Return to the Valley of Dinosaurigami

It's been well over a year since I put together a post of origami dinosaurs, which is entirely too long. This time, I'm focusing on one artist. All of the pieces below have been designed and folded by paper artist Tran Trung Hieu, who shares work on Flickr as well as the Vietnam Origami Group.

I'll kick this post off with a gorgeous Therizinosaurus. Love the feathery-fin detail on those majestic forelimbs.


Here's one I'd not seen tried before: ribbon-tailed Epidexipteryx.


Another refreshing oddball, the alvarezsaur Mononykus.

And yet another I'd not seen tried before, and a beauty it is. The mighty Balaur bondoc, in mid-pounce.

Back to more popular forms with a royal red Spinosaurus.


Comprised of over 90 pieces of paper, a skeletal Sarcosuchus.


Finally, looking quite handsome in white against a black backdrop and hailing from the forests of the antarctic, a fetching Cryolophosaurus.


Amazing work, Tran! Please be sure to show your appreciation at his Flickr photostream. There are many more treasures to find there, but since he hasn't organized them into sets, it will take a little work to find them. But it's well worth it.

Earlier posts in this occasional series:
Dinosaurigami
More Dinosaurigami
Further Adventures in Dinosaurigami
Deeper Into Dinosaurigami
We'll have fun, fun, fun, until daddy takes the dinosaurigami away

Deeper into Dinosaurigami

Every few months, I like to poke around and see what kind of dinosaur the origami artists of the world have whipped up. They never disappoint me! Without any further dawdling...

Carnotaurus by Brian Chan, designed by Satoshi Kamiya.


Coelophysis, also by Brian Chan


A pair of spinosaurs by Shuki Kato


Deinonychus by Satoshi Kamiya


Tuojangosaurus by Philip West, designed by Fumiaki Kawahata.


Want more? Previous entries in this series:

• Dinosaurigami
• More Dinosaurigami
• Further Adventures in Dinosaurigami

Further Adventures in Dinosaurigami

Paper-folders of the world, hear these words and drink of their meaning. Never, I implore thee, stop making origami dinosaurs.

I count on them.

From the flickr photostream of Phillip West. Don't be shy. Check out his other work and give him a big old digital bearhug.

More Dinosaurigami

In September of last year, I featured a couple examples of Nicolás Gajardo Henríquez's dinosaur origami. Flickr user origamiPete also has a fondness for things paleo. Here are some of his.

Styracosaurus:


Ankylosaurus:


The Mesozoic aquatic bird Hesperornis:


Pete has also done some other ancient creatures, including the hammerheaded amphibian Diplocaulus and the saber-toothed cat, Smilodon.

Dinosaurigami

Cool!


These origami ornithodires were made by Nicolás Gajardo Henríquez.



More members of his paper menagerie are featured on his Flickr photostream. Way cool!