| ▲ | How to fold the Blade Runner origami unicorn (1996)(web.archive.org) |
| 211 points by exvi 3 days ago | 29 comments |
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| ▲ | sts153 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Better explanation
https://geekydadcrafts.com/2019/01/10/the-blade-runner-unico... |
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| ▲ | saalweachter 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I used to fold an origami unicorn design by Marc Kirschenbaum. I can't find any instructions on the Modern Internet, but I used to fold it out of gum-wrappers while sitting in class. The unicorn from the film itself wasn't "true" origami, being a prop consisting of several pieces glued together, but it really popularized the idea of an origami unicorn and a number of the current designs were prompted by it. |
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| ▲ | shevy-java an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Are we losing old websites like that? I actually was unaware that this warranted a website. When I was young, I had one origami book. I completed it to about 40%; wasn't too bad but was far away from being really good. Origami is quite an art. These days I tend to watch youtube videos more than look at oldschool books but I loved that old handbook. Never folded a unicorn though. |
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| ▲ | puttycat 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I recently picked up an origami book and started practicing in dull moments.
I highly recommend it for anyone struggling with phone addiction. |
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| ▲ | MrPapz 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Can you share any tips on good origami books for beginners? | | |
| ▲ | puttycat 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | The nice one I found randomly in a store is by Adeline Klam.
(originally in French, but I see there's an English version) |
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| ▲ | chao- 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I used to do origami obsessively in my youth, and recently picked it up again while spending time with my nephew. I'll have to give this one a go! |
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| ▲ | 21asdffdsa12 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Its not foldable from one paper sheet? |
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| ▲ | jcl 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Correct… they “cheated” a little to make the props for the movie. There are other designs for single-sheet unicorn, winged unicorn, and Pegasus — particularly the ones from John Montroll — but they look a bit different from the movie props, and are harder to fold. https://johnmontroll.com/books/dragons-and-other-fantastic-c... | | |
| ▲ | the_af 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Wow, those look fantastic! I love Blade Runner (I'm obsessed with it), but the unicorn origami never clicked with me. These ones look much better. | | |
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| ▲ | bisby 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | https://web.archive.org/web/20071017100610fw_/http://cgi.lin... On the final page it has a link to the "How to fold from a single sheet" | |
| ▲ | skrebbel 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Okay? | | |
| ▲ | IAmBroom 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Origami by definition is folded from a single, square sheet. | | |
| ▲ | skrebbel 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | When people write a statement and then tack on a question mark they force people to guess what they mean. Is it a typo? Is it an observation and the question mark is supposed to somehow signal disapproval? Or is it an actual question, with a little grammar error that's not uncommon for non-native English speakers? Maybe this is just me being weird but I simply don't understand why people think a question mark means ", and that's stupid for obvious reasons that I can't be bothered to spell out and therefore I disapprove". Admittedly my reply was even worse so yeah, pot, kettle. | | |
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| ▲ | ge96 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Interesting it starts off the same as a crane |
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| ▲ | etrvic 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | As many origami folds do, I believe | |
| ▲ | the_af 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Am I the only one who starts folding an origami design, gets distracted, and somehow ends up with either a crane or a frog? | | |
| ▲ | IAmBroom 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | I got a rock. | | |
| ▲ | munificent 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | I always end up with a Frank Gehry building. | | |
| ▲ | ge96 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Wow those are trippy like a building going through a dimensional rift or something Some you could call a Dr. Seuss house the ones more boxy in appearance than curved |
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| ▲ | mbfg an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Now we need the 1 cut and fold algorithm. |
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| ▲ | kittikitti 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Thank you for sharing, I really enjoy origami and look forward to learning this fold. |
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| ▲ | lovegrenoble 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Nice |
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| ▲ | notorandit 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Where is Bladerunner mentioned? |
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