11 Levels of Origami: Easy to Complex | WIRED

Origami artist and physicist Robert J. Lang explains origami in 11 levels of difficulty. From a simple, traditional cicada to an extremely intricate one, watch how Robert J. Lang demonstrates and breaks down everything that goes into the art of origami.
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11 Levels of Origami: Easy to Complex | WIRED

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Read more about Robert Lang’s incredible career as a physicist, engineer and origami artist at WIRED.com: www.wired.com/story/an-origami-artist-shows-how-to-fold-ultra-realistic-creatures/

[@TABBYMUSIC]

I have mere hours to live

[@bipitybop_]

No

[@silverspark4560]

Do you need some special paper or any can be used to make oragami of such complexity

[@TheHeroRobertELee]

Yeah...but can he do a Charizard?

[@harshithas3567]

Would love to know how he started and learned this level complex origami and maths...very much interested in the same

[@aryaveersingh7339]

Level 50: It's not easy to fold the cardiac muscle, but if you don't, its heart won't beat at the right rhythm...

[@ikhwanzainal1239]

This is underrated

[@Demian1]

@@ikhwanzainal1239 yes

[@ayushrajpoot2215]

@@ikhwanzainal1239 yeah

[@popsjr]

Yeah that's where I messed up. Now he ain't got rythem

[@KillerGuy]

No thats level 18

[@creamcheesefilling9280]

“Physicist and origami artist. One pays the bills, one uses the bills.”

[@lalacustard]

Cream Cheese Filling why is this not the top comment 😂

[@akashpanday3583]

nice

[@BlueyPh3]

Perfectly balanced, as everything should be

[@angelvenegas6143]

Somehow I cannot distinguish which is which.

[@leonardfeuerstein]

Thats a joke i would laugh about just to not make you feel uncomfortable

[@obraddrakulic7786]

"Origami artist and physicist" this man has conquered life

[@asaduzzaman9502]

Not only that, he studied math and topology in a great depth

[@guslopez7807]

Not if he does not know Jesus

[@slayinmyself4564]

@@guslopez7807 that's your belief. everyone's belief is different.

[@usware5240]

Gus Lopez this is what people say when someone is more talented than they are. It’s a cheap and ineffective way to even the playing field.

[@Prizzlesticks]

Believe it or not, there's actually a field of origami in a lot of sciences. For example, astrophysicists have started utilizing origami for things like sail, solar panel, and cable management, in order to reduce the overall payload size and pack equipment fuller without having to expend more rocket fuel. For things like orbiters or satellites, it means you can greatly increase sail or dish size without needing to increase the storage space for it. These folded structures can even be combined or inverted and create incredibly stable structures. It's all really fascinating.

[@TheKyleBrah]

Level 99: As you can see here, folding the electrons, protons and neutrons of the Cicada was relatively simple... But collapse folding them into the appropriate Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Iron, Magnesium ... And Copper Atoms is a bit tricky

[@RiverTheRaccoon]

xD

[@josephmclord]

Ok this comment won!

[@ebfam7145]

LOL 😂

[@sws212]

Why else would he need to be a physicist for?

[@taatsiaqchemnitz3341]

I love you❤😂

[@tanvach]

Level 42: the cicada starts gaining consciousness

[@mueezadam8438]

At level 7.83 it vibrates

[@aria6011]

Level 100 you need to go out, catxh real chicada, and fold it into origami chicada

[@MrSoso1050]

Level 200: so ok the origami cicada started flying and I can't catch it

[@beneifert]

Best comment ever!!

[@eeveryone9951]

Level:300 the cicada then kidnaps your children and fold them into origami and mails them to you.

[@fenrix155]

Level 126: “and as you can see here, I’ve made a fold for each red blood cell”

[@glowstickqueen7139]

no that's level 23

[@ooforange1st881]

No that's level 3

[@andrestamayo4066]

Hi Matt!

[@adityashukla2635]

No that's level 0.3

[@jo_nm9484]

No that's level 0

[@eman610]

"Akira Yoshizawa considered his own cicada to be his greatest creation." His kids:

[@user-os9jh3um2j]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@overseer_of_memes]

Underrated comment

[@jackdempsey2161]

He nicknames his kids Cicada too?!

