2022 New Bears Day

⋆ NY1-001: HOOK, LINE, AND FOOD NOW...? ⋆

Early in the festive season, fish catching games are often played! The fish are symbols of excess bounty and prosperity! Baobears like to play these games to win goldfish crackers - which are great for snacking on!

For this prompt, draw your baobear playing a fishing game! For example, playing a magnet fishing game, goldfish scooping, or a small fishing competition. 
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⋆ NY1-002: BEA-RING IN THE NEW YEAR ⋆

Bells are often rung to mark the end of the year and to usher in the start of a new one! Small bells and windchimes are also hung up, traditionally to welcome success and to attract good luck.

For this prompt, draw your baobear with any sort of bells! This can be a really large bell, or windchimes, It can also be bells that are worn, or even sleigh bells!

⋆ NY1-003: BAORIGAMI FOLDING ⋆

Many baobears enjoy folding ingots out of paper, to represent fortune and riches they hope to gain in the new year! Of course, baobears often get easily distracted, and end up folding plenty of other shapes, too...

For this prompt, draw your baobear folding origami, or any sort of paper! Alternatively, you can have a coloured, fullbody cutout of your baobear with a piece of origami that you folded! 

⋆ NY1-004: YOUR LITTLE MAOMAO ⋆

"Maomaos are rare and fickle trickster spirits. Legend says that if a Maomao follows you home, so will good luck and fortune. However, if you are not prepared with a suitable offering for them, they will also pull a prank on you!"

[Excerpt taken from 'Encyclopedia Beartanica']

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Maomaos are mysterious spirits, and it is not certain what makes them appear in front of baobears. However, once a Maomao has appeared, it is important to placate them with the sound of bells, and to give them offerings of fish crackers and gold ingots!

​If they are pleased, they will bless your next year with good luck and fortune! If not, well, they will pull a mean prank on you - by scratching  your furniture and eating your food.

 

• Complete NY1-001, NY1-002, and NY1-003.
• Complete this prompt: draw your baobear attempting to befriend a Maomao. Are they trying to lure the Maomao? Did the Maomao simply follow them home? How are they reacting? What are they doing now? What changes has it brought? This prompt is purposely left open ended, so feel free to get creative!

⋆ NY1-005: SHOOTING BAODDLES ⋆​

"On a clear, cloudless night, at the end of every year, you can often see fireworks light up the sky in a brilliant array of colours. You may also see, if you are looking very closely, shooting stars. And sometimes, if you are looking very, very, very closely, you will be able to see Baoddles, who enjoy riding on these shooting stars,"

[Excerpt taken from 'Encyclopedia Beartanica']

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Baoddles are rare creatures who come from beyond the stars. They ride shooting stars across the skies. Usually, they will turn into stardust upon arriving on earth - it has been theorized that they have simply teleported back to wherever they came from.

However, some baobears have been able to befriend them before they disappear! These Baoddles will then choose to stay with their new-found friend, as close and loyal companions.

For this quest line, you must:

• Complete NY1-001, NY1-002, and NY1-003.
• Complete this prompt: draw your baobear attempting to befriend a Baoddle. How did they meet? How are they trying to befriend them? How are they reacting? What are they doing now? What changes has it brought? This prompt is purposely left open ended, so feel free to get creative!​

⋆ NY1-006: NEW BEARS EVE ⋆​

For this quest line, you must:

• Complete NY1-001, NY1-002, and NY1-003.
• Complete this prompt: draw your baobear celebrating New Bears Eve with at least TWO baobears that are NOT YOUR OWN. All three baobears must be fullbody. This can be the time leading up to midnight, midnight itself, or the time after midnight! Who are they spending the time with? What are they doing together? How are they feeling? This prompt is purposely left open ended, so feel free to get creative!​