May 26 - Dome Head Rhino & Lion

“If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Share my wildlife with me. Because humans want to save things that they love.”

~ Steve Irwin

The rhino and lion are a couple of the other creatures taught by the Balloon Brothers for their Geo Domes tutorials.  An honest assessment would be that the form is versatile but limited by available balloons.  Grey/Mocha/Beige would really open up some greater possibilities.

One thing that I'm not a big fan of, and perhaps it's my internal-origami purist, is using glue dots.  They work great as a convenience, but create their own problems.  Something attached in a more traditional way has the ability for some fine-tuned motion around the connection point, something stuck with a glue dot has to be set up perfectly from the start or you have a slow ... risky ... repair.

I had misgivings about the angle of the ears on the purple rhino and didn't want to risk it.


(view other rhinocerous. lions)

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Other balloons by and inspired by the Balloon Brothers:

• June 26 - Geo Dinos
• June 25 - Azathoth
• June 24 - Alien
• June 23 - Minion
• June 22 - Big Bird
• June 19 - Oscar the Grouch
• June 18 - Ernie
• June 17 - Cookie Monster
• June 16 - Kermit
• June 15 - Elmo
• June 5 - Dome Head Bison
• June 4 - Dome Head (Butcher) Bee
• June 3 - Dome Head Elephant
• June 1 - Dome Head Sheep
• May 29 - Dome Head Fish
• May 28 - Dome Head Triceratops
• May 27 - Dome Head Pig
• May 26 - Dome Head Rhino & Lion
• May 25 - Dome Head Panda