The paws are kinda awkward

Awesome idea, agree about the paws though.

you know i love pandas! um, hmm, will people complain that the black bear isn't upside down/opposite? i know you'll work on the paws.

Panda! Yay! Super cute idea :)

littlem said:

will people complain that the black bear isn't upside down/opposite?

I do!

Also panda paws (bear paws are ok). Also prob too many colors.

Made me laugh 8)

haha awesome idea, I do agree the paws do look a little off. What if you made the paws on the black side white, where you have the white side with black paws.

Yeah the paws are crappy, will change them up. I was feeling pretty halfy halfy about the idea in general. I think I'll finish it though.

Manu. Yeah I was thinking that the colour palette show be pretty minimal.

I love this

Thanks Nestor.

I'm trying to think of another connection other than food. High five-ing bears? Back scratching bears? What could they be doing? Clean answers only please.

great idea, i just hope you add more highlights and details on fur to make it a winner =)

not many comments when you want 'clean answers only' hahaha

why halfy halfy? it's a good idea. i like them eating food.

oops.

^Son of a bitch Thanks for the heads up Manu. I definitely need a new cross over/ connection. Ok, now the floors open to dirty ideas.

Well, if people don't get all technical as far as where the sports originated, you could have the panda with a ping pong paddle&ball and the other with a beach volleyball or something with sunnies. Or panda with sumo "diaper" lol etc I dunno

Do you think its ok to continue with this idea in light of this sub, is it too similar. I don't want to wander into a bun fight over intellectual rites.

Hi Shesmatilda. Yep this is just a rough first draft, I'm going to change the bears and through in some highlights and brass knobs.

Littlem. I am very impressed with the reserved content of your comment, is this a new era of cleanliness? I'm thinking that something co-operative would be nice for them to do. Bears: Honey, picnic baskets, hikers, what else?

Something cooperative that's a mix of east and west?

Or just like a game of mahjong or checkers or something?

And I'm just gonna pretend you said nothing about cleanliness. ;)

I thought the bears represent respective east and west and instead of having a cultural activity/ item they could both be doing something together, something that transcends culture. I think this might be asking a lot though.

well, my dad did marry my mom, but, you said it should be clean.

they could be hugging. a giant bear hug. that's international.

now i can't get 69 out of my head. i'm leaving.

Whats a '69'?

Are you baiting me again? Shame on you. :O

First it was the Wizard's sleeve, now this.

Ok. I'll quit. Forgive me?

I can't believe you brought w.s. into this blog. Haha

The benefits of an Annie education.

hey, i didn't make these things up.

So, I thought it might be best in light of international peace not to feature two bears 69-ing each other as some people suggested. Instead they are scratching each others backs/ co-operating. I dropped the food in light of an almost identical idea that Manu found. Thoughts?

i just came in here because this:

also, it doesn't look like they are scratching backs, but armpits? i dunno. is it just me? am i wrong again? it's cute, nonetheless

nothing wrong with a good belly rub, imho

they are supercute and their paws still look kinda weirdy, especially the western bear's. It sorta starts out of nowhere. Also I couldn't quite tell if it was a really lazy fight or a mutual back scratch. But overall really really cute. My favorite yin yang idea so far.

so cute! Maybe try making them hug each other?

I like the first draft more but I would change the brown to a light gray.

Yeah, its not quite working really is it. Half fighting half scratching.

Hi Evyc. Yeah I thought about the whole 'bear hug' scenario, but only came up with some weird looking semi erotic bear positions.

I just don't know what else they could be doing. What do bears do? Eat honey, maul hikers, steal picnic baskets. I might put this on the back burner and mull it over.

Thanks everyone.

Wharton said:

Yeah I thought about the whole 'bear hug' scenario, but only came up with some weird looking semi erotic bear positions.

oh gawwdd, that made me laugh.

Your laughter is not unexpected, child.

Ok, so I've gone back with the food idea and I think this is working better than the previous two. I might add a few furry highlights but I think I'm pretty much done.

Bump

Ok, dad, this is actually cute. But something is off with the black bear's paw.

i like hotdog version whichever number version that might (although his thumb looks like it might be in the wrong place...?) the middle one looks like they're clawing each other to death, it scares me

Paw has been changed, big genuine thanks to Annie on that one (cut and paste that because its unlikely to happen again). Think I'm going to sub this away.

i like it as is now, sub sub sub!

also, the burger is a nice idea - i scored all in the running today though and i think i saw 2 maybe 3 other burger related designs. not a reason not to do it, just a heads up so you can make yours better than theirs ;-)

Was it a stacked burger full of asian crap? Thanks for the heads up Disgalina.

"unlikely to happen again"

*gasp!

actualy, this new version is kinda funny, since the hotdog eating champ is asian, and i think there's a sushi(although that's not sushi up there) eating american champ. so yn yang to the fullest. criss crossing all over the place.

*actuallly

third time's a charm *actually

goodness