April 2007 - Anteater

[ben-3DT]

Please read the Instructions Guidelines and FAQ's (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=47754) for this challenge first.

Here we go with this months challenge which is designed to be fun, creative and not too intensive whilst giving best entrants prizes and great exposure in 3DCreative Magazine.

This month we go scrambling the undergrowth for some tasty treats! The Anteater...

http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/05_apr07_anteater/main_small.jpg

Here are a selection of Images to give you some good references. The anteater has varying species but feel free to use whatever suits!

anteater 01 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/05_apr07_anteater/references/01.jpg)
anteater 02 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/05_apr07_anteater/references/02.jpg)
anteater 03 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/05_apr07_anteater/references/03.jpg)
anteater 04 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/05_apr07_anteater/references/04.jpg)
anteater 05 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/05_apr07_anteater/references/05.jpg)
anteater 06 (http://www.3dcreativemag.com/challenge_resources/05_apr07_anteater/references/06.jpg)

Dont start new threads, all design sketches, WIP's, feedback to go in this thread only, but! questions to go in this one Guidelines and

FAQ's (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=47754)

Final Images go in the Final renders thread which will be created later in the month ready for Voting.

Have fun!

[hammering3D]

I guess is not an Wabbit afterwall :D. it's have long nose not long ears ;P

Funny animal, can't wait to start...weeeeeeee

[SithLord_Steve]

This one looks like fun! Although it's going to be a challenge to not make it look like a cross between Sid the Sloth and Scrat from ICE AGE! hahaha :dance:

[HA-Jassar]

Great animal! though I admit it's not an easy one ^_^
Can't wait to start working on this one..
Cheers

[ƒel!pe]

An original animal :D

[Kowai]

Omg this one will be hard, I hope I can have time to participate! :] I'll actually have to put my school project over this in priority but it'd still be fun if I can work on this too :] Need ideas though..

[Sickly]

Looking forward to this one, I've been eagerly watching previous competitions and I'm hoping to debut my own efforts through this month's challenge. Should be a fun month :]

[AbhishekKr]

saw this animal before but never paid such an attention to it
it looks very weirdo 'n mixed package hybrid zoozoo

but nice for stylo challenge, nice subject to experiment with :)

[Kowai]

Hmm I'm thinking maybe a war anteater.. Ridden by it's ant masters :]

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/9463/anteater1qg5.jpg

[hihosilver]

Awesome concept. I'm gonna try to take a stab at it, looks like a tough creature to model!

[cgCook]

Hi, this is my first post on this forum. I'll try to model some kind of anteater knight and try to use this challenge as an excuse to familiarise myself with Max's hair and fur plugin. The modelling will be done in anim8or simply because this is the only modelling tool I'm comfortable with right now.

Here's what I got so far...still roughing out the basic shape as I go along as you can see
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7808/anteater1jr4.jpg

[mr_lemon]

ugh...not so easy...but the characterization should come out funny and weird :D !!!

cgCook that's a good start !

[Ties]

http://www.geocities.com/theties/anteater1.jpg don' t know if i have the time. i'll try

[Ties]

http://www.geocities.com/theties/anteater3.jpg

[hammering3D]

Well I like the animal, I start to work on it, and when I realyze I finish it :D

So here is my Wip shoow :wave:

http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/1267/wire1hr5.jpg

[hammering3D]

:wave:
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/805/wire2xd6.jpg

[hammering3D]

:smug:
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/2526/wire3xz3.jpg

[hammering3D]

:roll:

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/5467/wire4xb2.jpg

[hammering3D]

:haha:

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/485/wire5ki4.jpg

[hammering3D]

And the Final Render & Some photoshop for blur. :wave: :wave: :wave:

Because I trought that this time will be an easter bunny to stylized, I come up with some ideeas and even it was not an easter bunny I modeled anyway and post it on thready for U all to see....hope U like it,

U can find it HERE (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?p=548938#post548938)

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3333/pinkyanteatervk3.jpg

[havok2925]

This is what I have so far. Im still planning what im gonna do with the little guy.

http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=anteater01ns4.png

[AbhishekKr]

hammering3D :its very cute model, just one advice on basis of Anteater Ref. Images I saw, it has a long hairy tail

havok2925 :on nice track, good face

[evolution]

Hey guys, good work so far! Tough animal this month but i've decided to give it a shot! heres my concept ill get started on the modeling later today!

http://oregonstate.edu/~peronas/3d/anteater/concept.jpg

[evolution]

small update on the modeling.... progressing rather quickly I have a good plan for him once I get done with the modeling so hopefully ill be able to keep this pace!

Anyways crits always greatly appreciated!

http://oregonstate.edu/~peronas/3d/anteater/wip1.jpg

[authentic]

great start evolution

Hammering you've been very fast. I find the blur a little weird on the hat, otherwise that's cute.

[HA-Jassar]

Good start everyone!
I will try to post my sketch soon..
Cheers!

[mr_lemon]

this is where i'm until now...really need alot of work...hope to find the time because i really like that subject,good work everyone,keep it up...btw i don't know if it really resemble an anteater...or just a giant rat :wall: ...can u help me pls ? :D

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/402/osaovchw6.th.jpg (http://img53.imageshack.us/my.php?image=osaovchw6.jpg)

[Shahin_fj]

Great model mr_lemon! I don't know if an anteater with a long snout has such teeth.. but definitely it is not a gaint rat! :smug:

Ok, here is what I made till now... I'll add more details soon.

http://pix.nofrag.com/b4/ce/bbc8881eebe4f465e266df2ada99.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/b4/ce/bbc8881eebe4f465e266df2ada99.html)

[eXeM]

Interesting start everyone :)
Here is my start on this theme
http://www.imagebee.org/thumbs/9339render01.jpg (http://www.imagebee.org/viewer.php?id=9339render01.jpg)
This is my first try at creating cartoony character so, this is quite a challange for me :)
Still a lot to do...

