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Day 28 ~ 31 Days of Pandas

Oh my. We are almost at the end of the 2019 edition of 31 Days of Pandas. Recently, one of my readers asked how 31 Days of Pandas got started. Maybe what they actually asked was “What the heck were you THINKING!!!!????”

As I recall, the first year I did this, it was in November, and an illustrator friend had just completed A Monster a Day during the month of October. Another popular one-a-day art project for artists is Inktober, where people post a drawing a day during the month of October. While I have not participated, I’ve seen some great drawings posted for Inktober, and I think for those looking for a kick in the pants to do some regular drawing, I think it is a fine thing. Since making art is my day job, there is less of an incentive, and it feels like another thing on my lengthy “to do” list. Don’t let my attitude stop you from trying this!

My original 30 Days of Pandas was to create a drawing that every day, in honor of Po’s Birthday! I added a new panda to the drawing every day for a month. This turned out to be more work than I thought, as I had to re-scan the drawing every time I added a panda. It did turn out to be a really fun drawing, though!

Days one and two!

Day nine!

I think I need to have the ballon panda as something on Redbubble!

18 pandas

Day 18

day 25 -30 days of pandas

30 pandas day 28

Day 28

And the final image…

30 days of pandas - day 30

30 Days of Pandas!

I hope you enjoyed this look back at the origins of 31 days of Pandas!

Be the Bear!
Bob T Panda

Panda History

Just how did pandas arrive on an island in the north Puget Sound?  We, at the Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire provide for your edification, our theory of how this occurred. We repeat, this is a theory and is not to be construed as fact.

We’d also like to thank the “mysterious donor” to the Institute, of this beoooteeful banner which now graces our international headquarters.

Isn’t it splendid?

More panda fun is in the works and will be posted “soon.”

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

PS: there is still time to get a 30 Days of Pandas poster from Cafe Press Pandyland store! See link to the right in the Panda Commerce division before Christmas.  What could be better than pandas under the tree!

Get ready for the Scottish Pandas! The saga continues!

I know, that in reality the pandas “Sweetie” and “Sunshine” have already arrived in Britain, but as usual, I’m a tardy bear.  So here is the first episode of the Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire’s version of the events that are unfolding in Scotland.

Also, Babette has been posing for photos everywhere!  Stay tuned for new outfits and photos of our favorite bears about town.

pandair flight of the scottish pandas

Also, a brush with fame to report.  The image of the 30 days of Pandas poster (available from Pandyland at Cafepress) appeared in an ad for Cafe Press on The Daily What’s page with a video of ….ooo get ready…MISERY BEAR!!!!!!!!!!  Our hero!  Check out our Pandyland link on the right.  But really, Misery Bear is our personal hero. Check out M.B. too.

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

 

Get ready for the Scottish Pandas! The saga continues!

I know, that in reality the pandas “Sweetie” and “Sunshine” have already arrived in Britain, but as usual, I’m a tardy bear.  So here is the first episode of the Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire’s version of the events that are unfolding in Scotland.

Also, Babette has been posing for photos everywhere!  Stay tuned for new outfits and photos of our favorite bears about town.

pandair flight of the scottish pandas

Also, a brush with fame to report.  The image of the 30 days of Pandas poster (available from Pandyland at Cafepress) appeared in an ad for Cafe Press on The Daily What’s page with a video of ….ooo get ready…MISERY BEAR!!!!!!!!!!  Our hero!  Check out our Pandyland link on the right.  But really, Misery Bear is our personal hero. Check out M.B. too.

Be the Bear!

Bob T. Panda

 

Oh my gosh I’ve crossed the 10,000 visits line and I wasn’t even here. Also, day 28

We are so getting down to the wire (so to speak, although several pandas are ON the wire) but I wanted to take a minute to thank all you Bob T. Panda fans (and Mehitabel, don’t forget whose cartoon it was first!) who visited over 10.000 times. Or maybe it was 3 of you who visited  3,333 times each.  Whatever. Thank You!

And now, without further delays and forgetting to post the drawing, here is (drum roll please) Day 28!

30 pandas day 28

Be the ( impatient!) Bear!

Bob T. Panda

 

Oh my gosh I’ve crossed the 10,000 visits line and I wasn’t even here. Also, day 28

We are so getting down to the wire (so to speak, although several pandas are ON the wire) but I wanted to take a minute to thank all you Bob T. Panda fans (and Mehitabel, don’t forget whose cartoon it was first!) who visited over 10.000 times. Or maybe it was 3 of you who visited  3,333 times each.  Whatever. Thank You!

And now, without further delays and forgetting to post the drawing, here is (drum roll please) Day 28!

30 pandas day 28

Be the ( impatient!) Bear!

Bob T. Panda

 

Oh my gosh It’s Day 27, with an added bonus! Tails (!) from Black (and White) Friday

I try not to listen to the news too much because it just depresses the heck out of me.  Just what are some people thinking as they go about their business?  This is not limited to “People in the News” such as celebrities or politicians.  Sometimes your everyday person on the street makes a decision that is so boneheaded you wonder how they can remember to breathe.  A case in point is the person who thought it would be a really good idea to take pepper spray when she hit the Black Friday sales, to make sure she had no competition at the sale table.  Pandas, of course would never do anything so thoughtless.  As we see from the following cartoon, Bob has a much more …um …organic solution to the art of competitive shopping.

Black friday shopping tactics

See what I mean?

And now, without further ado, here is day 27 of 30 Days of Pandas!  I’m almost done….I think they are all going to fit!

Be the Bear (poof!)

Bob T. Panda

(sorry for the multiple updates…I must not ne awake yet.)

Oh my gosh It’s Day 27, with an added bonus! Tails (!) from Black (and White) Friday

I try not to listen to the news too much because it just depresses the heck out of me.  Just what are some people thinking as they go about their business?  This is not limited to “People in the News” such as celebrities or politicians.  Sometimes your everyday person on the street makes a decision that is so boneheaded you wonder how they can remember to breathe.  A case in point is the person who thought it would be a really good idea to take pepper spray when she hit the Black Friday sales, to make sure she had no competition at the sale table.  Pandas, of course would never do anything so thoughtless.  As we see from the following cartoon, Bob has a much more …um …organic solution to the art of competitive shopping.

Black friday shopping tactics

See what I mean?

And now, without further ado, here is day 27 of 30 Days of Pandas!  I’m almost done….I think they are all going to fit!

Be the Bear (poof!)

Bob T. Panda

(sorry for the multiple updates…I must not ne awake yet.)

I can hardly stand the wait, pandas don’t be late….

OK, who all  remembers the 3 chipmunks singing their little Christmas song?  Not sure what that has to do with anything, but it just popped into my mind, as I was trying to think up a headline for this post.  So, without further ado, or brain flotsam falling out onto the page, here is day 26 of 30 days of pandas. are you keeping count? I thought so.

Be the Bear!

And coming soon from Pandyland at Cafe Press: 30 Days of Pandas, the POSTER!!!!!!!!

Bob T. Panda

I can hardly stand the wait, pandas don’t be late….

OK, who all  remembers the 3 chipmunks singing their little Christmas song?  Not sure what that has to do with anything, but it just popped into my mind, as I was trying to think up a headline for this post.  So, without further ado, or brain flotsam falling out onto the page, here is day 26 of 30 days of pandas. are you keeping count? I thought so.

Be the Bear!

And coming soon from Pandyland at Cafe Press: 30 Days of Pandas, the POSTER!!!!!!!!

Bob T. Panda