I managed to fold this back in high school and gifted it to my crush, over time we drifted apart tho and the origami wound up destroyed... Now 6 years later me and the girl got back together, and just as we rebuild our relatioship I decided to rebuild this dragon now. Thank you Tadashi Mori for this awesome design

@piMusxc

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful story

@garciatellezjosealfredo9664

3 жыл бұрын

Damn, I cried.

@darioparisi6863

3 жыл бұрын

Wow this story is amazing LOL ☺️

@darioparisi6863

3 жыл бұрын

@darkJDPN YT Same story as him (I mean actually pretty much the same XD 😂)? Now way XD 😂

@homieboi5352

3 жыл бұрын

wow, I'm literally doing the same thing rn for my girlfriend, are you sure this isn't just some anomaly of origami artists? XD

In the end, iI had a beautifull paper ball to play with and show my friends. :)

@amishah6026

5 жыл бұрын

Stefi Cristian sorry dude but I did'nt.

@yoboypeach

5 жыл бұрын

Ami Shah didn’t

@oakwell_2692

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@3456lizzy

5 жыл бұрын

To bad son get good :p

@onlyone5175

5 жыл бұрын

Please spell “too” right before you tell others to get good

I wish my past self could see me now, I never thought i could fold it! After 5 years of origami, i have finally done it! Thank you so so much!

@Majestic469

Жыл бұрын

that's awesome!! must have taken so much dedication

@ace_pilot_7040

Жыл бұрын

SAME

After 12 hours of pain, I have finally finished it!

@tadashimori

8 жыл бұрын

+sxdarkrogue Congratulations =), It's always like this, I spent over 4 hours the first time I tried to make an intermediate level origami, it's part of the learning process.

@disfattbidge002

8 жыл бұрын

considered yourself lucky, I've been struggling for 3 days long and I still can't finish it

@disfattbidge002

8 жыл бұрын

+Alex Guzman never mind, I'd finally nailed it

@johnbagel3370

8 жыл бұрын

+Tadashi Mori how do i get good at orgami i am bad D:

@parminder1089

8 жыл бұрын

+Harison Igor Artes *He used 40cm by 40cm or 16 inches by 16 inches* :) ur welcome (if u don't believe me look at the black and white page at 0:13

For people saying this is too hard, you are not explaining it correctly. Origami is not just something you google up and suddenly you are good at. You actually need to listen to what the person says and learn the terminology. Its not easy, but its not supposed to be.

@hugog902

10 жыл бұрын

Wlil said im half way on this Dragon

@fionapayne2672

10 жыл бұрын

suh tom u r so right! i have been doing origami since i was 5 and this dragon is still hard for me.

@suhtom7818

10 жыл бұрын

Fiona Payne Origami since 5? Nice! I joined the origami community when I was 10 and now I can make this dragon off my head. Its all about practice. And the right type of paper

@Jovanoc

8 жыл бұрын

+Suh Tom and the size, and the brain, and the folds

@sirboblightbulbmcdlix1796

6 жыл бұрын

i agree... i failed at the like 20th step lol... you're definitely right on that one...

finally, almost half way! now please don't tell me to do the same thing on the other side..."now you do the same thing on the other side..."gosh darn it!

@somabanerjee1261

5 жыл бұрын

Ha ha

@UrsulaTannenscheidtStrickt

4 жыл бұрын

I hate the folding in three parts, folding in four parts😫

@vannaklangston3893

4 жыл бұрын

Mario Velez lol

@user-eq5nd7ky1m

4 жыл бұрын

Dd

@gurdipfarwaha3906

4 жыл бұрын

@@somabanerjee1261 that's being rude

Me: “The wigs look amazing!” Tadashi: “Ok, the head is done.”

@MrSp0iler

3 жыл бұрын

I wish for simple good looking dragons, not those that only 5 year old japanese and germans can make.

@sourmoon5134

3 жыл бұрын

@@As-xb2sq wtf are wigs

@As-xb2sq

3 жыл бұрын

@@sourmoon5134 huh?