[@Jennyfisch]

Plot twist: He folded his kids out of a single sheet of paper, too

[@emmao6578]

@@Jennyfisch can't wait for disney to release a new live action Pinocchio film but with this as the new story of his creation 😂

[@apoorvjoshi2383]

he was at level 4 or 5 when the thought crossed my mind..."there are still 6 levels more???"

[@quill7889]

Same, I was like are they gonna make it come alive lol?

[@ranggaputra7482]

I'm thinking the same with just a level 3...

[@daleharden1749]

"At level 23, things get rather complicated, because we have to make a human sacrifice to the ancient gods so we can manipulate the paper in a way that defies our modern understanding of physics."

[@6cyanide622]

No Body Commented...

[@daleharden1749]

@@6cyanide622 Welcome to the internet! You must be new here.

[@user-gk8if1re8o]

Hello, yes, I'd like to be the human sacrifice

[@erwanmutzenberg7143]

@@user-gk8if1re8o meat for the meat gods

[@droppingbees1368]

Im 1000th like

[@mokeballs6676]

level 26: make sure the nucleus is not placed too close to the cell wall

[@Versac3e]

more like level 753, its been months now, not quite sure how deep i am, but im finishing up the final cell wall linings and nueral connections i just cant quite get the synapse to occur between the neurons, i may have to go back a few hundred folds..

[@brertt8350]

@@Versac3e level 879, screwed up big time, made a fold that was 2 plank lengths off and it folded in on itself, created a black hole and now I gotta restart

[@cadenstein-martin1219]

i was gonna like your comment but it was at 420 so i'm sorry

[@charlestalks5638]

Why would there be a cell wall in an animal?

[@bobbobby3123]

@@charlestalks5638 paper is a animal?

[@bevelededge6941]

He legit left a job at NASA to persue origami. I was a HUGE origami enthusiasist in my childhood and Robert was my hero, literally. But I started losing interest after getting to a hostel based school, and completely abandoned it now. But these videos still make me feel happy about my childhood. :')

[@leo6659]

he did WHAT

[@KR1298508]

Hostel based school? What does that mean?

[@leo6659]

@Tangent of Circle that was a rhetorical question but thx for info anyways

[@philosophysics8150]

That's a misnomer. He left NASA to do origami and eventually came back to help with satellite designs. He left for his hobby and his hobby helped him return. A neat folding of points, eh?

[@baldcyborg7881]

@@philosophysics8150 I see what you did there.

[@perfume-tengoku2455]

Oh gosh. This man is a legend to me. As I was a kid around 12, I discovered origami through a book of him at a library. I urged my mom to order me some more of his books and this grew in me an interest in Japan. 8 years later, I'm working in Tokyo, doing origamis with my coworker during my lunchbreak. Full circle.

[@dj.matexx]

Now that's a crazy great backstory

[@_RDMPTN]

Cringe.

[@ThomasTherianos]

@@_RDMPTN dude just shut up💀

[@XenogearsPS]

@@_RDMPTN no your cringe.

[@hitoomitsukiyomi1200]

@@_RDMPTN Useless 🙄

[@larryhenery6153]

Level 1000: it’s kind of hard to fold the ions without tearing it

[@HailFalcortKOS]

Larry Henery - lmao

[@mateuszfraniczek1725]

@@HailFalcortKOS like 2

[@redred239]

Level 1000000 it's kind of hard to bend gravity without tearing the fabric of spacetime

[@canbaykal4202]

Really laughed lol

[@jaredouimette1]

@F u n n y D a n k You can't play god and create a living cicada out of paper without breaking a few eggs, Mark.

[@TheThundercool]

Level 12 can actually fly.

[@beeeean]

The Thundercool you animate it

[@ethanisnothere1375]

Level 13 has the power to kill

[@zeuxlaught2797]

level 99 is the actual one

[@itsthequenchiest5072]

Legend has it number 15 will speak in a chilling voice

[@waddefaq4325]

Level 20 have ultra instinct

[@zariftahmidshoeb3487]

This man knows more about cicadas than cicadas know about themselves.

