The Most Complex Origami Ever

The top 10 most insane origamis ever created and their crease patterns. Which one is your favorite?
I only included designs folded from one square with no cuts that had publicly available crease patterns. I also limited the list to one design per creator. I know there's many ways an origami can be considered complex and there's no real way to rank their complexity, but I tried to give a varied list that covered a wide array of subject matter. And these origamis would be considered super complex by anyone's standards.
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Links to designers' websites and Instagrams
1. Brian Chan: Website - web.mit.edu/chosetec/www/orig...
IG - @brianchandesigns
2. Derek McGann: Website - sites.google.com/view/derekmc...
3. Satoshi Kamiya: Website - www.folders.jp/g/2005/0501.html
Tae Dong Wook's IG - @origami_wook
4. Robert Lang: Website - langorigami.com/
5. Kota Imai: Flickr - www.flickr.com/photos/1199102...
David Wismath's IG - @origami_drw
IG - @kotaimai
6. Kei Watanabe: Website - watanabekei.wixsite.com/hakub...
Flickr - www.flickr.com/photos/1456149...
7. Naoto Horiguchi: Flickr - www.flickr.com/photos/sakamat...
8. wattsan_: Flickr - www.flickr.com/photos/1416272...
9. Andrey Ermakov: Flickr - www.flickr.com/photos/origami...
IG - @ermakov_origami
10. Shuki Kato: IG - @shuki_kato
The world of super complex origami is full of mind-blowing art. These crazy complex origami designs are incredibly time-consuming to fold and I give incredible respect to the designers as well as anyone who has ever folded one of these. Looking at how complex the crease patterns are can give you an idea of just how amazing and talented these designers are.
Chapters
0:00 Brian Chan - Romanesco
0:21 Derek McGann - Bobbit Worm
0:32 Satoshi Kamiya - Ryujin 3.5
0:47 Robert Lang - Cactus
1:00 Kota Imai - Japanese Spiny Lobster
1:12 Kei Watanabe - Aged Dragon
1:24 Naoto Horiguchi - Shinku
1:34 @wattsan_ - Falcon
1:44 - Andrey Ermakov - Gargoyle
1:56 - Shuki Kato - Giganotosaurus
2:08 - Which one is your favorite?

[@ArtOfFold]

These are some crazy designs. Comment below which one's your favorite!

[@RichardDominguezTheMagicIsReal]

The size of the "single" square for each of these must have been enormous ... they all look great

[@ArtOfFold]

For sure, I'm guessing each of them were at least 1 meter

[@the_person_]

@@ArtOfFold where do u find such big paper

[@mridhulsreejan7853]

@@the_person_ You make it my friend.

[@doxasnike4789]

Some of them have been folded with as small as 39 cm paper

[@sinajakelic]

@@doxasnike4789 do any of these masters have a channel? does any video of folding such a complex design exist? I bet everyone would like to see a timelapse or a long closeup video of those intricate techniques. also… who designs those and HOW :)

[@Hex-kt2vr]

The falcon just hit me differently.. they're all complex, but that one just struck me.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

Kei Watanabe's Aged Dragon was hands down favorite of mine. Love that organic look for the shapes.

[@buldg560]

I feel like the first one would be a fun project for a more advanced artist. It only seems daunting because the crease pattern leaves some vagueness so you can size the number of repeating patterns to your paper size

[@No0o0oNa]

Im am currently working on this one and surprisingly, it is not very hard.

[@the_person_]

Glad to have an updated video

[@homeostasis3339]

the bobbit worm looked so realistic!

[@FredFier69]

Insane. The human mind is truly incredible. These are all astonishing - I have no favorite bc they are all stunning in different ways.

[@JohnnyJohnthor]

Robert Lang's cactus is very mindblowing

[@ArtOfFold]

It's crazy! I definitely want to fold one for my house

[@pulse_verify]

I've folded that spiny lobster and man, I gotta say it is worth the days of work I put into it.

