A general rule of thumb for origami design is that long, thin appendages should be allocated on the corners or the edges of the sheet for better efficiency. For spider subjects, most designers would choose to allocate all legs on the edges in an octagon formation, since using the corners would lead to an asymmetric […]
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This model was in some sense a tribute to John Montroll, who is the first person in origami history to accomplish the same subject from a single uncut square, with the correct number of major appendages, which was published in Animal Origami for the Enthusiast (1985). I try to use the smallest possible grid size […]
In this article, I will share with you some of the stories behind Box Pleating Studio. I will be talking mostly from the perspective of origami; as for the perspective of programming, one may check out another blog of mine, in which I have a series of articles discussing such topics (only in Chinese though). […]
Domestic Shorthair Cat (Felis catus), designed by me in 2018. This is only the second time I fold this model; last time it was folded with tracing paper (the thinnest paper I could find at the time), and the result wasn’t really satisfactory due to the transparency of the material. Because of the recent pandemic […]
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