[@LenyWeny69]

Tru tru

[@newspaperbin6763]

humans know more about humans than humans wait, that's illegal

[@Da_Tiger]

@@newspaperbin6763 lol

[@soup2865]

Doesn’t everyone

[@haifarafiq]

i agree

[@JackNormalMemes]

I like how the more complex it became, the more it just became topology and the process of unwrapping a 3D model.

[@jhanschoo]

Yes, the abstract ones used the different sides and the edge of the paper for features, but after a certain level all the features were generated by creases.

[@sophien5416]

Learning what the word "topology" meant just unwrapped my (lack of) brain.

[@meldusea]

Just wanted to let you all know that this guy is a legit physicist. He went to Stanford and CalTech and happens to be an epic origami artist as well.

[@meldusea]

The way wired has “origami artist and physicist” may have people conclude he is a physicist of origami. Either way, it’s a cool thing to mention about the guy. Reading up on him was interesting and I wanted to share some of that.

[@eponack]

He is also legit a very kind person.

[@DaisyLoveee11]

Rabadash its not that serious

[@nmeyers92]

Math/engineering is a huge part of origami so I could see why he is so good at it! I'm sure it came pretty naturally to him as soon as he started practicing.

[@dankdreamz]

Many origami artists are scientists and mathematicians. It makes sense seeing how they are using advanced packing techniques that are found in nature.

[@ryantab]

This guy actually designs satellite solar panels that fold in and out when theyre in space, its very cool.

[@CouncilOfTheLostGoats]

I thought that was a joke then realized that satellites actually do that and that you're serious.

[@TheSquareOnes]

That's awesome, really shows that any random hobby you might take an interest in mastering could turn out to be significant in pushing "real world" progress forward. No learning is wasted.

[@dorbacal]

But do they fold into space cicadas?

[@TooShortyB]

Dor Bacal Bruh😂

[@Neitenth]

I'd love to see what the character modelers on the Bay Transformers movies could do with that.

[@fatimaakamrann]

Level 3301: Cicada creates the greatest internet mystery

[@samaron]

Underrated comment

[@muriukiwarui6064]

Nice

[@randomasian8715]

Lemmino

[@epic.6608]

Nice

[@dotred00]

lol

[@yashvardhangaur8547]

'Origami artist and Physicist' HAS to be the coolest job title ever.

[@sunbreaker167]

Level 46:"So the cicada will actually attempt to fold you"

[@wildyak783]

SunBreaker How does this not have more likes!

[@3dguy299]

Because he copied someone else

[@sunbreaker167]

@@3dguy299 find the comment I copied then

[@3dguy299]

​@@sunbreaker167 "Level 42: the cicada starts gaining consciousness"

[@sunbreaker167]

@@3dguy299 They are two different things calm down lad

[@colonelbreadsticks]

The real question is not how he folded it, it’s how on earth he designed them

[@unconscious7219]

Very carefully

[@blase9044]

I feel in order to design something with this complexity you'd have to vision the folds and remember what folds you already did and how the paper reacts to the fold

[@joyeetakar7773]

Reminds me of the dark series.

[@neogenzim1995]

@@Hendrixcks you're so salty xD

[@Rainbow_Flakes]

tru

[@paulodeoliveira3368]

This guy is a rock star in engineering and physics, because he uses origami in technology with his compliant mechanisms. I love it.

[@gulpbiys5705]

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[@skynotaname2229]

I'd love for someone to write an SCP based on this guy. A man who has the power to fold increasingly complex versions of animals/people. The more folds he adds the more it begins to resemble the real thing but at a certain point it actually starts to imitate it as well, and eventually act like it. The SCP (the artist) explains it as simply a complex way of folding paper but to everyone else it looks like magic.

[@Niendorf_an_der_Stecknitz]

maybe this guy himself is an origami

[@jordansmajstrla6124]

I love this scp idea

[@dremarcus1622]

This is brilliant. The absurdity and slight brush of comedy would make the idea totally feasible for the scp universe

[@justjaksa]

This sounds like some basic Series 1 stuff 💀

[@onedigits9755]

got it ill let you know when it's done

[@KingGrio]

That guy probably crumples draft paper into swans without even thinking about it.

