11 Levels of Origami: Easy to Complex | WIRED

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  • @WIRED
    @WIRED  5 лет назад +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 лет назад +12

      I have mere hours to live

    • @bipitybop_
      @bipitybop_ 5 лет назад +8

      No

    • @silverspark4560
      @silverspark4560 5 лет назад +5

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

    • @TheHeroRobertELee
      @TheHeroRobertELee 5 лет назад +7

      Yeah...but can he do a Charizard?

    • @harshithas3567
      @harshithas3567 5 лет назад +5

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

  • @TheKyleBrah
    @TheKyleBrah 3 года назад +4365

    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

  • @aryaveersingh7339
    @aryaveersingh7339 4 года назад +9696

    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 года назад +99

      This is underrated

    • @Demian1
      @Demian1 4 года назад +5

      @@ikhwanzainal1239 yes

    • @ayushrajpoot2215
      @ayushrajpoot2215 4 года назад +6

      @@ikhwanzainal1239 yeah

    • @popsjr
      @popsjr 4 года назад +65

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

    • @KillerGuy
      @KillerGuy 3 года назад +11

      No thats level 18

  • @ryantab
    @ryantab 5 лет назад +14813

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

    • @CouncilOfTheLostGoats
      @CouncilOfTheLostGoats 5 лет назад +1363

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

    • @TheSquareOnes
      @TheSquareOnes 5 лет назад +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 лет назад +937

      But do they fold into space cicadas?

    • @TooShortyB
      @TooShortyB 5 лет назад +68

      Dor Bacal Bruh😂

    • @Neitenth
      @Neitenth 5 лет назад +57

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

  • @bevelededge6941
    @bevelededge6941 4 года назад +1851

    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 года назад +32

      he did WHAT

    • @KR1298508
      @KR1298508 3 года назад +36

      Hostel based school? What does that mean?

    • @leo6659
      @leo6659 3 года назад +5

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

    • @philosophysics8150
      @philosophysics8150 2 года назад +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 года назад +17

      @@philosophysics8150 I see what you did there.

  • @meldusea
    @meldusea 5 лет назад +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 лет назад +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 лет назад +28

      He is also legit a very kind person.

    • @DaisyLoveee11
      @DaisyLoveee11 5 лет назад +37

      Rabadash its not that serious

    • @nmeyers92
      @nmeyers92 5 лет назад +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 лет назад +46

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

  • @tanvach
    @tanvach 5 лет назад +27340

    Level 42: the cicada starts gaining consciousness

    • @mueezadam8438
      @mueezadam8438 5 лет назад +400

      At level 7.83 it vibrates

    • @aria6011
      @aria6011 5 лет назад +574

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

    • @MrSoso1050
      @MrSoso1050 5 лет назад +348

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

    • @beneifert
      @beneifert 5 лет назад +60

      Best comment ever!!

    • @eeveryone9951
      @eeveryone9951 5 лет назад +278

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

  • @obraddrakulic7786
    @obraddrakulic7786 4 года назад +7059

    "Origami artist and physicist" this man has conquered life

    • @Zzzoott
      @Zzzoott 3 года назад +227

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

    • @guslopez7807
      @guslopez7807 3 года назад +42

      Not if he does not know Jesus

    • @slayinmyself4564
      @slayinmyself4564 3 года назад +225

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

    • @usware5240
      @usware5240 3 года назад +135

      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 года назад +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.

  • @apoorvjoshi2383
    @apoorvjoshi2383 4 года назад +1125

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

    • @quill7889
      @quill7889 3 года назад +27

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

    • @arangga7482
      @arangga7482 3 года назад +11

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

  • @TheThundercool
    @TheThundercool 5 лет назад +8106

    Level 12 can actually fly.

  • @daleharden1749
    @daleharden1749 5 лет назад +4983

    "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."

  • @fenrix155
    @fenrix155 4 года назад +5706

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

  • @perfume-tengoku2455
    @perfume-tengoku2455 3 года назад +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.

