With the recent release of Pokemon Sun and Moon I think it’s time for another origami Pokemon post.
Since our last round of Pokemon posts I’ve found a bunch more awesome looking paper Pokemon that deserve to be featured.
We’ll star off this post with an awesome Gengar design by sakuryu(╯3╰).
Gengar, Designed and Folded by sakuryu(╯3╰)
Instructions not available
Here’s a cute and quite round looking origami Venonat. I really like the 3D look of this model.
Venonat, Designed and Folded by Lee bo-yeon
Instructions not available
Mark Hanke designed a very detailed Ho-Oh.
Ho-Oh, Designed and Folded by Mark Hanke
Instructions not available
He also designed a fantastic Lugia to go along with it too.
Lugia, Designed and Folded by Mark Hanke
Instructions not available
Saku Saku designed this great paper Golduck.
Golduck, Designed and Folded by Saku Saku
Video instructions available from sakusaku858’s YouTube channel
Umbreon is one of my all-time favourite Pokemon and this is a fantastic Umbreon design.
Umbreon, Designed by Saku Saku and Folded by J.W. Park
Video instructions available from sakusaku858’s YouTube channel
Henry Phạm has some fantastic Pokemon tutorials on his YouTube channel and I’m finally starting to see people fold his designs.
Zapdos, Designed by Henry Phạm and Folded by Joe Adia
Video instructions available from Henry Pham’s YouTube channel
Here’s Henry Phạm’s excellent paper Dragonite design.
Dragonite, Designed by Henry Phạm and Folded by Joe Adia
Video instructions available from Henry Pham’s YouTube channel
Lee bo-yeon designed this fantastic Latias. It could also be a Latios if you used blue paper.
Latias, Designed and Folded by Lee bo-yeon
Instructions not available
Here’s a fantastic Articuno design by Joe Aida.
Articuno, Designed and Folded by Joe Aida
Instructions not available
I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen someone else attempt to fold Tadashi Mori’s origami Charizard.
Charizard, Designed by Tadashi Mori and Folded by Joe Aida
Video instructions available from Tadashi Mori’s YouTube channel
This Zubat is a pretty simple design but it perfectly captures the essence of a zubat I think.
Zubat, Designed and Folded by Saku Saku
Video insturctions available from sakusaku858’s YouTube channel
Saku Saku has also designed one of the just two origami Espeon designs I’ve seen out there.
Espeon, Designed by Saku Saku
Video instructions available from sakusaku858’s YouTube channel
Here’s a really excellent paper Absol.
Absol, Designed and Folded by CahoonasOrigami
Instructions not available
Here’s a great little Latias and Latios pair.
Latias and Latios, Designed by Xiaohong and Folded by Xu Daniel
Instructions not available
You can’t have a post about Pokemon without including a Pikachu and this is a very nice looking one.
Pikachu, Designed by Kozasa Keiichi and Folded by Sérgio Queiroz
Diagrams available in the 5th Origami Tanteidan Convention book
Here’s a cute little paper Jigglypuff.
Jigglypuff, Designed and Folded by Lee bo-yeon
Instructions not available
This is Henry Phạm’s second fantastic Gyarados design.
Gyarados 2.0, Designed by Henry Phạm and Folded by Joe Adia
Video instructions available from Henry Phạm’s YouTube channel
This is a very simple Dratini design but it’s very cute.
Dratini, Designed by Adílio Toledo and Folded by Carla Godoy
Diagrams available for free from origami-shop.com
Here’s Henry Pham’s awesome paper Vaporeon. I’ve folded this myself and it’s not actually too hard.
Vaporeon, Designed by Henry Pham and Foldd by Joe Adia
Video instructions available from Henry Pham’s YouTube channel
Next is a completely different Charizard design that I’ve never actually seen before.
Charizard, Designed and Folded by Saku Saku
Video instructions available from sakusaku858’s YouTube channel
Kota Imai’s Kirlia looks a lot like an origami Hatsune Miku.
Kirlia, Designed and Folded by Kota Imai
Crease pattern available from Kota Imai’s Flickr
Here’s Henry Pham’s awesome paper Moltres.
Moltres, Designed by Henry Pham and Folded by Joe Aida
Video instructions available from Henry Pham’s YouTube channel
Even Pokemon like Dunsparce get some attention.
Dunsparce, Designed and Folded by Saku Saku
Instructions not available
Here’s an excellent paper Mewtwo.
Mewtwo, Designed by Henry Pham and Folded by Joe Aida
Video instructions available from Henry Pham’s YouTube channel
Here’s a fantastic Venomoth to go along with the paper Venonat from earlier.
Venomoth, Designed by Saku Saku and Folded by Joe Aida
Video instructions available from sakusaku858’s YouTube channel
Here’s Henry Pham’s other awesome Gyarados design.
Gyarados, Designed by Henry Pham and Folded by Joe Aida
Video instructions available from Henry Pham’s YouTube channel
This is Kozasa Keiichi’s Pikachu again but folded by a different artist.
Pikachu, Designed by Kozasa Keiichi and Folded by Jhordan Arauzo
Diagrams available in the 5th Origami Tanteidan Convention book
Here’s a newer Ho-Oh design by Mark Hanke that looks absolutely incredible. It uses 8 sheets of paper.
Ho-Oh, Designed and Folded by Mark Hanke
Instructions not available
Our final model is this amazing looking origami Lugia. This whole model is folded from a single sheet of paper and took 10 hours for Ji Woo Han to fold.
Lugia, Designed by Hashimoto Haruka and Folded by Ji Woo Han
Crease pattern available from Haruka Hashimoto’s Flickr
Which one of these origami pokemon was your favourite? Let us know in the comments and be sure to visit all of these incredible origami artists to let them know you like their work.
Feel free to send me any excellent Pokemon puns you know too, it’s quite possible there’ll be more pokemon themed posts in the future.
