11 Levels of Origami: Easy to Complex | WIRED

[@WIRED]

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

[@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❤😂

[@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

[@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.

[@obraddrakulic7786]

"Origami artist and physicist" this man has conquered life

[@Zzzoott]

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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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?

[@arangga7482]

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

[@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?

[@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

[@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.

[@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 🙄

[@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

[@larryhenery6153]

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

[@falcunt]

Larry Henery - lmao

[@mateuszfraniczek1725]

@@falcunt 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.

[@erikapalominodiaz]

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

[@ZRO95]

😂😂😂

[@paradoxvalestein9118]

😂😂😂 (2)

[@shubceee]

😂😂😂 (3)

[@levi7745]

😂😂😂 (4)

[@decodedbunny101]

😂😂😂 (5)

[@eman610]

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

[@昭和チャンネル-s3p]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@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 😂

[@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

[@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]

😂😂😂

[@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.

[@joshuatdlr]

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

[@mtv565]

Paper crane!!!

[@brokeashit]

Joe

[@katiehedrickcomposer]

Yes!!!

[@trafalgarlawjr.5005]

Satoshi Kamiya!!!

[@lilywxjzu]

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

[@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

[@ronanelliott9709]

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

[@Zzzoott]

Exactly my thoughts

[@さくら大好き-m1t]

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

[@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]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHSTgYmpZqeCn9E

[@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

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@jamesbui2968]

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

[@dabo777]

best coment

[@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!!

[@zarifshoeb]

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

[@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

[@WockMonkey]

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)

[@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 🤣🤣🤣

[@fatimaakamrann]

Level 3301: Cicada creates the greatest internet mystery

[@samaron]

Underrated comment

[@muriukiwarui6064]

Nice

[@randomasian8715]

Lemmino

[@epic.6608]

Nice

[@dottisred]

lol

[@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

[@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

[@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 🤣🤣🤣

[@NobleVagabond2552]

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

[@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.

[@mandrumi045]

Level 1: Oh yeah, I've done that Level 2: Oh yeah, I'll do that Level 3: Oh yeah, I could do that Level 4: Oh yeah, okay Level 5: Oh... Level 6: Okay stop please

[@gus473]

😉🤣✌️

[@nellyb743]

Basically me but with less tears. I cried a little 😂

[@Halario02]

Yeah, when he hit Lv 6 I was lost. But now I can arbitrarily rank my origami skills as 'Lv 5 according to this awesome origami guy on WIRED'.

[@TERRYEE88]

Level 7: I.. I can't.. Please stop..

[@affienpanicker5788]

Level 2? Anyone? No one?

[@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?

[@keenanlarsen1639]

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

[@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."

[@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)

[@n3gi_]

Level 1 : That looks super easy! Level 2 : My maths Homework is probably more easy. Level 11 : Getting a phd in Quantum Physics is probably far more easy.

[@basquehound1999]

A PhD in quantum physics.... at Harvard no less

[@leonardosilva-ko6fn]

can someone help me with cicada number 3?

[@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! 😀

[@ivurivurivur]

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

[@luke_smith262]

i could listen to this guy all day, he has a really clear way of talking.

[@MatsMatsuo]

i started origami when i was a kid (8 y.o.) the 3 most complex origamis i made were designed by Satoshi Kamiya, and the models are : Ancient Dragon, Bahamut and Phoenix, it took me years and a LOT of tries to make each one (now it's kinda easy, but it took me a while to figure it out), and even more attempts to make it look really good, those complex models have so many folds, you need a really big and thin paper and a LOT of accuracy and precise folds, otherwise the "errors" start to propagate fold by fold, and the model just becomes literally unfoldable at some point. You also need a lot of "space understanding" to follow the instructions by yourself, this is one of the main reasons i struggled when i was younger, i couldn't understand the steps. Anyway i just want to say that even though i'm able to fold almost any design, i can't create more than "intermeddiate" models, creating these things are hard asf, these guys (Robert, Satoshi and other origami artists) are "unknown" geniuses.

[@davrmadi]

I’m just a kid and I already made more than 10 people airplanes and I’m seven

[@עידואברהם-ע5ס]

so true!

[@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.

[@looow]

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

[@donnadanielsen9411]

Hahahahaha

[@theinstantnoodle9628]

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

[@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” .

[@adam418g]

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

[@reekunkli4377]

@@adam418g and a sperm

[@JosephRDBenjamin]

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

[@mateuszfraniczek1725]

@@oacmd282 like 4

[@3110-l6n]

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

[@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

[@zacharywilliams2]

By level 4 i was like "how could it possibly get any more complex than this?" Oohhh boy. Very impressive! Great video.

