This is an update to an older post that was kind of popular but didn’t really have that many images in it.
I’ve decided to go back and add in a few more because there are a lot of really
great Eastern-style origami dragons out there.
The original post is below with a bunch of extra dragons added in throughout so check it out!
I also totally now realize that none of these dragons have wings…
Oh well, I’m not coming up with another dragon pun right now…
We’re back after somewhat of a break with a brand new website design!
I was trying to get the old design to do some things which I
couldn’t figure out how to do and in the end I just gave up and redid the site again. I’m
loosing track of how many times I’ve redesigned this site but this time I’m really pleased with the results.
To celebrate the new design this post will be all about origami dragons,
specifically eastern Chinese or Japanese style dragons.
Dragons might just be my favourite type of origami and there are more
incredible origami dragons out there than I can count.
First up is this great little dragon design by Jun Maekawa.
This next dragon looks incredibly life-like. I absolutely love the pose
it’s in and you can tell Eiyo Hikari put a ton of work into folding it.
Here’s a really cool skinny dragon design. I feel like this dragon
needs to eat a bit more and it looks really great with that blue paper.
Satoshi Kamiya’s Ryujin model is probably the most famous eastern style origami dragon.
Here’s version 3.5 of the Ryujin.
Dragon number 4 comes to us from Riccardo Foschi who
designed and folded this very unique river dragon.
Here’s a different and very unique dragon design by Rodolfo Rizzo. It almost reminds me of a
Goa’uld symbiote from Stargate.
Here’s Jun Maekawa’s dragon again folded by a different artist. I really
like the pose here. It looks like it’s eagerly expecting something
This is an absolutely gorgeous design. It’s not too complex but it looks great,
has tons of character.
Here we have another rendition of the Ryujin 3.5 expertly folded by Nguyen Quang Anh.
I absolutely love this little dragon. It’s not super complex
(I think I could probably fold this) but it’s full of character and looks really great.
Dragon number 7 is this great snake-like dragon designed by Sebastien Limet.
This next origami dragon isn’t one sheet, it’s instead a modular design with the head, body, leg and
tail folded separately.
Nevertheless it’s still an incredible design.
This is an earlier version of Satoshi Kamiya’s Ryujin. Version 3.1
is still folded from just one sheet of paper.
This next cute little dragon is a simpler design but it still
looks great. Folding one this small couldn’t have been easy.
This is easily one of the most amazing looking models I’ve ever seen period!
The paint and colours.
Here’s another fantastic Chinese style dragon design. It’s kind of similar
to Satoshi Kamiya’s Ryujin.
Dragon number 13 is another different Chinese dragon design that’s also kind of similar to the Ryujin.
This is Jun Maekawa’s dragon again folded by a different artist and again with a
completely different look.
Here’s mikiller觅晨’s awesome modular origami dragon again, this time folded by Nguyen Nam Son.
Also by Nguyen Nam Son are these two incredible Ryujins. Each one
took a full week to fold from a sheet of paper that was 1m x 1m.
Here’s Jun Maekawa’s excellent dragon design again, this time folded by Ekaterina Lukasheva.