Tips to get better at folding?

>>549583
Practice makes better.

Better to fold all in hand for practice me thinks. Don't use a flate surface and focus on perfecting bird base. Shouldn't take long at all to master. Make sure all creases are nice and tight.

>>549587
>Don't use a flate surface
That's pretty dumb anon.

Dont just fold the model, tink why the other did it

Go slow.

If you're having trouble with a model, start over with a bigger or thinner sheet. Or both.

For complex stuff, use a little PVA glue to hold layers together. You can water it down a bit if your prefer. A lot of people don't want to admit they do this, but pretty much anything good has some glue in there.

>>549583
Watch some video tutorials by experienced people like Nakashima; even if you already know how to fold the model, pay attention to how they actually execute the folds.

Also, not every crease has to be bone-folder sharp, sometimes it's better to have a softer crease.

>>549583
don't forget that paper has thickness and tension

>>550055
why does that matter?

>>550057
if you have a very thick paper you cannot fold small details after you have made lots of folds, the fold does not remain, I don't know if I have explained it properly.

>>549583

Mistakes compound themselves. While the final touches can make or break, if you don't nail the first dozen steps the detail at the end won't matter much.

>>549801

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUsxMXwCW8A

>>549658

Clearly you haven't been folding for long, otherwise you'd be comfortable air folding.

flat surface = training wheels

>>551006

Try air folding on a line that goes through 2 points of a big square of paper...

I'm not saying "make every fold on flat surface", this would also be pretty dumb. Some folds are preferably done on a flat surface and some others are not. But the advice "fold all in hands" together with "perfect the bird base" makes me think that >>549587 only folds cranes and simple origamis from shitty 15cm square of paper.

>>551007

Clearly for precreasing a flat surface is needed.

>>549583
Be a man, get a wife. She folds your laundry.

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