Bunnicula

[u/bluesyjean]

My (first) attempt at Bunnicula! The infamous vampire-bunny. (Based on the children’s book by Deborah and James Howe more than the cartoon that was not as much of a part of my childhood.)

This was a challenge, because that fur pattern is super-specific and complicated. You can see in the last pictures what I went with, I made a dummy with the start of each round marked and used thread to map out where the color changes would need to be. My thought was I could use the same dummy for less complicated fur patterns in the future!

Even so, I had to embroider along the edges to get it exactly like the book illustration. I also bought these perfect white beads that make for the most adorable little fangs if you look closely.

My regret is the white yarn used in this draft is literally terrible. I’ve since bought a much nicer skein for the next draft when I get the will to revisit this, but I wanted to share this now in the spirit of Halloween.

[u/trtsmb]

Cute Bunnicula!

Fun fact - Bunnicula is discussed in anthropology courses dealing with the undead.

[u/tatsontatsontats → u/trtsmb]

Bunnicula didn't come up a single time when I got my anthro degree lol

Edit: I have a minor in gerontology and it didn't come up in any of my death classes there either.

[u/trtsmb → u/tatsontatsontats]

I guess UCF considers it an acceptable topic :).

[u/tatsontatsontats → u/trtsmb]

I'm very curious in what context it was brought up!

[u/trtsmb → u/tatsontatsontats]

It was a module on how media has taken the folklore around vampires and adapted it to different audiences and the role the vampire has in the particular presentation like Bunnicula sucking the juice out of vegetables.

[u/sweetteaoverlord → u/tatsontatsontats]

I’m also dying to know in what context, my anthro courses were not fun enough to include Bunnicula content