January 5 - Mr. Jack's Pig

When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.

~ E.O. Wilson

Mr. Jack, an incredible balloon artist from Germany, recently shared a pig design on Instagram that looked a lot like this one. 

For some reason, though, he made it in pink. Pink!? 

At this point, I can’t see a pig design without wanting to add it to the menagerie. It’s like a rule.

The nose was the trickiest part - I’ve made noses like this before, but my hearts are soooo old at this point ... I may have said some things loudly.

... I built the head upside down on purple. I would love to say intentionally.  I will not.

Thankfully pig faces are round and squishy enough for it to be passable, and it's making me wonder as I look at it - does a wider face on top make it more masculine?  Is there some head shape rules that I should know about?  To ChatGPT! ... ... ... mindblown.gif

Yes!  You can think about it like this - a chunky baby sitting down looks like a little pyramid (cute/approachable), whereas a weightlifter looks like an inverted pyramid (serious/strong).  These subtleties are oftentimes used in character design -- BOOM!  Accidental knowledge drop!    

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