Yeah, all great advice. I didn’t follow most of it to become an origami designer, and I think there are many more paths. My advice would be not to start with complex models and to find some friends - a peer group at similar levels to you is really awesome and can help you find the most important thing - your own voice so that you become a good designer.
Absolutely! Its so cool to see everyone having a different approach and even how much design has modernized built on top of discovered methods. A Truly fascinating journey very specific to Origami
i dont think i will get into designing any time soon as idt im skilled enough. OBB do u think the western dragon is a lot more difficult than the ancient dragon? as i just folded my first ancient dragon and am considering on making the western dragon