  • @creamcheesefilling9280
    @creamcheesefilling9280 5 лет назад +10541

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

    • @lalacustard
      @lalacustard 5 лет назад +65

      Cream Cheese Filling why is this not the top comment 😂

    • @akashpanday3583
      @akashpanday3583 5 лет назад +8

      nice

    • @BlueyPh3
      @BlueyPh3 5 лет назад +157

      Perfectly balanced, as everything should be

    • @angelvenegas6143
      @angelvenegas6143 5 лет назад +116

      Somehow I cannot distinguish which is which.

    • @leonardfeuerstein
      @leonardfeuerstein 5 лет назад +43

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

  • @erikapalominodiaz
    @erikapalominodiaz 5 лет назад +4693

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

  • @KingGrio
    @KingGrio 5 лет назад +2823

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

  • @eman610
    @eman610 3 года назад +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 года назад +24

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @overseer_of_memes
      @overseer_of_memes 3 года назад +17

      Underrated comment

    • @jackdempsey2161
      @jackdempsey2161 3 года назад +18

      He nicknames his kids Cicada too?!

    • @Jennyfisch
      @Jennyfisch 3 года назад +161

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

    • @emmao6578
      @emmao6578 2 года назад +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 😂

  • @sunbreaker167
    @sunbreaker167 4 года назад +11963

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

    • @wildyak783
      @wildyak783 4 года назад +49

      SunBreaker How does this not have more likes!

    • @3dguy299
      @3dguy299 4 года назад +14

      Because he copied someone else

    • @sunbreaker167
      @sunbreaker167 4 года назад +39

      @@3dguy299 find the comment I copied then

    • @3dguy299
      @3dguy299 4 года назад +11

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

    • @sunbreaker167
      @sunbreaker167 4 года назад +114

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

  • @mahas943
    @mahas943 4 года назад +2267

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

  • @anticipation7043
    @anticipation7043 5 лет назад +3600

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

    • @alexanderjamesmay158
      @alexanderjamesmay158 5 лет назад +77

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

    • @manspetter9921
      @manspetter9921 5 лет назад +71

      Level 4 is like that already

    • @werquantum
      @werquantum 5 лет назад +1

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

    • @adnanmahmudshohan4951
      @adnanmahmudshohan4951 5 лет назад

      hahaha very punny

    • @Hahahahaaahaahaa
      @Hahahahaaahaahaa 5 лет назад +9

      @@alexanderjamesmay158 Why should we trust you?

  • @JackNormalMemes
    @JackNormalMemes 3 года назад +492

    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 года назад +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 года назад +14

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

  • @larryhenery6153
    @larryhenery6153 5 лет назад +7237

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

    • @falcunt
      @falcunt 5 лет назад +26

      Larry Henery - lmao

    • @mateuszfraniczek1725
      @mateuszfraniczek1725 5 лет назад +3

      @@falcunt like 2

    • @redred239
      @redred239 5 лет назад +165

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

    • @canbaykal4202
      @canbaykal4202 5 лет назад +1

      Really laughed lol

    • @jaredouimette1
      @jaredouimette1 5 лет назад +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.

  • @Composer_Ben
    @Composer_Ben 5 лет назад +1188

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

    • @jmbeers93
      @jmbeers93 4 года назад

      tj detweiler

    • @antman7673
      @antman7673 4 года назад +3

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

    • @phant1795
      @phant1795 4 года назад +1

      I think you mean a black belt in gift wrapping

  • @jonathanw6884
    @jonathanw6884 5 лет назад +4922

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

    • @unknow210
      @unknow210 5 лет назад +176

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

    • @cutienerdgirl
      @cutienerdgirl 5 лет назад +44

      I got lost at Level 3.

