Original version
In my original submission I mentioned how I wasn't quite sure if I'd ever do my "fabric wrapping" technique again and how Aurora was much more valuable to me as a learning process than a finished product; this is the end-result of that search for "perfection" that artists are always going on about...

Even a day after finishing her, I knew that Aurora would look much better as a finished product if I had needle felt her. So I went about carefully "unwrapping" her (read: skinning) and ended up re-working her as a needle felt project.

Not only am I more content with her as a finished product now, I also feel like this learning process has finally come to a close.

All that being said, the one part of this experiment that turned out near-flawlessly was her skeleton and "muscles" made of foam - the technique I used made the end-product much more sturdy than my previous jointed-doll experiment Gaframor.
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Aurora is a newborn Parasaurolophus hatchling. Only a couple weeks old, she is already curious about the world around her. She is a very special baby - she is a female, but she was born with vibrant male markings; for this reason her tribe considers her a good omen, and she is going to be trained as a priestess when she is older. Already her tribe has dressed her in ornamental "gowns": a "skirt" of currency (more to help her handlers find her by sound than just for ornamentation!), and a bright blue sash around her neck to signify her spiritual destiny.