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Emaline:
So, I am attempting to make an origami gift for a friend. I think I want to make them a cephalopod of some sort because we both love them a lots.

My problem is, I can't find anything! Well, I've found a few sites that just have the crease patterns, but I'm pretty much just a beginner, and I don't think I can make something just based on the crease patterns. Anybody have any good beginner patterns of something cephalopod-like?

Or any suggestions on what I could make for a male friend?

Spluff:
I don't think anything could top an origami cephalopod. Except for perhaps a real cephalopod.

You could try visiting a library and having a look at some origami books, theres probably a higher chance you'll find something in there than on the tangled mess we call the internet. I don't know about where you live, but the ones around here tend to have massive origami encyclopaedia-type things, which are as good a place as any to look.

Lines:
I don't think my book has a cephalopod pattern, but if you want to make a jellyfish, you can find instructions for a hat, make it, and then glue some tinsel or ribbon or something inside for the tentacles. I had an origami "aquarium" when I was a kid and jellyfish were fun to make.

(The hat in the foreground is the one I'm thinking of, not the other ones that look lame that I've been finding. If you want I'll scan the instructions from my book for you, which also has instructions on how to do the folds for crease patterns.)

SonofZ3:
The Book "Origami From Angelfish to Zen" by Peter Engel has a very nice Octopus and Squid. To be fair, they are extremely difficult, though amazingly accurate. The book "Origami Sea Life" by Robert J. Lang and John Montroll has a cuttlefish and a nautilus shell, these too are difficult models. I know the origami artist Kunihiko Kasahara has also designed some simple squid and octopi, and that may be the best way to go for the beginner. I can't find the book that they are in, but I believe its called something along the lines of "The Compleat Book or Origami" and it has a folded Satyr mask on the cover. This site: http://origami.joyfulnoisewebdesign.com/index.php provides a searchable database for origami models and tells you what book they can found in.

Japanese brochades, a modular piece made of 6 sheets of paper, also look quite nice. They appear difficult once the model is finished but are actually very easy to make. There are diagrams for it in "Practical Origami" by Rick Beech, and should be on the net somewhere, its a fairly popular modular piece. Also, a simple masu box to put the model in is always a nice touch. If you make a box, it helps to cut a piece of foamcore or mounting board (something stiff) slightly larger than the inside of the lid and base. Slide the pieces of mounting board into the bottom of the base and the top of the lid to make the box more rigid, and to hold all the tips of the paper down. I like to use maps to make boxes, but any rigid, fairly tough paper will work. 80lb drawing paper also works well for a box. Also, remember that event hough a base and lid are made exactly the same way, the base needs to be a few milimeters larger so they slide together.

Liz:
Origami is tough. I tried folding some Star Wars origami and it just didn't work at all.

So I just stick with the swan that I can now fold without looking because I have done so often. When I get bored I fold them out of any material at least mildly suitable.

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