    • @brolygvc
      @brolygvc 5 лет назад +94

      I found Found a new dimension in level 6

    • @leefisher6366
      @leefisher6366 5 лет назад +54

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

    • @brolygvc
      @brolygvc 5 лет назад +92

      @@leefisher6366 this joke ruined my day

  • @paulodeoliveira3368
    @paulodeoliveira3368 3 года назад +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 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/nC0PVs1BOio/видео.html

  • @colonelbreadsticks
    @colonelbreadsticks 5 лет назад +9682

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

    • @unconscious7219
      @unconscious7219 5 лет назад +463

      Very carefully

    • @blase9044
      @blase9044 5 лет назад +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 лет назад +35

      Reminds me of the dark series.

    • @neogenzim1995
      @neogenzim1995 5 лет назад +14

      @@Hendrixcks you're so salty xD

    • @Rainbow_Flakes
      @Rainbow_Flakes 5 лет назад +1

      tru

  • @tanmayagarwal4070
    @tanmayagarwal4070 5 лет назад +2424

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

    • @mrsnappy1234
      @mrsnappy1234 5 лет назад +9

      Tanmay Agarwal underrated af

    • @pipetman4645
      @pipetman4645 5 лет назад +11

      All my insect collection goes to the next year garage sale

    • @mrsnappy1234
      @mrsnappy1234 5 лет назад +7

      Synthétique as least people are willing to pay for ur origamis

    • @VipinKumar77777
      @VipinKumar77777 5 лет назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @deathuponusalll
      @deathuponusalll 5 лет назад +1

      Tanmay Agarwal 🤣🤣🤣

  • @rubymcneil5693
    @rubymcneil5693 5 лет назад +4031

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

    • @ttbalog
      @ttbalog 5 лет назад +9

      You bet!

    • @phoenixflores6193
      @phoenixflores6193 5 лет назад +116

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

    • @rubymcneil5693
      @rubymcneil5693 5 лет назад +9

      @@phoenixflores6193 perfect

    • @xvxee7561
      @xvxee7561 5 лет назад +2

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @ringss_
      @ringss_ 5 лет назад +1

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

  • @zarifshoeb
    @zarifshoeb 3 года назад +1954

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

    • @LenyWeny69
      @LenyWeny69 3 года назад +5

      Tru tru

    • @newspaperbin6763
      @newspaperbin6763 3 года назад +41

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

    • @Da_Tiger
      @Da_Tiger 2 года назад +3

      @@newspaperbin6763 lol

    • @soup2865
      @soup2865 Год назад +3

      Doesn’t everyone

    • @haifarafiq
      @haifarafiq Год назад +1

      i agree

  • @pepengmahapon
    @pepengmahapon 5 лет назад +4010

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

  • @SuperShiki666
    @SuperShiki666 5 лет назад +3691

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

    • @cloudy7971
      @cloudy7971 5 лет назад +9

      I am pretty sure there are similar video online

    • @OrigamiByBoice
      @OrigamiByBoice 5 лет назад +63

      If you are interested in complex Origami timelapses, there are some fantastic RUclipsrs 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 лет назад +7

      He 3D prints them. Lol

    • @palmerpong5806
      @palmerpong5806 5 лет назад +2

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

    • @KorliWolf
      @KorliWolf 5 лет назад +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

  • @daolong5405
    @daolong5405 5 лет назад +849

    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 года назад +13

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

    • @kellyhaaksma2593
      @kellyhaaksma2593 4 года назад +1

      i did literally the exact same thing

    • @pineapplehomie
      @pineapplehomie 4 года назад +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

  • @fatimaakamrann
    @fatimaakamrann 4 года назад +3674

    Level 3301: Cicada creates the greatest internet mystery

  • @user-mh2bw4hu3o
    @user-mh2bw4hu3o 5 лет назад +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 года назад +5

