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the hair/fur is REALLY good, regarding the beak being stuck on, is the beak a separate piece from the head or is it all one head. if it isn't try and extrude faces from the head to create a more smooth surface into the beak - might make it look less 'stuck on'
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oh, I see what you mean now. I'll work on the beak to make it point down more. It is a separate piece of geometry, but I'm using NURBS not polys, so I don't extrude things out of my surfaces. I kinda wanted it to be big like that because I thought it would give him a more cartoony feel. Which leads me to the other part, the eyes. Well, the eyes can't be on the sides and inside the head for the same reason, it's a cartoon, not a real parrot. Since the beak is rigid, the eyes are pretty much the only was he has to show emotion; I have trouble imagining how to do that with the eyes on the sides like a real parrot (parrots are pretty inexpressive, aren't they? :p ). I was even thinking about giving him floating eye brows.
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I was thinking of a real parrot rather than a cartoon parrot.

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But then again, now I think of it, I was right. user added image
Have you seen Ice Age? That is a cartoon but the characters are very closly based on real life. Just a thought...

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Yeah, but those characters were actual animals, this one is a humanoid. Plus, Ice Age was made by pros, I'm a mere wannabe.

Don't be quiet though (I assume you mispelled "quite" and meant to say "quiet"); all sugestions are good.
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Just an idea - you may want to check out some paint effects feathers...maybe just a few for a tail or something. Pretty simple, quick and effective!
 
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Just an idea - you may want to check out some paint effects feathers...maybe just a few for a tail or something. Pretty simple, quick and effective!

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I was going to create tail feathers with geometry and then use transparency maps. I'll take a look at PaintFx, but I've never used it before, and I don't think I have enough time left to learn how to use that. Unless you know of a tutorial for feathers using paintFX.
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Here's the pirate dressed. I'm not done yet, I still have to do something about the neck. I tried using Maya Cloth for the striped shirt, but I couldn't get it to work right, so I just modeled it myself, I'll learn cloth some other time....
About the beak, I tried reshaping it so it would be curved down a bit more, but I didn't liked it so I kept it the way it was.
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