[@kurtdwaynediaz3163]

*U N D E R R A T E D*

[@nykzani]

😂

[@xanderaquilina8997]

this should be the top comment

[@bossle6834]

Epic comment

[@lian7092]

😂😂😂

[@jonathanw6884]

Level 1: Yes I can do that Level 2: Oh

[@unknow210]

Level 3: hm.... Level 4+: give up

[@cutienerdgirl]

I got lost at Level 3.

[@brolygvc]

I found Found a new dimension in level 6

[@leefisher6366]

Level 11: You have cat to be kitten me right meow.

[@brolygvc]

@@leefisher6366 this joke ruined my day

[@NobleVagabond2552]

This is so insanely impressive. A combo of art and geometry and physics I didn’t know it was this complex. Brilliant stuff

[@user-lr6xc4jm1c]

Level 1000: the cicada origami is now folding a cicada origami who's folding a cicada origami.

[@stuchly1]

Funnily enough, there are origami models out there representing a figure folding an origami shape.

[@P3NZ01L]

lmao stfu bro

[@josephatthecoop]

It's origami cicadas all the way down...

[@bacu.]

wait... its all origami cicadas?

[@HAN130307]

@@bacu. always has been

[@DonieRayCocaine]

This is level 187. I would say the liver was the hardest part.

[@a.l.michael6240]

Lol 😂

[@badjuju6430]

I would disagree, in level 188 the blood flow is particularly difficult to achieve without tearing an artery.

[@izzatirfan1995]

Cicada dont have a liver 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@pauldeddens5349]

Wait til you reach level 198, Genomes are a total headache to fold

[@warmfridge856]

@@izzatirfan1995 r/wooosh

[@erikapalominodiaz]

level 20: “okay now be careful in case it tries to fly away”

[@ZRO95]

😂😂😂

[@paradoxvalestein9118]

😂😂😂 (2)

[@shubceee]

😂😂😂 (3)

[@levi7745]

😂😂😂 (4)

[@decodedbunny101]

😂😂😂 (5)

[@keenanlarsen1639]

That paper he's using for the more advanced ones looks so high-quality it almost resembles cloth. Fascinating.

[@aminehachani1760]

Level 1000: Now you really need to be careful with this collapse, it is as complex as it gets and any miniscule error might spawn a blackhole.

[@anticipation7043]

The last level is so complicated I'm pretty sure I couldn't even unfold it.

[@alexanderjamesmay158]

Trust me... That one is complicated but there are some far,faaaar more crazier and more difficult than that one

[@manspetter9921]

Level 4 is like that already

[@werquantum]

Anthony Romero That’s really funny. I’m still laughing.

[@adnanmahmudshohan4951]

hahaha very punny

[@Hahahahaaahaahaa]

@@alexanderjamesmay158 Why should we trust you?

[@quelorepario]

Final reveal: he is himself an origami

[@unsichtbar8853]

haha i laughed. thanks

[@abcdefgh-fb5ny]

Indeed, a level 100,293,138 one

[@ridwanslife]

I laughed so hard. Thanks for that. 🤣🤣🤣

[@euomu]

plot twist: the universe is just one big origami

[@Petaurista13]

"Here is my lvl 5000000 origami, I've made fully-functioning artificial body for myself to make me immortal."

[@pawelowi7528]

Me: "There is no way you can improve this level further." Robert: "There is another."

[@buddyslowhand7647]

I adore when a physics or math- genius doesn't stick to numbers, but creates something beautiful with his skills! It's the next level! 😀

[@pepengmahapon]

Level 20: I added the reproductive organ so that we won't need to fold papers.

[@EnjoyASMRNow]

🤣🤣🤣👍🏽

[@quackquack8775]

@Nishkarsh singh no, not a full animal. An empire

[@superskimaster9649]

you JUST clicked "view replies"

[@orionvo.mp4]

@FBI's Dad 7 replies now actually

[@rishirathod31415]

Lmao!!