[@lime7310]

Level 666: ok so be careful with his blood vessels they are very hard to fold. Also it’s also time consuming to fold all his regrets

[@blackky_______________9253]

God:"Ok ok hold on, slow down, wait what do i do with the vessels again? oh man Im gonna fail this class."

[@TS-ds5er]

"You want to give the cicada a personalty"

[@looow]

"make sure to play careful attention to the cicada's childhood trauma"

[@clementine7825]

“make sure the cicada has daddy issues”

[@zimoy.701]

we're dangerously close to 666 likes. (this is like #665)

[@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.

[@cliftonaurelius3060]

Level 11: I've added cicada organs and white blood cells

[@theboybrutus9894]

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

[@aggron1202]

the boybrutus i think just the same

[@murilokleine]

Level 62 - Well you see, the mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell...

[@hmmmmm8716]

nice one

[@jumboshrimp2892]

Rihana is such a powerhouse. MITOCHONDIRHIANA

[@plazinga]

As my bio ap teacher once told me, if you are going to meme, do it with proper grammar. (mitochondrion)

[@murilokleine]

@@plazinga hmmm, I'm pretty sure Mitochondria is also right

[@TS-ds5er]

Lmaoo

[@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.

[@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!

[@SuperSpikeTM]

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

[@glowstickqueen7139]

*starts to gain different colors*

[@annnguyen9512]

As an avid paper folder years ago, this brought joy to me. I knew all the folds he was talking about, and could interpret the layouts fairly easily. I was mainly into modular origami though. The geometric component and the structural integrity component was what made it more intriguing to me. Now I want to get back into origami. I love it dearly in my heart.

[@farisalhajjar4640]

Ann Nguyen I don’t if I should say bragging rights or your full of ur self

[@yesicalicht4882]

@@farisalhajjar4640 bruh, just let him enjoy that moment.

[@sulffojus1227]

@@farisalhajjar4640 bro he's just happy that he knows what the dude in the video is talking about, it makes him proud because it means he is experienced in this

[@igorsvacic217]

theres a GREAT origami community here on YT

[@choochoochooseyou]

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

[@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🙃

[@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

[@G0die16]

Level 500: recreating the functional cellular structure of a cicada will require a little more planning at the beginning before starting the fold

[@DeathDelver]

I wonder how well this gentleman plays poker. Id imagine he folds often.

[@jenniferpower981]

Lol!.😎😄

[@mitzkonic5024]

Advanced humor

[@shivanshshuks]

Underrated comment

[@ItsRaitisLV]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sh3n3ng]

no " ba dum tss" ?

[@pawelowi7528]

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

[@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

[@laurapiacentinicasarin8205]

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

[@IncredibleIceCastle]

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

[@kennymccormick7269]

lvl1: Easy lvl2: Still easy lvl3: ok... lvl4: WTFFFF

[@dnyembo90]

Ikr... the gap between level 3 and 4 is so huge!

[@stephaneneron]

@@dnyembo90 Huge enought to call that gap an abyss...

[@さくら大好き-m1t]

I can fold the lvl9.

[@nathanrampage1]

@@さくら大好き-m1t really?

[@さくら大好き-m1t]

@@nathanrampage1 yup

[@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

[@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”

[@strw_skll]

Very interesting, I would never thought this could get that deep

[@feliperinaldins.1847]

Google for "Satoshi Kamiya Ryu Zin 3.5", and see what can be done with one uncut square.

[@justdecember]

Cristhian Chacón This guy is next level genius, his resume is what furthers proves he’s the best because he utilizes his origami creations to solve modern engineering problems. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/enuXmXempbWSibM

[@OrigamiByBoice]

@@feliperinaldins.1847 Complexity has even breached what Ryujin is as well. Its crazy to think that some think Ryujin 3.5 is easy

[@Matt-el6sm]

@@OrigamiByBoice my boy :) (-Roocifer)

[@olivesoriano3494]

That's what she saaa...id

[@thespartanproductions126]

Level 100: “Okay, we are now going to break the phosphodiester bonds of the 3’ carbon atom of this sugar molecule and the 5’ atom of the other.

[@FireCaT-]

You forgot about enchanting it to make it come alive or is that level 369

[@Desugan69]

@@FireCaT- if i remember correctly enchanting whas step 300 and gifing it a brain 350

[@FireCaT-]

@@Desugan69 ah my apologies after months of practice I know steps 1-10000

[@ranjitsarkar3126]

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

[@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."

[@Mokarney]

Fun Fact: Level 13 is just a real life cicada he pulls out of his pocket.