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

    • @niko-ni6ps
      @niko-ni6ps 4 года назад +8

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

    • @mcnub7379
      @mcnub7379 4 года назад

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

    • @wingless_moth6095
      @wingless_moth6095 4 года назад

      this feels like something Dr. Manhattan would do

  • @BenjiSzucs
    @BenjiSzucs 5 лет назад +1054

    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 лет назад +2

      Same except its 1:30am fir me

    • @emily1813
      @emily1813 5 лет назад +1

      superjam18 haha same for me except it’s 2am

    • @tejiriziregbe1816
      @tejiriziregbe1816 5 лет назад +1

      Szucs Benji it’s actually 11 right now🤣

    • @djikarus
      @djikarus 4 года назад

      It’s 00:15 but yeah

    • @fireoflife5219
      @fireoflife5219 4 года назад

      Same, it’s literally 1:00 Am here

  • @lootwijk
    @lootwijk 5 лет назад +1624

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

    • @lunasea4309
      @lunasea4309 5 лет назад +5

      ohhh yeah! same...

    • @andrewgust-anderson5612
      @andrewgust-anderson5612 5 лет назад +2

      Same, and I don't know why.

    • @Dakkukuwakku
      @Dakkukuwakku 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +2

      @@Dakkukuwakku hahahha exactly felt like that!!

    • @xBUMSKIx
      @xBUMSKIx 4 года назад

      Lootwijk so, so true

  • @skynotaname2229
    @skynotaname2229 2 года назад +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 года назад +44

      maybe this guy himself is an origami

    • @jordansmajstrla6124
      @jordansmajstrla6124 2 года назад +23

      I love this scp idea

    • @dremarcus1622
      @dremarcus1622 2 года назад +29

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

    • @justjaksa
      @justjaksa 2 года назад +1

      This sounds like some basic Series 1 stuff 💀

    • @onedigits9755
      @onedigits9755 2 года назад +7

      got it ill let you know when it's done

  • @quelorepario
    @quelorepario 5 лет назад +6944

    Final reveal: he is himself an origami

    • @unsichtbar8853
      @unsichtbar8853 5 лет назад +19

      haha i laughed. thanks

    • @abcdefgh-fb5ny
      @abcdefgh-fb5ny 5 лет назад +18

      Indeed, a level 100,293,138 one

    • @ridwanslife
      @ridwanslife 5 лет назад +7

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

    • @euomu
      @euomu 5 лет назад +14

      plot twist: the universe is just one big origami

    • @Petaurista13
      @Petaurista13 5 лет назад +6

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

  • @joshuatdlr
    @joshuatdlr 5 лет назад +2037

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

  • @NobleVagabond2552
    @NobleVagabond2552 3 года назад +85

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

  • @ronanelliott9709
    @ronanelliott9709 4 года назад +2040

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

    • @Zzzoott
      @Zzzoott 3 года назад +18

      Exactly my thoughts

    • @さくら大好き-m1t
      @さくら大好き-m1t 3 года назад +2

      Now I can fold the complex models.

    • @tigermunky
      @tigermunky 3 года назад +34

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

    • @sansthecomic590
      @sansthecomic590 3 года назад +5

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

    • @pilar808
      @pilar808 3 года назад

      And it's increasing exponentially

  • @jokeruiner3745
    @jokeruiner3745 5 лет назад +2098

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

    • @randomsandwichian
      @randomsandwichian 5 лет назад +57

      *folds paper in half 72 times*

    • @_cosmie
      @_cosmie 5 лет назад +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 лет назад +2

      That's the final level, folding space time!

    • @erickouhai9818
      @erickouhai9818 4 года назад

      This one got me.

    • @whatthewhatthe9117
      @whatthewhatthe9117 4 года назад

      Just break the Planck scale

  • @alasholyweek7
    @alasholyweek7 5 лет назад +1124

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

  • @3110-l6n
    @3110-l6n 4 года назад +558

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

    • @stuchly1
      @stuchly1 3 года назад +4

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

    • @P3NZ01L
      @P3NZ01L 3 года назад +1

      lmao stfu bro

    • @josephatthecoop
      @josephatthecoop 3 года назад +1

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

    • @bacu.
      @bacu. 3 года назад +2

      wait... its all origami cicadas?