[@rubymcneil5693]

Honestly these look more like cicadas than cicadas do at this point.

[@ttbalog]

You bet!

[@phoenixflores6193]

Things that try to look like things often look more like things than things. -Terry Pratchet

[@rubymcneil5693]

@@phoenixflores6193 perfect

[@xvxee7561]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ringss_]

i agree with this, so you earned yourself your 1000th like!

[@ranjitsarkar3126]

Level 2077: Be careful, the cicada might take over humanity.

[@patmanning4351]

I am in absolute awe of Robert Lang's origami artistry. As a beginner, I can't see myself ever getting to any of these levels in my lifetime. But thank you for this intriguing and beautiful insight.

[@Composer_Ben]

So this is what a black belt in origami looks like.

[@jmbeers93]

tj detweiler

[@antman7673]

Critdizzle He even does crazier things. It’s just insane. I want to follow his track as a physics student.

[@phant1795]

I think you mean a black belt in gift wrapping

[@tanmayagarwal4070]

The level 11 will defeat a real cicada in a cicada look-alike contest.

[@mrsnappy1234]

Tanmay Agarwal underrated af

[@pipetman4645]

All my insect collection goes to the next year garage sale

[@mrsnappy1234]

Synthétique as least people are willing to pay for ur origamis

[@VipinKumar77777]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@deathuponusalll]

Tanmay Agarwal 🤣🤣🤣

[@choochoochooseyou]

Incredible. How anyone can conceive a design let alone make it happen is genius. Loved this.

[@vygalnix7769]

The great Robert Lang. I have two of his books and can only fold to a level of 6 or 7. Am a great admirer of him and the art.

[@romeroclitso9041]

I bet his wife doesn’t let him fold the laundry.

[@aleks-33]

😂

[@trikoalt]

Sht this is so underated lololol

[@mundanes]

Lmfao

[@somerandomdude5218]

Lmfao

[@seigeengine]

Imagine opening the dresser and it's all cicadas.

[@SuperShiki666]

I want a timelapse of him doing one of those complex cicadas

[@cloudy7971]

I am pretty sure there are similar video online

[@OrigamiByBoice]

If you are interested in complex Origami timelapses, there are some fantastic KZbinrs in the comments (Bodo, FearlessFlourish, etc.) that you might enjoy. I have a fair share of complex->super complex timelapses as well :)

[@jono601]

He 3D prints them. Lol

[@palmerpong5806]

@@jono601 nah but he does use a laser machine to make the crease pattern

[@KorliWolf]

@@jono601hypothetically, if he did, he probably did that after making the paper one so he has a model that wont get as easily damaged

[@ericvelasquez1282]

I can't wait for part 2 video: level 12-20 where the final version the cicada is aerodynamic and can actually walk and chirp when you blow on it

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

I still don't entirely understand how traditional origamists could think of a 3d shape, then reverse engineer that shape into a series of symmetrical folds on a 2d object.. Its *mind blowing*

[@mahas943]

Me at 12am: Should probably start getting to bed... Me at 3am: Ahh, so the rabbit ear fold creates the cicada's wing? interesting...

[@someoneisme9371]

Ya still awake? It's 5 months past your bedtime.

[@Viewsk8]

Yup... that’s me right now.

[@daichisawamura20yearsago64]

AHAHAHAHA

[@oceaguilera647]

Ha ha ha gracioso nais nice!

[@olegmikhailichenko974]

google has you

[@lootwijk]

I am experiencing a strange combination of perfect calm and sheer panic.

[@lunasea4309]

ohhh yeah! same...

[@andrewgust-anderson5612]

Same, and I don't know why.

[@Dakkukuwakku]

Hello and welcome to anxiety! Glad you could join us in this terrifying event of origami, and sign the guest book on the way out!

[@lunasea4309]

@@Dakkukuwakku hahahha exactly felt like that!!

