25 Pawsome Origami Dogs that You Mutt See
We’ve posted about dogs previously. Since then we’ve come across a ton of other fantastic paper dogs that also deserve to be highlighted.
We’ll start out this post with this beautiful looking dog folded from a sheet of mulberry paper.
Dog, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by nyanko sensei
Diagrams available in Origami Tanteidan Magazine 144
This doberman pinscher design is still one of our all time favourite paper dog designs. Each of these is folded from different kinds of paper with different kinds of paint.
Doberman Pinscher, Designed by Ares Alanya and Folded by Mariano
Diagrams available in the 17th Tanteidan Convention book
This is an origami version of Yoko, Hande Orhun’s dog.
Greyhound, Designed by Ronald Koh and Folded by Hande Orhun
Diagrams available in the Origami USA Convention 2000 book
This paper dog has a ton of character and looks really full of energy.
Dog, Designed by Hideo Komatsu and Folded by Ivan Svatko
Diagrams available in Works of Hideo Komatsu
This dog in a dog house model is still one of our favourites. The entire thing, both the dog and the house, is folded from a single sheet of paper.
Dog in a Dog House, Designed by Stephen Weiss and Folded by Minh Tue (Photo by thong nguyen nguyen)
Diagrams available in Origami Zoo
Here’s another one of those fantastic doberman pinchers.
Doberman Pinscher, Designed by Ares Alanya and Folded by Blanka P (blunek)
Diagrams available in the 17th Tanteidan Convention book
This entire scene is pretty adorable.
Collie, Designed and Folded by Andrey Ermakov
Instructions not available
Here’s another one of the cuter origami dog designs.
Scottish Terrier, Designed by Hoang Tien Quyet and Folded by Gonzalo
Diagrams available in the 20th Tanteidan Convention book
We really like how this dog design is a lot more 3-dimensional and seeing it from multiple angles is really great.
Miniature Schnauzer, Designed and Folded by Joseph Wu
Instructions not available
This is a much simpler design but it’s still very expressive.
Terrier, Designed by Francisco Javier Caboblanco and Folded by Rainer Berg
Diagrams available in Origami from Around the World
Here’s another adorable design. The pose is absolutely fantastic.
Mi Perra Zaida, Designed by Juan Gimeno Viguera and Folded by Luc MARNAT
Diagrams available in Pajarita Magazine #123
This is another excellent dog design. The colour change here is really great and it looks awesome with this black and white unryu paper.
Husky, Designed by Fumiaki Kawahata and Folded by Alex Satsukawa
Diagrams available in Origami Tanteidan Magazine #108
This tiny little dog might be the cutest one we’ve ever seen!
Joe Cocker, Designed by Patricio Kunz and Folded by Pierre-andré
Diagrams available in Drawing Origami Tome 1
This is one of the best looking paper dogs that we’ve ever seen. It really has the look of a real dog.
Labrador, Designed and Folded by Gen Hagiwara
Diagrams available in Spirits of Origami
Here’s another one of the best dog designs we’ve seen. It’s easily the best paper shiba inu out there. The design is based on Gen Hagiwara’s labrador base.
Shiba Inu, Designed and Folded by Cahoonas
Base crease pattern available from Gen Hagiwara’s Flickr
Seth Friedman’s Finnish Lapphund is another one of the best dog designs out there. This one too looks extra fluffy.
Finnish Lapphund, Designed by Seth Friedman and Folded by Ivan Svatko
Video instructions available from Seth Friedman’s YouTube channel
Here’s another excellent dog design with a tongue.
Loyal and His Tongue, Designed and Folded by Eric Vigier
Instructions not available
The colour change in this beagle design is fantastic.
Beagle, Designed by Fumiaki Kawahata and Folded by Andrés
Diagrams available in COS 2015
Here’s quite a fancy looking paper poodle.
Poodle, Designed by Yoo Tae Yong and Folded by J.W. Park
Diagrams available in Origami Works of Yoo Tae Yong
Seth Friedman also has this excellent basset hound design.
Basset Hound, Designed by Seth Friedman and Folded by Rui Roda
Video instructions available from Seth Friedman’s YouTube channel
Wolves are kind of in the same category as dogs and here’s a great looking one that’s kind of cute too.
Wolf, Designed and Folded by Andrés
Instructions not available
Here’s a different and also fantastic Scottish terrier design by Eric Joisel.
Aberdeen, Designed by Eric Joisel and Folded by Alexander Krupnikov
Diagrams available in the 10th Tanteidan Convention book
Here’s a really great labrador retriever design. The pose here and how it almost looks like it’s running along is awesome.
Labrador Retriever, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by Terry Nicolas
Diagrams available in Works of Satoshi Kamiya 2, 2002 – 2009
Román Díaz’s fox terrier is another really awesome dog design.
Fox Terrier, Designed by Román Díaz and Folded by Gonzalo
Diagrams available in Origami for Interpreters
This Dalmatian design is really impressive with how the colour change makes little dots. You definitely need to use black and white paper to fold this one.
Dalmatian, Designed by Fumiaki Kawahata and Folded by Joe Adia
Diagrams available in Origami Tanteidan Magazine #158
Our final model for this post is this very expressive looking Pug. It’s another excellent example of colour change used in design.
Pug, Designed by Yoo Tae Yong and Folded by Jack Dreyil
Crease pattern available from Yoo Tae Yong’s Flickr
That’s it for this post. If you enjoyed these origami dogs please take a second to share the post on your favourite social media site and let us know which one of these dogs was your favourite in the comments!
