I recently saw a couple of adorable and fantastic origami pigs and boars from Hiroaki Kobayashi’s Flickr and it gave me the idea to do a pig-themed post. In this post we’ll be showcasing an excellent collection of pigs of both the domesticated and wild varieties.
You’re seriously going to squeal with delight when you see some of these. And you will see those models that I mentioned earlier too.
First up is this simple yet very elegant pig that József Zsebe designed way back in 1997.
Pig, Designed and Folded by József Zsebe
Instructions not available
This little boar has a ton of personality as well as that trademarked curved style from Vietnamese origami. I really like that little curled tail too.
Wild Boar, Designed by Đỗ Trí Khải and Folded by Alexander Krupnikov
Instructions not available
Here’s another amazing pig from a very famous Vietnamese designer who always has beautiful looking designs.
Pig, Designed and Folded by Hoàng Tiến Quyết (Photo by Giang Dinh)
Instructions not available
This is another really excellent wild boar design. I especially like how it looks like it’s very interested in the camera in this photo.
Wild Boar, Designed and Folded by Fernando Castellanos
Instructions not available
This fantastic pig was photographed at the International Collegiate Origami Association Convention in 2017.
Pig, Designed and Folded by Hayato Sasanuma (Photo by Hiroaki Kobayashi)
Instructions not available
Here we have the model that give me the idea to do this post. This little boar piglet is absolutely adorable. It’s folded from 8 squares of paper and the colour changes in the design here to make the stripes, nose, hooves and eyes are awesome!
Uribou, Designed and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi
Instructions not available
Here’s another really excellent wild boar photographed out in the wild. There’s some really great folding and photography on display here.
Wild Boar, Designed by Gen Hagiwara and Folded by Folded Wilderness
Diagrams available in Spirits of Origami
Here’s something a little big more traditional. It’s folded really well and of course you have to use pink paper like you see here.
Pig, Designed by Jeong Jaeil and Folded by Alexander Krupnikov
Diagrams available from Jaeil Jeong’s Flickr
Satoshi Kamiya designed an incredible paper version of Inoshishigami, a divine boar from Japanese mythology. You may recognize it from the Studio Ghibli movie Princess Mononoke.
Divine Boar, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by Phillip Curl
Diagrams available in Works of Satoshi Kamiya 1995-2003
Quentin Trollip designed another one of the more famous origami pigs. This one looks fantastic especially the snout.
Pig, Designed by Quentin Trollip and Folded by Gonzalo
Diagrams available in Origami Works of Quentin Trollip
Here’s a more simple design that’s quite cute and still has a lot of personality. This is Dô Trí Khai’s design again but it looks quite different being folded by a different artist.
Wild Boar, Designed by Đỗ Trí Khải and Folded by Rui Roda
Instructions not available
This is Satoshi Kamiya’s Divine Boar again and reaper did an amazing job folding here. The details on the face like the eye and tusks look absolutely incredible!
Divine Boar, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by . reaper
Diagrams available in Works of Satoshi Kamiya 1995-2003
Roman Diaz is a a master animal designer and he came up with his own fantastic wild boar design. This one looks pretty interested in that persimmon.
Wild Boar, Designed by Roman Diaz and Folded by Adriano Davanzo
Diagrams available in Origami Essence
Joseph Wu also designed an incredible looking pig. The shape, face and especially that little curled tail are all really awesome.
Ground Pork (Take 3), Designed and Folded by Joseph Wu
Instructions not available
I quite like how different and unique this next boar looks. It has a lot of sharp shapes but still looks really boar-like.
Wild Boar, Designed by Jang Yong Ik and Folded by J.W Park
Diagrams available in Origami Pro
This next model is a really awesome idea and the whole thing is folded from a single square of paper. The face looks quite happy and full of personality.
Happy as a Pig in S#!t, Designed and Folded by Edgar
Crease pattern available from Edgar’s Flickr
Here’s another excellent wild boar design from Fernando Castellanos. I really like the the colour change on the tusks.
Wild Boar, Designed and Folded by Fernando Castellanos
Instructions not available
This is Satoshi Kamiya’s Divine Boar again but folded by another talented artist.
Divine Boar, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by Sebastian Arellano (Photo by Finward)
Diagrams available in Works of Satoshi Kamiya 1995-2003
This is the other fantastic model from Hiroaki Kobayashi that inspired me to put together this post. This excellent little pig is folded from 7 squares of paper. Like the wild boar design from earlier it has some really excellent colour changes, especially on the little hooves.
Pig, Designed and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi
Instructions not available
Hiroaki Kobayashi later posted this image with two more of these adorable pigs after I finished this post but I had to go back and include it.
Pig, Designed and Folded by Hiroaki Kobayashi
Instructions not available
Here’s something a bit different and quite awesome. Each of these flying pigs is folded from a single square of paper and they really look great.
Flying Pigs, Designed and Folded by Joseph Wu
Instructions not available
Keeping things a little more interesting here’s a very cool model designed after the pigs in the book Animal Farm. This guy is folded from three squares of paper.
Napoleon, Designed and Folded by Mariano Zavala B.
Instructions not available
These little boar piglets are pretty adorable. They’re folded from an uncut square of paper and the colour change for the stripes is really great.
Wild Boar Piglets, Designed and Folded by József Zsebe
Diagrams available in Paper and Form
Here are two pigs from Gen Hagiwara folded so each one looks a tiny bit different.
Pigs, Designed and Folded by Gen Hagiwara
Diagrams available in Spirits of Origami
This is another really excellent boar design.
Boar Designed by Nishikawa Seiji and Folded by Alexander Krupnikov
Diagrams available in the 18th Tanteidan Convention Book
Here’s another absolutely beautiful fold of Satoshi Kamiya’s Divine Boar.
Divine Boar, Designed by Satoshi Kamiya and Folded by P. Colman
Diagrams available in Works of Satoshi Kamiya 1995-2003
Here’s Roman Diaz’s boar design again but folded by a different artist.
Boar, Designed by Roman Diaz and Folded by Agnieska (Agne) Mackonyte
Diagrams available in Origami Essence
Our final image for this post is this amazing little boar family by Kei Watanabe who’s probably my favourite origami artist. I really like the striped paper used on the piglets.
Boars, Designed and Folded by Kei Watanabe
Instructions not available
What did you think about all these origami pigs? Hopefully they didn’t bore you. Let us know what you thought in the comments!