[@jovanyt6680]

I feel like these are the models that people that are dedicated JUST to origami because no one has 2 free months of folding with a piece of paper as big as an entire room 😂😂

[@sachindaniorigami3385]

Wow thanks for sharing videos with crease patterns.

[@ArtOfFold]

You’re welcome 😊 The crease patterns definitely help to show how crazy they are

[@sachindaniorigami3385]

@@ArtOfFold yes and some models looks simple but their cp are so complicated !

[@15hanjm]

Falcon is looking very good. Ryujin scale adopted.

[@1alx]

the aged dragon is so coool

[@giorgiobignotti8699]

The Bobbit Worm is for me the hardest origami ever created Who can even do theese bilions of circles 😱

[@sksssi919]

The cactus is a work of crazy skillThe paper works seem to have their own sophisticationIt's the best

[@airbornez602]

The cactus is pretty amazing

[@jaxtenbykari1813]

0:07 how did paper not rip

[@Manngregor1]

The best fold is probably the romanescu but my favourite model is the Dragon by Watanabe

[@ArtOfFold]

That romanesco is insane and such a unique idea. He actually used a projector to display the crease pattern on the paper while he scored it

[@paulpauvert4637]

​@@ArtOfFold oh wow I had no idea!

[@Orjjuhg]

it would be nice if you mentioned the folders..but they all look great,and I think the ryujin 3.5 was folded by a korean guy named Tae dong wook.

[@craftingtable7032]

Aged dragon is mind blowing 😮

[@JetAnimates329]

I am refusing to comprehend how pepole come up with the designs for this stuff

[@Lavender719]

The person who folds hardest origami: 😃👍😆 The person who invented how to fold hardest origami:😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@anubhavsasmal3746]

The cactus is the best

[@quangtuphan1635]

Where did you find the Crease Patterns for the models? I want to give a try on Aged Dragon but I can't find it, could you tell us where you got it, please?

[@ArtOfFold]

I have every one of them linked in the description. This is the link to the aged dragon watanabekei.wixsite.com/hakubutsuga/blank-73

[@quangtuphan1635]

@@ArtOfFold , thank you and I'm sorry, It was my fault I did not noticed into the description. I just saw the first link and did not find the romanesco then I thought the links were just to the main pages, sorry and thanks.

[@ArtOfFold]

​@@quangtuphan1635 No worries! I think I did just link to their websites on a couple of them, I actually got the CP for the romanesco from his IG since it wasn't on his website. I'm not sure if a better version of the aged dragon CP exists, that was the best one I could find.

[@quangtuphan1635]

@@ArtOfFold , Sorry, I've searched on Brian's IG as you put in description but could not find the romanesco, could you point it out please?

[@ArtOfFold]

@@quangtuphan1635 instagram.com/p/CMDfzkfpIlf/

[@klippschliefer4968]

When the gigantosaurus appeared, i really thought: this is boring... Although its more complexe than everything ive ever made. Its just after all these unbelievable things, it looked a bit simple.

[@clarkibsengarma1667]

i wnna know how to make it its soo good

[@maksstanczuk1553]

My favourite is cactus

[@ryan-yu3qi]

Aged dragon it's so subtle

[@gopsahoo805]

0:35 my voice while singing- *crazy*

[@gopsahoo805]

Hey so Kevin hi how do you make the stop motion animation soo... clean. I mean like how do you make them look like they are actually moving and not like pics?

[@ArtOfFold]

I use 24 frames per second, so I take a lot of pictures and it just moves a tiny bit each time. It's very time consuming, but it ends up looking smoother

[@gopsahoo805]

@@ArtOfFold so basically you smack the frames per second to 24 and just move each thing by like one centimeter? Gosh that's time consuming but worth a shot cuz on my next BIRTHDAY (7months later and 23 days) My mom will buy stop morion studio pro so I wanted to try it out oh well wish me luck!(you don't have to)

[@ArtOfFold]

​@@gopsahoo805 The frames per second is when you're combining it into a video, each second of video is 24 photos. It depends on what I'm shooting, but I probably move things by less than a cm between shots most of the time. It's definitely not for everyone, but I enjoy it. I would do more of it, but it's hard to make the time for it. Good luck!

