Perched Locust

Designed by Brian Chan, 2008.

http://chosetec.darkclan.net/origami

It is possible for origami to be unnecessarily

complex. With this grasshopper, I decided to
depict the folded hind legs with single flaps, and
the folded wings with a single flap. I think it is
one of my most realistic insect designs.
Relative size of finished model.

1 2 3

Only fold sharply where Mountain-fold in half on

Crease the bisector, only the diagonal.
fold sharply where indicated.
indicated.

4 5 6

Precrease. Crease along the angle Valley-fold along the

bisector. centerline.
 7 8 9

Valley-fold one corner to Valley-fold along the Unfold to step 5.

the other. centerline.

10 11 12

Detail of corner. Precrease vertically. Precrease the angle

bisector.

13 14 15

Precrease the angle Precrease the angle Inside reverse-fold.

bisector. bisectors.

16 17 18

Precrease the angle Precrease the angle Unfold to step 15.

bisector, repeat behind. bisectors, repeat behind.
 19 20 21

Repeat steps 10-18 on Precrease horizontally, Crease diagonally from

the left side. repeat behind. the intersections, repeat
behind.

22 23 24

Crimp-folds. Valley-fold.

Rabbit-ear, repeat behind.

25 26 27

Inside reverse-folds, repeat Spread-squash. Untuck the small flap.

behind.

28 29 30

Precrease. Precrease in half. Precrease in fourths.

 31 32 33

Fold one flap over to the Repeat steps 26-31 on the Precrease the flap.
right. right, and 28-13 behind.

34 35 36

Precrease the bisector. Inside reverse-fold.

Crimp.

37 38 39

Spread-squash. Untuck the small flap. Inside reverse-folds.

40 41 42

Flip the model over. Inside reverse-fold.

Detail of flap.
 31 32 33

Precrease the angle Precrease the angle Crimp.

bisector. bisectors.

34 35 36

Open-sink in and out. Valley-fold. Crimp.

Repeat behind.

37 38 39

Fold one flap over to the Repeat steps 26-31 on the Precrease the flap.
right. right, and 28-13 behind.

40 41 42 43

Repeat steps 36-39

on the left. Fold one layer over
Valley-fold. Flip over. to the left.
 44 45 46 47

Spread-squash. Precrease the Closed-sink. Repeat 40-42 on the

bisector. remaining edges.

48 49 50 51

Note that some of Precrease the bisector. Open-sink. Note that some of
sinks overlap. repeat behind. Repeat behind. the sinks overlap.

52 53 54 55

Fold the layers Repeat steps 43- Precrease the tip Crease the tip in
over. 52 on the left. to the corner. half.

56 57 58 59

Crease the tip in Open-sink in Pleat Pull out some

fourths. and out. paper.
60 61 62 63

Open sink the Reverse-fold a thin Unsink. Fold a thin edge

edges. edges in toward the behind.
center.

64 65 66 67

Note the shape of Fold three Fold three Valley-fold one

the thorax. points up as flaps down at layer.
far as they go. their base.

68 69 70 71

Valley-fold up the Valley fold the Fold the layer back Repeat steps 67-70
tip. edge, tuck inside. to the right. on the left side.
72 73 74 75

Pleat the head. Valley-fold the Detail of the head. Valley-fold the
edges toward the small corners to
center. form eyes.

76 77 78 79

Valley-fold up the Rabbit-ear. Pull out one layer Fold the flap
tip. of paper. to the left.

80 81 82 83

Pull out one layer Squash-fold. Fold down the tip. Pleat.
of paper.
84 85 86 87

Precrease the tip in

half.

Fold the tip of the Fold down the Detail of the end of
mouth behind. entire head area. the body.

89 90 91
88

Open sink.
Reverse-fold the Reverse-fold the Mountain-fold the
nearest leg flaps to next leg flaps to next leg flaps to
become the knees. become the feet. become the middle
legs.

92 93 94

Valley-fold the knees up.

Mountain-fold the Mountain-fold as

next leg flaps to shown to shape the
become the front legs. body.
 95 96

Round the tips of Detail of the head.

the knees.

97 98 99

Fold the face Crimp the edges to Final appearance of

outward. round the face. the head.

100 101

Pinch the legs, feet and

antennae to thin them. Detail of the feet.

102 103 104 105

Detail of the feet. Crimp at the knee Crimp to form the Final shape of the
foot front four legs.
 106 107

Repeat on the other three Indent the thorax slightly.

forelegs.

Finished Perched Locust.