@sourmoon5134

3 жыл бұрын

@@As-xb2sq pretty sure what i wrote is straight forward

@As-xb2sq

3 жыл бұрын

@@sourmoon5134 no its not. I said wings, not wigs.

An excellent example of a 22.5 crease pattern. Unlike box pleat crease patterns (those that use square grids- Riccardo Foschi's Baby White Scorpion is a good example) where you pre-crease everything, then collapse it to form the base, this model (like most 22.5's) involve some pre-creasing, but it is mostly just a minor collapse, followed by diagram-type steps, before shaping. Great job, Tadashi.

18:25 head 23:36 wing 28:13 leg 30:22 31:13 tail 33:08 head 33:47 36:05 wing

@Hriexclu

Жыл бұрын

Thank you sooo much for it 😁🥰😚

This is just incredible....how do you come up with these ideas? I mean it is hard to follow, but it is another thing to plan this yourself! For how many years are you folding origami?

5 year old me: "will it fly?"

@bruh-ue3zo

4 жыл бұрын

sammeee, but if it doesn't fly then i'm like nahhh

@newklyn7984

4 жыл бұрын

@@bruh-ue3zo hahahha

@bobmarley4781

4 жыл бұрын

Add some springs and a miniaturized motor you can get from on of those lego sets. Just make sure to test it outside in case it catches fire.

@bruh-ue3zo

4 жыл бұрын

@@bobmarley4781 will do 🤣

@RealBuv

4 жыл бұрын

Belial Iscariot You should be the narrator on bright side

This was a great start to coming back to my origami hobby after 6 months or so. I really enjoyed making it, and the result is even better than I expected to be on my first model after a long time. Good job!

Just a tip for everyone: if the video is too fast to follow, go to settings and turn the speed down to half or a quarter and it iwll be much easier to follow!

@sai_Indurthi

4 жыл бұрын

Michelle Awh thx

@toastedcatrandle4754

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it isnt just me that thinks this guy is going to fast

@graced.neitham9117

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice! I haven't tried to make the dragon YET

Drinking challenge: take a shot every time Tadashi says "this"

@oimeunomeepietro

2 жыл бұрын

Tik tok challenges be like :

@kingtennyson5453

2 жыл бұрын

And..... That's the story of how I broke my legs from driving drunk.

11:21 i pray for yall during the collapse. it was easy for me since i went over these creases a couple thousand times but i highly suggest marking which creases will become valleys and which creases become mountains

@Drstrange3000

6 жыл бұрын

Jam Hopsey I had the exact same experience. It took me forever to understand it. I go over the first triangle crease behind with a pencil to make a mountain fold and keep using the pencil to make all the creases. It is really satisfying once it "clicks."

@manjaripandey6289

5 жыл бұрын

Sir please please please help me how to make this dragon legs

I want cry when he says "like this" :((

@RealBuv

4 жыл бұрын

Anto Vega boi

I can't imagine how long it took you to memorize how to make that. It's hard to believe that it's from a single piece of paper without any cuts. Pro.

@ankr3g

2 жыл бұрын

i deigned many models but i always forget how i folded it

@lameepinku

2 жыл бұрын

@@ankr3g same bro

@jojothecuber6372

2 жыл бұрын

@@ankr3g SAMMMME! its so annoying when you make something good tho

@mememananimations2104

4 ай бұрын

​@@ankr3g SAME!!! I once created a Pokemon from a 16x16x16 grid because I was bored, and I forgot how to created it because of my smol brain.

Hi Mr. Tadashi Mori, I’m here just to let you know that finally, after a few days, I MADE IT! I even memorized it all! I think that once you anderstand what you are folding, it’ s very easy to realize! I’m just a beginner in complex orogamis like this but I think it gave me a very very very good start for fold other “master’s” (ancient dragon for example)! At the moment I’m learning the Phoenix with your tutorial! Well, very compliments and thanks for blowing my mind!

i cant imagine what this took to design..

