For this work in progress update I have included an image of the the layout of the different layers of my piece from Inkscape as well as some images of the layers cut out and assembled from cardboard. I do like the look of the piece cut out of carboard and I am glad that I was able to use recycled materials, but I am interested in potentially cutting the design out of wood to see how the piece would look with less texture that you get from the corrugated carboard. After cutting the layers out and assembling them I am pretty happy with the overall outcome, but I am thinking about making some tweaks to the overall design because in some places I wish the transition between some of the layers was a little smoother. I do have a couple questions that will hopefully help push me in the right direction for finalizing this project. One is do I stick with the carboard because it is recycled material and has some extra texture or should I use a smoother material? Also, are there any suggestions for how I can make the layer transitions more fluid, specifically in the snout area without effecting the overall snout shape too much? Lastly, should I finish the piece with paint and either paint the whole thing to mimic the colors of a capybara, just paint some smaller details like they eyes, mouth, and ears, or should I just let the plain layers speak for themselves in the final piece?