I was making balloon animals at a birthday party and the oldest kid there requested a M16 rifle. I’ve developed a way of getting out of making something that you normally don’t make by asking “What does it look like?” This way I can use some artistic license on the design, but to my surprise the boy grabbed his dads’ iPhone and in full, zoomable color, was a picture of an M16 rifle. Just to make sure I was getting it right, his uncle produced his phone which had another M16 picture. Here is what it look like when I was finished.
