{"product_id":"realistic-penguin","title":"Realistic Penguin Embroidery Design, Instant Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eStanding upright on a small rocky outcrop, head tilted up and to the left like its listening for something. Its a king penguin, not an emperor, you can tell by the proportion since the body is slimmer and the yellow chest patch starts high on the neck, grading downward into orange before fading into the cream-white front. That yellow-orange gradient on the chest uses careful fill direction changes across 3 or 4 colour layers, the kind of shading that takes real digitising time to get right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe back and head sit in dense black, but its not flat black, lines run through it at a slight angle that give the feather mass some direction and depth. Same technique on the flippers, which press close to the body on both sides. The front section isnt plain white either, pale blue-grey shadow fills on the left side and lower sections show the roundness of the body, the way the light falls off at the edges. My partner spotted this one when I was testing it and said it looks like it came off a wildlife postcard, which I took as a good sign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rocky base is a few dark grey irregular shapes at the feet, just enough to ground the bird without adding extra complexity. Without it the penguin looks like it floats. The beak is orange, short and pointed, with a small dark nostril shape at the base. Eye is a single small black satin circle. I get wildlife fans and penguin lovers ordering this one year round, and it tends to spike every june around world penguin day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen colours, 21,633 stitches at the smallest size and 53,027 at the full 7.51 by 7.31 inch, one of the higher stitch counts in this range. Density runs at 966 per square inch. Use a heavyweight cutaway stabiliser and a sharp needle, size 75\/11 or 80\/12, to push through the dense sections without shredding the top thread. Works best on firm fabrics: canvas, twill, drill cotton, structured fleece. Avoid anything that stretches sideways during hooping or the upright posture of the bird goes off plumb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDm the shop if the black sections feel too heavy on your thread or if a shade needs swapping out, and Ill swap a thread shade.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Re Embroidery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46329804914838,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/6262\/9270\/files\/RealisticPenguinEmbroideryDesign.png?v=1775532533","url":"https:\/\/reembroidery.com\/products\/realistic-penguin","provider":"Re Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}