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Estelle Apr 11, 2006

Help I have just been asked to make a bunny bear, I shall need to make a pattern, but never having done a  bunny, I don't know where to start all my heads look like bears with long ears, I know I am missing something (probably obvious) but I have a mental block and cant get passed it. Does anyone have a rabbit head pattern  I could get a look at as a starting point I hope one of you teddy friends can nudge the brain box and start it running  :redface:  :pray:

toadbriar Apr 11, 2006

I've seen so many styles of bunnies I don't know if you can really go wrong!

I make mine with pretty much just an egg-shaped head, the pointy end of the
egg is the nose. It's really much simpler than a bear's muzzle.

Lop bunnies have even rounder heads:

to me, the V-shaped nose is so distinctive & important to 'bunny-ness':

& the eyes being pretty deeply set adds a lot, too.

But that's just me & you may not want to do a realistic style of bun!
Just thought I'd share some jumping off point thoughts 

Eileen Apr 11, 2006

Estelle,

If you want a more realistic bunny than the (admittedly very cute) long-eared bear variety, note also that the eyes are not set to focus forward, as a bear's are. Since the rabbit is prey, not predator, its eyes are set to see sideways and up.

Toadbriar is absolutely right about the head shapes!

Eileen

Estelle Apr 11, 2006

thanks for the pointers ladies, the live bunny pics really show what you mean withegg shaped head and eyse set facing out rather than forward great hlep I shall try again

SunnieOne Apr 11, 2006

maybe this will help. notice that the muzzle has a much more pointed shape and also that at the nose end, it goes down much lower on the side head pattern near the mouth. it should go down to about where the bottom of a stitched nose on a bear would be. On the side head, the muzzle is much rounder and you need to make the muzzle kind of large to give it the "jowls"
Sonya

Estelle Apr 11, 2006

thanks Sonya thats great, just what I needed  :hug:

matilda Apr 11, 2006

This pattern I put together rather quick to show you another way of drawing the rabbit face. Sorry it is a wee bit scruffy. This pattern has a half gusset that starts at the brow line. I have also added the body to show the difference in the shoulder area of the body to match the  difference in the neck design.
SORRY, you may have to turn your head a wee bit on the side. hahahahahh