2D into 3D

this is an experiment to try change a 2D form into 3D. 

this is the second maquette i made using the measurements on the sheet below, i also tried to spiral the antlers more to give it that bit more elegance. i was extremely pleased with how well the measurements went and how the end product came out with the spiralled antlers but it was far to simplistic. to solve this i tried looking at other ways to make 2D into 3D sculptures. the first one which came up was origami, i was extremely surprised that i didn't think of this earlier but researched on a couple of youtube videos first and then decided which type of stag i like best visually. 

this is my first maquette i made with out measurements and just simply did it as a test sample. the positives of this piece is that the front legs are in preparation to the size of the piece and the head is a good size but id like to slightly change the shape. the negatives are the body is slightly thin, the rear legs are fatter than i wanted and although you can't see it on the photo the tail is none existent so id like to alter that when drawing up and making measurements, the ears/antlers are also far to big in comparison to the size of the piece.
these are the drawings and measurements i made after making the maquette. i based these of the positives and negatives of the maquette which i explained earlier. i also cut out the smallest triangle twice so i could use one for the tail and on for the head.

before making the stag i decided to make a simpler origami sculpture of a dog or hound just to get used the technique and the amount of times i needed to spend folding each bit because i was using extremely thick paper to do origami. the test went ok but really allowed me to get used to the creasing and folding techniques of origami.
taking the knowledge from the origami dog i made i knew that going up in scale will make it less fiddly but i will have to make the folds more defined and maybe use scissors.
the process itself was hard at all but towards the end i found it became very stiff to fold and pieces like the back legs were being pried open. the overall piece went better than expected and i really enjoyed doing origami for the first time but i didn't like how its very easily found on youtube so pretty much anyone can do it. i want my final piece to be something much more original and a process where the outcomes differ when using the exact same steps.