The Origami Forum

Happy Chinese new year, everyone! Just like the last two years (pig and rat, heres the challenge for this year: Fold this year's animal, the Ox/Cow/Bull. Because there have been a lot of Bovine creations in the past year, this challenge is open to all models that qualify folded since the last year. If you've folded a bull in the past year, please show it here!

Like the last two times, you have 2 weeks to submit your models, and then 1 week to vote, starting today. Everyone is invited to vote on their favorite after the deadline.

Here are the Bulls to vote on. Get your vote in, even if you didn't submit anything! Anyone can vote.

Okay. I guess I'll submit the water buffalo I designed for Chinese New Year.



Quick question! Um...can we vote for ourselves?

If you really think that your model is that much better than everyone elses... I suppose. But wouldn't it be better to vote for someone else?

angrydemon wrote:Quick question! Um...can we vote for ourselves?

You should ALWAYS vote for yourself. Otherwise, what business do you have entering a "Best" contest or an election or whatever. Now, if you enter, and later someone submits something that you think is better than yours, but you still think yours is really good, that's something else. But generally speaking, you should enter a "best" competition with intent of being the best.

If you really think that your model is that much better than everyone elses... I suppose. But wouldn't it be better to vote for someone else?

That is backwards-thinking if I ever I heard any.

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Question, Cupcake: Own design, or is our rendition of someone else's okay? I haven't had much luck designing oxen/water buffalo of late, but I can fold some pretty sweet ones.

It can be someone else's design if you like. Original designs seem to get more in the past, though.

origamimasterjared wrote:You should ALWAYS vote for yourself. Otherwise, what business do you have entering a "Best" contest or an election or whatever. Now, if you enter, and later someone submits something that you think is better than yours, but you still think yours is really good, that's something else. But generally speaking, you should enter a "best" competition with intent of being the best.

If you are entering a "best" contest, that means that your model is not undisputedly the best, otherwise there would be no contest and no vote. But since there is, I think it is perfectly OK not to vote for your own model if you believe that someone else's entry is better. There will always be some bias toward your own model (or anti-bias as overcompensation for being biased toward your work in the first place), but I think it is honorable to vote for the entry that you truly think is best and not just your own.

C'mon, people, it's just a contest... does it really matter? (Don't answer that)

Go fold something and stop arguing over the rules. Your time would be better spent designing something, so you can win (IMO it's more satisfying than arguing, anyway)

Arguing has such a negative connotation attached to it-no one is getting flamed here-it is just an exchange of philosophical ideas-and that is the beginning of how things get done. A good argument can be very satisfying and refreshing.

Mine will be posted soon!!

My twelfth this year!yay!

You designed 11 oxen/cows/bulls in one month?! Holy cow! No pun intended.

Smooth Angrydemon "no pun intended "

I can't wait to see more entries. Although 2 weeks is abit of a tight deadline imo.

well maybe not the best but here is my dollar water buffalo thing



i've made a cp for this and my dollar ballarina...will post them one day

my Bull

Nice designs so far!

Here is my bull:

I'll have a go.
Longhorn