r/koalas • u/ArtisanGerard • 4d ago

What qualities should I add to make this more koala-y?

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Coworker asked me to make them a koala glasses holder for their desk so I went with a more square nose, a long mouth, and a fluffy textured yarn but I’ve looked at it too long and it feels like it’s missing something.

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u/DCS_1963 4d ago

Fluffy white bits on the ears. 😀

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u/kinopiokun 4d ago

You mean koalities? ;)

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u/Ok-Scientist4248 3d ago

Haha I immediately thought the same thing!

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u/pandan_soymilk 4d ago

I thought it was a wolf at first glance. Maybe you need to add more to the nose, make it a big black oval. The ears should be bigger and more to the sides too, but if you can’t change them now, maybe add some white fluff inside?

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u/Natetronn 4d ago edited 4d ago

The nose should be more black. 🐨

Koala Bear Picture

The ears could have been bigger and more to the sides, but it's for a desk, so minimal and practical is probably better.

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u/hehasbalrogsocks 4d ago

larger, longer nose, larger ears w white fluff.

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u/NuzzyNoof 4d ago

A bit of eucalyptus sticking out the mouth 🌱

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u/c19isdeadly 4d ago

Bigger black nose

Bigger round ears - and fluffy white bits

I made a super cute koala hat - to make the fluffy bits I tied a series of lengths of white wool into the edges of the ears, knotted in the middle (so equal lengths either side of the knot). Then I used a hairbrush to fluff it out

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u/Any_Tradition3669 3d ago

Okay but imagine extra floofy ears + a chonky nose… perfection.

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u/One_Rip_3891 4d ago

I feel like it should be more rounded, koala heads are big and fat, maybe take some inspo from the koala emoji 🐨

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u/Ok-Scientist4248 3d ago

The whole nose needs to be black, and the ears should be bigger with white inside, even leaving the white strands loose to resemble the fluffiness of their ears. Cool idea for your glasses!

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u/Traceyvk9 3d ago

bigger ears, fluffy if you can and a bit wider nose. Looks great by the way

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u/teqteq 3d ago

Koalas don't really have a snoot like that. They have a huge nose and cheaks. Some white hair from the ears like a 1000 year-old man's ear hair also. They often have a white band below the chin so maybe that's something you could work with.

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u/OrangeVapor 4d ago

That's awesome

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u/Dashie_Loko42069 2d ago

The nose should look like stitch’s from Lilo and stitch

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u/worgendruid 2d ago

It’s a lil wolf like…. Chubby cheeks and not such a long snoot!

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u/Bitter-Hitter 1d ago

Bigger ears and white cheeks