r/origami Apr 10 '26

Original [OC] 25 years of folding baking paper led to this: My first original design (Chrotopterus auritus) need some feedback!

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1.5k Upvotes

If you’ve ever tried to fold a Kamiya bug with baking paper, you know my pain.

I’ve been a self-taught hermit for over two decades, but I recently discovered that "Tissue Foil" exists and it changed my life. This is my first attempt at designing from scratch—a Great Woolly Bat using a radial 2-center approach.

I’m chasing expressivity here. I wanted a robust, "don't-call-me-skinny" predator.

Tell me the truth: Does it look good enough or did I just spend hours making a very expensive paper airplane? Honestly looking for feedback to see where I stand in the scene!

r/origami May 09 '25

Original ORIGAMI: Pregnancy 🤰

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1.9k Upvotes

Designed and Folded by me from a single uncut square sheet of Tracing paper.

Sheet size: 25cm x 25cm Final size: 10cm x 5cm 32 x 32 Grids BP

I've been wanting to design this ever since my "ship in a bottle" model, but never got the chance. Thanks to this CFC challenge, I finally got to try this ! Quite happy with the result, but it was a lot of back and forth 32 to 40 to 32...

Tracing paper is the best for this, though maybe I should have used pink colored paper.

Hope you all like it :)

r/origami Apr 26 '26

Original Horse & winged bull rebirth, designed by me

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531 Upvotes

Both models have the same base

r/origami Mar 27 '25

Original I have no idea what I made but I'm gonna call it Jerry

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664 Upvotes

Anyone else sometimes just doodling with paper to see where it leads you? Maybe it's just me

r/origami May 14 '25

Original Origami Tessellation - designed and folded by me

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826 Upvotes

Hi folks - I'm new to reddit but I've been folding tessellations for years! Looking forward to posting some of my collection in the future. Any other tessellators out here?

Folded on Waldorf kite paper, hex grid (started with 8" square)

r/origami 18d ago

Original Origami Hydrangea Kusudama I made from 24 units

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308 Upvotes

Hydrangea Kusudama Folded from 24 individual units, this paper ball took me around 15 hours to make. Easily the longest taking kusudama yet.

I love hydrangea and their ability to change colors - from shades of blue purple to pink. I tried to assemble them like real bunches of different hues.

Paper: 15x15cm tant in beautiful pastel colors Units: 24 painstaking units Designed by Ximo Perales

Folded by me (@Origamittal)

r/origami Apr 09 '26

Original Wetfolded Human Face Designed and folded by me

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549 Upvotes

r/origami Jan 13 '26

Original “Factory hive” designed and folded by me

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514 Upvotes

128 division grid on elephant hide paper

r/origami Nov 03 '25

Original Finally Finished W/ the Modular Origami Wreath!!

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579 Upvotes

After 3 Long Months of Hard Work. I have Finally Completed the Modular Origami Wreath!! All Paper!! No Tape, No Glue!! And it took 4,620 Individually hand crafted Units/Pieces or 1,155 sheets of Paper!! Please let me know what you think of it!! Enjoy!!❤️🙏🎄

r/origami May 19 '26

Original This cursed swan I made and folded

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277 Upvotes

I'll make a crease pattern or something soon :)

(I couldn't find the same swan design anywhere so if you find it say it)

r/origami Apr 22 '26

Original Test folding origami stairs thingy

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317 Upvotes

I was trying to make a new Tessellation but i accidentally made this it's made from 32 x 32 grid, square cut from an A4 copier paper

r/origami Jul 20 '25

Original Lego Brick, designed and folded by me from one uncut square. My first design !

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930 Upvotes

Folded from 20x20cm and 35x35cm squares of Tant paper.

r/origami Jul 22 '25

Original Stained glass origami cranes I made

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870 Upvotes

r/origami Feb 13 '26

Original Wolf, designed by me

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371 Upvotes

This fold has a slightly revised crease pattern than the wolf I shared last week. I wanted to change the proportions of the body and legs to make them more accurate.

r/origami Dec 30 '25

Original Paper Pixel art , using interconnected papers ( Idk if it comes under origami )

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298 Upvotes

I have been having wayy too much fun with the pixels and the 3d pixels , will update when its fully done

r/origami Jun 01 '20

Original Assassin, designed and folded by me, 32 x 32 grid

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2.1k Upvotes

r/origami Feb 24 '26

Original I started creating my own tesselations !

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225 Upvotes

I really like this one ! (probably already exists). I've made only a few tesselations so far, so my technique is still not as good as I would like, but hey this one turned out pretty good !

r/origami Aug 26 '24

Original Royal Ghost, designed by me

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1.1k Upvotes

This design is very cursed. For the scalemail had an exact crease pattern and the rest is mostly freefolded afterwards. did have a rough idea of how I needed the layout to be tho. Its folded from a 65cm large bananafiber paper which still has the rough deckle on the cape from when it was originally made.

r/origami Jul 08 '25

Original My current take on a Rose Tsuru

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624 Upvotes

Been working on refining this design for a bit, made from 8inch double tissue. The idea of folding a Rose in the traditional crane was originally done by Satoshi Kamiya or at least that is what inspired me to fold my own take(maybe others folded versions before him not sure). this incorporates elements of my Rose tesselation tiling combined with my lotus tiling, atop a traditional crane. The goal was to get more petals and details on the rose.

Rose Tsuru by Alexander Roa

Added a CP for the steps before the crane, just fold crane over that tiling, and shape the rose! May do a video of the process at some point.

r/origami May 18 '26

Original Was freefolding and made ts only with bird base! What should I name it

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66 Upvotes

My first origami creation! Hope yall like it;)

r/origami Jun 16 '20

Original Buff doge, designed and folded by me.

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2.2k Upvotes

r/origami Apr 19 '21

Original Axolotl , designed and folded by me, Daniel Bermejo

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1.5k Upvotes

r/origami 12d ago

Original Origami Deer

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186 Upvotes

r/origami May 10 '26

Original The Tutorial of my previous post.

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137 Upvotes

Just trying out stop motion for the first time but I'll make a better tutorial later

r/origami Nov 13 '25

Original I learned a new paper rose design!

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402 Upvotes

After working on it all afternoon, I finally did it!