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Simple Origami Brachiosaurus — Description
I totally had an epiphany...I can have the preview file be the long, skinny image form I did before AND have the printable pdf as the download option. Why did something so obvious elude me before? I'll try to do it this way for any future simple/short diagrams I do. Longer ones will probably be pdf only just because it becomes a hastle working with the image.

Enlarge the preview image to view the instructions full size on the screen. Hit "download" if you want to print them - it will give you a pdf broken cleanly into 4 pages so that you don't have to bother with printing an annoyingly large image.

I should also say that this is actually neither of the Brachiosar designs I'd worked on previously (which can be seen here: [link] ). In the end I wasn't 100% happy with either of those since they each had something annoyingly fiddly about them, and this is a much simpler solution that gives a longer neck.

A note on difficulty
If you are a complete beginner, the head in the last few steps will most likely give you troubles. Depending on exactly where you pull out paper from (inside vs. outside - there are two ways to do it!) you may or may not have a slight dimple on top. Either way, it helps to try to pull the head into a horizontally flattened triangle first and then fold the sides down. Fiddle around with it a bit and you'll probably get there; I still can't decide whether pulling the inner or outer paper out is best. Unfortunately, I can't do a video supplement for that step, since it would end up being too small to show up well with my webcam.

Usage Policy
This design isn't too complicated, so I would not be surprised if similar designs exist. However, it was not created using any similar references. If you follow my diagrams to create a Brachiosaurus and wish to post the result as artwork either here or elsewhere, please credit the tutorial you used to create the model.