my mad origami skills...

[bluemonq]

sorry... i can't help not being boastful...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/bluemonq/43600038.jpg
yes, that's a quarter. there's a bigger one partially seen on the left, made by 8.5" square paper.

[artsfartsyjanet]

Sweet!!!!!!!

[kimpossible]

cool. i love origami. it's very relaxing.

[Faithless]

Very nice, but --

What is it?

My favorite origami quicky is to make a sorcerer.

[ism]

whoah that's tight. are those from that guy's book about origami insects? i've been meaning to pick up some of his books. argh can't remember his name.

[rice cracker]

Aw! It's cute. Is it a flea?

The only origami I can do is those fortune teller things.

[yoMAMA]

u got SKillZ

[damashii]

daang those are some angry skills.

[truMp]

very nice.

[bluemonq]

::sigh:: it's actually a crab... i know, it's not a very good picture. i wasn't thinking about it at the time. you gotta visualize rotating the thing a bit, then you should be able to see it's a crab... suddenly, i don't feel so good :frown:

[Arex]

It doesn't matter whether it looks like a crab or not, it's still badass and is definitely not something I could do. From that angle, it looks like some mean ass insect. But I definitely see the crab if it were rotated...

RX

[applehead]

wow. that is wicked.
i can't believe that's smaller than a quarter.

[Emperor_Mike]

Did you use tweezers? Or have you really nimble fingers??? :eek:

[sinisterpanda]

WOw, it's awesome! I love origami!!!!!

[>:^|]

bluemonq, that's so cool! :smile:

[bluemonq]

Did you use tweezers? Or have you really nimble fingers??? :eek:
heeey! tweezers are cheating! :biggrin: i always fold origami by hand. sometimes i use thinner paper, but that was out of notebook paper. i'd like to use foils, but i always end up squashing them; too malleable.

[artsfartsyjanet]

the only things i can fold in origami are cranes, boxes, flowers, boats, airplanes, and robbins. I bought this neat origami bargain book that shows how to make a huge ornament with hundreds of origami stuck together, but i don't have the patience nor time for that yet. Origami rocks.

[bluemonq]

coming soon... something on the opposite end of the scale... assuming i can get my camera to work...

[>:^|]

I wanna see it. I made one that was about five feet across from an architectural plan.

[hooligan]

I wanna see it. I made one that was about five feet across from an architectural plan.
uh, wow. haha. i'd hang one of those from the roof of my room. actually, maybe i should. haha. OoOOoo. ideas for me when i have more time. : (

[bluemonq]

it is time for the unveiling...sort of:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v114/bluemonq/th_43600007.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/bluemonq/43600007.jpg
http://photobucket.com/albums/v114/bluemonq/th_43600008.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v114/bluemonq/43600008.jpg

note: those are size 8.5 shoes and sandals

[Kennyb]

You must have way too much time on your hands to make something that big.... :tongue:

[>:^|]

Hey bluemonq, thanks for sharing the pictures! I enjoyed seeing them.

How did your scavenger hunt go, by the way? And did you have the biggest crane?

[bluemonq]

You must have way too much time on your hands to make something that big.... :tongue:
exaaactly. it took me two hours to get a roll of 36" x 10 yds of busy bee artist brown draft paper (rough texture) to make this... the first hour and a half was just to make the goddamn square out of the roll. i'd do this more often if people would make the squares for me...

and >:^|, no, the scavenger hunt isn't over til friday evening. and we still don't have a stanford id and 5 tourist freebies, among other things...

[mslady]

wow, how small are your fingers? :)
you could also call it a spider u know