Origami Sighting: Polygon Squirrel

So I was watching the Stanley Cup Finals the other day, and this commercial for the Honda Accord Crosstour popped up on the screen.  The paper-folding junkie inside of me jumped with glee at these little polygons.  Although the commercial doesn't feature origami per say, the angular squirrels immediately reminded me of the craft.  I have been very interested in Mabona Origami's stop-motion videos and I could definitely see something of this magnitude done with paper.  After all, who could pass up a folded squirrel and a spiky pineapple?  It seems that the commercial first premiered during the 2010 Superbowl and I cannot believe this is my first time seeing it.

I did some browsing, and I found some gorgeous paper squirrels on Flickr that would look great in a paper version of this commercial.

(1) Hideo Komatsu's Squirrel (by gio origami)

(2) Stephen Weber's Squirrel (by origoku)

(3) Maarten Van Gelder's Pineapple (by childofsai)

Although my skill is certainly not up to the task, I would love to see somebody attempt something like this!  I might be reading too much of myself into the commercial, but you cannot deny that the squirrel looks vaguely like Hideo Komatsu's version.  Do you have any recent origami sightings?  Use the contact form and tell me about them! 

Comments

[Chocololic Knits]

Wow, that pineapple is really amazing, so detailed!