[@gopsahoo805]

@@ArtOfFold it was a joke but I tried it put for a test and it's really clean but tbh I can't do it with lego characters so I'll stick with my method but thanks

[@gopsahoo805]

@@ArtOfFold oh btw I do know what fps means and I think I'll stick with 5 or 7

[@PaleoNoelWorkshopmpg5585]

10 origami is so much better

[@alanlopez5399]

And flywing kabutomushi?

[@fatinachen1888]

The gigantoraptor and bird. I want to fold them but there's no tutorial.

[@vinitachaudhary472]

The gigantoraptor is in nature study by shuki kato

[@user-gu6hf7iu3g]

Giganotosaurus look great and aged dragon also

[@wlkosan4063]

can someone at least roughly explain to me how the process of inventing the diagram for the origami complex works ... I just don't get it.

[@sakatagintoki6065]

If ı remember correctly there ıs a some programs for it

[@GOffUnit]

I'm no expert, but I know enough to know that there are some basic origami principles that help break down the design process into smaller and simpler parts (geometric principles, circle packing, etc.). For simpler models, experienced folders can kind of figure it out as they go along by trial and error, but for more advanced models some advanced mathematics may be required, which is where computers can come in handy for the design process.

[@user-ik2yz5id5l]

man looks like every paper was divided into 108x108 💀

[@kellieconnor4319]

I’m gonna make aged dragon now

[@kellieconnor4319]

Wait I can’t find cp I shall make bobbit worm

[@CC3193]

I loved the cactus best

[@aaronclark8877]

The brown dragon is my favourite

[@edving6784]

There were no brown dragon

[@sitaramchoudhary3401]

My favourite is the t rex

[@saigowtham95]

I liked aged dragon designed by kei watanabe

[@lizzynygaard2128]

the eagle

[@jhonhernandez9923]

El halcón definitivamente

[@origamiorigami2510]

멋져요👍👍👍👍

[@sachindaniorigami3385]

Try to make tutorial for Snake charmer please.

[@ArtOfFold]

I've never folded a snake charmer before, which one is your favorite?

[@sachindaniorigami3385]

@@ArtOfFold designed by Neal Elias.

[@ArtOfFold]

I just looked his up, it's definitely a cool one. But since he passed away, I don't think there's anyone I could ask for permission to teach his work.

[@sachindaniorigami3385]

@@ArtOfFold Oh sad But you can make his model. It will be great regards for him. I recently uploaded Wold tutorial without permission of the author : Weesel. Ok Atleast just take photos of some steps and make a video. I'll understand how to make the model.

[@ArtOfFold]

I actually don't have any of his books. I do own the Origami World of Neal Elias dvd but I don't have a dvd player, haha. Either way, I don't make tutorials without permission from the author

[@easyorigamiwithag9020]

Ryuzin 3.5 and aged dragon

[@ArtOfFold]

Great choices. I definitely plan on folding a Ryujin one of these days

[@dervakommtvonhinten517]

the dragon isnt one origami, its several. thats cheating!

[@nonexistentboi]

Mines the opus 360 (cactus), spiny lobster anddd falcon obviously! Edit: ANDDDD THAT ANIME GIRL

[@ArtOfFold]

Haha, it's such a hard choice, they're all awesome

[@nonexistentboi]

@@ArtOfFold yes.. respect to all of the creator..

[@jorgemarioochoabarrera8375]

Has You made one of these?

[@ArtOfFold]

Not yet. I've test folded the difficult parts of the crease patterns on a few of them, but I haven't been dedicated the time to folding any of them yet.

[@dibakarmullick7619]

Mine is falcon

[@jeffreytinkler9280]

t rex is my fave

[@ibocakmak3784]

My favorites is aged dragon, spiny lobster and ryujin

[@ArtOfFold]

Those are awesome, I definitely want to fold the spiny lobster someday

[@ibocakmak3784]

@@ArtOfFold me too

[@josebalderascastro9458]

Kota imai y shuki kato