Dinosaurs are a very popular topic in origami. We’ve posted about them before and we’re probably not going to run out of awesome dinosaur origami in a very long time so here’s another post full of incredible origami dinosaurs.
Tran Trung Hieu is a master at designing origami dinosaurs so we’ll open this post with this amazing Velociraptor.
Velociraptor, Designed and Folded by Tran Trung Hieu
Crease pattern available in JOAS Special Issue 2011
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Satoshi Kamiya has designed a great Styracosaurs.
Styracosaurs, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by Alex Satsukawa
Crease pattern available in World of Super Complex Origami
Satoshi Kamiya has also designed an awesome Coelophysis that’s not too difficult to fold.
Coelophysis, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by DebugMode
Diagrams available in Works of Satoshi Kamiya 1995-2003
Here’s an excellent “Jurassic Couple”.
Jurassic Couple, Designed and Folded by Tran Trung Hieu
Instructions not available
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Here’s a great Parasaurolophus photographed out in the wild.
Parasaurolophus, Designed by Fumiaki Kawahata and Folded by Adriano Davanzo
Diagrams available in Origami Fantasy
Shuki Kato designed a really great origami Giganotosaurus. I especially like all the individual teeth.
Giganotosaurus, Designed by Shuki Kato and Folded by Kota Imai
Crease pattern available from Shuki Kato’s Flickr
This is one of the best origami Pteranodon designs I’ve seen by Fernando Gilgado Gomez.
Pteranodon, Designed by Fernando Gilgado Gomez and Folded by Luc MARNAT
Diagrams available in Origami Dinosaurs
Here’s a great little scene of a pack of dinosaurs hunting by Tran Trung Hieu.
Hunting, Designed and Folded by Tran Trung Hieu
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I really like this Plesiosauria, it’s not super complicated but it looks great with a lot of character.
Plesiosauria, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi
Crease pattern available from Phillip Curl’s Flickr
Shuki Kato also has a really great Brachiosaurus design.
Brachiosaurus, Designed by Shuki Kato and Folded by Mariano Zavala B.
Diagrams available in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 151
Fumiaki Kawahata designed a great Tuojiangosaurus which is a species of dinosaur similar to a Stegosaurus. I like how this one is eating a little plant for the photo.
Tuojiangosaurus, Designed by Fumiaki Kawahata and Folded by Kunsulu
Diagrams available in Origami Fantasy
Fumiaki Kawahata also has a Stegosaurus design that’s a bit more complex.
Stegosaurus, Designed by Fumiaki Kawahata and Folded by Mariano
Diagrams available in Origami Fantasy
This dinosaur is a Baryonyx walkeri and the food in its mouth is a very nice touch.
Baryonyx Walkeri, Designed and Folded by Tran Trung Hieu
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Here’s Kade Chan’s fantastic origami T-Rex.
T-Rex, Designed and Folded by Kade Chan
Video instructions available from Kade Chan’s YouTube channel
Tran Trung Hieu is really good at designing very specific species of dinosaurs and putting them into great little scenes.
Dilong paradoxus, Designed and Folded by Tran Trung Hieu
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Satoshi Kamiya has also designed a great Spinosaurus which is another one of my favourite origami dinosaurs.
Spinosaurus, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi
Diagrams available in the Origami Tanteidan 17th Convention Book
Here’s Shuki Kato’s brachiosaurus folded by the designer himself for a convention.
Braichiosaurus, Designed and Folded by Shuki Kato
Diagrams available in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 151
I really like this 3D Ankylosaurus design by Fumiaki Kawahata. It’s kind of cute and the plates on the back look great.
Ankylosaurus, Designed by Fumiaki Kawahata and Folded by Baptiste Daumen
Diagrams available in Origami Fantasy
Tran Trung Hieu also designed a fantastic origami Coelophysis.
Coelophysis, Designed and Folded by Tran Trung Hieu
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Here’s a different and little bit more ferocious looking origami Pteranodon.
Pteranodon, Designed by Jason Ku and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi
Diagrams available in the Origami Tanteidan 12th Convention Book
Here’s another really great looking aquatic dinosaur which might actually technically not be a dinosaur.
Elasmosaurus, Designed and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi
Instructions not available
Here’s a closer look at Tran Trung Hieu’s Dilong paradoxus.
Dilong paradoxus, Designed and Folded by Tran Trung Hieu
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Here’s one of Tran Trung Hieu’s designs expertly folded by another artist. I really like how the claws look here.
Velociraptor, Designed by Tran Trung Hieu and Folded by P. Colman
Crease pattern available in JOAS Special Issue 2011
Our final image is Satoshi Kamiya’s Spinosaurus again, this time folded by DebugMode who did an amazing job. The details in this model such as the claws are awesome.
Spinosaurus, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by DebugMode
Diagrams available in the Origami Tanteidan 17th Convention Book
That’s it for this post. Be sure to check out all these amazing artists and let them know what you think of their work and let us know in the comments which one of these dinosaurs was your favourite.
