Thank you @Sandrina.Life for Suggesting A Return to Origami Octopus!

The result is noteworthy.

Back in December (2017) I completed the #alphabetartchallenge by @tonyr. For "O" I chose to make an origami octopus, and I can safely say that day was the beginning of the end -
the end of a life without origami!

After experiencing the frustration fun of making an origami octopus from a sheet of notebook paper, it was time to take the next steps on my origami journey. So I acquired a package of square sheets in 3 sizes and many colors with the mindset of
Fold them all! No mistakes, no worries!

This is the first model on the origami journey made using a larger sheet of paper, it's an 8" square instead of the smaller 4 1/2" and 5 7/8" squares used on the earlier stops.

Kind of looks like a tulip at this stage. There's a faint outline on the grey background from the doodle stage, and by comparing the tulip shape you can see how much smaller the square became after some folding.

There's that reference penny.

Here's a look at the underside, also where the inflation orifice is located when the model is held just so.

This model is a far cry better than the notebook paper octopus. He will be remembered. May you R.I.P. (rest in paper), Octopod. Welcome to the menagerie, pink octopus!

Interested in tackling this octopus yourself? Jenny W. Chan of Origami Tree will show you:

Previous stops on this origami journey
Origami Journey 5 - Origami Fail
Origami Journey 4 - Tiny Turtle Time
Origami Journey 3 - Blue Horseshoe Crab
Origami Journey 2 - Frog Friends
Origami Journey 1 - Small Yellow Butterfly

Thanks for stopping by!
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