Third Origami Blog: Origami Boomerang

Step 1: Get a normal sheet of printer paper, and cut it in half lengthwise. Now get one of the sheets of paper, and fold it in half lengthwise. Now you are going to unfold that, and bring both sides of the paper to the newly created line. Now fold the paper in half. Make sure that the part you just folded is in the inside. Then you are going to fold the corners on the folded side to the line, and unfold it. Finally you are going to do a forward fold folding the corners inside the paper.

Step 2: Unfold the paper so it looks like a large rectangle again. Now you are going to take one of the folded sides, and unfold it. (It matters which hand you use, in my case I'm unfolding the right side, because I am right handed.) Fold the paper in half away from you. Then flip the paper over, and fold each side of the diamond, so they will fold easily. Flip the paper back over and, get the diamond part and squish it to the side, so it looks like it collapsed. Finally get the bottom portion of the unfolded piece, and fold it back to the center.

Step 3: Fold the bottom portion of the other side of the boomerang, so it overlaps the side we just folded. Then fold the corner on the top portion, so it over laps the top of the portion on the other side.  Now unfold both of the bottom portions of the boomerang. Then you are going to fold the left side down and then right side, making sure the right side goes into the pocket on the top of the left side.

Step 4: On each end of the boomerang open the ends and fold the tips to the middle. Then do a forward fold on only one of the corners on each side. Then grab the other folded corner, and fold it into the pocket that the forward fold made for the other corners. This should give the boomerang a "point". Now you are done with your origami boomerang. To throw your boomerang grab it in the middle making sure that the diagonal part is facing upwards, and that your index finger is at the point of the diagonal while you thumb is right under it. Happy throwing.

Second Origami Blog: 8-Pointed Transforming Ninja Star

Step 1: Get eight of the same size pieces of paper; they must be square. Mine is going to be around the same size as a post-it note. Grab the paper and place it so it looks like a diamond. Fold it in half so that it looks like a triangle. Then unfold it and fold it again the other way so that there will be an "x" mark on it. The fold the square in half. Your paper should look like it has an "x" with a line over the center.

Step 2: Now you are going to fold two of the corners to the center of the x. Then you are going to fold the entire thing in half like a paper airplane. There should be a small diagonal line running through one of the sides. Grab the side of that diagonal, and fold it in itself. Your paper should now look like a parallelogram. Do this to the seven other pieces of paper.

 

Step 3: Once you have finished all of the papers, it is time to put them all together. Grab two of the papers you made, and put them next to each other. Grab the side that is folded in half, and put it into the part where we folded in. Make sure that the piece is a little bit higher than the line of the side we folded in. Two corners should be protruding out now. Fold them into the other piece of paper. Continue doing this to all the other pieces going slowly in a circle.

Step 4 (transforming): Now you are done with your transforming ninja star. To transform the ninja star just push on the sides and to form it back pull on the sides.

First Origami blog: Swan

This will be my first blog on origami, and I will be making a swan. Don't worry about my art blogs, they'll be coming back next week. I just need some more time to draw a certain character. I hope you enjoy my first origami blog.

Preparations: Get a rectangular piece of paper facing away from you, then  fold it in half so there is a couple inches of space not getting covered. Cut off that area where it is not being covered. This will make the paper square.

Step 1: Get the square piece of paper and turn it, so it looks like a diamond. Then you will fold the corner like, an upside down airplane. Make sure the sides are meeting at the center of the line. You should be left with a long triangle and a small one on top off it. Fold the small triangle away from you, so it would be on the other side. The tip of that triangle should be aligned with the line that we made in the beginning.

Step 2: Fold the tip of the small triangle, so it meets with the line on the top. Unfold that part and bring the small triangle line that we just made to the big line at the bigger triangle. Now fold the entire thing in half from the line we made in the beginning. Grab the smaller triangle which, should look more like a right triangle now, and move it a couple centimeters down. Once you got the preferred distance press down on i, so it would stay like that. It should resemble something like my picture right now.

Step 3: Grab both flaps of the bigger triangle and fold them upwards, so they meet with the big line. Fold the big triangle in half, so its tip meets with the tip of the smaller triangle. Then unfold it. Next draw a line from the area you just unfolded, there should be a crease there. From the top of that line draw a diagonal line to the bottom of the small triangle. Fold the big triangle in the way of that diagonal. Now unfold that, a small corner should have been made. Press on it lightly, making sure that the part with the drawn lines is facing you. This is called a reverse fold.

 Step 4: Fold the piece of the reverse fold towards the wings. You will have to do a reverse fold for this, so use the corner on the bottom for it. You are then going to open one side of that triangle, and get the tip of it, then fold it down. Then bring some of the tip back up, and fold it back in half. Now it should look like the triangle has a small protruding piece coming out of the top of it.

Step 5: Fold half of the thin triangle in an upwards angle. Then unfold it, and do a reverse fold on it. Fold the tip of that triangle side ways then unfold, and do a forward center fold (a reverse fold going forwards). Finally, fold all of the triangle flaps on its body downwards giving it some wings. You are now done with your swan.

My Third Blog: To Draw Kirito from SAO

Week 3: Kirito

Step 1: Start out with a simple drawing of Kirito's head and neck. Make sure that while drawing his forehead, the left side goes further out. Draw his eyes, mouth, ears, and nose after that. Then draw a "v" between the eyes and draw a thick line between the ear and the right eye. Once you are done with that draw a small curved line from the "v" to the left curve on his head. After all that, draw some of his coat and a little bit of his arm. Make sure the coat ends around the tip of his chin.

Step 2: Draw the strap on his chest from his left arm to his right arm, and to his shoulder. In between those, put a circular triangle with holes in each part. After that you can add more detail to the face. For the hair add a few thick curves on the top and left side of his head, this will make it so the hair looks more realistic. Draw a thin strip coming out of the "v" , and add a few lines going towards the left side of his face and some coming out of the side. Once you are done with that, add a few lines going towards the right side of his face making sure that you are covering his ear. The final part of the hair is adding a couple spikes going to the right side, but also going up a little.

Step 3: Add details to his shirt. Give it front pockets, put the metal piece on his right arm, and draw his undershirt. On the part of his shirt where it goes up draw another rectangle and a few lines coming down from it. Finally draw the other side of his hand by following the steps for the right.

 

Step 4: Shade all of his jacket the same shade which is a light black. Then on the metal part, shade it so it is a very light grey. Shade his hair the same shade as his jacket, then at the back of his hair shade it a little darker. Erase a small line coming across his hair but keep the middle shaded. Lightly shade over his eyes and face. Then you are done.