it seems that something went wrong with your try ... it is the same experience I have had
I also wanted to give it up, but: who am I if a paper is winning against me? especially, if I came so far folding the fluffy, with some really tricky folds inbetween.
so my hint:
really try it with the sample I described. it helped me a lot playing around with the sample (nothing could happen), than trying to fold the color change at the fluffy. once I understood how it works with the sample, it was a lot easier to fold the color change of the eyes.
I´m sure we will see a picture of your sucessfull fold
