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Published: 2009-10-12 11:54:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 1222; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 24
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I'm so happy because the totoro I sent arrived halfway across the world today, only a week after I sent it! Which is a record in my experience with the post people. Or maybe Australia just has better relations with England than other countries...
Anyway, so I actually started making my first totoro the day after the September origami meeting. XD It took about a week, and possibly the same for the next totoro. Each totoro has ~450 units. Or something. I wasn't really counting. XD
Leaf-totoro was my first attempt, flower-totoro was my second attempt and I think he turned out better. I sent flower-totoro to ~ElvenPrincess13 but also included an extra leaf-totoro leaf and extra set of eyes so he could be customised into either. XD Since the add-ons only require blu-tac, if anything at all. XD
These two are my first ever attempt at Chinese units. XD
Folding, design and photography by =llifi-kei
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wow this is soo cool!!!! is their any way you could make a tutorial for this?? this would be an absolutely amazing thing to make.
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You're welcome. =]Might try to make something like this at some point.
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finally I found time to see that and I can sey it's
Good work
Real masterpiece
Excellent
Amazing
Totoro
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That Marta
Has become
An Amazing Acronymist
No one can dispute- and
Kei
Says, "Thanks so much!"
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All I can say is WOW! Where did you get the pattern for it? Would you share it?
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Thanks
I actually made it up as I went along, so I don't have a pattern for it... but if you want to try making one too, feel free to use the photos as a reference. 
(Apologies for the delayed reply, haven't been on dA much these past few days!)
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Hello llifi-kei
I have built the body of the Totoro and just has a question about the head.
By how many pieces did you reduce of the head? Is it a separate piece that you glued to the body, or is it attached with a reverse row of pieces?
RazorCrow
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Hiya RazorCrow,
For the head of the totoro, I attached it using a reverse row of pieces. I didn't reduce the number of units in the reverse row or the 1st row of units I attached to the reverse row, but for the 2nd row of units, I tried to slot each new unit on to 1.5 units of the 1st row.
I wasn't able to reduce the number of units further on the 3rd row, and from what I can tell from my extra pictures of flower-totoro, I didn't reduce the units on the 4th row either- they just seemed to come together naturally with a bit of encouragement. (I also didn't reduce the units on the 4th row of leaf-totoro either, except on the front of the head where I did the 1:1.5 thing again, although I have no clue why... 
I also uploaded a full-size photo of flower-totoro to Photobucket just then, if you'd like a closer look at how all the units are attached
Hope that helps! And I'm really glad that you're trying to make totoro too, feel free to ask if you have further questions or anything
Happy folding!
- Kei
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Hello
I have finished the head and the ears. I am just having trouble with the arm and tail. Do you have any suggetions? I am having trouble getting the count from the photos.
RazorCrow
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Hiya RazorCrow!
I wasn't really sure how to explain it, but I hope this helps: [link]
The photos are of leaf-totoro, but with flower-totoro I went minimalistic and just used 2 units for the 'arm', since that was still enough to hold up a leaf or other prop.
Hope that helps!
- Kei
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Thank you for all the tips on Totoro. I finished him this morning. I made him with the leaf.
RazorCrow
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Welcome
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I would like to upload pics of him, but I feel weird putting up creations that are essentially "copies" of other things other people on this site made first.
RazorCrow
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Ahh, I understand perfectly 
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Ok. Since you gave the ok, I posted the pic of leaf tortoro. If you really want to give me your e-mail, that is ok too.
RazorCrow
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I do love your photography!
(And the totoro of course too but you already knew that!)
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Noooo *chases after totoro* XD
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Thanks so much!
It's Totoro from Studio Ghibli's film "My Neighbour Totoro" [link]
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asfjhgl so cute!!! ^____^ Lucky Alanna.
It looks so incredibly detailed and intricate...amazing folding there. O____O
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Aww, thanks so much Shadow
Although it's just a TON of simple units joined together without glue, like one gigantic modular
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...still sounds pretty complex to me! XD *fails at origami*
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Totoro!!! 
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Aww, thankies! ^__^
I start feeling cross-eyed whenever I look at the second picture
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They are very nice, sweet and cute and lovely and I like them
How tall is this model?
I like the photos too
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Thanks, I'm glad you like it
Well, my ruler has gone on holiday, but from base to the tips of his ears (or whatever those things are XD), leaf-totoro measures three 12.5cm Stars of Eden tall. Because I like obscure measuring systems.
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Mwahhaha, we know how much it is in cm, but we won't tell, right?
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Btw, just a correction for anyone else who reads this- it was actually meant to be a teeeensy bit taller than three 12.7cm Stars of Eden. XD
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Being 12,7 cm, that is 5 inches, the size of the paper used to fold the star, not the size of the star itself.
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Who's being specific now? XD
But it's kinda mean talking about all this without giving star-less people the opportunity to solve the problem themselves... so I'm going to spoil it and give the info that a Star of Eden folded from a 15cm square gives a 6.4cm star.
And then everyone else can work it out for themselves, just like we did.
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