What cute and creative bases! I like the wooden one, but perhaps the lines need more variation in color to make it more natural. :) The cooler lines are great, but some warmer ones would be nice too, towards the light. You could also curve some of those lines against the base, but that might complicate things further, so I think the way you have it now is alright. Just adjust the shades of the wood lines.


For the stripey base, I do agree the latest version is the better one... but yeah, it still seems a bit off. Perhaps clean up your curves more? Some of them seem to not go across evenly around, while others do. (For example, the belly is not an even curve, but the lower right (our right) calf stripe is even.) Other than that, looks cute as a button.