11 Levels of Origami: Easy to Complex | WIRED

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  • @WIRED
    @WIRED  5 років тому +1650

    Read more about Robert Lang’s incredible career as a physicist, engineer and origami artist at WIRED.com: www.wired.com/story/an-origami-artist-shows-how-to-fold-ultra-realistic-creatures/

    • @TABBYMUSIC
      @TABBYMUSIC 5 років тому +12

      I have mere hours to live

    • @bipitybop_
      @bipitybop_ 5 років тому +8

      No

    • @silverspark4560
      @silverspark4560 5 років тому +5

      Do you need some special paper or any can be used to make oragami of such complexity

    • @TheHeroRobertELee
      @TheHeroRobertELee 5 років тому +7

      Yeah...but can he do a Charizard?

    • @harshithas3567
      @harshithas3567 5 років тому +5

      Would love to know how he started and learned this level complex origami and maths...very much interested in the same

  • @aryaveersingh7339
    @aryaveersingh7339 4 роки тому +9693

    Level 50: It's not easy to fold the cardiac muscle, but if you don't, its heart won't beat at the right rhythm...

    • @ikhwanzainal1239
      @ikhwanzainal1239 4 роки тому +98

      This is underrated

    • @Demian1
      @Demian1 4 роки тому +5

      @@ikhwanzainal1239 yes

    • @ayushrajpoot2215
      @ayushrajpoot2215 4 роки тому +6

      @@ikhwanzainal1239 yeah

    • @popsjr
      @popsjr 3 роки тому +64

      Yeah that's where I messed up. Now he ain't got rythem

    • @KillerGuy
      @KillerGuy 3 роки тому +11

      No thats level 18

  • @TheKyleBrah
    @TheKyleBrah 3 роки тому +4358

    Level 99:
    As you can see here, folding the electrons, protons and neutrons of the Cicada was relatively simple... But collapse folding them into the appropriate Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Iron, Magnesium ... And Copper Atoms is a bit tricky

  • @tanvach
    @tanvach 5 років тому +27330

    Level 42: the cicada starts gaining consciousness

    • @mueezadam8438
      @mueezadam8438 5 років тому +399

      At level 7.83 it vibrates

    • @aria6011
      @aria6011 5 років тому +574

      Level 100 you need to go out, catxh real chicada, and fold it into origami chicada

    • @MrSoso1050
      @MrSoso1050 5 років тому +348

      Level 200: so ok the origami cicada started flying and I can't catch it

    • @beneifert
      @beneifert 5 років тому +60

      Best comment ever!!

    • @eeveryone9951
      @eeveryone9951 5 років тому +277

      Level:300 the cicada then kidnaps your children and fold them into origami and mails them to you.

  • @obraddrakulic7786
    @obraddrakulic7786 3 роки тому +7058

    "Origami artist and physicist" this man has conquered life

    • @Zzzoott
      @Zzzoott 3 роки тому +227

      Not only that, he studied math and topology in a great depth

    • @guslopez7807
      @guslopez7807 3 роки тому +42

      Not if he does not know Jesus

    • @slayinmyself4564
      @slayinmyself4564 3 роки тому +226

      @@guslopez7807 that's your belief. everyone's belief is different.

    • @usware5240
      @usware5240 3 роки тому +136

      Gus Lopez this is what people say when someone is more talented than they are. It’s a cheap and ineffective way to even the playing field.

    • @Prizzlesticks
      @Prizzlesticks 3 роки тому +55

      Believe it or not, there's actually a field of origami in a lot of sciences. For example, astrophysicists have started utilizing origami for things like sail, solar panel, and cable management, in order to reduce the overall payload size and pack equipment fuller without having to expend more rocket fuel. For things like orbiters or satellites, it means you can greatly increase sail or dish size without needing to increase the storage space for it. These folded structures can even be combined or inverted and create incredibly stable structures. It's all really fascinating.

  • @meldusea
    @meldusea 5 років тому +5770

    Just wanted to let you all know that this guy is a legit physicist. He went to Stanford and CalTech and happens to be an epic origami artist as well.

    • @meldusea
      @meldusea 5 років тому +282

      The way wired has “origami artist and physicist” may have people conclude he is a physicist of origami. Either way, it’s a cool thing to mention about the guy. Reading up on him was interesting and I wanted to share some of that.

    • @eponack
      @eponack 5 років тому +28

      He is also legit a very kind person.

    • @DaisyLoveee11
      @DaisyLoveee11 5 років тому +37

      Rabadash its not that serious

    • @nmeyers92
      @nmeyers92 5 років тому +43

      Math/engineering is a huge part of origami so I could see why he is so good at it! I'm sure it came pretty naturally to him as soon as he started practicing.

    • @dankdreamz
      @dankdreamz 5 років тому +46

      Many origami artists are scientists and mathematicians. It makes sense seeing how they are using advanced packing techniques that are found in nature.

  • @creamcheesefilling9280
    @creamcheesefilling9280 5 років тому +10538

    “Physicist and origami artist.
    One pays the bills, one uses the bills.”

    • @lalacustard
      @lalacustard 5 років тому +65

      Cream Cheese Filling why is this not the top comment 😂

    • @akashpanday3583
      @akashpanday3583 5 років тому +8

      nice

    • @BlueyPh3
      @BlueyPh3 5 років тому +157

      Perfectly balanced, as everything should be

    • @angelvenegas6143
      @angelvenegas6143 5 років тому +116

      Somehow I cannot distinguish which is which.

    • @leonardfeuerstein
      @leonardfeuerstein 5 років тому +43

      Thats a joke i would laugh about just to not make you feel uncomfortable

  • @ryantab
    @ryantab 5 років тому +14810

    This guy actually designs satellite solar panels that fold in and out when theyre in space, its very cool.

    • @CouncilOfTheLostGoats
      @CouncilOfTheLostGoats 5 років тому +1362

      I thought that was a joke then realized that satellites actually do that and that you're serious.

    • @TheSquareOnes
      @TheSquareOnes 5 років тому +797

      That's awesome, really shows that any random hobby you might take an interest in mastering could turn out to be significant in pushing "real world" progress forward. No learning is wasted.