@jackbeattie6875

6 жыл бұрын

its heavily inspired by the ancient dragon

@Prod._By_Kyoto_Beatz

6 жыл бұрын

Jack Beattie How come us americans don't have no cool ancient dragons In ancient times?

@bryanchavez7056

5 жыл бұрын

スカーフ・マオンツScarf Mationz Because white people aren't from America

@jellydopenut2073

5 жыл бұрын

@@bryanchavez7056 neither are native americans

@DancePuDDing

5 жыл бұрын

@@Prod._By_Kyoto_Beatz cause america has no acient times

great! I memorized the whole thing and now I have a bunch of darkness dragons!!!

@Jovanoc

8 жыл бұрын

+Hansun Ryu ME TOO I GAVE THEM TO MY FRIENDS CUS THEY'RE TERRIBLE sorry about the caps

when u were making it it justg look liked a crumpled piece of paper no one cares about but when u finished it was like a boom in my face like my god that is awesome so i shall like the vid

@elrickahchristian989

10 жыл бұрын

oh ya it looked like a piece of garbage but then i was like wow when i was done so for sure thats a thumbs up i like his creations two

@ginarosefernando7770

7 жыл бұрын

Elrickah Christian

Thank you for your being! When I was 7, I was looking for different origami and one day I found the video origami Fiery Dragon (Kade Chan) tutorial by Tadashi Mori. First I couldn't make it, but after 3 days I made it! Then I saw under the video "Tadashi Mori" and I clicked at it. I saw your channel and yor videos. I liked them. Then I began to teach your origami models. And now I am 12, and I have understood, You are my origami teacher, because only You taught me origami! Thank you for your wonderful videos!

@pranav2310

5 жыл бұрын

I am 14 and i am still only half way on this model

You always strive to make the coolest origami models with the simplest folds and instructions. I like that!

Of course, this is a Tadashi Mori Tutorial, where you have to spend 3 hours making creases...

Legs So Hard! I didn't really bother with leg details. Love the Dragon!

Really amazing. But why do you speed up the video in places? Doing that keeps us viewers from clearly seeing what you're doing and understanding all the intricate little folds you're making in places. Every fold you make is important, so speeding up the video does not accomplish anything useful. Please keep the camera zoomed in for small folds and please don't speed up the video. Thank you!

@mybountyishappiness3115

9 жыл бұрын

He speeds up the video to not make us wait...and this was a long time ago he won't see your comment

@zehzahl5988

9 жыл бұрын

PorcupinePower I get why people do that. But in that video, all those folds are important to see, so he shouldn't speed anything up. And you don't know what comments he'll see and not see.

@charubohra8183

9 жыл бұрын

He speeds up the video because he explains the fold so you know what to do beforehand but I do agree that he should zoom in on small folds. :D:D RENDOG

@ryanyount4818

9 жыл бұрын

Zeh Zahl Would you rather a close to an hour video? Or a 30 min video like this one?

@zehzahl5988

9 жыл бұрын

Dos Bros Gaming Whichever is most helpful in learning.

It took me 7 sheets and 2 weeks I finally did it thank you for your amazing design

Thank You So much!!!!!!!!! This is the best model ever!!

Where do you get your paper??

2:00 unfold everything.. wait WHAT!!!!!!

@Jovanoc

8 жыл бұрын

+Tony Mastrianni yep it's like Fold a waterbomb base then make valley folds and mountain folds then unfold then sink it

@zenreally8385

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly my reaction 😂😂

@fivej9415

4 жыл бұрын

you should say that at 7:40 more unfolding everything

@TNT14gaming

4 жыл бұрын

4:50 bruh

これは僕が折り紙始めて一ヶ月での、難関作品でした。なんとか折りましたが、ダークネスドラゴンにどハマりして気に入ってました。 英語でも説明していたんですね〜凄いです。

You're such a legend Tadashi.

Reminds me of the ancient dragon I made a few weeks ago. great job Tadashi

After hours of hardwork I have a beautiful paper ball to play with

@mememananimations2104

6 ай бұрын

Lmao same😂😭

So finally i fold this! This is Amazing!

