Origami Tars Tarkas and Dracula

Origami Tars Tarkas (from the John Carter of Mars series) and Dracula by Juston.

*Buy origami books at Amazon.

Origami Alien

Origami Alien Warrior by Kade Chan.

*Previously: Hot Toys Captain Dallas with Alien pod.

*Buy Alien toys at eBay.

Origami by Brian Chan

Mantis, Iron Man, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and more - - origami by Brian Chan. Some of these creations are on sale at Etsy.

*Previously: Origami wallaby.

*Buy Iron Man posters at eBay.

Spider-Grandma (link roundup)

Spider-Grandma - - part of Ivo Mayr's "Passanten (Passers-By)" series. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Making an origami Millennium Falcon is a lot easier than it sounds. Via.

2. List of weird G.I. Joe episodes, including G.I. Joe and the Golden Fleece.

3. Dan Lish's DJ Hero art gallery. Via.

*Previously: Origami Totoro.

*Buy Daft Punk posters at eBay.

Origami dragons, minotaur, and ninja

The comments to this origami Asian dragon said "Ryu Zin 2.1 by Kamiya Satoshi, folded by me":




So I investigated. Here's Kamiya Satoshi's website. The first model I looked at there was this minotaur:



My exploration of advanced origami then led me to the website of Hoang Trung Thanh, where I found these dragons and ninja:




Lots more incredible origami at all of those links.

*Previously: Bruno Bowden folds one of Robert Lang's origami creations in under two minutes, blindfolded, while Rufus Cappadocia plays a custom five-string electric cello.

*Buy minotaurs at eBay.

Origami Totoro

Origami Totoro and Dragonmouse by Joseph Wu. Don't miss his Opee Sea Killer from The Phantom Menace.

*Previously: Origami Manticore.

*Buy Totoro toys at eBay.

Origami Manticore (link roundup)

Origami Manticore by Chad Killeen.

And here's a few old links I'm finally getting of of the way:

1. Nissan's "eco-pedal system" includes an eco light that warns you if you're hitting the gas pedal too hard.

2. Slayer meets AC Slater in this t-shirt.

3. Dismember-Me Plush Zombie.

4. Superman riding Devil Dinosaur by Zander Cannon.

*Previously: Origami Beholder.

*Buy manticore toys at eBay.

Wolverine/Evangelion mashup; Evengelion origami

"Wolvengelion" by Toyto. Via.



Evangelion origami. Via.

*Previously: Simple, yet adorable bunny origami.

*Buy Evangelion toys at eBay.

Robert Lang explains how modern origami artists create astonishing works of art

A dizzingly complicated talk appropriately accompanying mindblowingly complicated origami creations. The talk is interesting enough when it's just covering paper creations like the double preying mantis above, but then Lang moves on to discuss origami being applied to telescopes, heart stents, and more.







Here's Lang's site.



And here's Bruno Bowden folding one of Lang's incredible creations in under two minutes, blindfolded, while Rufus Cappadocia plays a custom five-string electric cello. It's a good surprise to see the finished creation:







*Find origami books at Amazon.

Adorable bunny and carrot origami

Bunnygami
Originally uploaded by Balakov

Yoda Origami

Link. Via.

Dave McKean needs someone to send him two origami crabs

Read about the request here. Here's some origami crabs. (And here's a link to McKean's Keanoshow.)

Origami: V For Vendetta Guy Fawkes Mask

Alas, no instructions.