    • @dorbacal
      @dorbacal 5 років тому +937

      But do they fold into space cicadas?

    • @TooShortyB
      @TooShortyB 5 років тому +68

      Dor Bacal Bruh😂

    • @Neitenth
      @Neitenth 5 років тому +57

      I'd love to see what the character modelers on the Bay Transformers movies could do with that.

  • @bevelededge6941
    @bevelededge6941 4 роки тому +1850

    He legit left a job at NASA to persue origami.
    I was a HUGE origami enthusiasist in my childhood and Robert was my hero, literally. But I started losing interest after getting to a hostel based school, and completely abandoned it now. But these videos still make me feel happy about my childhood. :')

    • @leo6659
      @leo6659 3 роки тому +32

      he did WHAT

    • @KR1298508
      @KR1298508 3 роки тому +36

      Hostel based school? What does that mean?

    • @leo6659
      @leo6659 3 роки тому +5

      @Tangent of Circle that was a rhetorical question but thx for info anyways

    • @philosophysics8150
      @philosophysics8150 2 роки тому +77

      That's a misnomer. He left NASA to do origami and eventually came back to help with satellite designs. He left for his hobby and his hobby helped him return. A neat folding of points, eh?

    • @baldcyborg7881
      @baldcyborg7881 2 роки тому +17

      @@philosophysics8150 I see what you did there.

  • @sunbreaker167
    @sunbreaker167 4 роки тому +11960

    Level 46:"So the cicada will actually attempt to fold you"

    • @wildyak783
      @wildyak783 4 роки тому +49

      SunBreaker How does this not have more likes!

    • @3dguy299
      @3dguy299 4 роки тому +14

      Because he copied someone else

    • @sunbreaker167
      @sunbreaker167 4 роки тому +39

      @@3dguy299 find the comment I copied then

    • @3dguy299
      @3dguy299 4 роки тому +11

      ​@@sunbreaker167 "Level 42: the cicada starts gaining consciousness"

    • @sunbreaker167
      @sunbreaker167 4 роки тому +114

      @@3dguy299 They are two different things calm down lad

  • @fenrix155
    @fenrix155 4 роки тому +5707

    Level 126: “and as you can see here, I’ve made a fold for each red blood cell”

  • @daleharden1749
    @daleharden1749 5 років тому +4984

    "At level 23, things get rather complicated, because we have to make a human sacrifice to the ancient gods so we can manipulate the paper in a way that defies our modern understanding of physics."

  • @eman610
    @eman610 3 роки тому +3091

    "Akira Yoshizawa considered his own cicada to be his greatest creation."
    His kids:

    • @昭和チャンネル-s3p
      @昭和チャンネル-s3p 3 роки тому +24

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @overseer_of_memes
      @overseer_of_memes 3 роки тому +17

      Underrated comment

    • @jackdempsey2161
      @jackdempsey2161 3 роки тому +18

      He nicknames his kids Cicada too?!

    • @Jennyfisch
      @Jennyfisch 3 роки тому +161

      Plot twist: He folded his kids out of a single sheet of paper, too

    • @emmao6578
      @emmao6578 2 роки тому +23

      @@Jennyfisch can't wait for disney to release a new live action Pinocchio film but with this as the new story of his creation 😂

  • @erikapalominodiaz
    @erikapalominodiaz 5 років тому +4693

    level 20: “okay now be careful in case it tries to fly away”

  • @larryhenery6153
    @larryhenery6153 5 років тому +7238

    Level 1000: it’s kind of hard to fold the ions without tearing it

    • @falcunt
      @falcunt 5 років тому +26

      Larry Henery - lmao

    • @mateuszfraniczek1725
      @mateuszfraniczek1725 5 років тому +3

      @@falcunt like 2

    • @redred239
      @redred239 5 років тому +165

      Level 1000000 it's kind of hard to bend gravity without tearing the fabric of spacetime

    • @canbaykal4202
      @canbaykal4202 5 років тому +1

      Really laughed lol

    • @jaredouimette1
      @jaredouimette1 5 років тому +20

      @F u n n y D a n k You can't play god and create a living cicada out of paper without breaking a few eggs, Mark.

  • @TheThundercool
    @TheThundercool 5 років тому +8107

    Level 12 can actually fly.

    • @beeeean
      @beeeean 5 років тому +18

      The Thundercool you animate it

    • @ethanisnothere1375
      @ethanisnothere1375 5 років тому +167

      Level 13 has the power to kill

    • @zeuxlaught2797
      @zeuxlaught2797 5 років тому +47

      level 99 is the actual one

    • @itsthequenchiest5072
      @itsthequenchiest5072 5 років тому +42

      Legend has it number 15 will speak in a chilling voice

    • @waddefaq4325
      @waddefaq4325 5 років тому +30

      Level 20 have ultra instinct

  • @perfume-tengoku2455
    @perfume-tengoku2455 3 роки тому +721

    Oh gosh. This man is a legend to me. As I was a kid around 12, I discovered origami through a book of him at a library. I urged my mom to order me some more of his books and this grew in me an interest in Japan. 8 years later, I'm working in Tokyo, doing origamis with my coworker during my lunchbreak. Full circle.

  • @anticipation7043
    @anticipation7043 5 років тому +3601

    The last level is so complicated I'm pretty sure I couldn't even unfold it.

    • @alexanderjamesmay158
      @alexanderjamesmay158 5 років тому +77

      Trust me...
      That one is complicated but there are some far,faaaar more crazier and more difficult than that one

    • @manspetter9921
      @manspetter9921 5 років тому +71

      Level 4 is like that already

    • @werquantum
      @werquantum 5 років тому +1

      Anthony Romero That’s really funny. I’m still laughing.

    • @adnanmahmudshohan4951
      @adnanmahmudshohan4951 5 років тому

      hahaha very punny

    • @Hahahahaaahaahaa
      @Hahahahaaahaahaa 5 років тому +9

      @@alexanderjamesmay158 Why should we trust you?

  • @KingGrio
    @KingGrio 5 років тому +2823

    That guy probably crumples draft paper into swans without even thinking about it.