[@xBUMSKIx]

Lootwijk so, so true

[@sirpriss]

lvl 50: Here the cicada will actually produce sound and depending on the types of folds it can play your favorite songs at a very high volume

[@killerbug05]

Level 260: *"so I've done one fold for every quark that makes up a cicada."*

[@CouncilOfTheLostGoats]

"Now for this cicada. The reason this one is level 12 is because of the intracit legs and the fact that it's sentient."

[@seigeengine]

"This one is so difficult because of all the neurons you have to fold."

[@bababububa]

Do you mean intricate? Bone app the teeth

[@sian432]

@@bababububa hahah

[@nanomachines2985]

lmao

[@deathuponusalll]

philip bayly 🤣🤣🤣

[@joshuatdlr]

Find more origami artists to do this series, but with different subjects.

[@mtv565]

Paper crane!!!

[@thanosditto8918]

Joe

[@katiehedrickcomposer]

Yes!!!

[@trafalgarlawjr.5005]

Satoshi Kamiya!!!

[@lilywxjzu]

paper boat lmao i wanna see someone make a titanic out of paper

[@Flightless_Wings]

It was super amazing! And knowing that he only used the cicada and knowing that there are a lot more animals or insects that you can do origami with still boggles my mind.

[@DippedInInk]

As an artist it takes a lot to impress me and I must admit I’m super impressed.

[@user-mh2bw4hu3o]

Lvl.1000000 “Now let’s disassemble this paper to the atomic level and shuffle the subatomic particles then reform it into an actual living cicada.”

[@aryamansingh2544]

Eyy you can't break down paper . Then it's not Origami

[@niko-ni6ps]

Okay, let's not break it down but fold it unto higher dimension and apply topology onto it

[@mcnub7379]

I reckon the guy be like: EASY AND SIMPLE STUFF BOI

[@wingless_moth6095]

this feels like something Dr. Manhattan would do

[@daolong5405]

Before watching the video: “11 lvls ? I bet I can do maybe 5 lol “ After watching the video: *replay the video at lvl 2 on x0.5 speed*

[@warricklow4218]

they didn't show all the steps, some have to be implied...

[@kellyhaaksma2593]

i did literally the exact same thing

[@pineapplehomie]

haha yeah i could probably only getting to lvl 4-5. I've been folding as a hobby for years and some folding techniques are still so hard to follow

[@IAmTheBOMB21]

There is something about this guy sharing his passion for origami that I found to be very alluring and entertaining.

[@shereegreen4643]

I spent time with him last summer when he was a guest artist at CenterFold origami convention in Columbus, Ohio ~ he was helpful, supportive and friendly! Along with being incredibly brilliant, he is also a genuinely nice guy.

[@ireneblchua]

It gets more & more complex and more & more realistic. Wow! This is truly amazing!

[@BenjiSzucs]

me during the day: man I'm so tired, I'm going to bed early today me at 1am: 11 Levels of Origami

[@superjam18]

Same except its 1:30am fir me

[@emily1813]

superjam18 haha same for me except it’s 2am

[@tejiriziregbe1816]

Szucs Benji it’s actually 11 right now🤣

[@djikarus]

It’s 00:15 but yeah

[@fireoflife5219]

Same, it’s literally 1:00 Am here

[@ronanelliott9709]

Level 1: "Hey, I can do that! Origami is easy!" Level 2: "Nope, too much. Go back."

[@asaduzzaman9502]

Exactly my thoughts

[@user-to1pj4kj9c]

Now I can fold the complex models.

[@tigermunky]

I dunno man, I was doubtful of my origami skills once he said there were 8 steps to Level 1.

[@sansthecomic590]

Eh i could probably do 4 levels 3 2 and 1 are easy

[@pilar808]

And it's increasing exponentially

[@locrogin]

Fantastic video. I have several of Robert Lang's books and have attempted to fold many of his models but never got close to the perfection he achieves.

[@oweeb5909]

I always love seeing someone so passionate about something, very inspirational!

[@looow]

level 345: now this fold is for the resentment the cicada feels towards his mother

[@donnadanielsen9411]

Hahahahaha

[@jokeruiner3745]

This guy will now teach us how to fold a black hole

[@randomsandwichian]

*folds paper in half 72 times*

[@_cosmie]

I call points where sereval crease lines meet a "black hole" because of the way it looks in crease pattern diagrams

[@niros9667]

That's the final level, folding space time!