Its like an easier version of the ancient dragon. so if you can't make the ancient dragon, you should try this one. It was easier for me.

That catch phrase though, "the model should look ... like this". It was echoing into me. Still absolutely love the origami, though.

eyes&brain: it's so easy hands: WTF

@user-oy2xi2bf2e

4 жыл бұрын

쉬운거 인정

@GRAGONITE

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@user-cg5oh3fp2d

4 жыл бұрын

ㄷㄷㄷㄷ

@RealBuv

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@user-oy2xi2bf2e

4 жыл бұрын

@@mindoli4u ㅇㅎ ㅈㅅㅈㅅㅋㅋ 눈에 잡히는거만 봐서 ㅋㅋ

I normally just make complex shapes but this one I will definitely do great job and you are very telented

Awesome model! I used 1 hour to make it. Keep up With the good work

Bwahaha, I'm crying, merely watching this video! I really wish to see photographs of the creations from people who actually attempted it... Either way, Tadashi Mori, you're an amazing origami creator! :D Thank you for these tutorials! :)

Great job! I'm not really an expert at origami. I've never folded complex origami before, or even any dragons at all, but after watching this video, thanks to your clear instructions, I was able to fold this! Thanks Tadashi!

わかりやすいです!!

You must be experienced for this Me touching a piece of paper after 3 years : "chuckles" I'm in danger

Thanks for this tutorial! It took about ninety minutes and my result wasn’t perfect but I still did it thanks to your clear instructions!!! Rock on!!

FINALLY MADE IT AFTER 1 WEEK AND IT TURNED OUT SO GREAT TY🤩🤩🤩🤩

@tadashimori

Жыл бұрын

Congratulations!

This is hard but it’s nothing compared to the origami Phoenix 3.5. Man that was hell taking the form of a massive sheet of paper

Hooray! You just got a new subscriber! This thing is awesome!

Absolutely Beautiful! I love Origami, but I am no where near good enough to fold this model. Fingers are too big and fat and arthritis won't allow it. Thank You for making this video.

Really cool! I would have never thought that I could do THIS

I loved it.It's amazing my friends jerlous to see this and him say it's so simple. :) 😂😂

I can certainly tell how you had the Ancient Dragon for inspiration, it is a true art to design origami

WOW! a new record, i made it to 4:23!

@reefleaf7326

7 жыл бұрын

i'am on 37:25

@maggiezhao7978

7 жыл бұрын

I made it

@reefleaf7326

7 жыл бұрын

i've made it too on the second go!

@maggiezhao7978

7 жыл бұрын

the operator guy me tooooo.on the second try

@thegroupofthem1783

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

Omg yours is easier to learn! The other ones I got so freakin confused

after a while ,I finally did it and it is awesome ,thanks

Him: It's a complex model so you must be experienced to make this origami Me, having no knowledge of origami whatsoever: I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that

@KaitlynBurtonISaGOD

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@Drstrange3000

4 жыл бұрын

Have fuuuuun 😋

Did anyone else just skip to halfway in and just go: Fuck that!

@CruiseSea

9 жыл бұрын

Shut up he probably had to practice and learn a lot on how to make this amazing dragon :D btw I did skip half way XD

@seihoukehdragon

6 жыл бұрын

*Skips half way through* Pfft- A little too easy . . . I'll go work on The Western Dragon(Shuki Kato-dono) . . . Well, when I get that 100cm X 100cm paper at least. #IfeelKindaOldSoIamNotSureIfIShouldPutAHashtagHere? **bringing back old comments**

The very first origami i folded🤣 i managed to fold it on 3rd try. Really did challenged myself with this one and was worth it! I made one as a gift and another as a school project.🤣🤣🤣 Beautiful work 💪 Got me a good grade too🤣🤣🤣

So cool man, a friend gave me a 45 cm sheet of red tissue and I think I'll try it!

