926 ... comp 14-02 - the panda guide

Concept art.org Character challenge:

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Brief:

China is the home of the lovable panda's that we all know of. Unfortunately, their species is in danger of extinction. Luckily, the gods have blessed forests with a panda guide who leads them into safe areas, within their habitat. Rumors are that the panda guide is a panda spirit. Others say that it is a human dressed in bamboo to attract the pandas to get them to follow him. The one commonly said rumor, is that the guide wields a decorative staff which depicts the head of a panda. But there is no photographic proof that the panda guide exists!

This week you must design the Panda Guide.

The Guidelines:
    Can be male or female
    Must be humanoid.
    This is not limited to the black and white pandas, you may reference the red ones too.
    Must include the staff which the guide uses and must include what is described, but you are not limited to that. Be
    creative with it.
    Genre is realistic/fantasy

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