Akugami

[akugami]

[originally: gallery of grizzly man]

i'm still in two minds about opening my own gallery but if you'd like to get some critics - both positive or negative - for your creations or interpretations it's probably more effective to post a picture right here than to the "folded lately"-thread ...

[akugami]

my contribution to the monthly folding challenge of september 2009 - a kingfisher made from the half of a square

[akugami]

my contribution to the october challenge in 2009 and its development - a little geisha made from a square









the last picture was taken at preparations for an origami meeting in oktober 2010.
i've also tried a rectangle to produce a taller model.

[akugami]

my contribution to the may challenge in 2010 - a gorilla made from a rectangle



... inspired but far away from the quality of giang dinhs' artwork

[akugami]

i wanted to take part in the october challenge of 2010 but an idea came too late. the topic was about a thing or creature with "horns, corns and antlers".
so a few days ago i went through another boxpleating session and came up with this model ...



... and titled it a minotaur. with its plane face it probably reminds you more of a faun than of the cretan myth?

well, actually i wanted - or still want - to create a papermade copy of a special devil sculpture by thomas theodor heine, a german artist of the early 20th century. a picture of the original you can find here: http://www.lempertz.com/typo3temp/pics/749fd6bc7d.jpg

last night i've made some changes to the minotaur-base and got finally this version ...









it still doesn't suit the original but i think it's growing ...

[Trouble]

i... and titled it a minotaur. with its plane face it probably reminds you more of a faun than of the cretan myth?

...

i really like this

[akugami]

thank you, trouble! i took another try this night with some differences in shaping the head and arms but i'm still not satisfied ...





i forgot to mention quality, format and dimensions of the paper used for the devil evolution - it's a kraft rectangle 1:2 (25cm : 50cm).

[akugami]

one more try ...





the right one was folded today but as it seems to me without any improvements.

[endreon]

great!

[akugami]

thank you, endreon.
i've tried another kind of paper and did thin the arms somewhat this evening ...

[endreon]

It looks better! Is there a possibility of diagrams?

[akugami]

perhaps i'll try to draw a simplified diagram for it or post a cp with notes for the christmas book ...
but for that i have to be satisfied with it first and anna will have to accept it as a contribution.

[akugami]

the next try ...

[joshuaorigami]

Very nice gallery you have here, Grizzly.

[jadylyon]

for what it's worth, i absolutely love the attitude of this newest little red guy. This one has character that I think the other ones lacked, particularly in the stance and the swept back horns.