    • @HAN130307
      @HAN130307 2 года назад +2

      @@bacu. always has been

  • @romeroclitso9041
    @romeroclitso9041 5 лет назад +26029

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

  • @looow
    @looow 4 года назад +481

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

  • @CouncilOfTheLostGoats
    @CouncilOfTheLostGoats 5 лет назад +1303

    "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 лет назад +93

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

    • @bababububa
      @bababububa 5 лет назад +30

      Do you mean intricate? Bone app the teeth

    • @sian432
      @sian432 5 лет назад

      @@bababububa hahah

    • @nanomachines2985
      @nanomachines2985 5 лет назад +1

      lmao

    • @deathuponusalll
      @deathuponusalll 5 лет назад

      philip bayly 🤣🤣🤣

  • @keenanlarsen1639
    @keenanlarsen1639 Год назад +9

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

  • @WockMonkey
    @WockMonkey 5 лет назад +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

  • @theinstantnoodle9628
    @theinstantnoodle9628 5 лет назад +276

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

  • @jamesbui2968
    @jamesbui2968 5 лет назад +295

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

    • @dabo777
      @dabo777 4 года назад +4

      best coment

  • @buddyslowhand7647
    @buddyslowhand7647 3 года назад +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! 😀

  • @ivurivurivur
    @ivurivurivur 4 года назад +98

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

  • @u.g.3298
    @u.g.3298 5 лет назад +923

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

    • @oacmd282
      @oacmd282 5 лет назад +42

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

    • @adam418g
      @adam418g 5 лет назад +4

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

    • @reekunkli4377
      @reekunkli4377 5 лет назад

      @@adam418g and a sperm

    • @JosephRDBenjamin
      @JosephRDBenjamin 5 лет назад +5

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

    • @mateuszfraniczek1725
      @mateuszfraniczek1725 5 лет назад

      @@oacmd282 like 4

  • @theboybrutus9894
    @theboybrutus9894 5 лет назад +651

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

    • @aggron1202
      @aggron1202 5 лет назад

      the boybrutus i think just the same

  • @pawelowi7528
    @pawelowi7528 3 года назад +22

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

  • @blazey7752
    @blazey7752 5 лет назад +1591

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

    • @xnell6667
      @xnell6667 5 лет назад +2

      XD..

    • @doshi050050
      @doshi050050 5 лет назад +15

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

    • @ryanstock7094
      @ryanstock7094 5 лет назад

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

    • @doshi050050
      @doshi050050 5 лет назад +2

      @@ryanstock7094 I have studied, believe me XD

    • @julietaserobyan7681
      @julietaserobyan7681 5 лет назад

      Literally, my chem final🙃

  • @n3gi_
    @n3gi_ 5 лет назад +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.

  • @anakzerdadu
    @anakzerdadu 5 лет назад +1843

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

    • @fishsauce2221
      @fishsauce2221 5 лет назад +6

      To be fair he did cheat by using a tool.

    • @dmitrijsmironovs7513
      @dmitrijsmironovs7513 5 лет назад +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 лет назад +7

      I cant even do level 2

    • @fishsauce2221
      @fishsauce2221 5 лет назад +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 лет назад +22

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

  • @aminehachani1760
    @aminehachani1760 4 года назад +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.

  • @SuperSpikeTM
    @SuperSpikeTM 5 лет назад +735

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

  • @ugsgamer2457
    @ugsgamer2457 4 года назад +618

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

    • @glowstickqueen7139
      @glowstickqueen7139 4 года назад

      This was just in my recommendations I never really do origami

    • @adriancousins8667
      @adriancousins8667 3 года назад +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 года назад

      im learning for an art collegue project :')

    • @wabbit3005
      @wabbit3005 3 года назад +1

      bruh they dont even show the steps properly

  • @luke_smith262
    @luke_smith262 5 лет назад +164

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

  • @patmanning4351
    @patmanning4351 4 года назад +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.

