Monday, April 14, 2025

April 14 - Baby Panda

"Never underestimate the power of being adorable."

~ Terry Pratchett

The red panda was first.  That is today's factoid.

Obviously both existed, but a red panda was named in 1825, decades before anyone named the black-and-white version. 

I know they are different species.  I've been to a zoo.

But the branding got to me. I grabbed sunset orange balloons thinking the only reason I hadn't done this sooner was I didn't have the right color.  This poor animal - overlooked then, overlooked now - and with the same quiet shrug it got in the 1800s. "Oops. Oh well. Something something the squishy face on this guy though!”  
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This design is one taught in the MeyiaArt balloon channel using her mini doll as a base structure.  I actually really love the face shape this technique creates, but this arm design feels like it is designed to hold something (a stick of bamboo?) that I'm wishing I had done now because the visible twisted string is distracting.  
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