365 Days of Danbo

I apparently am crazy.  Really. But I got a new prop on Friday and just fell in love… with a little toy called Danbo:

Admit it, she’s pretty darn cute.

For those of you who have never heard of Danbo, I originally heard of her a few weeks ago on Flickr.  I was surfing Explore and saw one and thought she was adorable, and decided to find out more.  She’s from the manga series Yotsuba&!, which features a little green haired girl by the same name.  At one point in the series, a different character, a girl named Miura, decides to make a robot costume out of cardboard boxes and Yotsuba is led to believe that it’s a real robot.

Anyway, as soon as I held my Danbo in my hand, a bunch of picture ideas popped into my head. I realized that if I went with every single shot I wanted to do, my project 365 would be completely overtaken with Danbo shots.  I debated doing a project 52 (1 shot a week for 52 weeks) but, well, I kind of want to do more.

I’m relaxing the 365 rules this time. With my personal project 365, the goal is to take a project every day, but with this project I’m just going to post 365 pictures of Danbo, the day they are taken doesn’t matter.  So, for example, I went out for a teacher workshop on Saturday and took 4 pictures, so I’m going to make each picture an “adventure” and post them on separate days.

We’ll see how long it takes me to get burned out but for right now I’m REALLY excited about this project!

twenty two | Danbo arrives at last!day one – After a long journey over an entire ocean, Danbo arrives at last!  (On the left you can see the cardboard box that she arrived in.)

What on earth is this?! day two – Danbo goes to her first educator’s worksheet and meets a strange object.

Is this a beach? day three – Is this a beach?  Danbo stumbles into a plant pot and gets confused by all the sand.

Stay tuned… for more adventures of Danbo!

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  • How can you go wrong with 365 shots of Danbo?! I just don't think you can.
  • Danbo is so adorable!
  • I love toys! I'm still a child, I suppose, but I collect vinyl designer toys. I think Danbo is absolutely adorable, and I look forward to seeing more of this project!
  • justtheashes
    Oh Ari... you are so cute. :)
  • Ok, that is ADORABLE! I guess its good Im on a missionary "salary" b/c I would get that in a heartbeat and my husband would call me crazy :)

    BTW It's about that time again :)
    http://amandalaura.blogspot.com/2010/01/blog-award-3-glob-award.html
  • Kind of adorable!
  • Nyx
    I love the Danbo - she's adorable!!

    My favorite shot is the beach shot. Can't wait to see the other Danbo adventures you're going to post up :)
  • ari_b
    How cute is she?! I can't wait to see more pictures!!
  • I think Danbo should meet Wall-E
  • Aww that's cute! I love how you're using props in your project. The glass ball particularly stuck in my mind, I might put that on my birthday list.
  • Quave
    It'll be interesting to see all the ideas :) Looking forward to it. Should send her on a trip... like to Australia! :)
  • Foxymoron
    Oh, it's a she!
  • She is cute, indeed!

    Would WALL-E make a guest appearance in this project?
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