  • @dooshahn
    @dooshahn 5 лет назад +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."

  • @brickjam69
    @brickjam69 4 года назад +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 года назад +18

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

    • @aruein.
      @aruein. 3 года назад +1

      modular?

    • @Nintendo_song-maker
      @Nintendo_song-maker 2 года назад +2

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

  • @laurapiacentinicasarin8205
    @laurapiacentinicasarin8205 5 лет назад +673

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

    • @IncredibleIceCastle
      @IncredibleIceCastle 5 лет назад +5

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

    • @RtasVadumeeKostas
      @RtasVadumeeKostas 5 лет назад +1

      Well his next origami is literally going to space soo

    • @juulz8714
      @juulz8714 5 лет назад

      Haha yeah

  • @vygalnix7769
    @vygalnix7769 4 года назад +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.

  • @mandrumi045
    @mandrumi045 5 лет назад +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 лет назад +1

      😉🤣✌️

    • @nellyb743
      @nellyb743 5 лет назад +5

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

    • @Halario02
      @Halario02 5 лет назад +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 лет назад +2

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

    • @affienpanicker5788
      @affienpanicker5788 5 лет назад +1

      Level 2? Anyone? No one?

  • @LudosErgoSum
    @LudosErgoSum 5 лет назад +227

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

    • @lian7092
      @lian7092 5 лет назад

      LudosErgoSum 😂😂😂

    • @aquietdarkness
      @aquietdarkness 5 лет назад +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 лет назад +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 года назад +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 года назад +4

      "You want to give the cicada a personalty"

    • @looow
      @looow 4 года назад +7

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

    • @clementine7825
      @clementine7825 4 года назад +4

      “make sure the cicada has daddy issues”

    • @zimoy.701
      @zimoy.701 4 года назад

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

  • @choochoochooseyou
    @choochoochooseyou Год назад +8

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

  • @cliftonaurelius3060
    @cliftonaurelius3060 5 лет назад +451

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

  • @zacharywilliams2
    @zacharywilliams2 5 лет назад +69

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

  • @saipabbati1983
    @saipabbati1983 4 года назад +456

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

    • @Muni_Puni
      @Muni_Puni 3 года назад +1

      Underrated comment

  • @ranjitsarkar3126
    @ranjitsarkar3126 4 года назад +70

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

  • @Mokarney
    @Mokarney 5 лет назад +647

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

    • @zaggernut5054
      @zaggernut5054 5 лет назад +11

      level 13 is actual protein folding

  • @annnguyen9512
    @annnguyen9512 5 лет назад +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 года назад

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

    • @yesicalicht4882
      @yesicalicht4882 4 года назад +2

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

    • @sulffojus1227
      @sulffojus1227 4 года назад +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 года назад

      theres a GREAT origami community here on YT

  • @bluestang9530
    @bluestang9530 4 года назад +1866

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

    • @alexanderl6809
      @alexanderl6809 3 года назад +6

      No, a Master Jedi!

    • @jaapiegoedhart2904
      @jaapiegoedhart2904 3 года назад +2

      Satoshi Kamiya has a pretty nice design of that!

    • @CeeJayDee94
      @CeeJayDee94 3 года назад +7

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

    • @dontask4990
      @dontask4990 3 года назад

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

    • @holacomooduh
      @holacomooduh 3 года назад +1

      the paper wizard is jo nakashima

  • @DippedInInk
    @DippedInInk 2 года назад +7

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

  • @thespartanproductions126
    @thespartanproductions126 4 года назад +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 года назад +16

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

    • @Desugan69
      @Desugan69 3 года назад +6

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

    • @FireCaT-
      @FireCaT- 3 года назад +4

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

  • @ppewqeqwrqwtefdwedasfwetrd2579
    @ppewqeqwrqwtefdwedasfwetrd2579 5 лет назад +550

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

    • @Ruben25252
      @Ruben25252 5 лет назад +9

      check out tadashi mori

    • @solid2718
      @solid2718 5 лет назад +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 лет назад +2

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

    • @foly-minecraftandmore8403
      @foly-minecraftandmore8403 5 лет назад +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 лет назад +5

      Definitely look up origami on RUclips! 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.