[evolution]

exem: nice work so far, looking really good for your first go at creating a stylized character!

Shahin_fj: Your entry is coming along very nicely, can I ask what you are using to do the fur?

[Shahin_fj]

Thank You evolution, it is max default hair and fur modifier, I'm just getting friendly with it. :)

[cgCook]

wow...I kinda feel all out place with all your great concepts! I changed my mind about the anteater knight and decided to go with an evil anteater overlord and his ant slaves :evil: (yet to be modelled)
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/3240/concept2ka1.jpg

The hovercraft isn't done yet...still don't know what it'll look like in the end...never really done any scifi before :wall: any suggestions?

[mim]

ooops! a cool topic n many nice works sofar! Hey hammering you almost finished your work buddy?! you’re fast man! great! ;) btw congrats for new avatar! it’s really cute n funny! lol! I would suggest to use similar eyes like ones on your bunny avatar for this Anteater also! other than eyes it looks really cute, I have some lil suggestions for foots also but thought it’s better explain it tomorrow with a pic (it’s really an small suggestion!), cya, ;)
evolution, this one is really cute! one of my favorites sofar, keep it up dude, :)
Shahin your work seems great, thought can be a awesome work at end, keep updated it man! :) looks so funny! (Khepel!) ;)
eXeM, great work, another one of my favorites! wonna know what’s your software for modeling? about the shoes, it’s just an awesome idea! ;) keep up it!
Kowai, nice concepts, lookin to see modelin wip’s soon, ;)
cgCook, really awesome idea but I will suggest to make it more stylized than complexed! dunno! other than that I like your second idea too, looking to see more wip’s from you man ;)

good luck to all, I’ll update my concepts also as soon as I can draw some! ;)
cy all, mim, :haha:

[AbhishekKr]

Mr_Lemon : very nice model, looking real wild

Shahin_fj : the fur you applied is very very good, I'm going to have main problem with fur

exeM : real nice concept, applause for the idea

[eXeM]

Thanks guyz :)
mim i'm using silo for modelling, and max for rendering.
and I wanted to make something in the spirit of easters in this pic(it just ai'nt easter if we dont make our tribute to them :dance: (imagine a dancing eg there)), so i decided why not to make him BunnySlippers :D
Unfortunately silo does not have a bone system - i realy wanted to make one other pose for him, but anyways Rotate is not so bad for basic posing posing too :crazy:

[HA-Jassar]

Here's my sketch
http://uploader.polorix.net//files/316/WIP2D/anteater.jpg

[evolution]

Shahin_fj I can imagine that you are spending alot of time with the fur lol, it looks very good so far.

mim Thanks for the comment, I've finished rigging my entry now gonna work on a final set-up and look for him.

On a side question does anyone know if I apply a hair modifier in max on top of a skin modifier and then pose the character will the hair move along with the mesh or will the guides for the hair mess up if I re-pose the character?

[vincentzaraek]

hello, im new in the forum. I tried to post a reply but I can´t upload images, this message appears:

"There seems to have been a slight problem with the Threedy Forums database.
Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser.
An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can also contact if the problem persists.
We apologise for any inconvenience"

Does any of you know what the problem is?, or how can I upload images in any other way? (the img is a jpg of 64kb)

Thank you

[Shahin_fj]

evolution: Yes, I did spend a lot of time to find the best way,.. but to obtain this final result... it took less than half an hour!

vincentzaraek: I don't know what exactly the problem is, but you can try uploading your image on some other image host like imageshack or pix.nofrag...then link to it here.
here is an address:
http://pix.nofrag.com/

[mim]

Hammering I mean this:
http://pix.nofrag.com/1b/06/cef7571d794a3164a66152d6a597.jpg

btw, it's just my thought and not importent so much really!

have a good day, mim, :haha:

[Daye]

Anyone remember the poor anteater from the Pink Panther cartoons ?

He got beat up as much as Wile E. Coyote did. . . . . .


CGCook: For some reason RIFTS came to mind when I saw your model :)
( Tabletop fantasy game similar in design to D & D )

[vincentzaraek]

tanks Shahin_fj,
Hi everyone, this is my first post here.
I´ll be working on "The Pied Piper" ("Hamelin flute player") concept, based of course, on the anteater´s snout shape wich I imagined as a flute.
I hope you like it, this is the Chara Design, there will be ants following him.
Critics wellcomed.

http://pix.nofrag.com/99/15/551cbb18bb36f181a44e3facde71.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/99/15/551cbb18bb36f181a44e3facde71.html)

http://pix.nofrag.com/99/15/551cbb18bb36f181a44e3facde71.html

[MVDB]

Great model mr_lemon! I don't know if an anteater with a long snout has such teeth.. but definitely it is not a gaint rat! :smug:

Ok, here is what I made till now... I'll add more details soon.

http://pix.nofrag.com/b4/ce/bbc8881eebe4f465e266df2ada99.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/b4/ce/bbc8881eebe4f465e266df2ada99.html)

Lovely chaarcter!

[Shahin_fj]

wow vincentzaraek, your sketch is sooooo good, can't wait to see its 3d model.
Thank you MVDB, btw nice avatar!

[Adroit.jrk]

very nice shahin you are real good in hair and fur best of luck.

[vincentzaraek]

Thank you very much, Shahin_fj, your model is great, such a funny character!
Here is what I´ve done so far. I´ll be adding details and finishing the head soon.


http://pix.nofrag.com/a5/6a/25d0b88dd9555bec74b52f11034c.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/a5/6a/25d0b88dd9555bec74b52f11034c.html)

[ben-3DT]

Some well funny ideas already!

