October 18 - Scooby-Doo

"And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!"

~ Bluestone the Great, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

Plot twist: this isn't Scooby-Doo dressed up as Clifford the Big Red Devil.  It's Scooby dressed up as Bluestone the Great - a failed magician - who dressed as Clifford the Big Red Devil to scare tourists away from the run-down old carnival.

--

I had been avoiding it to be honest.  Loopy Heads 2 did not seem on the surface to be drastically different from Loopy Heads, and this was relegated to a backburner.

I was wrong.  I mean sure, there are similarities but this is the definitely the "levelled up" version.  Level ... 2 in fact.

I typically build at least a couple versions when following a lesson, the "twist along version" then a more careful build without the divided distraction.  This time I thought it would be fun to think about the costumes the various characters would be wearing for Halloween.

(view other Scoobie Doo)

---

Other balloons by and inspired by Dave Brenn:

May 15 - Scooby-Doo

Scooby-Dooby-Doo, Where Are You?
We got some work to do now.
Scooby-Dooby-Doo, Where Are You?
We need some help from you now.

Come on Scooby-Doo, I see you...
{retending you got a sliver
But you're not fooling me, cause I can see,
The way you shake and shiver.

~ Scoobie Doo Opening Theme

Zoiks!

This Scoobie Doo was a request for someone who works at Starbucks.  I dropped it off a couple weeks ago but was in the midst of my cutie doll project so posting it got put on hold.

The model is based on a couple images that I saw on the balloon forums posted by Lisa Oakley, I have a number of her images saved to my inspiration folders for later.   Lisa (aka Ditzy Doodles) is an extremely talented face painter and balloon artist based in the UK and her version is much better than mine.  I feel like I was able to copy the face fairly well, but the toes on the feet are looking wonky to me and now that's all I see ...

This is one of the things I really enjoy about the balloon community, there are so many resources for you to pick through.  I was in a rush when building this and didn't have time to build multiple versions as I figured out proportions, thanks to Lisa I was able to just that.