Animals are still probably the most popular thing to fold with paper. In this post we’re going to take a look at another group of fantastic origami animals.
Starting off we have this great little rabbit.
Rabbit, Designed by Yoo Tae Yong and Folded by Jack Dreyil
Diagrams available in the Origami Tanteidan 21st Convention Book
Gen Hagiwara designed what’s possibly my favourite origami monkey.
Japanese Macaque, Designed and Folded by Gen Hagiwara
Diagrams available in Spirits of Origami
Gen Hagiwara also designed these cute little chipmunks.
Chipmunks, Designed by Gen Hagiwara and Folded by Eyal
Diagrams available in Spirits of Origami
Here’s an adorable family of pandas photographed out in the wild.
Pandas, Designed by Fumiaki Kawahata and Folded by Folded Wilderness
Diagrams available in Wild Animals of the World
This is one of the best deer designs I’ve seen. It’s not super complex but looks really great and realistic.
Deer, Designed by Yasushi Miyashita and Folded by Alex Mironenko
Diagrams available in the Origami USA Convention 2014 book
Here’s a really cute little origami pig. The paper used is absolutely perfect.
Pig, Designed by Stefan Weber and Folded by Agnieska (Agne) Mackonyte
Diagrams available in the Origami Tanteidan 15th Convention Book
This is a fantastic simple and elegant looking horse design by Fabian Correa. His designs always have this sort of simple curved look to them.
Horse, Designed by Fabian Correa and Folded by Ivan Svatko
Diagrams available in Horses in Origami
This is a great ferret design that really captured the essence of the real animal.
Ferret, Designed and Folded by Charles Wilson
Instructions not available
Here’s a cute little hedgehog out in the wild.
Hedgehog, Designed by Javier Dominguez Perez and Folded by Adriano Davanzo
Diagrams available in the Origami Tanteidan 20th Convention Book
This is a really detailed and awesome giraffe design by Nguyen Ngoc Vu.
Giraffe, Designed and Folded by Nguyen Ngoc Vu
Instructions not available
Beth Johnson designed this awesome beaver with a great colour change so the teeth are white. Using sort of a tessellation for the body is a very unique touch as well.
Beaver, Designed and Folded by Beth Johnson
Instructions not available
Next we have this cute little bear also designed by Fabian Correa.
Grizzly Bear, Designed and Folded by Fabian Correa
Instructions not available
This majestic looking rhino is one of the best rhino designs I’ve seen.
Rhino, Designed and Folded by Nguyen Ngoc Vu
Instructions not available
Hoang Tien Quyet’s fox designs is probably the most famous origami fox design. This one folded by Gonzalo is one of the best versions I’ve seen.
Fox, Designed by Hoang Tien Quyet and Folded by Gonzalo
Diagrams available from Hoang Tien Quyet’s website
Seth Friedman has come up with one of the best origami sheep designs out there. If you use black and white paper the colour changes make it look really great and I especially love the curly horns.
Sheep, Designed by Seth Friedman and Folded by Rui Roda
Video instructions available from Seth Friedman’s YouTube channel
Here’s a whole family of great little paper goats that were folded for the year of the goat in 2015.
Goat Family, Designed and Folded by Nguyễn Hùng Cường
Instructions not available
This excellent bison is folded from a thin sheet of copper instead of paper. It was part of an exhibit at the National Museum of History in Taipei.
Bison, Designed and Folded by József Zsebe
Diagrams available in Paper Conceptions
Here’s the deer from earlier folded by a different artist which gives it quite a different look.
Deer, Designed by Yasushi Miyashita and Folded by Philippe Landrein
Diagrams available in the Origami USA Convention 2014 book
Eric Vigier designed this great little mouse. It’s sort of similar to the design by Eric Joisel.
Mouse, Designed by Eric Vigier and Folded by Luc MARNAT
Instructions not available
Here’s another really great goat. The twisted horns are really awesome, especially with the two coloured paper. Apparently this model only takes 25 steps to fold.
Goat, Designed by Miyuki Kawamura and Folded by Textori
Diagrams available in the Origami Tanteidan 6th Convention book
Quentin Trollip designed this fantastic Red Hartebeest. He’s definitely designed some unique animal models. You can read the legend behind this animal by clicking through to the original image on Flickr.
Red Hartebeest, Designed and Folded by Quentin Trollip
Instructions not available
Here’s a really great and detailed gorilla photographed at the 22nd Tanteidan Convention.
Gorilla, Designed and Folded by Yuta Katsuzaki (Photo by Hiroaki Kobayashi)
Instructions not available
This Jerboa already looks pretty amazing but the whole scene P. Colman assembled here is even better.
Baluchistan Pygmy Jerboa, Designed by Yery J. Astroña and Folded by P. Colman
Diagrams available in the Origami Tanteidan 22nd Convention Book
Our final model for this post is another one of my all time favourites.
Shark Bite Seal, Designed and Folded by Nguyen Ngoc Vu
Instructions not available
That’s it for this post. Which one of these origami animals was your favourite? Let us know in the comments!
