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Published: 2005-05-07 07:58:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 26329; Favourites: 571; Downloads: 3577
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I love dragon and this is getting closer to my dream dragon. The proportion is right and I like the long tail. The next upgrade should be spines followed by scales.Paper: Japanese foil (gold) of 50cm square size.
Credits: Satoshi Kamiya's new book, I shaped the legs of my dragon according to his ancient dragon model, it has a very efficient method of narrowing thick points.
As always comments and suggestions are welcomed
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Comments: 279
my icon? ... yea, i know
if only you put the black one i'd definitely fav it.
this one (though the details are all visible) looks a bit "unfinished"
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Oh, my! You're the fucking man!!!
Great design. I love the shape and proportions of the body
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Thank's Pepius. Since you practice origami, I can explain more about the design concept behind this model. It is basically similar to my demonman model. Outer edge covered with pleats which the used for folding the head, toes, extending the tail and also the wings. If I don't add pleats to the edge, it become a simple base... my personal design, I call it dragon base!
Thank's again for the comment and 
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Well, I think I get the idea of how it goes, but that doesn't detract a single bit from it's coolness
Is better than lots of sculpted (not folded) dragons that I've seen. Man, you could even put it next to a McFarlane's toys figure and it'd still look great!
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Thank's for the compliments
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True. One of its awesomeness is the fact that, given some (usually) easy to understand instructions (diagrams) you can make almost-exact copies of the original work. That and the fact that you can make really cool tridimensional figures to put on your desk from a single sheet of paper...
As for toys, I see it a bit difficult. I'd like to sell models, but I think it will be a bit difficult to convince people to pay for paper... 
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Actually, some people has been trying to sell origami boxes folded with really nice papers as well as other simple origami stuff folded with nice addition of shiny materials. Of course, that is not ethical and unfair for the author. See my new journal entry, someone just ask me this question
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Mmm, I've read the thread and that's an Interesting question. I agree with the copyright concept you portrayed, but my concern wasn't about copyright stuff, but rather than, when "non-folders" see an origami piece, they think "cool!" but they don't consider the amount of time invested in folding that particular figure, even if you don't consider the whole design process but just the time spent folding that particular piece. I don't really know since I haven't tryed, and I guess in places like Japan where origami is more widespread it'd be easier to sell them, but I'm afraid that if you try to sell figures considering the time they take, people will think it's too expensive because "it's only paper"
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Yes, I think to overcome the "only paper" problem, you can try to use nice paper such as elephant hide paper or foil paper that is not expensive but aesthetically more pleasant and expensive looking 
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Wow, incredibly gorgeous. The proportions are great - can't wait to see more!
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Thank you so much for the visit and comment
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Heehee. That's a funny image - a poor dragon with its neck growing and shrinking, with legs changing accordingly ^_^
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I can show you one of my experiment later, put it on scrap and let you know
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Wow that's so cool, I never had the patience with that stuff, hehe.
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Haha... I meditate using origami
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superb! yes, the long tail is very much appreciated.
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very cool! good luck with making your dream dragon!
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Thank you so much for the comment
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your welcom, hehe well its always good to have something to work for!
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Goood luk fnding ur dream dragon. Ur work is awsome!
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