Quit, don't quit... Noodles, don't noodles... You are too concerned about what was and what will be. There is a saying: yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.
~ Master Oogway Kung Fu Panda
~ Master Oogway Kung Fu Panda
This panda is sweet! - Sweet cheeks of course!
Eric Weinstein filled this video with an amazing amount of content - in this one he not only shows the how to make this panda, but he also gives you tips on his distortion techniques to create the bamboo.
I was in a webinar ages ago where he showed how to make a stick of bamboo. Webinars can be tough to follow sometimes, if you have a deflation or miss something important, it's easy to get behind, and even though we're always invited to ask to slow down - I tend to just resort to taking notes and a few screenshots to help me along the way, and then try to build everything once it's over.
I had problems when trying to copy the (different) panda design he was teaching at the time and had reverted to taking notes. I was catching up on those when he was teaching the distortion for bamboo, and although I saw it and it "made sense" - I wasn't able to grasp the nuances of how to hold the balloon and stuff it properly, which is as important as knowing how to twist it!
Now with this panda, I was able to study his technique, I saw how full to make things, it's awesome the way he [redacted] and [redacted]. I couldn't have done it without [redacted] first! I had popped so many balloons trying to recreate it from my notes, and these I did without a problem.
(You've got to see for yourself!)
I have some 11" hearts I tried making a larger sized one, it's like wrestling an angry cat while palming a basketball trying to squeeze those cheeks out of such a large balloon, but I was able to get them somewhat even and upsize the rest. I'm glad I took a picture immediately though, shortly thereafter a cheek started losing air - and fiddling with it only made it fizzle out faster, then trying to cheat with a round caused the entire thing to BLAM!
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Other posts with Eric's designs:
- October 19 - Eric's Pumpkin
- October 3 - Eric's Alligators
- October 2 - Eric's Trolls
- August 30 - Eric's Mario
- May 28 - Cupid
- April 30 - Mordecai
- April 29 - Ostrich
- April 28 - Peacock
- April 27 - Sneetches
- April 26 - Sweet Cheeks Pig
- April 25 - Sweet Big Cats
- April 22 - Skunk
- April 21 - Ursula (Sweet Chicks #2)
- April 20 - Sweet Cheeks Fish
- April 19 - Sweet Cheeks Fox
- April 18 - Sweet Cheeks Hermit Crab
- April 17 - Sweet Cheek Husky
- December 29 - Celebrity Faces
- December 28 - Baseball Face
- December 27 - Redneck Face
- December 26 - Jack's Face
- September 27 - Sweet Beaver
- September 24 - Sweet Lion
- September 22 - Sweet Bunny
- September 15 - Sweet Angry Bird
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It's all black and white now! Thanks for the smiles!!!
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