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On-line balloon twisting instructions for balloon animals,models and sculptures |
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A very cute Sealion design by Patrick. Also a
great example of using 160s and 260s together. Clever and inspiring. |
Material needed: - Grey 260 - Grey 160 - Blush 160 (or scrap) - Black 260 (or scrap) |
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1. Body base Make two pinchtwists, a looptwist, a neck bubble, a pinchtwist, and finally two bubbles; one slightly longer than the other. Discard any remainder. This will form the base of your sea lion. |
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2. Face |
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Now push the two smaller bubbles into the grey looptwist of the head. The bigger bubbles will point forward making the base of the snout. Note that the blush part lies on top of the grey pinchtwists – one acting as mouth, the other as reinforcement at the back |
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3. Nose Inflate a 0.75” bubble from a (scrap) black 260. Leave a small under inflated part for tying. |
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Tie it in at the point where the blush snout and grey mouth come together. |
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Now pull the nose around and over the blush snout. Arrived on top of the snout it will be easy to make it into a black pinchtwist while the torsion of the under inflated part will make the snout a bit pinched, which is good. |
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4. Fins and body reinforcement Tie the grey 160 at the grey pinchtwist
on the chest area. |
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Now continue with the 160, making a looptwist
for the rear fin. This one should be slightly smaller than the front
fins. For the tail, make an even smaller looptwist which will be positioned
at the very back. Another rear looptwist makes the second rear fin.
Make another bubble alongside the body and tie the 160 at the front.
Discard any remainder. |
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Draw on pupils and some spots around the nose. Note that in this final picture I used
two locktwisted bubbles as the rear fins, instead of the above mentioned
looptwist. Enjoy! |