[Jelleye]

Hello everyone,
I have visited this forums for a long time so I decided it's time to register myself over here. I don't really have any modelling experience so I probably won't be able to complete my model before the deadline. Anyway, here is what I made so far:
http://www.jt-productions.be/jelleye_temp/portfolio/afbeeldingen/StyledAnimalCompetition_Anteater_Model.gif
Now I still need to figure out how to texture this guy, how to properly use meshsmooth and what I'm going to do with him, but I've seen some great tutorials at this site so I hope I'll be able to figure it out soon enough. I must say there are some great entries so far. Good luck to everyone, completing your ideas ^-^.

[ben-3DT]

*Shameless Plug on the way*

I think its a good start for someone with no experience! You should try :
3DTotal Training (http://www.3dtotal.com/training) ;P

[mim]

Hi, nice progress all, ;)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I did some quick sketches n choose this one too model! not a clear sketch btw! but I just like his character! :haha:
http://pix.nofrag.com/1f/85/0070f5fb0a62522088912d343824t2.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/1f/85/0070f5fb0a62522088912d343824.html)
modelin wip would be uploaded soon when I do somthing,
mim, :)

[ben-3DT]

doea anyone remember the anteaters from the 'racoons' cartoon? Mim - yours kinda reminded me about that, but yours is not the same so i cat wait to see it modelled!

[mim]

Hey tnx ben, btw I can't remember it, duuno if I saw it or no but really glad you like it buddy, :)
her is alil wip; is this feeling like concept or not?! I doubt myself! :dunno:
http://pix.nofrag.com/d0/df/0bf3ac270cb45a021c9da668de7a.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/d0/df/0bf3ac270cb45a021c9da668de7a.html)
tnx again, mim, :haha:

[hammering3D]

Hammering I mean this:
http://pix.nofrag.com/1b/06/cef7571d794a3164a66152d6a597.jpg

btw, it's just my thought and not importent so much really!

have a good day, mim, :haha:

Hey buddy, tnx for comments and for taking time to give me advice to change the model, Yes U are right it look beter this way, but now I think
I will model other one or more and in the end I will chose the one that I like, and if this remain the best, I will change it after u'r advices and made other changes to,

Afterwall I model this in about 2h including the plaing :) so I think I will spend more time on it, atleast for planing, cause the mounth is long :crazy:
tnx again.

I see now u'r Drawing and it look verry funny, u'r mode it look good, but I think is more to work to resemble the drawing wich is funnyer :smug:

waiting for updates buddy, and to fix u'r yahoo :wall:

c ya later

[hammering3D]

doea anyone remember the anteaters from the 'racoons' cartoon? Mim - yours kinda reminded me about that, but yours is not the same so i cat wait to see it modelled!

hahaha Ben U killing me OMG I did't remeber the name of cartoon and when I search the name to see what U are talking about I remeber it ... I really love that cartoon

hehe bring nice memories form my chielhood, tnx alot for remember it to me :wave:

I really like the negativ character Cyril Rictus and his servants the 3 pigs :))

Here are some images for U all ...memoriessssssssss :crazy:

http://www.toontalents.com/The_Raccoons-Cyril_Sneer_smirking.jpg

http://www.igu.ro/latrecut/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/racoons_6347347.jpg

:wave:

PS: I really start to enjoy more and more this chalenge is so nice :drool:

[Siege]

Here is my entry at its current stage. It is based off of the ribbon twirlers in Gymnastics.

http://www.lumaxart.com/stuff/anteatertest01.jpg

Did a quick rough in ZBrush...then over to Max.

[cgCook]

wow, I can't compete with you guys, I quit! :ugh: Maybe the next animal will inspire me more

[mr_lemon]

so...redoned from the start...i've decided to remodel it in another way and with other characterization...so...here's where i'm until now,more update soon,i will also post my old model just to show.

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/7743/grassolp5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[h2k1]

I want to say something. I've been looking these competitions, and I want to congratulate everyone, awesome works you have there! I hope someday I'll be able to do something like that.

And btw, mr_lemon, love ur characters!

[evolution]

Hey guys everyones work is coming along great!

Siege: I really like your work so far, its very amusing.
vincentzaraek: I really like your concept, and your work is very solid so far!

On a side note I have a small snag i was hoping someone here could help me with. I'm using 3ds max hair and fur modifier for the first time and Ive gone through a few tutorials on how to style it and shape it so now I have the hair how i want it however I cant seem to figure out how to intermix colors within the hair to say add stripes or bands of different colored hairs. Do I need to do these sections with separate hair modifiers or is there a way to control the colors of the hairs in certain sections while just using one modifier?

[Shahin_fj]

Hi evolution, you can use map instead of hair color. It's so simple & UV Coordinates are the same as the object you grew the hair on it...& remember to render the hair as geometry instead of buffer, it takes more time but the result is so different.
Good luck.

[ben-3DT]

hahaha Ben U killing me OMG I did't remeber the name of cartoon and when I search the name to see what U are talking about I remeber it ... I really love that cartoon

hehe bring nice memories form my chielhood, tnx alot for remember it to me :wave:

I really like the negativ character Cyril Rictus and his servants the 3 pigs :))

Here are some images for U all ...memoriessssssssss :crazy:

http://www.toontalents.com/The_Raccoons-Cyril_Sneer_smirking.jpg

http://www.igu.ro/latrecut/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/racoons_6347347.jpg

:wave:

PS: I really start to enjoy more and more this chalenge is so nice :drool:

Ha ha! thats the one!! childhood memories...

[Jelleye]

@Ben-3DT: I've always wanted to have one of those training CD's because they look like a really good resource to become a better 3D artist, but I can't afford it and I'm also not allowed to buy things over the internet (yet).

