Nautilus is known as the "living fossil" in the ocean and is of high value in studying biological evolution and paleontology. Share a simple Nautilus origami tutorial. The main step is to create the three-dimensional texture on the shell. Let’s learn together~
Prepare square paper, just cut it from A4 paper.
Fold it diagonally, unfold it, and fold both sides toward the crease.
Fold the sharpest corner as shown in the picture above.
The blue line folds into the valley, half line.
The folded look.
The valley breaks again.
The folded look.
Open it.
At this step, you should pay attention to folding at 1.5 squares.
Follow down 1.5 squares, folding 11 times in total.
Fold as above.
Fold the corners of each square in half, including the back. If the paper is small, you can fold a few less squares.
Every grid must be folded.
Fold against the second crease.
Tuck it in.
Fold in half.
The red line is folded in the mountains and the blue line is folded in the valley. Press the first and second creases.
If you don’t understand here, you can read at the end of this article.
Aligned folds.
Then fold a corner.
Nautilus origami completed.
Here are two additional pictures. When receiving the second step, collect them as in the first frame.
Turn out the hidden corner.
The same goes for the following ones. Pay attention to turning out the hidden corners every time.
This is the finished picture of this step.