[@erickouhai9818]

This one got me.

[@whatthewhatthe9117]

Just break the Planck scale

[@MarkNiceyard]

stunning presentation! I'd love to see it in detail!

[@dgmojojojo]

i am wondering if this gentlemen ever get back to this video and read back all the comments because if he hasnt, he should. Pure Gold.

[@anakzerdadu]

Basically; level 1: easy level 2: normal level 3: hard level 4 - 11: impossible

[@fishsauce2221]

To be fair he did cheat by using a tool.

[@dmitrijsmironovs7513]

@@fishsauce2221 Thats not cheating, thats being smart actually. You dont see people calling chefs cheats because they didnt beat the meat with their hands and used a meat tenderiser

[@itsiman3650]

I cant even do level 2

[@fishsauce2221]

​@@dmitrijsmironovs7513 You cannot compare those things. Using a tool is just wrong in my book. Like a student using a calculator for a test that doesn't require one,

[@nik4670]

fish sauce well, except in his case, it's quite impossible to fold those cicadas without those tools (tape and stuff)

[@alasholyweek7]

The first guy discovered how to make a collapse fold: "I'm going to do what's called a pro gamer move."

[@sinewyslacker8978]

Huh?

[@optiTHOMAS]

Wow! That is absolutely phenomenal! What cool details and techniques! I love geometric shapes and designs, they're so structured and beautiful. Aestheticly pleasing too. That might also be why I love the font Futura too! It's glorious and my favorite font along with some other art deco fonts! But yeah, this is incredible physical art and truly fascinating! Goood stuff! 😁👍🏻

[@lucaszhang4945]

level 3 million: we now fold each and every quark in the cicada. you will find that it also gains conciousness at step 10 thousand so be sure to beat it down

[@jamesbui2968]

Level 104: Make sure you fold the protein lipases correctly otherwise they might start eating meat instead of plants.

[@dabo777]

best coment

[@blazey7752]

Teacher: “The test will be easy” The test:

[@xnell6667]

XD..

[@doshi050050]

I had a test today.. The teacher said it will be easy. It wasn't.

[@ryanstock7094]

idan Might’ve been easy for the few smartest kids in the class, or if you studied. Lol

[@doshi050050]

@@ryanstock7094 I have studied, believe me XD

[@julietaserobyan7681]

Literally, my chem final🙃

[@naimulhaq9626]

Absolutely, level12, brilliant. Mind boggling. and really complex. Thank you, I am really entertained.

[@bruckers64]

The year is 2264. The cicada's level is over 9000. The earth folds completely in half in awe of the sight of such magnificence. Everyone dies clapping.

[@theboybrutus9894]

me at lvl 5: “how can it get anymore complex??” me at lvl 11: “oh...”

[@aggron1202]

the boybrutus i think just the same

[@u.g.3298]

Level 0: just make a paper ball and say "it's an egg. It hasn't hatched yet".

[@oacmd282]

Level -1: Don’t make anything. Just say “It’s when it’s not born yet” .

[@adamgallin9130]

@@oacmd282 before it was born it would be an egg...>.

[@reekunkli4377]

@@adamgallin9130 and a sperm

[@EvilAntic]

Level -2 dont fold paper just go to bed and forget about cicadas.

[@mateuszfraniczek1725]

@@oacmd282 like 4

[@Ramvittal]

Wow, this definitely inspired me to learn Origami. What an art!!

[@michaelvoulgarellis8298]

I never thought that i would watch a video about folding paper with such a scientific and artistic approach

[@brickjam69]

“So for level 500, I’ve folded every body cell separately and connected them to form a 300 foot tall cicada”

[@scottmantooth8785]

*inadvertently creating a cicada kaiju in the center of Tokyo without a rampaging permit*

[@aruein.]

modular?

