<p>Looking at <a href="https://langorigami.com/artwork/northern-mockingbird-opus-822/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Robert J. Lang's Opus 822, Northern Mockingbird</a>, it's entirely possible to create a base for a bird model that incorporates flaps for head, wings, tail, and legs.  How easy it might be to do without being Lang or knowing a technique to create a base with the appropriate flaps for those features (e.g., <a href="https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.174.820&amp;rep=rep1&amp;type=pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">circle-packing</a>), I don't know.</p>

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<p>In <a href="https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0439895294" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>The Arrival</em></a>, by Shaun Tan, the protagonist makes origami, including <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pLVid97WNt4/Wnz5gStiDLI/AAAAAAAAAHs/BOhlBVgWaDEI4ej5Ii2pj-F_kpFwdVcXQCLcBGAs/s1600/20180208_192632.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this bird</a>.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/U6tftm.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/U6tftm.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>Can that figure actually be folded, as drawn? Or did the author just draw something vaguely origami-ish?</p>

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Can this origami figure actually be made?
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# Can this origami figure actually be made?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-14)

In [*The Arrival*](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0439895294), by Shaun Tan, the protagonist makes origami, including [this bird](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pLVid97WNt4/Wnz5gStiDLI/AAAAAAAAAHs/BOhlBVgWaDEI4ej5Ii2pj-F_kpFwdVcXQCLcBGAs/s1600/20180208_192632.jpg).

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/U6tftm.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/U6tftm.jpg)

Can that figure actually be folded, as drawn? Or did the author just draw something vaguely origami-ish?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-07-15. Score: 4

Looking at [Robert J. Lang's Opus 822, Northern Mockingbird](https://langorigami.com/artwork/northern-mockingbird-opus-822/), it's entirely possible to create a base for a bird model that incorporates flaps for head, wings, tail, and legs. How easy it might be to do without being Lang or knowing a technique to create a base with the appropriate flaps for those features (e.g., [circle-packing](https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.174.820&rep=rep1&type=pdf)), I don't know.


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