I have been doing origami for 4 years and I finished it with the video:)

17:30 First step: "make a fold along the first line here and you're going to inside reverse along this second line..." Second step: "do they hokey-pokey" Third step: "recite pi to 314 digits" Fourth step: "go to the moon to face the evil darkness dragon 1.0 (Tadashi Mori)" Fifth step: "watch seal.mp4 for 3 hours straight" Sixth step: "rip your paper into 78192 equal parts" Seventh step: "unfold everything" Eight step: "refold everything" Ninth step: "repeat on the other side"

You are a very gifted man tadashi

@magnusm4

7 жыл бұрын

Or he just trained for a very long time

Hello! My name is Uroš and I have folded what I believe it to be, the world's smallest Darkness Dragon! My journey began with a small piece of paper, only 5,2x5,2 cm in size! At my disposal, I had one toothpick and one small knife. At first, it wasn't very difficult, I've managed much smaller, but as the process of folding something like this went on.. My God... At some points, it looked like it was impossible! All those tiny tuck-in's, those small gaps of only few millimetres openings? It took me several days to fold it! Bit by bit, piece by piece, I have recorded a time-lapse video of a creation of such a beautiful piece of art! But, at my great sorrow, the piece was getting too small, as far as the head being somewhere around 1/3 of my fingernail! And, when it finally came time to fold it in half, the paper itself couldn't support such a small folds that it ripped by little! And there I was, heartbroken, seeing something that I worked so hard on, at that point probably about (in non continuity) 7 or 8 hours, it made me stranded. I couldn't finish the tutorial, I couldn't make those details. But, I didn't want to go down without a fight, so, I did my best and finished the model! Now, I know, details are not the same as in my last one, also probability the worlds 1st smallest Darkness Dragon (even impressed Tadashi Mori himself to whom I'm to this day grateful for sharing my art on his page, it still makes me feel amazing), but, the last model was made from considerably bigger paper, and if I remember right, I think it was around 6x6 cm or 7x7 cm piece of paper! And, after my journey of gaining valuable experience and immensely improved skill of creating such small origami, I have shared the looks of it on my newly made Facebook page, to whom you may find link here : facebook.com/tinyorigami I will be making more origami, small and big, and with your support of following me, you're giving me inspiration, motivation and dedication to create even more and even smaller origami models! Be sure to check it out, and there you shall find out how does the 2,8 cm long, Darkness Dragon, look on a coin, that's only 5 rsd (Serbian dinars). Thank you for your time, with lots of love and respect, yours truly - Uroš Božanić.

"Do all this folding now... unfold!" UGH! This is so frustrating! Probably making it worse on myself by doing 2.5 ft X 2.5 ft sheet of paper but... oh well! Great tutorial video though!

i made it with 6 in paper and it was really hard!!!!!!!!!!! :)

@riyatyagi1271

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! I thought it was going to be worse, but it wasn't actually that bad :)) The head was really hard to shape tho (since the paper was so small)

I did with Color Set and cardboard: the hardest part was making the legs (since the paper is thick) size recommended: 45x45

@sajanator3

4 жыл бұрын

Wtf man, with cardboard??? You're very skilled.

@cordron8200

3 жыл бұрын

@@sajanator3 he's clearly lying lmao

hey Tadashi Mori, I just finished the model, but the thick layers of paper make the stomach/belly area look fat, how do you flatten the layers at the stomach?

Is there a certain method of doing 11:30 more efficiently? That whole step usually takes me around 20 minutes to do. Thanks!

"And the model should look like this" *mine looks way off than the paper shown* Me: well I'm not restarting this let's proceed

@mysterymeat4197

4 жыл бұрын

exactly how I feel EXACTLY

@jayaramm1742

3 жыл бұрын

Very hard to make

That looks lit!! I made it with a piece of printer paper (8 1/2" x 11")!!! Legs are way too small tho ._.

