very hard to photograph nicely.

Gearfold · Post by **Gearfold** » July 2nd, 2008, 12:37 am

Nice Aincent Dragon! I picked up Satoshi Kamiya's book, and I wanna know what paper you used? (not that I'll be folding it at my level)

angrydemon · Post by **angrydemon** » July 22nd, 2008, 5:01 pm

Hammerhead Shark
Folder: TJ Foo
Author TJ Foo

Sorry for not presenting any new models for such a long time. Very busy month.

angrydemon · Post by **angrydemon** » August 4th, 2008, 4:48 pm

Frog
Author: TJ Foo
Folder: TJ Foo

The base is relatively simple, but shaping it to look like a real frog was a major pain in the...posterior.

By the way, I discovered a new special ability I have. I have the power...to...PREDICT THE FUTURE!!! You think I'm lying right? Well, I'll prove it to you by making a prediction right now! THE NEXT PERSON TO POST IN THIS THREAD IS....me

Post by **origami_8** » August 4th, 2008, 5:16 pm

Your predictions aren't very good, you should maybe exercise a bit more.

angrydemon · Post by **angrydemon** » August 4th, 2008, 5:30 pm

Dang. Maybe I don't have any powers. OR MAYBE, I'm invisible! And the only person who notices that I exist is you!

Sorry for all this childish sarcasm but I would really appreciate it if more people would post their comments

Post by **origami_8** » August 4th, 2008, 5:54 pm

Your hammerhead shark looks pretty good.
Don't care about non existing reactions, I think everyone knows this feeling that you are proud of something and no one seems to notice, but we've surely all seen your work also if we don't always say it.

Moonspinner · Post by **Moonspinner** » August 4th, 2008, 6:31 pm

The frog looks cool, could you post another picture showing the front of the frog?

One minuscule thing, but the head seems to be a little too big.

Visionary · Post by **Visionary** » August 4th, 2008, 7:30 pm

As you specifically demanded a response:

I like the hammerhead shark, but the picture quality is very bad. There's no picture showing the belly of the shark (I can't even tell if the amount of fins is right).

Also the front section just before the hammer looks kinda odd (probably just because it's not closed). In the front shot the hammer looks about right, however from above it looks like it's angled wrong (might just be the picture though).
Ok after comparing it with a picture of a real hammerhead again I believe what made me think the hammer looks odd was that it's not rectangular, but pointed on both sides.

Finally, apart from taking proper pictures I also suggest to photograph a decently folded model, unless specifically stating, that it's an early trial run model. I'm just a beginner myself, but I can easily identify several points which look like sloppy folding.

Ok, this sounds a bit harsh probably, but I consider constructive criticism a good thing per se and also let me finish with saying that your hammerhead sure looks very nice already

(Hint: Fold a few hammerheads from dark paper, fix them above a light blue background, light them from multiple light sources and try to reproduce a picture of a hammerhead school - like this one: http://www.sharkdiving.us/images/hammerhead/02.jpg - in origami

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