December 12 - Great Apes

"There is no fundamental difference between man and the higher mammals in their mental faculties."

~ Charles Darwin

I always feel drawn to the orangutan exhibit when visiting the zoo, but it always sits a bit heavy on my chest.

The way they move - slow, deliberate, impossibly bored, unmistakably intelligent.  So ... human?  

Even knowing the good intentions, there's a part of me that keeps doing the math and not liking the result.

What's the difference between a zoo and a prison to an animal?  A prison you might eventually get out of.

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These are using the Holy Snail technique from Patrick Van De Ven, I tried a couple different ideas for getting the orangutan forehead, a bigger ridge would work but it sort of overshadows in a picture.

(view other great apes)

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Other balloons by and inspired by Patrick Van De Ven:

July 14 - Ape Super Dude

I ... Can ... Not ... Wait. This movie released yesterday and I can't wait to see it. I have loved each of these them in turn, even the originals when I was a boy.

This ape uses the Bauldy Super Dudes form, and when I was looking through my bag of random printed heads I noticed a few monkey faces I thought might work well.  Even though they did - I still thought I would try again and make an actual face.

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Other Super Dudes:

All Bauldy's