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Princess Celestia

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Designed and folded by me from 18" square of white Kozo (mulberry)

Here's my take on folding the best princess.

I had always figured I would eventually fold an alicorn, but knew it would be tricky. There are always a bunch of features I tell myself to build into a design whenever coming up with an original model, and the final outcome is usually a compromise on what I want, and what I am able to do. However, I got lucky with this model and actually ended up with some extra details. When I was allocating paper to the specific parts (4 legs, head/hair, tail, wings) I actually ended up some extra paper on the legs and a bunch of extra paper around the chest area. These I managed to fashion into shoes and a necklace though the necklace turned out to be a bit larger than expected due to paper layers (I'll try even thinner paper if I ever fold this again!). The mane and tail, I tried to mess with as little as possible; I wanted it to look flowing without too many extra creases detracting from the cleanliness of the model. Lastly, I always felt Celestia's large wings were often one of the most prominent features about her and wanted to recreate that here. Therefore a decent chunk of paper was given to that area and with some pleating and curving of the ends, I achieved large feathery wings.

I chose to use white mulberry paper as it had a soft fiber texture that I felt would go well with this model. Additionally, I always felt Celestia would look good as a pure-white model, and so instead ignored color changes for making the details look the way I wanted.

Crease pattern here: [link]
Image size
2660x2300px 2.36 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot ELPH 310 HS
Shutter Speed
1/101 second
Aperture
F/3.0
Focal Length
5 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Feb 6, 2013, 2:13:03 PM
Sensor Size
4mm
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WOW! Just WOW! Clap
This is truly inspiring!
I started doing Origami only last August and began to do some simple My little Pony origamis, but your origamis are really amazing and it is an inspiration to see just how much is possible with the necessary practice, patience and talent. Thank you for this insipiration!