[@Nintendo_song-maker]

@@scottmantooth8785 if that was a movie i would gladly watch it, just imagine it “kami titan”

[@iiicefallmaaantle]

Level 1: child’s play Level 2: kindergarten homework Level 3: simple Level 4: algebra 2 Level 5: trigonometry Level 6: calculus Level 7: math wizard Level 8: Einstein Level 9: doom’s nightmare mode Level 10: using a calculator on the reading part of the SAT Level 11: math jesus Level 12: it folds it self and reproduces Level 13: it can talk

[@glowstickqueen7139]

"level 13: it can *talk* "

[@jandrearias]

Level 10 got me weak 💀

[@toils8722]

Level 100. It can fly.

[@selinwang6171]

I couldn’t make it past level 2, I feel weak. (I’ve never learned origami)

[@kpny8484]

I have several books on folding origami similar to some of these, and this video is really going to help me understand a lot.

[@chowfun1976]

I love how he geeks out about origami. The passion is life.

[@ugsgamer2457]

Anyone watching this because you're trying to learn, my prayers go out to you.

[@glowstickqueen7139]

This was just in my recommendations I never really do origami

[@adriancousins8667]

I was really into origami when I was young the most complex thing I made was a raptor it had 300 and something folds it burned me out but I finished it I haven’t gone back since then

[@sofianinno5025]

im learning for an art collegue project :')

[@wabbit3005]

bruh they dont even show the steps properly

[@dooshahn]

"This level of cicada is the most difficult because I somehow got a papercut and now it's hard to fold with a bandage on."

[@maximemorin7403]

You are simply awesome! I really love your intelligence! I would say that i am between a level 5 and 6 in my knowlege! I never made cigada but made spider wich was hard because of the 8 legs, i never acheive a realism level as you have reach with the cicada! Thank you for sharing your expertise in this passion!

[@samanthafrancis8783]

I have been trying to learn origami ever since I was a kid , fascinated by paper planes so now I collect my origami so I can see how much progress I have made

[@laurapiacentinicasarin8205]

The next cicada origami this guy invents will climb a tree and start screaming all day

[@elijahgavin6706]

Laura Piacentini Casarin and will be capable of shedding its paper and leaving it stuck to a tree

[@RtasVadumeeKostas]

Well his next origami is literally going to space soo

[@juulz8714]

Haha yeah

[@theinstantnoodle9628]

Random person: Origami is just folding paper. Robert Lang: I'm about to end this mans reality.

[@garyquack19]

very cool feature, first time ever seeing this topic, crazy! i like how level 5 is awesome, but 6+ uses squares. both are really cool, but the square paper is incredible; thank you, love and peace my friends

[@elizaknight6980]

Thanks for the video. I love origami when I was young. This video reminded of my hobby. I think I will go back to it soon 🙂

[@caleboop1814]

“At level 43, after gaining consciousness, it will find a mate and reproduce.”

[@andym5280]

“At level 44, you are creating the mate, but be careful folding the reproductive system as even one small error can result in mutated offspring”

[@LudosErgoSum]

If this man were to fold in poker, he would do it in breathtaking style with 11 levels of complexity.

[@lian7092]

LudosErgoSum 😂😂😂

[@aquietdarkness]

Level 11 is to fold with such conviction and intensity that the other player feels compelled to interrupt and fold first!

[@GOrchestra]

level 2 has already blown my mind, can't imagine what 11 could possibly be?!

[@culpritdesign]

Putting origami artist ahead of physicist in his title is everything to me. What a time to be alive.

[@bluestang9530]

He’s not a origami artist, he’s a paper wizard

[@alexanderl6809]

No, a Master Jedi!

[@jaapiegoedhart2904]

Satoshi Kamiya has a pretty nice design of that!

[@CeeJayDee94]

I'm kinda mad at how gross some of the folds on that level 2 one were tho lmao

[@dontask4990]

He talks a lot but he doesn't do so much. He is cheating and uses tape 😬.

[@holacomooduh]

the paper wizard is jo nakashima

[@SuperSpikeTM]

Level 9000: As you can see the cacaida can fold itself.

[@glowstickqueen7139]

*starts to gain different colors*

[@Xendr]

Omgggg I grew up with his designs. What a legend