Sunday, April 21, 2013

Tanabata Hikoboshi's Bull

So a while back I made this bull designed by Toshio Gohara. A fairly simple design, but I pulled it out just a moment ago and considered the possibility of it being used as a generic base design (perhaps to make cows or pigs or other similar animals). Here's what it looks like:


The front legs are kind of formed from the torso, so in that sense they are attached instead of being entirely separated folds. That limits the possibility of them being formed into a variety of different shapes. Also, the hind legs are fairly short and, as you can probably see, the front legs are basically attached to the horns. Because of each main body part, like the legs and horns, relying on one another by the fact that they are attached, I think that this design wouldn't be very useful as a base to make other animals.

Now, some people say that when making this bull, their animal turned out to look more like a pig than anything else. Based off of that, maybe this design has potential if you unfold it a few steps? But because I have so much doubt in that, I'm not even going to waste time messing around with it. Especially if there is a better base out there that can be used to make all sorts of pigs and cows! So, for now I will keep looking.(:

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