Life-Size Origami Dragon Head Timelapse

15 hours folding a life-size origami dragon head from one square with no cuts.

Design - Satoshi Kamiya Ancient Dragon 2.0 (modified)
Paper - 7 ft x 7 ft quadruple tissue

I spent 15 hours folding this origami dragon head for this time-lapse. The paper was a total of 40 sheets of 20 in x 30 in tissue paper combined to form one 7 ft x 7 ft sheet. These were layered 4 thick then combined using methylcellulose, then the resulting sheets connected to each other with tissue tape.
This is the head from Satoshi Kamiya's Ancient Dragon 2.0, also called Ancient Dragon Another. The design has been modified to include the mount using Mi Chen's idea that he used to fold the original. This is the first I've seen of someone using this method with the Ancient Dragon 2.0 design that includes teeth. The crease pattern can be found on Satoshi Kamiya's website and the diagrams in a book called Origami Dragons. Satoshi Kamiya is one of my favorite super complex origami artists and this origami dragon is one of his most iconic complex origami models.

[beyondthepurpose]

The joy of origami is so simple: a piece of paper and a pair of hands

[cienciandre]

That's so impressive... I'd love a more detailed video only explaining how you made that godzilla of a paper, just... Wow

[laughinglynx]

Absolutely incredible! Watching you make such a massive piece of paper is almost as much fun as watching you make the model.

[hiramrodi]

you're back! you have earned another subscriber

[Isaact]

Your pure talent and dedication for this craft is amazing 👏👏👏👏

[JoshuaW-on]

It's too cool?!!! I want to make a smaller one, too! Is there any diagram or tutorial of this 2.0head? Cause it's really a hard thing to fold the head only by ancient dragon v2's diagram.

[borlinorigami]

Ficou espetacular, maravilhoso!! Parabéns 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼. Saberia me dizer onde encontro este diagrama? Obrigado 🙏🏼

[adipy]

Found your channel today and I love everything that you've made.

[_feelinghappy_]

Hello, this is super cool! I see that in many of your videos you use a specific "thin" tape to connect your sheets of treated tissue paper. By any chance, do you remember what type of tape it is or where to find it? (my guess would be document repair tape) thanks!

[guillermoinclanperez]

Awesome job! Is there any diagram or CP for this?

[RobertGarrett]

Hey Kevin, this is badass! Thanks for sharing. I have a question, I'm really hoping you can help me. Everytime I try to make double tissue paper, it always ends up curling up on the edges. I'm using methylcellulose. Can you tell me what brand of tissue paper you use and a quick summary of how you make your tissue paper. I would appreciate it so much. I'm desperate.

[shellyyeich]

Amazing Dragon! 🤩🐉
Question: Your Change of Heart Origami, do you have instructions to make a heart that holds a .50¢ coin? 🤞🏻

[OrigamiMaker]

The dragon looks exactly the same as the one I hunted yesterday.

[qWenzou]

Are there any videos/diagrams that give instructions?