  • @colonelbreadsticks
    @colonelbreadsticks 5 років тому +9684

    The real question is not how he folded it, it’s how on earth he designed them

    • @unconscious7219
      @unconscious7219 5 років тому +463

      Very carefully

    • @blase9044
      @blase9044 5 років тому +712

      I feel in order to design something with this complexity you'd have to vision the folds and remember what folds you already did and how the paper reacts to the fold

    • @joyeetakar7773
      @joyeetakar7773 5 років тому +35

      Reminds me of the dark series.

    • @neogenzim1995
      @neogenzim1995 5 років тому +14

      @@Hendrixcks you're so salty xD

    • @Rainbow_Flakes
      @Rainbow_Flakes 5 років тому +1

      tru

  • @apoorvjoshi2383
    @apoorvjoshi2383 4 роки тому +1126

    he was at level 4 or 5 when the thought crossed my mind..."there are still 6 levels more???"

    • @quill7889
      @quill7889 3 роки тому +27

      Same, I was like are they gonna make it come alive lol?

    • @arangga7482
      @arangga7482 3 роки тому +11

      I'm thinking the same with just a level 3...

  • @mahas943
    @mahas943 4 роки тому +2269

    Me at 12am: Should probably start getting to bed...
    Me at 3am: Ahh, so the rabbit ear fold creates the cicada's wing? interesting...

  • @jonathanw6884
    @jonathanw6884 5 років тому +4923

    Level 1: Yes I can do that
    Level 2: Oh

    • @unknow210
      @unknow210 5 років тому +176

      Level 3: hm....
      Level 4+: give up

    • @cutienerdgirl
      @cutienerdgirl 5 років тому +44

      I got lost at Level 3.

    • @brolygvc
      @brolygvc 5 років тому +94

      I found Found a new dimension in level 6

    • @leefisher6366
      @leefisher6366 5 років тому +54

      Level 11: You have cat to be kitten me right meow.

    • @brolygvc
      @brolygvc 5 років тому +92

      @@leefisher6366 this joke ruined my day

  • @tanmayagarwal4070
    @tanmayagarwal4070 5 років тому +2426

    The level 11 will defeat a real cicada in a cicada look-alike contest.

    • @mrsnappy1234
      @mrsnappy1234 5 років тому +9

      Tanmay Agarwal underrated af

    • @pipetman4645
      @pipetman4645 5 років тому +11

      All my insect collection goes to the next year garage sale

    • @mrsnappy1234
      @mrsnappy1234 5 років тому +7

      Synthétique as least people are willing to pay for ur origamis

    • @VipinKumar77777
      @VipinKumar77777 5 років тому +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @deathuponusalll
      @deathuponusalll 5 років тому +1

      Tanmay Agarwal 🤣🤣🤣

  • @zarifshoeb
    @zarifshoeb 3 роки тому +1953

    This man knows more about cicadas than cicadas know about themselves.

    • @LenyWeny69
      @LenyWeny69 3 роки тому +5

      Tru tru

    • @newspaperbin6763
      @newspaperbin6763 3 роки тому +41

      humans know more about humans than humans
      wait, that's illegal

    • @Da_Tiger
      @Da_Tiger 2 роки тому +3

      @@newspaperbin6763 lol

    • @soup2865
      @soup2865 Рік тому +3

      Doesn’t everyone

    • @haifarafiq
      @haifarafiq Рік тому +1

      i agree

  • @rubymcneil5693
    @rubymcneil5693 5 років тому +4032

    Honestly these look more like cicadas than cicadas do at this point.

    • @ttbalog
      @ttbalog 5 років тому +9

      You bet!

    • @phoenixflores6193
      @phoenixflores6193 5 років тому +116

      Things that try to look like things often look more like things than things.
      -Terry Pratchet

    • @rubymcneil5693
      @rubymcneil5693 5 років тому +9

      @@phoenixflores6193 perfect

    • @xvxee7561
      @xvxee7561 5 років тому +2

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @ringss_
      @ringss_ 5 років тому +1

      i agree with this, so you earned yourself your 1000th like!

  • @Composer_Ben
    @Composer_Ben 5 років тому +1188

    So this is what a black belt in origami looks like.

    • @jmbeers93
      @jmbeers93 4 роки тому

      tj detweiler

    • @antman7673
      @antman7673 4 роки тому +3

      Critdizzle
      He even does crazier things. It’s just insane.
      I want to follow his track as a physics student.

    • @phant1795
      @phant1795 4 роки тому +1

      I think you mean a black belt in gift wrapping

  • @SuperShiki666
    @SuperShiki666 5 років тому +3693

    I want a timelapse of him doing one of those complex cicadas

    • @cloudy7971
      @cloudy7971 5 років тому +9

      I am pretty sure there are similar video online

    • @OrigamiByBoice
      @OrigamiByBoice 5 років тому +63

      If you are interested in complex Origami timelapses, there are some fantastic UA-camrs in the comments (Bodo, FearlessFlourish, etc.) that you might enjoy. I have a fair share of complex->super complex timelapses as well :)

    • @jono601
      @jono601 5 років тому +7

      He 3D prints them. Lol

    • @palmerpong5806
      @palmerpong5806 5 років тому +2

      @@jono601 nah but he does use a laser machine to make the crease pattern

    • @KorliWolf
      @KorliWolf 5 років тому +3

      @@jono601hypothetically, if he did, he probably did that after making the paper one so he has a model that wont get as easily damaged

  • @paulodeoliveira3368
    @paulodeoliveira3368 3 роки тому +228

    This guy is a rock star in engineering and physics, because he uses origami in technology with his compliant mechanisms. I love it.

    • @gulpbiys5705
      @gulpbiys5705 2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/nC0PVs1BOio/v-deo.html

  • @quelorepario
    @quelorepario 5 років тому +6946

    Final reveal: he is himself an origami

    • @unsichtbar8853
      @unsichtbar8853 5 років тому +19

      haha i laughed. thanks

    • @abcdefgh-fb5ny
      @abcdefgh-fb5ny 5 років тому +18

      Indeed, a level 100,293,138 one

    • @ridwanslife
      @ridwanslife 5 років тому +7

      I laughed so hard. Thanks for that. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @euomu
      @euomu 5 років тому +14

      plot twist: the universe is just one big origami

    • @Petaurista13
      @Petaurista13 5 років тому +6

      "Here is my lvl 5000000 origami, I've made fully-functioning artificial body for myself to make me immortal."

  • @ronanelliott9709
    @ronanelliott9709 4 роки тому +2041

    Level 1: "Hey, I can do that! Origami is easy!"
    Level 2: "Nope, too much. Go back."

    • @Zzzoott
      @Zzzoott 3 роки тому +18

      Exactly my thoughts

    • @さくら大好き-m1t
      @さくら大好き-m1t 3 роки тому +2

      Now I can fold the complex models.

    • @tigermunky
      @tigermunky 3 роки тому +34

      I dunno man, I was doubtful of my origami skills once he said there were 8 steps to Level 1.

    • @sansthecomic590
      @sansthecomic590 3 роки тому +5

      Eh i could probably do 4 levels 3 2 and 1 are easy

    • @pilar808
      @pilar808 3 роки тому

      And it's increasing exponentially

  • @JackNormalMemes
    @JackNormalMemes 3 роки тому +491

    I like how the more complex it became, the more it just became topology and the process of unwrapping a 3D model.

    • @jhanschoo
      @jhanschoo 3 роки тому +31

      Yes, the abstract ones used the different sides and the edge of the paper for features, but after a certain level all the features were generated by creases.

    • @sophien5416
      @sophien5416 2 роки тому +14

      Learning what the word "topology" meant just unwrapped my (lack of) brain.

  • @BenjiSzucs
    @BenjiSzucs 5 років тому +1053

    me during the day: man I'm so tired, I'm going to bed early today
    me at 1am: 11 Levels of Origami

    • @superjam18
      @superjam18 5 років тому +2

      Same except its 1:30am fir me

    • @emily1813
      @emily1813 5 років тому +1

      superjam18 haha same for me except it’s 2am

    • @tejiriziregbe1816
      @tejiriziregbe1816 5 років тому +1

      Szucs Benji it’s actually 11 right now🤣

    • @djikarus
      @djikarus 4 роки тому

      It’s 00:15 but yeah

    • @fireoflife5219
      @fireoflife5219 4 роки тому

      Same, it’s literally 1:00 Am here

  • @user-mh2bw4hu3o
    @user-mh2bw4hu3o 5 років тому +775

    Lvl.1000000
    “Now let’s disassemble this paper to the atomic level and shuffle the subatomic particles then reform it into an actual living cicada.”

    • @aryamansingh2544
      @aryamansingh2544 4 роки тому +5

      Eyy you can't break down paper . Then it's not Origami

    • @niko-ni6ps
      @niko-ni6ps 4 роки тому +8

      Okay, let's not break it down but fold it unto higher dimension and apply topology onto it

    • @mcnub7379
      @mcnub7379 4 роки тому

      I reckon the guy be like:
      EASY AND SIMPLE STUFF BOI

    • @wingless_moth6095
      @wingless_moth6095 4 роки тому

      this feels like something Dr. Manhattan would do

  • @lootwijk
    @lootwijk 5 років тому +1624

    I am experiencing a strange combination of perfect calm and sheer panic.

    • @lunasea4309
      @lunasea4309 5 років тому +5

      ohhh yeah! same...

    • @andrewgust-anderson5612
      @andrewgust-anderson5612 5 років тому +2

      Same, and I don't know why.

    • @Dakkukuwakku
      @Dakkukuwakku 4 роки тому +31

      Hello and welcome to anxiety! Glad you could join us in this terrifying event of origami, and sign the guest book on the way out!

    • @lunasea4309
      @lunasea4309 4 роки тому +2

      @@Dakkukuwakku hahahha exactly felt like that!!

    • @xBUMSKIx
      @xBUMSKIx 4 роки тому

      Lootwijk so, so true

  • @fatimaakamrann
    @fatimaakamrann 4 роки тому +3675

    Level 3301: Cicada creates the greatest internet mystery

  • @daolong5405
    @daolong5405 5 років тому +848

    Before watching the video: “11 lvls ? I bet I can do maybe 5 lol “
    After watching the video: *replay the video at lvl 2 on x0.5 speed*

    • @warricklow4218
      @warricklow4218 4 роки тому +13

      they didn't show all the steps, some have to be implied...

    • @kellyhaaksma2593
      @kellyhaaksma2593 4 роки тому +1

      i did literally the exact same thing

    • @pineapplehomie
      @pineapplehomie 4 роки тому +3

      haha yeah i could probably only getting to lvl 4-5. I've been folding as a hobby for years and some folding techniques are still so hard to follow

  • @joshuatdlr
    @joshuatdlr 5 років тому +2037

    Find more origami artists to do this series, but with different subjects.

  • @pepengmahapon
    @pepengmahapon 5 років тому +4012

    Level 20: I added the reproductive organ so that we won't need to fold papers.

  • @skynotaname2229
    @skynotaname2229 2 роки тому +601

    I'd love for someone to write an SCP based on this guy. A man who has the power to fold increasingly complex versions of animals/people. The more folds he adds the more it begins to resemble the real thing but at a certain point it actually starts to imitate it as well, and eventually act like it. The SCP (the artist) explains it as simply a complex way of folding paper but to everyone else it looks like magic.

    • @Niendorf_an_der_Stecknitz
      @Niendorf_an_der_Stecknitz 2 роки тому +44

      maybe this guy himself is an origami

    • @jordansmajstrla6124
      @jordansmajstrla6124 2 роки тому +23

      I love this scp idea

    • @dremarcus1622
      @dremarcus1622 2 роки тому +29

      This is brilliant. The absurdity and slight brush of comedy would make the idea totally feasible for the scp universe

    • @justjaksa
      @justjaksa 2 роки тому +1

      This sounds like some basic Series 1 stuff 💀

    • @onedigits9755
      @onedigits9755 2 роки тому +7

      got it ill let you know when it's done

  • @jokeruiner3745
    @jokeruiner3745 5 років тому +2098

    This guy will now teach us how to fold a black hole

    • @randomsandwichian
      @randomsandwichian 5 років тому +57

      *folds paper in half 72 times*

    • @_cosmie
      @_cosmie 5 років тому +3

      I call points where sereval crease lines meet a "black hole" because of the way it looks in crease pattern diagrams

    • @niros9667
      @niros9667 5 років тому +2

      That's the final level, folding space time!

    • @erickouhai9818
      @erickouhai9818 4 роки тому

      This one got me.

    • @whatthewhatthe9117
      @whatthewhatthe9117 4 роки тому

      Just break the Planck scale

  • @alasholyweek7
    @alasholyweek7 5 років тому +1124

    The first guy discovered how to make a collapse fold: "I'm going to do what's called a pro gamer move."

  • @CouncilOfTheLostGoats
    @CouncilOfTheLostGoats 5 років тому +1302

    "Now for this cicada. The reason this one is level 12 is because of the intracit legs and the fact that it's sentient."

    • @seigeengine
      @seigeengine 5 років тому +93

      "This one is so difficult because of all the neurons you have to fold."

    • @bababububa
      @bababububa 5 років тому +30

      Do you mean intricate? Bone app the teeth

    • @sian432
      @sian432 5 років тому

      @@bababububa hahah

    • @nanomachines2985
      @nanomachines2985 5 років тому +1

      lmao

    • @deathuponusalll
      @deathuponusalll 5 років тому

      philip bayly 🤣🤣🤣

  • @NobleVagabond2552
    @NobleVagabond2552 3 роки тому +85

    This is so insanely impressive. A combo of art and geometry and physics I didn’t know it was this complex. Brilliant stuff

  • @romeroclitso9041
    @romeroclitso9041 5 років тому +26031

    I bet his wife doesn’t let him fold the laundry.

    • @aleks-33
      @aleks-33 5 років тому +181

      😂

    • @trikoalt
      @trikoalt 5 років тому +373

      Sht this is so underated lololol

    • @mundanes
      @mundanes 5 років тому +41

      Lmfao

    • @somerandomdude5218
      @somerandomdude5218 5 років тому +37

      Lmfao

    • @seigeengine
      @seigeengine 5 років тому +940

      Imagine opening the dresser and it's all cicadas.

  • @WockMonkey
    @WockMonkey 5 років тому +388

    Level 1: child’s play
    Level 2: kindergarten homework
    Level 3: simple
    Level 4: algebra 2
    Level 5: trigonometry
    Level 6: calculus
    Level 7: math wizard
    Level 8: Einstein
    Level 9: doom’s nightmare mode
    Level 10: using a calculator on the reading part of the SAT
    Level 11: math jesus
    Level 12: it folds it self and reproduces
    Level 13: it can talk

  • @ivurivurivur
    @ivurivurivur 4 роки тому +98

    'Origami artist and Physicist' HAS to be the coolest job title ever.

  • @3110-l6n
    @3110-l6n 3 роки тому +559

    Level 1000: the cicada origami is now folding a cicada origami who's folding a cicada origami.

    • @stuchly1
      @stuchly1 3 роки тому +4

      Funnily enough, there are origami models out there representing a figure folding an origami shape.

    • @P3NZ01L
      @P3NZ01L 3 роки тому +1

      lmao stfu bro

    • @josephatthecoop
      @josephatthecoop 3 роки тому +1

      It's origami cicadas all the way down...

    • @bacu.
      @bacu. 3 роки тому +2

      wait... its all origami cicadas?

    • @HAN130307
      @HAN130307 2 роки тому +2

      @@bacu. always has been

  • @looow
    @looow 4 роки тому +481

    level 345: now this fold is for the resentment the cicada feels towards his mother

  • @jamesbui2968
    @jamesbui2968 5 років тому +296

    Level 104: Make sure you fold the protein lipases correctly otherwise they might start eating meat instead of plants.

    • @dabo777
      @dabo777 4 роки тому +4

      best coment

  • @u.g.3298
    @u.g.3298 5 років тому +923

    Level 0: just make a paper ball and say "it's an egg. It hasn't hatched yet".

    • @oacmd282
      @oacmd282 5 років тому +42

      Level -1: Don’t make anything. Just say “It’s when it’s not born yet” .

    • @adam418g
      @adam418g 5 років тому +4

      @@oacmd282 before it was born it would be an egg...>.

    • @reekunkli4377
      @reekunkli4377 5 років тому

      @@adam418g and a sperm

    • @JosephRDBenjamin
      @JosephRDBenjamin 5 років тому +5

      Level -2 dont fold paper just go to bed and forget about cicadas.

    • @mateuszfraniczek1725
      @mateuszfraniczek1725 5 років тому

      @@oacmd282 like 4

  • @keenanlarsen1639
    @keenanlarsen1639 Рік тому +9

    That paper he's using for the more advanced ones looks so high-quality it almost resembles cloth. Fascinating.

  • @luke_smith262
    @luke_smith262 5 років тому +164

    i could listen to this guy all day, he has a really clear way of talking.

  • @theinstantnoodle9628
    @theinstantnoodle9628 5 років тому +276

    Random person: Origami is just folding paper.
    Robert Lang: I'm about to end this mans reality.

  • @anakzerdadu
    @anakzerdadu 5 років тому +1843

    Basically;
    level 1: easy
    level 2: normal
    level 3: hard
    level 4 - 11: impossible

    • @fishsauce2221
      @fishsauce2221 5 років тому +6

      To be fair he did cheat by using a tool.

    • @dmitrijsmironovs7513
      @dmitrijsmironovs7513 5 років тому +125

      @@fishsauce2221 Thats not cheating, thats being smart actually. You dont see people calling chefs cheats because they didnt beat the meat with their hands and used a meat tenderiser

    • @itsiman3650
      @itsiman3650 5 років тому +7

      I cant even do level 2

    • @fishsauce2221
      @fishsauce2221 5 років тому +4

      ​@@dmitrijsmironovs7513 You cannot compare those things. Using a tool is just wrong in my book. Like a student using a calculator for a test that doesn't require one,

    • @nik4670
      @nik4670 5 років тому +22

      fish sauce well, except in his case, it's quite impossible to fold those cicadas without those tools (tape and stuff)

  • @patmanning4351
    @patmanning4351 4 роки тому +18

    I am in absolute awe of Robert Lang's origami artistry. As a beginner, I can't see myself ever getting to any of these levels in my lifetime. But thank you for this intriguing and beautiful insight.

  • @blazey7752
    @blazey7752 5 років тому +1591

    Teacher: “The test will be easy”
    The test:

    • @xnell6667
      @xnell6667 5 років тому +2

      XD..

    • @doshi050050
      @doshi050050 5 років тому +15

      I had a test today.. The teacher said it will be easy.
      It wasn't.

    • @ryanstock7094
      @ryanstock7094 5 років тому

      idan Might’ve been easy for the few smartest kids in the class, or if you studied. Lol

    • @doshi050050
      @doshi050050 5 років тому +2

      @@ryanstock7094 I have studied, believe me XD

    • @julietaserobyan7681
      @julietaserobyan7681 5 років тому

      Literally, my chem final🙃

  • @theboybrutus9894
    @theboybrutus9894 5 років тому +651

    me at lvl 5: “how can it get anymore complex??”
    me at lvl 11: “oh...”

    • @aggron1202
      @aggron1202 5 років тому

      the boybrutus i think just the same

  • @mandrumi045
    @mandrumi045 5 років тому +1248

    Level 1: Oh yeah, I've done that
    Level 2: Oh yeah, I'll do that
    Level 3: Oh yeah, I could do that
    Level 4: Oh yeah, okay
    Level 5: Oh...
    Level 6: Okay stop please

    • @gus473
      @gus473 5 років тому +1

      😉🤣✌️

    • @nellyb743
      @nellyb743 5 років тому +5

      Basically me but with less tears. I cried a little 😂

    • @Halario02
      @Halario02 5 років тому +15

      Yeah, when he hit Lv 6 I was lost. But now I can arbitrarily rank my origami skills as 'Lv 5 according to this awesome origami guy on WIRED'.

    • @TERRYEE88
      @TERRYEE88 5 років тому +2

      Level 7: I.. I can't.. Please stop..

    • @affienpanicker5788
      @affienpanicker5788 5 років тому +1

      Level 2? Anyone? No one?

  • @buddyslowhand7647
    @buddyslowhand7647 3 роки тому +18

    I adore when a physics or math- genius doesn't stick to numbers, but creates something beautiful with his skills! It's the next level! 😀

  • @ugsgamer2457
    @ugsgamer2457 4 роки тому +621

    Anyone watching this because you're trying to learn, my prayers go out to you.

    • @glowstickqueen7139
      @glowstickqueen7139 4 роки тому

      This was just in my recommendations I never really do origami

    • @adriancousins8667
      @adriancousins8667 3 роки тому +8

      I was really into origami when I was young the most complex thing I made was a raptor it had 300 and something folds it burned me out but I finished it I haven’t gone back since then

    • @sofianinno5025
      @sofianinno5025 3 роки тому

      im learning for an art collegue project :')

    • @wabbit3005
      @wabbit3005 3 роки тому +1

      bruh they dont even show the steps properly

  • @n3gi_
    @n3gi_ 5 років тому +276

    Level 1 : That looks super easy!
    Level 2 : My maths Homework is probably more easy.
    Level 11 : Getting a phd in Quantum Physics is probably far more easy.

  • @bluestang9530
    @bluestang9530 4 роки тому +1868

    He’s not a origami artist, he’s a paper wizard

    • @alexanderl6809
      @alexanderl6809 3 роки тому +6

      No, a Master Jedi!

    • @jaapiegoedhart2904
      @jaapiegoedhart2904 3 роки тому +2

      Satoshi Kamiya has a pretty nice design of that!

    • @CeeJayDee94
      @CeeJayDee94 3 роки тому +7

      I'm kinda mad at how gross some of the folds on that level 2 one were tho lmao

    • @dontask4990
      @dontask4990 3 роки тому

      He talks a lot but he doesn't do so much. He is cheating and uses tape 😬.

    • @holacomooduh
      @holacomooduh 3 роки тому +1

      the paper wizard is jo nakashima

  • @aminehachani1760
    @aminehachani1760 4 роки тому +29

    Level 1000: Now you really need to be careful with this collapse, it is as complex as it gets and any miniscule error might spawn a blackhole.

  • @laurapiacentinicasarin8205
    @laurapiacentinicasarin8205 5 років тому +673

    The next cicada origami this guy invents will climb a tree and start screaming all day

    • @IncredibleIceCastle
      @IncredibleIceCastle 5 років тому +5

      Laura Piacentini Casarin and will be capable of shedding its paper and leaving it stuck to a tree

    • @RtasVadumeeKostas
      @RtasVadumeeKostas 5 років тому +1

      Well his next origami is literally going to space soo

    • @juulz8714
      @juulz8714 5 років тому

      Haha yeah

  • @SuperSpikeTM
    @SuperSpikeTM 5 років тому +735

    Level 9000: As you can see the cacaida can fold itself.

  • @zacharywilliams2
    @zacharywilliams2 5 років тому +69

    By level 4 i was like "how could it possibly get any more complex than this?" Oohhh boy. Very impressive! Great video.

  • @pawelowi7528
    @pawelowi7528 3 роки тому +22

    Me: "There is no way you can improve this level further."
    Robert: "There is another."

  • @brickjam69
    @brickjam69 4 роки тому +303

    “So for level 500, I’ve folded every body cell separately and connected them to form a 300 foot tall cicada”

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 4 роки тому +18

      *inadvertently creating a cicada kaiju in the center of Tokyo without a rampaging permit*

    • @aruein.
      @aruein. 3 роки тому +1

      modular?

    • @Nintendo_song-maker
      @Nintendo_song-maker 2 роки тому +2

      @@scottmantooth8785 if that was a movie i would gladly watch it, just imagine it
      “kami titan”

  • @cliftonaurelius3060
    @cliftonaurelius3060 5 років тому +451

    Level 11: I've added cicada organs and white blood cells

  • @dooshahn
    @dooshahn 5 років тому +161

    "This level of cicada is the most difficult because I somehow got a papercut and now it's hard to fold with a bandage on."

  • @choochoochooseyou
    @choochoochooseyou Рік тому +8

    Incredible. How anyone can conceive a design let alone make it happen is genius. Loved this.

  • @thespartanproductions126
    @thespartanproductions126 4 роки тому +752

    Level 100: “Okay, we are now going to break the phosphodiester bonds of the 3’ carbon atom of this sugar molecule and the 5’ atom of the other.

    • @FireCaT-
      @FireCaT- 3 роки тому +16

      You forgot about enchanting it to make it come alive or is that level 369

    • @Desugan69
      @Desugan69 3 роки тому +6

      @@FireCaT- if i remember correctly enchanting whas step 300 and gifing it a brain 350

    • @FireCaT-
      @FireCaT- 3 роки тому +4

      @@Desugan69 ah my apologies after months of practice I know steps 1-10000

  • @annnguyen9512
    @annnguyen9512 5 років тому +30

    As an avid paper folder years ago, this brought joy to me. I knew all the folds he was talking about, and could interpret the layouts fairly easily. I was mainly into modular origami though. The geometric component and the structural integrity component was what made it more intriguing to me. Now I want to get back into origami. I love it dearly in my heart.

    • @farisalhajjar4640
      @farisalhajjar4640 4 роки тому

      Ann Nguyen I don’t if I should say bragging rights or your full of ur self

    • @yesicalicht4882
      @yesicalicht4882 4 роки тому +2

      @@farisalhajjar4640 bruh, just let him enjoy that moment.

    • @sulffojus1227
      @sulffojus1227 4 роки тому +2

      @@farisalhajjar4640 bro he's just happy that he knows what the dude in the video is talking about, it makes him proud because it means he is experienced in this

    • @igorsvacic217
      @igorsvacic217 4 роки тому

      theres a GREAT origami community here on YT

  • @Mokarney
    @Mokarney 5 років тому +647

    Fun Fact: Level 13 is just a real life cicada he pulls out of his pocket.

    • @zaggernut5054
      @zaggernut5054 5 років тому +11

      level 13 is actual protein folding

  • @vygalnix7769
    @vygalnix7769 4 роки тому +18

    The great Robert Lang. I have two of his books and can only fold to a level of 6 or 7. Am a great admirer of him and the art.

  • @saipabbati1983
    @saipabbati1983 4 роки тому +456

    *crumples paper and opens it up*
    “So this is the base design for my level 12 cicada”

    • @Muni_Puni
      @Muni_Puni 3 роки тому +1

      Underrated comment

  • @LudosErgoSum
    @LudosErgoSum 5 років тому +227

    If this man were to fold in poker, he would do it in breathtaking style with 11 levels of complexity.

    • @lian7092
      @lian7092 5 років тому

      LudosErgoSum 😂😂😂

    • @aquietdarkness
      @aquietdarkness 5 років тому +3

      Level 11 is to fold with such conviction and intensity that the other player feels compelled to interrupt and fold first!

  • @lime7310
    @lime7310 5 років тому +666

    Level 666: ok so be careful with his blood vessels they are very hard to fold. Also it’s also time consuming to fold all his regrets

    • @blackky_______________9253
      @blackky_______________9253 4 роки тому +18

      God:"Ok ok hold on, slow down, wait what do i do with the vessels again? oh man Im gonna fail this class."

    • @TS-ds5er
      @TS-ds5er 4 роки тому +4

      "You want to give the cicada a personalty"

    • @looow
      @looow 4 роки тому +7

      "make sure to play careful attention to the cicada's childhood trauma"

    • @clementine7825
      @clementine7825 4 роки тому +4

      “make sure the cicada has daddy issues”

    • @zimoy.701
      @zimoy.701 4 роки тому

      we're dangerously close to 666 likes. (this is like #665)

  • @ericvelasquez1282
    @ericvelasquez1282 3 роки тому +16

    I can't wait for part 2 video: level 12-20 where the final version the cicada is aerodynamic and can actually walk and chirp when you blow on it

  • @MatsMatsuo
    @MatsMatsuo 4 роки тому +120

    i started origami when i was a kid (8 y.o.) the 3 most complex origamis i made were designed by Satoshi Kamiya, and the models are : Ancient Dragon, Bahamut and Phoenix, it took me years and a LOT of tries to make each one (now it's kinda easy, but it took me a while to figure it out), and even more attempts to make it look really good, those complex models have so many folds, you need a really big and thin paper and a LOT of accuracy and precise folds, otherwise the "errors" start to propagate fold by fold, and the model just becomes literally unfoldable at some point. You also need a lot of "space understanding" to follow the instructions by yourself, this is one of the main reasons i struggled when i was younger, i couldn't understand the steps. Anyway i just want to say that even though i'm able to fold almost any design, i can't create more than "intermeddiate" models, creating these things are hard asf, these guys (Robert, Satoshi and other origami artists) are "unknown" geniuses.

  • @DeathDelver
    @DeathDelver 5 років тому +703

    I wonder how well this gentleman plays poker.
    Id imagine he folds often.

  • @Laura-Yu
    @Laura-Yu 5 років тому +1830

    And here I am struggling to fold a piece of paper evenly...

  • @ranjitsarkar3126
    @ranjitsarkar3126 4 роки тому +70

    Level 2077: Be careful, the cicada might take over humanity.

  • @solomoncisneros1216
    @solomoncisneros1216 4 роки тому +471

    lv 100: This gets a bit tricky, we now need to find a way to insert a soul of human into the cicada.

    • @mememan1546
      @mememan1546 3 роки тому +12

      To do this step, we need a human transmutation circle, and a few human sacrifices as well as a cicada.

    • @saajidalikhan
      @saajidalikhan 3 роки тому +1

      @@mememan1546 but all this has to be done with a single square sheet of paper as well

    • @draftechoes5695
      @draftechoes5695 3 роки тому

      @@saajidalikhan how

    • @aarepelaa1142
      @aarepelaa1142 3 роки тому

      @@draftechoes5695 dont ask, you wouldn't know how much you can compress a human before they die.

