thanks for the warm welcome guys.

I'm not completely new to modeling. I've been a level designer for several years, and I've been making my own meshes for a while now. Organic shapes and such are quite new to me, but I'm willing to try.

I've almost settled on what my design for Hawk will be. I'm planning on toning down the cartoon feel a bit, and go between a mix of realism and cartoon style. I'm also messing around with the clothing, since his current clothes are hardly functional

I had two questions though. A lot of people post their progress here. Is this required? And how will our models be judged? Do we have to render them ourselves with a nice backsetting, or do we have to submit the file?

Cheers!