  • @DeathDelver
    @DeathDelver 5 лет назад +703

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

  • @ericvelasquez1282
    @ericvelasquez1282 3 года назад +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

  • @darklion13
    @darklion13 4 года назад +171

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

  • @caleboop1814
    @caleboop1814 4 года назад +160

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

    • @andym5280
      @andym5280 3 года назад +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”

  • @MatsMatsuo
    @MatsMatsuo 4 года назад +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.

  • @IAmTheBOMB21
    @IAmTheBOMB21 3 года назад +4

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

    • @shereegreen4643
      @shereegreen4643 11 месяцев назад

      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.

  • @kennymccormick7269
    @kennymccormick7269 4 года назад +592

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

  • @sebastianospina4780
    @sebastianospina4780 5 лет назад +159

    Me: my paper airplane
    Robert: hold my cicada.

    • @polarwantstosleep2170
      @polarwantstosleep2170 4 года назад

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

  • @strw_skll
    @strw_skll 5 лет назад +473

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

    • @feliperinaldins.1847
      @feliperinaldins.1847 5 лет назад +9

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

    • @justdecember
      @justdecember 5 лет назад +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.ruclips.net/video/DJ4hDppP_SQ/видео.html

    • @OrigamiByBoice
      @OrigamiByBoice 5 лет назад +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 лет назад

      @@OrigamiByBoice my boy :) (-Roocifer)

    • @olivesoriano3494
      @olivesoriano3494 5 лет назад +1

      That's what she saaa...id

  • @unbearifiedbear1885
    @unbearifiedbear1885 3 года назад +7

    I still don't entirely understand how traditional origamists could think of a 3d shape, then reverse engineer that shape into a series of symmetrical folds on a 2d object..
    Its *mind blowing*

  • @Capricegirl_
    @Capricegirl_ 4 года назад +574

    Level 20: Folding a Cicada into paper.

  • @murilokleine
    @murilokleine 5 лет назад +350

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

    • @hmmmmm8716
      @hmmmmm8716 4 года назад +1

      nice one

    • @jumboshrimp2892
      @jumboshrimp2892 4 года назад

      Rihana is such a powerhouse. MITOCHONDIRHIANA

    • @plazinga
      @plazinga 4 года назад

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

    • @murilokleine
      @murilokleine 4 года назад

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

    • @TS-ds5er
      @TS-ds5er 4 года назад

      Lmaoo

  • @solomoncisneros1216
    @solomoncisneros1216 4 года назад +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 года назад +12

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

    • @saajidalikhan
      @saajidalikhan 3 года назад +1

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

    • @draftechoes5695
      @draftechoes5695 3 года назад

      @@saajidalikhan how

    • @aarepelaa1142
      @aarepelaa1142 3 года назад

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

  • @Flightless_Wings
    @Flightless_Wings 3 года назад +6

    It was super amazing! And knowing that he only used the cicada and knowing that there are a lot more animals or insects that you can do origami with still boggles my mind.

  • @inaki.arambarri
    @inaki.arambarri 5 лет назад +3222

    Level 1917: Cicada creates a communist dictatorial state

  • @G0die16
    @G0die16 4 года назад +90

    Level 500: recreating the functional cellular structure of a cicada will require a little more planning at the beginning before starting the fold

  • @Laura-Yu
    @Laura-Yu 5 лет назад +1830

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

  • @killerbug05
    @killerbug05 4 года назад +23

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