Today I worked on the overall scene and I worked out an idea about what the "joke/funny thing" should be. First of all I wanted to use some of the famous characteristics of anteaters being: the special shape of the head, the extremelly long tongue and the fluffy tail. As for the style of the scene, I was aiming for an unrealistic, and comedy like style, bright colours and smooth shapes. I chose this because it would suit the joke-like scene better. Now about the scene itself. I made the ant-eater himself look quite slow and unhandy so that it would look like he could never chase an ant in order to catch it. That's why he is using his long tongue to chase the ant, who is running away with a scared look on his face. Anyway, here is a quick render:
http://www.jt-productions.be/jelleye_temp/portfolio/afbeeldingen/StyledAnimalCompetition_Anteater_Scene.gif
The final render will be more high-quality, but this one is just for showing the development, so I saved it in GIF compression to reduce loading times on this forum ^-^". I'm still having quite some problems though. You might notice some errors in the mesh, that's because I'm not really sure how to use the rigging system and the skin modifier xP. I also can't get the texure on the ant-eater to look right. As you can see the texture looks stretched on the legs and normal on the back/tail. I also wanted to give him some nice eyes but that doesn't seem to be easy either xP. I'll just continue experimenting with all buttons and sliders until it looks right. As for the mountains in the background and the sun/cloud I'm quite happy. They look exactly as they were meant to be. That's it for now. Once more, good luck to all of you ^-^.

[ben-3DT]

Hi,
Well if you ask me, thats a pretty good attempt. You know, just be entering this competition you will get a free copy of www3dcreativemag.com magazine, which has tutorials on these kinds of things you metioned.

[Jelleye]

Thanks ^-^. Lol, I didn't know that, but it sure sounds cool. I've heard of the magazine before though. It'll probably help me a lot. Thanks once more :).

EDIT: I think I'm done with my render. I still made some final changes to the scene, adding some more scenery, I rendered everything and I made a slight bit of post-productional changes.

Final Render:
http://www.jt-productions.be/jelleye_temp/portfolio/afbeeldingen/StyledAnimalCompetition_Anteater_Final.gif

Post Production:
http://www.jt-productions.be/jelleye_temp/portfolio/afbeeldingen/StyledAnimalCompetition_Anteater_Post-Production.bmp

I hope you like it :).

[Koek]

My concept sketch: Getting caught eating ants by a GIANT ANT:

http://www.geoffreycramm.nl/public/concept3.jpg

[hammering3D]

OMG Koek, that is so expresive draw, if u model it with same expresion will be WOW

[mr_lemon]

great sketch koek! can't wait to see it modelled
jelleye i think that your last postprocessed image is a little bit too dark on the ground/bottom part,for the rest i've to admit that's really funny

[eXeM]

Great concept koek that anteeter kinda reminds me of disney cartoons as they used to be in 90tees(i guess the expression makes that effect :D )

[Shahin_fj]

I don't know what to say, ... it's just amazing, koek! I suggest to put your concept sketch in conceptart forums for 2D challenge too!

[Jelleye]

@Koek: It would be great indeed, if you could transfer that expression to your 3D model.

@mr_lemmon: Thanks for the tip, I'll try adjusting the contrast a bit in order to make it clearer.

EDIT: I started working at a new model because I'm not really that happy with the one I have made right now and because the actual anteater himself doesn't seem to be the "central" theme of the scene. My new model will still be in an unrealistic style but I'll try focussing more on that model instead of on the scenary ^-^".

[AbhishekKr]

I'm late at concept this turn 'coz I was too confused with such a multi-featured character as too where in fit it. I tried several cocepts but they seemed to be either already used in previous Challenges or too much time taking
So I decided to keep it for what it is named as it can be lot funny at basics too
I'm trying it to keep it simple and funny hope u ppl like it

Concept Link : http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/2778/conceptkr0.jpg

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/2778/conceptkr0.th.jpg (http://img239.imageshack.us/my.php?image=conceptkr0.jpg)

[AbhishekKr]

jelleye : I can't figure out any eyes or ears on Anteater in your final render
I hope u modeled them
A piece of advice from me if u wish to take it, this Render looks more highlighting ANT than the ANTEater, it seems like the Challenge is for Ant instead of Anteaters (nice idea for following challenges try Ant at one :))
So it would be more justified if you Highlight Anteater much more even if you don't wanna change view angle of image



koek : very nice concept, in rendering phase try to keep light system such as the shadow of Ant is mostly visible as you are not showing the most of ANT (its also fine otherwise)

[Jelleye]

@Koek: Yeah, I've noticed that too. I'm already working on another model, since rendering from another camera angle would work. I've playezd around with the perspective in that scene a bit. This is the only where you can't see the tongue of the anteater is deformed and about 10 times the size of the animal himself xP. Also the planes are positioned in a special way, so I'm affraid it won't work, but thanks for your comment though. I'm working on a newwer, and totally diffirent version at the moment.

[praveen3d]

hammering3D - very cute model there, really like ur work:)
great works everyone, gonna start modeling tonight.

[caflicia]

so cute. :o

[hammering3D]

hammering3D - very cute model there, really like ur work:)
great works everyone, gonna start modeling tonight.

Tnx :wave: , can't wait to see u'r work

[Jelleye]

As I already told you, I was working on a second model. This time I'm going to concentrate more on the anteater instead of the ant xP. I've also tried to make it a more friendly, baby anteater instead of the big ant-eating one. That's why I used those big and simple eyes. His skin looks a bit to pink, but that's because of the bad lighting setup. I'm still unsure what to do with him, but I'll wait until something pops into my head xP. Here is the first render:
http://www.jt-productions.be/jelleye_temp/portfolio/afbeeldingen/StyledAnimalCompetition_Anteater2_Model.gif

If anyone has ideas on how to make him look better, feel free to share them xD.

[Rooky]

First time to post in this section :halo:

Usually I was just looking through the entries, admiring how great you all are at participating these challenges, but when I saw the theme for this month I really couldn't stand back but just join in! :)

Here`s what I got so far (a couple of hours, maybe some more :D):

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/3945/anteater08dk4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[evolution]

Shahin_fj: THanks a ton for the help now I can keep moving forward on this will post some wip soon! Thanks again!

[Siege]

Ok...getting a little farther. After doing the rough idea, I have moved on to the model.

Started with ZBrush. Then into Max. Going back and forth adding details.

http://www.lumaxart.com/stuff/AEContest/AE_B_03.jpg


http://www.lumaxart.com/stuff/AEContest/AE_B_02.jpg


http://www.lumaxart.com/stuff/AEContest/AE_B_01.jpg


http://www.lumaxart.com/stuff/AEContest/AE_B_04.jpg

[authentic]

wow there are very much great models for this one. I will not be in but good luck everyone.

[eXeM]

Next update from me:
Still a bit of modeling left, will adjust lightning and then i'll move on to materials and textures :)
http://imagebee.org/images/5072render.jpg

[Rooky]

Nice update eXeM :) Still really enjoying the slippers you`ve made for him :D cool idea!

A little update from me too (maybe not that little, but anyway :)):

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7066/anteater09tb2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[mim]

... , and to fix u'r yahoo :wall:

lol! :D tnx buddy! you'r so kind :)
Drive C of my computer is almost full! just 4G remains! And my system comes really slow nowadays, so thought I have to reinstall Windows then I think yahoo would be work again hopefully! :D although I’m alil busy but no way! I have to reinstall Win asap!
dunno what happened to yahoo yet! Seems it is removed itself from my system! Files are there yet but without any icons! Like unknown files and can’t execute too! :dunno:
Anyway can’t wait to speak again buddy! ;)
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Ahh, btw great works comes up!
Jelleye- it’s so cute! ;)
Siege- nice z-brushing! It’s great even without m-smooth! Keep it up, ;)
eXeM- like to see more! keep it up bud! ;)
Rooky- it looks clean n nice man! Also like the idea! A creative one! ;)

mim, :haha:

[Old_Nick]

Rooky: wow, very cool model. Can´t wait to see it textured.

[HA-Jassar]

Really amazing guys! this is going to be a fun and hard challenge ^_^

[redgrund]

Theres so much fun going on in these forums, i'd just jump in feet first. Heres my first attempt.
Kinda difficult trying to get it not look like an elephant, Ill go add some fur next - wish me luck.

http://pix.nofrag.com/d1/a4/78fe487e82ca2a49bd295db65c32.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/d1/a4/78fe487e82ca2a49bd295db65c32.html)

[Shahin_fj]

exem, your model is really good, and I like it very much as it is.
I don't want to be annoying, but just one thing.....I think that long tube on his head should be the place for his mouth (in fact in a real anteater the mouth is there).
But as I said before, I like the current impression very much.

[eXeM]

Thanks Shahin_fj.
about mouth - Yes, yes, i know anteaters don't realy have their mouth where i put it, but i just could not figure out any other way how to make with smile on his face, or where to place the mouth, so it shall stay there :D

[weitastudio]

Hi all....why I cannot attach my picture? It keep saying some problem with the data base. I really interested with this competition. :)

[mr_lemon]

weitastudio you should use imageshack (or similar)as that site host image with just few click and then past the link that you obtain in the body of your message,until the attach problem isn't fixed you cannot attach image directly with the browse button. HTH :wave:

[Rooky]

mim thanks! :)
Old_Nick thank you too man!

About the textures - I guess I`ve finished with the modeling now (not really sure about the ground yet) so the next step definitely will be materials.
Theres one thing I'm curious about though - is he clever or is he just lazy?! :roll: Will have to consider this lately :)

Here`s the update:

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5483/bw01hz8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Shahin_fj]

I think he's just lazy, because using a vaccum cleaner wouldn't feed him!
(AAH! I'm getting to logical these days! :dunno: )

[Warin-3DT]

weitastudio you should use imageshack (or similar)as that site host image with just few click and then past the link that you obtain in the body of your message,until the attach problem isn't fixed you cannot attach image directly with the browse button. HTH :wave:


Thanks Mr_lemon,
Tom and our techinicians've been working hard to try to fix this problem as quick as they can, hope it will be solved soon.


Cheers

[authentic]

rooky : that's just great, from idea to design. Really waiting for your colors.

[.KaisoR]

Well, Rooky.... thats looks great!! I love the concept and the model seems to be perfect. I'm one of these who can't wait to see it finished, good luck with texturing!

@eXeM: Nice work, too. Nothing to crit atm^^

[V3blitz]

Hey guyz,

just found out bout this challenge the other day, and im lovin everything that ive seen, these charactures are so clever. I've got a concept here of my entry and a first test render. I've got hotlinks to them since i cant upload pics directly for some reason, hope to see more WIP pics from u guyz, and good luck, later.

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/9361/conceptod7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/9307/testtt6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Warin-3DT]

Welcome V3Blitz! Nice to have you here with us!

Unfortunately, the uploading picture system doesn't work properly and we are trying to fix it at the moment. Sorry about this.

Anyway, nice start so far!

Good luck and again happy to have you here!

warin

[weitastudio]

@mr_lemon
Thanks for the information, i will try to use imageshack or something similar. Thanks alot

[weitastudio]

Hi all. This challenge is very fun, I was a fan of cartoon style in 3D Animation. This is my AntEater, his name is LickLick, I Created it in 3DS Max. I hope I can finish this work before the dead line. Please give me some advice about my LickLick. Thanks

http://imgnation.net/images/pxup.jpg

http://imgnation.net/images/iavt.jpg

[Shahin_fj]

Well...after a week of working hard on my univ project, now I have some time to work on my Anteater!

Probably this would be my final image. Any comment on this?

http://pix.nofrag.com/38/f8/34460aaf99bc08c60146d0f955d0.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/38/f8/34460aaf99bc08c60146d0f955d0.html)

btw weitastudio, your LickLick is so good & funny. Hope you finish it soon.

Good luck Everyone! :wave:

[Rooky]

authentic, .KaisoR - thank you guys! :) But I`m not really that optimistic about the colors :( Textures always been a problem for me. But definitely I`ll do my best. Hopefully gonna get to my computer about tomorrow, so the next update won't be sooner than that!
Nice start V3blitz :)
weitastudio looks good. I Like the eyes. Hopefully you`ll get it finished before the deadline.
Shahin_fj this rocks man! Love that ant on his nose. Really great touch with that little fellow. :)

[Sacek]

Hi. This is my concept: A anteater that can´t eat ants... The ants eat him.. After that, he becomes a vegetarian.

I know that it is quite late to start, but I will try to get something finished. I would like to know how much time I spend in this kind of project.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5113/post01lx9.jpg

soon more WIP

[V3blitz]

Hey,

heres a quick render in shaded view, i think im done with the modeling now (unless u think i should change something). The anteaters surrounded by anthills and hes nervous, thats all i could think of lol, the anteaters loosely based on the first pic in this thread, for some reason the eyes stood out to me more than the long snout:).

weitastudio: I like the big head and eyes, do u have a concept or r u winging it, i hope to see your progress.
Shahin_fj: I really like that pose, the ant looks like hes bout to b taken lol.
Sacek: The concept looks great, hope u finish it in time.
Rooky: Great scene mate, cant wait to see it in colour.
Warin: Thank you for the welcome, im happy to b here, i hope to enter the low-poly comp after this 1, i really need help with that, i just found out what "boolean" does :), and no worries bout the uploading mate, imageshack works fine, ta.

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/1103/shadedxw2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
any crits r welcome, later.

[Sacek]

After 3 hours modelling.. here is where I am, now I will work on the eyes and model some ants...

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/1421/post02tk9.jpg

Comments and critics are wellcome.

[weitastudio]

Thank you guys...
@Rooky: Good composition, I like your character, and I think it should be lazy....:)
@V3blitz: The pose look great, and your is different from another.
@Shahin_fj:Your character is funny, it looks like a fat aneater... :D
@Sacek: Good modelling, I like The hand model style. Can't wait for the mapping.

[weitastudio]

I make it small and short. Now I am working on some small detail....
Please give me some comment and critics for my work. Thanks


http://imgnation.net/images/fxvz.jpg

[Rooky]

Thanks, V3blitz and weitastudio :)
Ok! Let`s think that he`s just lazy :D

And finally here he is in color! Not really sure if these are the final colors yet, so feel free to say what do you think, and if theres something I could change! :)

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/2876/anteatercolor132xd5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Ties]

looking great rooky! maybe make those plants near the rock a little smaller, so the powerlineposts looks bigger

[.KaisoR]

Very nice materials, Rooky, but I'd like to see the aneater in a more... ehrm... funky color :smug: That brown makes him look like chocolate imo^^

[justus_jonas]

hi!
great work! i absolutely love it. there is only one small thing i´d change and thats the clouds. i would make them more cartoonish (just a bunch of circles/spheres intersecting). if you change it or not, you will get my "12 points".
keep it up.
jj

[Rooky]

Ties thanks m8! You`re right about that, and I`ll try to make the powerlineposts a bit bigger and the plants smaller ;P
.KaisoR hehe :D I was sure that there will be at least one saying that the anteaters color s*cks ;) Actually at first he was with a blue skin, but it felt like there are too many colors in the scene, so I changed it to brown :) Will see what I can do with this problem. :]
justus_jonas Thanks! I got the point what are you aiming me to do. Of course I`ll give it a try but I`m doubting if I can do that as good as most of you would like it. The present clouds are made using the fire effect in max, so maybe I can still use it, just redone some settings.
Thank you once again! :)

[AbhishekKr]

Rooky : liked ur work a lot, really appreciable effort :)

Its 1 day work, but I think I'll go along with this type, don't have much time this month
http://www.imagebee.org/images/4143AntEaterStylo2.jpg (http://www.imagebee.org/viewer.php?id=4143AntEaterStylo2.jpg)

[weitastudio]

I give it a short body, to make it look cute. But there is something I dont feel rigth, but I dont know what it is....

http://imgnation.net/images/cxpu.jpg
http://imgnation.net/images/tnss.jpg

[AbhishekKr]

I give it a short body, to make it look cute. But there is something I dont feel rigth, but I dont know what it is....

I feel its all OK, maybe you get satisfied giving it more features of Anteater at nose or tail

[Shahin_fj]

@weitastudio: I think it is cute now, but if you want it to be more cute, I suggest to focus on the eyes! & if you can make the hands (just hands & not arms) a bit smaller. But as I said it is cute already!

[authentic]

great work guys

weitastudio : really funny character. keep it simple.

AbhishekKr : cool one too. MAybe some clean up on textures and mesjh to do anyway.


rooky: you know I like your entry but got some crits on last update. First the green grass and blue sky are maybe alittle to saturated and does not merge well. Moreover your horizon is just at the middle of the picture. At the 1/3 that would be a better composition. So maybe add a fog to fade the colors in depth and maybe work more your sky (more gradient, better clouds...)
One thing a friend of mine tell me is that your rocks on the left break the distance impression you wanted to gave with your electrik post. Maybe reduce the rocks.
I crit because I like :haha:

[weitastudio]

@AbhishekKr
@Shahin_fj
@authentic
Thank you for yours suggestion guys. I am now working in the texture.....and some more details.

[AbhishekKr]

great work guys

weitastudio : really funny character. keep it simple.

AbhishekKr : cool one too. MAybe some clean up on textures and mesjh to do anyway.


rooky: you know I like your entry but got some crits on last update. First the green grass and blue sky are maybe alittle to saturated and does not ...

thanx a lot
I'll sure try that as soon as I get some free time

[Luume]

Hello people!
First post here at threedy. =)
Here's my go at the anteater, just a sketch so far.
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/845/stripykj5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[V3blitz]

Hey guyz,

I'm gonna b pretty busy this week so I've gotta make this my final image I think. This comps been pretty fun, I never would have modeled something like this otherwise lol.

Sacek: Great modeling mate, looks just like the concept.
Weitastudio: I based my anteater on the first reference pic put up by ben, well the colour at least. I like the look of your model very cute, no crits.
Rooky: Mate, the scene looks great but like justus_jones mentioned, the clouds look a bit sharp round the edges i think maybe u could blur them in post, anyway great job.

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/9743/finalimagebe5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I'll try to check up through the week if u got any crits for me, I'll try to fix them if I got time, to all who r entering good luck, later guyz.:)

[Warin-3DT]

Hello people!
First post here at threedy. =)
Here's my go at the anteater, just a sketch so far.
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/845/stripykj5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Welcome!! we happy to have you here!

just wondering, how could you find this competition mate?

Cheers and good luck!

Warin

[eXeM]

I still cannot decide wich camera angre to use for my pic :D
anyways here is an update.
a bit of test "DOF blurrin' " in photoshop
and i still have to make a texture for anteater, or there is no need for one, what do you think? :)
http://www.imagebee.org/images/6527picture.jpg
weitastudio - cool model, i realy like his head :D
Luume - interesting concept :)
AbhishekKr- i think that the tail could need some work, it is kinda, umm how to say it, it kinda does not say:i'm live tail that moves, it is more like-rock hard tail :)

[Luume]

The model, and the texture I want. (not applyed just painted on in photoshop)
The texture is actually very inspired by the first referance image on this thread, the awesome pic with the red and yellow tones. And red is my favourite =D
for the end render I think I will rig im up and put him on an antsnest, posing playfully. Watcha think?
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/5449/paintoveranteaterje3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Hi Warin, and thank you! =D
I was introduced to threedy through an x-classmate of mine.

[evolution]

@Luume: Welcome to the forums, your sketch and painting are top-notch and I am looking forward to your model, the concept is really fun!

[Antievo-3DT]

Hey guys!

I love what you are doing here! I wish I had time to join in on the fun but, I am
extremely busy these days with my project and all. I am also trying to learn C++ these days.
Dropped by to with you guys luck, and welcome my friend Luume to the forum :)

Good luck, and best wishes to you all!
Antievo.

[kravo]

hey guys, I'd like to participate on this one, but for some reason I can't upload any pix... :grr: any ideas?
emm...what would be the deadline? The 30th, at midnight?

[evolution]

Hey Kravo, the image upload to the forum isn't currently working there is a database problem that I know forums.3dtotal.com is aware of and working hard on fixing. For the time being you will have to upload your images to a site like imageshack or putfile... not too familiar with most of these so other members might have a suggestion on which is best! Hope that helps and looking forward to seeing your work!

[AbhishekKr]

exeM : the camera angle is always a matter of debate, BTW current angle seem pretty cool to me also, as far as texture to AntEater is considered I think its not required looks good, but for your satisfaction u may try some hairs on tail and here there on the body

Luume : Welcome to the competition, you seem pretty well at DigitalArt, liked the perspective 2D view u tried

[kravo]

thx for the feedback, evolution, I did it as you said (this is a temporary solution,though, I`ll upload the picture when the 3Dstaff fixed the problem).
So, this isn´t the final image, I hope I´ll have enough time to create the final scene. :dunno:

any comments are welcome!

http://fszb.t-online.hu/hangyasz05.jpg

to any of you guys who´d say he kinda looks like an elephant: he´s in a bad mood, that´s all

[Warin-3DT]

hey guys, I'd like to participate on this one, but for some reason I can't upload any pix... :grr: any ideas?
emm...what would be the deadline? The 30th, at midnight?

Hello Kravo, welcome to the competition!

As the Evlotion said above we are still working hard trying to fix the uploading image problems, in the mean time try to upload images from freesites:) Thanks Evolution!

Also, yes the deadline for submitting the entrance is before 30th April!

Have fun and if you have any questions at all...post your questions here....we are here to help!

Good luck!

Warin

[evolution]

Hey guys great stuff from everyone, pretty much finished up my entry... have alot of things coming up this week so not sure if I'll get to put more time into it but comments are always very much welcomed!

King of the Hill Exterminator!
http://oregonstate.edu/~peronas/3d/anteater/full_render_low.jpg

Higher-res version (http://oregonstate.edu/~peronas/3d/anteater/full_render_high.jpg)

[Luume]

Oh my, I have lots to do. Hopefully I'll have it finished. =P Is a background important?

[Warin-3DT]

Hey all! great news! 3DTotal is kind enought to add more (yummy) choices of prizes for you to choose from our shop!

The winners can choose too:

-Swordmaster Ebook (any software)
-Joan of Arc (any software)
-Elements Digital Painting Tutorial Series volume 1 & 2
-Plug-in Blue Cherry

Warin

[HA-Jassar]

wow! lots of amazing entries ..... now I must work twice as hard if I want a chance of challenging u guys ^_^

Cheers!

