Scolopendra, Designed and Folded by Andrey Ermakov It uses an extra long sheet of paper and a tessellation pattern to make a quite impressive centipede. This next model is something a bit different. Video instructions available from Mariano Zavala B.’s YouTube channel This whole thing is folded from a single square of paper too! Flying Kabutomushi, Designed by Shuki Kato and Folded by Mariano Zavala B. Shuki Kato’s flying Kabutomushi is definitely one of the most impressive insect designs I’ve ever seen. Here’s another really excellent beetle design that has a great bright colour change on the back. Pillbug, Designed by Jordan Langerak and Folded by Fernando CastellanosĬrease pattern available from Jordan Langerak’s Flickr The plates on the back of this pillbug look really cool folded out of paper. Leaf Insect, Designed by Daniel Robinson and Folded by Guillermo R. It looks really great folded out of paper here. This is one of those leaf insects that camouflages itself as a leaf. Vespa Mandarina, Designed and Folded by Maeng Heung Gue Here’s an incredible looking wasp and if you look closely again you can see all the many layers of paper folded up inside. Lily Beetle, Designed and Folded by Damian Malicki This is all one square of paper again and if you use two sided paper like you see here you get that excellent different coloured back. Lucanus maculifemoratus, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by Kim Ju Hyunĭiagrams available in the 22nd Tanteidan Convention book This is folded from a single 40cm x 40cm square of paper. Here’s another beautiful design from Satoshi Kamiya. We’re going to look at a ton of incredible origami beetles in this post because they’re all so impressive. Mantis Boxer, Designed by Manuel Sirgo and Folded by Vít Masopust Look at how many layers of paper you can see folded up into each other! This can’t be easy to fold. Here’s another incredible praying mantis model. This is another amazing beetle and I absolutely love how the colours and design look exactly like this beetle does in real life. Here’s another absolutely incredible looking beetle and it’s folded from a single square of 35cm x 35cm paper! Kabutomushi 3.6, Designed by Kota Imai and Folded by Nguyen Nam SonĬrease pattern available from Kota Imai’s Flickr Dragonfly, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by Shuki KatoĬrease Pattern available in World of Super Complex Origami Satoshi Kamiya also designed this great little dragonfly. Dorcus curvidens Designed by Brian Chan and Cyclommatus metallifer Designed by Satoshi Kamiya, Both Folded by Phillip CurlĬyclommatus metallifer diagrams available in Works of Satoshi Kam– 2009ĭorcus curvidens diagrams available in the 2010 Peru Convention book Here are two more fantastic beetles fighting each other out in the wild. Cheirotonus jansoni, Designed by Folder951 and Folded by P. The model was also modified slightly here to be more like the real-life version with extra hooks on the feet and antennas. Colman painted the model afterwards using a mix of hydrus watercolor and metallic calligraphy ink and finished everything with a copic airbrush. This species is called Cheirotonus jansoni. Praying Mantis, Designed by Sebastian Arellano and Folded by Edgarĭiagrams available in Origami Masters Bugsīeetles are a super popular type of insect to fold and there’s ton of amazing designs. This particular one has quite a great little face. You can really tell that a lot of work has gone into these designs and probably a ton of research into different insect species as well.įirst up is this fantastic Praying Mantis. There really aren’t any other types of models that have the same level of complexity and details while looking so much like the real-life versions. After dragons origami insects might just be my next favourite thing.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |