Many circuses employ animal acts and some of these acts are performed by bears. These bears ride on unicycles, balance on balls, and act silly for our amusement. Bears are wild animals and to force them into performing these unnatural acts, trainers will employ various strategies, including violent punishment and withholding food. To make the bears stand upright, trainers will often burn the bear’s front paws to make them unbearable to walk on. These methods are cruel and the lives of these animals are awful.

Making this skin required some creative thought. Designing the unicycle of the bear was difficult and it was even harder to make it recognisable. I managed to get a design I was happy with eventually. I decided to try something different and use transition shades to make the shading smoother and nicer on this skin.