How to make an Origami Darkness Dragon 2.0 (Tadashi Mori) 

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

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

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!

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

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

5 year old me: "will it fly?"

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!

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?

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

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..

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

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

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!

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

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

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!

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Where do you get your paper??

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

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

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

This one is soo nostalgic ❣️❣️

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

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

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

So finally i fold this! This is Amazing!

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

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.

わかりやすいです!!

You're such a legend Tadashi.

"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

28:12

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

this is so easy, I only use 5000 papers

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!!

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!

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

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.

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🤣🤣🤣

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

Patience level over 1.000.000

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 are a very gifted man tadashi

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

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

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

Alert! Alert! Tadashi Mori! There is some one copying your video! His RU-vid channel name is origami media Please report!!

DAMN IT! mountain folds, my old enemies

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

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

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

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! :)

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

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

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? 🤔😃

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

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.

To first time origami people "Mother of God". As for me...I have YEEEAAAR of experience. Notice the singular form of the word "year" as in I can do a crane and freaking dog face and that's about it.

You should make a book!

Why does the v2.0 takes less time than v1.0?

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.

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

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

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!

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! ^^

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

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

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

"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!

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

Ive been at this for an hour, then i look at the video, and only ten minutes have gone by ._.

Yo this used to be my greatest enemy but now I have made the dragon

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?

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

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!

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

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

Yours is my most favorite origami channel

sir please please please help me. i cant get the part at 5:53 where you divide it in 3 parts. please explain how you divide them in those 3 parts

after 9 hours of pain i even cant make it ahhhhhhhhhhahhhhhhh

How do you divide one line into three?! At 6:16, Tadashi, you should explain how to divide them into three!

기본선 다 접고 대각선으로 테이프 질 길게 한번 그리고 중간 중간에 많이 접히는 모서리에 땜질 한다 생각하고 쪼끄맣게 테이프 붙여주시면 성공 확률이 높아집니다