Paper Light Project

Currently, I'm giving myself a headache searching for interesting origami folds on the internet. All I seem to be able to come up with is the basic boxes, flowers and birds instead of how to's to make interesting designs. However I am finding lots of professional paper artists' work which is definitely inspiring albeit frustrating because there's no way I could recreate them without directions. Literally just thinking about it gives me a headache.

I'm considering making a traditional circular lantern and in the center panel cutting out a design to make a story. For some reason I'm drawn to having the image of a reindeer running since the paper's white but I feel like I should explore play with shadows more than simply cutting out a design.