[@zaggernut5054]

level 13 is actual protein folding

[@saipabbati1983]

*crumples paper and opens it up* “So this is the base design for my level 12 cicada”

[@Muni_Puni]

Underrated comment

[@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.

[@xxMpEGxx]

When I tried Origami First obstacle: get square shaped paper

[@xxMpEGxx]

@Teresa Wong what do you mean? 😅 I mean of course I could try folding A4 to a square but if its off, it would lead to asymmetries in the consequent folds

[@xxMpEGxx]

@Teresa Wong hmm quite interesting, that worked: Thanks! Yeah I guess you can call it printer paper but its the format used for most documents

[@francoisthomas4930]

@Teresa Wong A4 is the equivalent of the US Letter format outside of North America, used basically everywhere else (and in a few countries that may use both)

[@L16htW4rr10r]

Does your country not sell separate origami papers?

[@skhafijurrahaman9204]

@@L16htW4rr10r at least in my country I was unable to find one I mean not in a local supplies store you may have to order it online.

[@ppewqeqwrqwtefdwedasfwetrd2579]

Well it seems the youtube algorithm found me a new hobby...

[@Ruben25252]

check out tadashi mori

[@solid2718]

Haha this happens to me last year. I went on an origami spree for a week and then never folded paper ever again.

[@Ruben25252]

@@solid2718 same thing happend to me except for about 2 years now I have to much paper

[@foly-minecraftandmore8403]

Check out Jo Nakashima I got into origami because of his influence :) Tadashi Mori and Jeremy Shafter are also good and are good for beginners.

[@zhivkozaev2438]

Definitely look up origami on KZbin! It's how I got into it around 12 years ago! There are many great instructions for all kinds of things and of varying difficulty too.

[@Capricegirl_]

Level 20: Folding a Cicada into paper.

[@nonexistentboi]

HOLY SHT UR GENIUS

[@dragonfruit3054]

dmn that's dark

[@valtiel3310]

Nice

[@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.

[@inaki.arambarri]

Level 1917: Cicada creates a communist dictatorial state

[@GoogleTranslateMolar]

Underrated

[@yonabelle8938]

Too soon

[@1ksubswithoutanyvids921]

pfp checks out

[@nom6758]

@xTheTorNando ???

[@leonardolauria7624]

@xTheTorNando comunism is atroceous, so yes lol

[@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”

[@0The_Farlander0]

As someone who has been folding origami ever since I was 7 (i'm 31 now) this is extremely validating, considering I had no frame of reference for how "good" I am at it compared to other folders. Even if this is only your frame of measurement of complexity, it's still very well considered, and knowing that I'm capable of (though not proficient at) folding each of these cicadas without having to expand my knowledge or skillset with origami feels like I've really achieved something special. Edit: I just want to add as an aside to everyone bemoaning their skills in the notes, it just takes practice. If you like doing it, keep doing it, and eventually you'll be able to do any of these, probably easier than me or even Mr. Lang are able to do them. don't look at it in terms of what you can't do, look at it in terms of what you understand and just keep folding the same things you struggle with until you are able to do them. nothing I ever folded when I was seven looked right on the first try (or 2nd, or 3rd) but that was because I was refining a new skill, not just because I was a kid.

[@theleafeon1]

Thank you! All these people saying they can't do the first 3, but everyone can do easily it if they just follow instructions. I wouldn't be able to do 4+ but if I practiced long enough I could

[@OrigamiByBoice]

Love this approach you have to the video and I totally agree with you! Its so rewarding to make it to a new level after it at first was the hardest thing in the world

[@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

[@solomoncisneros1216]

lv 100: This gets a bit tricky, we now need to find a way to insert a soul of human into the cicada.

[@mememan1546]

To do this step, we need a human transmutation circle, and a few human sacrifices as well as a cicada.

[@saajidalikhan]

@@mememan1546 but all this has to be done with a single square sheet of paper as well

[@draftechoes5695]

@@saajidalikhan how

[@aarepelaa1142]

@@draftechoes5695 dont ask, you wouldn't know how much you can compress a human before they die.

[@sebastianospina4780]

Me: my paper airplane Robert: hold my cicada.

[@polarwantstosleep2170]

Me: Wow, making a Dog in origami is hard Robert: Hold my Lvl.1 Cicada

[@sprinklesprinkle5313]

Level 1: “Oh yeah, I can totally do that.” Level 2: “Nothing too crazy, pretty easy.” Level 3: “Oh, this one’s a little harder.” Level 4: “I tried to fold it and it just flew away-“

[@L16htW4rr10r]

Same, bruh. Lvl 4 is when I said "Nope, I'm out".