So one of the exercises recommended in my awesome class is to build clay models of your characters for drawing reference.

I got some kid's air-hardening clay and sculpted little models of my three main bunny characters. They require at least 24 hours to air dry and I put them on a little tray in the sun. As I was sculpting I didn't think their heads or ears or legs would stay on without some extra support so I made some of the pieces separate to glue on later. The guillotined effect got me thinking -- I took a page from a dead manuscript revision, splattered it with some red Dr. Martin's, and stuck an X-acto knife on the tableau -- now I have a scene worthy of PBS Mystery!

The buns will be fine. I haven't painted their eyes on yet so there won't be any emotional scaring or repressed childhood memories from this event.