i havent done modeling for a while, so i think ill try to enter this one. I probably should be in noob because im not that good yet, but id rather roll the dice for the big $400 lol.

Lets see...this is the first random pair i thought could be feasable

Misleading Uniform
- a big fat guy dressed in a girl scouts uniform with a red wagon full of cookie boxes ringing a doorbell
- ...i cant top that one lol

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lol, sounds like a fun idea
good luck

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I started sketching thinking that i'd do a realistic model, but it turns out i cant draw like that. I think it would be best if i go with a more cartoony style. Heres a quick concept

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Heres my refs for the head...i shouldve used graph paper, i dont think itll line up very well hehe.

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LOL, make shure you put "Troop 69" on his shoulder patch and name him "AL. "

i started modeling the head...still need loads of work but i thought i'd post since im done for today. Man it's been awhile since i tried to model anything lol

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its looking nice and cartoony and like the refs, keep it up

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Mar/Apr Challenge 2006 Entry and W.I.P
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I thought this would be a good excuse to learn the new toon renderer stuff, but i ran into something weird. I chose the one color option and applied the outline to it, but another color randomly pops up in a few spots.

If anyone knows whats going on please let me know, or if anyone knows a tutorial for toon shading.

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heres a wireframe if that helps

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I'd hazard a guess and say it might be that you have a hard edge along that line. Try softening it and seeing if it helps.

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bFlocking - a tool for Maya 8.5+ to generate flocking and swarming behaviours
Jan/Feb Challenge 2007 Entry and W.I.P
May/Jun Challenge 2006 Entry and W.I.P
Mar/Apr Challenge 2006 Entry and W.I.P
Jan/Feb Challenge 2006 Entry and W.I.P
Nov/Dec Challenge 2005 Entry and W.I.P
Sep/Oct Challenge 2005 Entry and W.I.P
Jul/Aug Challenge 2005 Entry
www.flash-fx.net

Looks like a Normals problem. Check to see if any are inverted. If thats not the case, try softening your Normals.

I havent worked on this for awhile, I live in San Jose, California, and he have been having one helluva heat wave. I dont have air conditioning in my house and having the computer on is as bad as having the oven on, not to mention that my computer overheated and shut down the last time we topped 100 degrees. At least theres ac at work.....

anyhow, i dont think that its a normals issue, i hit soft all and it didnt do anything to help, although i learned that if you reverse the normals , it will put the outline there regardless of the angle the camera is(they normally disappear if your looking at them head on). That will come in handy for the smile lines. In a few days when it drops below 100, i'll rework the topography a bit. I found a narly 5 sided poly. maybe that will solve that ugly line, but im still confused with the little dashes around the mouth and neck.

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