@ericgonzalez9756

5 жыл бұрын

xd, you are supposed to use a square

@shugabrush3671

3 жыл бұрын

I always use tissue foil with spray adhesive glue (40x40 cm)

Yours is my most favorite origami channel

Thank you for your detailed instructions, I'm also learning from you

Yeah- I think I'll stick with the 1.0 model. This one's a lot harder :). I loved the first one so much that l made it my profile pic. Keep up the good work!

@kingtennyson5453

2 жыл бұрын

Really? Cuz for me, the 2.0 is a lot easier because it's a whole less tedious. Like with slimming the neck and tail, and that annoying part where you divide every line into four.

Thank you SO much for this tutorial! I really love your origami videos, and i think they are so cool!

Hi! At 5:50, whan you separate in three, have you got any suggestion to separate without using a ruler? Thanks

great job it looks amazing

DAMN IT! mountain folds, my old enemies

Finished it! Only had 15x15 printer paper so it's not quite as good but it's done. What a great model.

@mememananimations2104

6 ай бұрын

Same, mine looked like it was dumped in a sewer and got its neck elongated

@cononsberg6919

6 ай бұрын

@@mememananimations2104 Aw man. Still a cool dragon though

This work is so great! But I think there is a little harder part.... But I did a great job! Thanks!

Yay! After at least 7 hours I finally managed to fold it with 30 x 30 black tissue-foil! It is my first complex model and it's beautiful! ^^

@mrchipstickchax6191

3 жыл бұрын

Good For you.

I would LOVE to have the patience to make this one day, it is super stunning!

I made this. My recommendation is if you go to a craft store such as Michael's, buy a large roll of craft paper.

all these people that say "OH I CANT FOLD IT YOUR INSTRUCTIONS ARE TERRIBLE, DONT SLOW DOWN ETC" dont have sufficient experience to fold this model

you are my favorite origami youtuber

Wow,really amazing!

this is so easy, I only use 5000 papers

@Karkagami

5 жыл бұрын

...To make 5000 Darkness Dragons?

@doto4828

5 жыл бұрын

@Meh Person It's a joke

@TRMZtram

5 жыл бұрын

Sarcastic as sarcastic can be

@hyunjungkim6055

5 жыл бұрын

What a fanny joke

@breannaoehlerking3270

5 жыл бұрын

Lol I thought u needed 5000 papers for real lol

This is the most beautiful origami dragon I have ever seen and the most difficult for me I loved it very much .Thank you Tadashi Moro.

This is awesome! making it right now.

This is one of the most amazing origami creations I have ever seen! Even though I probably can't make it myself.

Don't ask how long I was folding on this model, uncounted hours. But in the end I finished it! Ok, my dragon doesn't look so nice as yours but at least my wife recognized it as a dragon, not as a bee or a dragonfly or something ( what happens quite often). Thanks for the tutorial. It was pain and fun at the same time folding your model. Now I need the next challenge. What would you recommend? 🤔😃

@legendsahsyt9517

5 жыл бұрын

Very long

still appears at the top when you search 'origami complex dragon' even after 7 years...... nice work sir

5:53 "... be really precise" *grabs 38th piece of paper*

@Drstrange3000

4 жыл бұрын

Yep lol

You are amazing for giving us this awesome video tutorial!! Finished with my first try and now busy with second. :-)

And the model should look like this ... :D

@Jovanoc

8 жыл бұрын

Now turn the model over and do the same thing on this side here And the model should look like this Now we're going to...

@mccreeper03

7 жыл бұрын

Then open the whole model and sink fold

@Prod._By_Kyoto_Beatz

6 жыл бұрын

lefischer94 *Finishes and the model looks like a deformed dinosaur then a cool dragon*

@phulethien1389

5 жыл бұрын

Hello

Never figured out that last leg step, but still happy with result

What's better for this model double tissue or tissue foil?

I've discovered your channel minutes ago and the first thing I've done is... SUSCRIBE! Because all your origamis are AMAZING and AWESOME. Great job!

28:12

@user-lg5wt8mi2v

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to see Korean in this video :)

Patience level over 1.000.000

I made this lots of times in 2016 when i was 14... I'll try it again soon to see if i still got it