  • @caleboop1814
    @caleboop1814 4 роки тому +160

    “At level 43, after gaining consciousness, it will find a mate and reproduce.”

    • @andym5280
      @andym5280 3 роки тому +1

      “At level 44, you are creating the mate, but be careful folding the reproductive system as even one small error can result in mutated offspring”

  • @Capricegirl_
    @Capricegirl_ 4 роки тому +575

    Level 20: Folding a Cicada into paper.

  • @killerbug05
    @killerbug05 3 роки тому +23

    Level 260: *"so I've done one fold for every quark that makes up a cicada."*

  • @darklion13
    @darklion13 4 роки тому +171

    Level 42: we fold the entire universe to create a 10-dimensional cicada

  • @murilokleine
    @murilokleine 5 років тому +350

    Level 62 - Well you see, the mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell...

    • @hmmmmm8716
      @hmmmmm8716 4 роки тому +1

      nice one

    • @jumboshrimp2892
      @jumboshrimp2892 4 роки тому

      Rihana is such a powerhouse. MITOCHONDIRHIANA

    • @plazinga
      @plazinga 4 роки тому

      As my bio ap teacher once told me, if you are going to meme, do it with proper grammar. (mitochondrion)

    • @murilokleine
      @murilokleine 4 роки тому

      @@plazinga hmmm, I'm pretty sure Mitochondria is also right

    • @TS-ds5er
      @TS-ds5er 4 роки тому

      Lmaoo

  • @anonymooooon
    @anonymooooon 5 років тому +727

    Tesla cybertruck designer: level 3 confirmed

  • @DippedInInk
    @DippedInInk 2 роки тому +7

    As an artist it takes a lot to impress me and I must admit I’m super impressed.

  • @sebastianospina4780
    @sebastianospina4780 5 років тому +159

    Me: my paper airplane
    Robert: hold my cicada.

    • @polarwantstosleep2170
      @polarwantstosleep2170 4 роки тому

      Me: Wow, making a Dog in origami is hard
      Robert: Hold my Lvl.1 Cicada

  • @ppewqeqwrqwtefdwedasfwetrd2579
    @ppewqeqwrqwtefdwedasfwetrd2579 5 років тому +550

    Well it seems the youtube algorithm found me a new hobby...

    • @Ruben25252
      @Ruben25252 5 років тому +9

      check out tadashi mori

    • @solid2718
      @solid2718 5 років тому +8

      Haha this happens to me last year. I went on an origami spree for a week and then never folded paper ever again.

    • @Ruben25252
      @Ruben25252 5 років тому +2

      @@solid2718 same thing happend to me except for about 2 years now I have to much paper

    • @foly-minecraftandmore8403
      @foly-minecraftandmore8403 5 років тому +4

      Check out Jo Nakashima I got into origami because of his influence :) Tadashi Mori and Jeremy Shafter are also good and are good for beginners.

    • @zhivkozaev2438
      @zhivkozaev2438 5 років тому +5

      Definitely look up origami on UA-cam! It's how I got into it around 12 years ago! There are many great instructions for all kinds of things and of varying difficulty too.

  • @xxMpEGxx
    @xxMpEGxx 5 років тому +562

    When I tried Origami
    First obstacle: get square shaped paper

    • @xxMpEGxx
      @xxMpEGxx 4 роки тому +7

      @Teresa Wong what do you mean? 😅 I mean of course I could try folding A4 to a square but if its off, it would lead to asymmetries in the consequent folds

    • @xxMpEGxx
      @xxMpEGxx 4 роки тому

      @Teresa Wong hmm quite interesting, that worked: Thanks!
      Yeah I guess you can call it printer paper but its the format used for most documents

    • @francoisthomas4930
      @francoisthomas4930 4 роки тому +6

      @Teresa Wong A4 is the equivalent of the US Letter format outside of North America, used basically everywhere else (and in a few countries that may use both)

    • @L16htW4rr10r
      @L16htW4rr10r 4 роки тому

      Does your country not sell separate origami papers?

    • @skhafijurrahaman9204
      @skhafijurrahaman9204 4 роки тому +5

      @@L16htW4rr10r at least in my country I was unable to find one I mean not in a local supplies store you may have to order it online.

  • @IAmTheBOMB21
    @IAmTheBOMB21 3 роки тому +4

    There is something about this guy sharing his passion for origami that I found to be very alluring and entertaining.

    • @shereegreen4643
      @shereegreen4643 11 місяців тому

      I spent time with him last summer when he was a guest artist at CenterFold origami convention in Columbus, Ohio ~ he was helpful, supportive and friendly! Along with being incredibly brilliant, he is also a genuinely nice guy.

  • @strw_skll
    @strw_skll 5 років тому +473

    Very interesting, I would never thought this could get that deep

    • @feliperinaldins.1847
      @feliperinaldins.1847 5 років тому +9

      Google for "Satoshi Kamiya Ryu Zin 3.5", and see what can be done with one uncut square.

    • @justdecember
      @justdecember 5 років тому +4

      Cristhian Chacón This guy is next level genius, his resume is what furthers proves he’s the best because he utilizes his origami creations to solve modern engineering problems. m.ua-cam.com/video/DJ4hDppP_SQ/v-deo.html

    • @OrigamiByBoice
      @OrigamiByBoice 5 років тому +2

      @@feliperinaldins.1847 Complexity has even breached what Ryujin is as well. Its crazy to think that some think Ryujin 3.5 is easy

    • @Matt-el6sm
      @Matt-el6sm 5 років тому

      @@OrigamiByBoice my boy :) (-Roocifer)

    • @olivesoriano3494
      @olivesoriano3494 5 років тому +1

      That's what she saaa...id

  • @kennymccormick7269
    @kennymccormick7269 4 роки тому +593

    lvl1: Easy
    lvl2: Still easy
    lvl3: ok...
    lvl4: WTFFFF

  • @Bodoori
    @Bodoori 5 років тому +363

    Legends say that once you reach level 11 you can fold paper in half more than 7 times xD

  • @dgmojojojo
    @dgmojojojo 3 роки тому

    i am wondering if this gentlemen ever get back to this video and read back all the comments because if he hasnt, he should. Pure Gold.