[weitastudio]

Guys, I add fur to my licklick, but I dont think it will look better.
http://imgnation.net/images/iwpq.jpg
http://imgnation.net/images/oxst.jpg

[weitastudio]

@v3blitz: Thank you, I think your scene have a good character pose. :)

[Luume]

Weita:
He looks awesome! He would be great as an animated character.
What kind of tecnique did you use for fur?
I wonder if his hands would need some detailing to keep up a constistent style, or maybe make the feet a bit more simplistic.
Looks great so far.

[AbhishekKr]

Weita : it surely looks more cute now, but loses to less Anteater styyle
choice is yours

[AbhishekKr]

Weita : it surely looks more cute now, but loses to less Anteater styyle
choice is yours

[HA-Jassar]

Well, here is a couple of screen shots of my entry so far.....
the enviroment still needs work...what do u think?

http://uploader.polorix.net//files/316/WIP3D/scrn1.jpg

http://uploader.polorix.net//files/316/WIP3D/scrn2%20copy.jpg

[weitastudio]

Thanks guys..
@Luume: I create the fur using 3ds max fur modifiers. Yes, I agree that the feet and the hand doesnt match. I will try too choose which style i should prefer.
@AbhishekKr: I rather confuse about the fur...I like the fur one, but it makes him less anteater style...hmmmm....let me think.
Thanks for your adviced guys.

[Warin-3DT]

Another great competition here!...just want to remind you that you will have just 5 days only for WIP image...at 1st May, you will have to show the final image ;)

So hurry up! time is flying !

Good luck everybody!

[weitastudio]

@Warin-3DT: Thank You for your support, and thanks too for adding more prizes. :)

[justus_jonas]

@Rooky: i can´t see your image any more. i wanted to show it to a friend - but it was gone. what has happend?
jj

[Rooky]

justus_jonas - I'm not sure but there should be some problems with the imagebee.org which I used to upload my image. I haven't taken them out myself.
Anyway I will update the image as soon as possible (haven't done anything with this for a while - so much to do at school lately) and post here the result. :)
And you all are doing really great these days! Gonna be tough when the voting starts! :)

[Koek]

Here's the mesh of my anteater..it's very simple and basic since the fur will cover most of his body (and he is sitting behind a tree trunk):

http://www.geoffreycramm.nl/public/05.jpg

[Koek]

...and a part of the environment:

http://www.geoffreycramm.nl/public/06.jpg

[authentic]

really great koek. Nice expression.

[ben-3DT]

Ha Ha! Like a deer caught in the headlights!

[Sacek]

Hey guys! As I can see, everybody is doing a nice job.
Now I going to improve the scene (put more ants, clouds, maybe a sun) and try to decide wich style of render and shaders I will use. Maybe I will make the anteater UV... Lets see if I will get time to do that.

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/6067/post03ws6.jpg

[Siege]

Well, here is where I stand now.

http://www.lumaxart.com/stuff/AEContest/AEImage01.jpg

Hoping to get more free time. Lotta fun bending it into position.

http://www.lumaxart.com/stuff/AEContest/AEImage02.jpg

[HA-Jassar]

heheh, cool works so far guys! be quick, time is running out!
Cheers!

[Rooky]

Koek - That anteater looks so sweet ;D and of course scared too.. and the eyes are just perfect! :)
Sacek Really nice!! The grass looks awesome. And his eyes... :D
Siege - That pose is great! really nice idea indeed.
HA-Jassar - I think it's gonna look really great when rendered! So don't make us wait too long to see this finished! :)

Here`s my final. Did follow the directions you gave me while commenting the previous update, but I guess I won't have that much time anymore to change something again.
So hope you`ll like it! :)

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/3976/test05oo8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[eXeM]

i guess this will be my pre-final update(maybe)(some smaller adjustments i'll make ill keep to myself till the end(like table and whatever i will be able to think of tomorrow :) )) and the time is running out :|
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/6416/picxt8.jpg
Sacek- looks good, i'm waitin for your final pic :)
Siege- the pose is intresting, but the flow of the neck is kinda weird, it looks like it is broken :D
Rooky-Interesting colors :D

[HA-Jassar]

Hi guys!
Rooky- your modeling rocks man! I think the clouds need to be blurred a little more.. just my 2 cents

exem- heheh, cool render!
secek- very very nice ^_^ , perhaps adding somthing in the background would be cool if u have time.. nothing serious though.

siege - great pose indeed...

And here's my 99% finished image, I might work just a little bit on the ants (they are 3d, not 2d )...
tell me if u have any ideas for me to add

http://uploader.polorix.net//files/316/Finished Work/anteater-final-entry222.jpg

Cheers!

[weitastudio]

Guys I rendered 2 version with fur and without fur, plz help me to choose which one is better.
I am now finishing my texturing, Lighting, and rendering. :)
http://imgnation.net/images/myik.jpg

http://imgnation.net/images/sexc.jpg

[mim]

With fur Weita! ;)
Btw really greate works everyone! I like almost all of em! keep em coming plzz! :D

mim,

[Shahin_fj]

@Weita: I think the one with fur is better too. but just at the neck area it looks a bit unusual.

[weitastudio]

mim
Shahin_fj
Thank u for helping to choose.

Sacek: good scene man, good character design, can wait to see your final image.
Siege: Your scene looks so graphic design, keep it on your style, and maybe more colorful on the aneater.
Rooky:Good job, its so colorful.
eXeM: Your character pose is great, but maybe you have to add more color to the anteater.
HA-Jassar: good color design. And the hair is really cute.

Good job guys.

[eXeM]

weitastudio- well i tried a lot of other colors, but unfortunately(or not :) ) this is the best that i could make for this scene, a non-agressive color :D
when i tried other colors i just got some colors with feeling in witch i could not feel the ant eater or others wich were poppin out too much and with using them i'd to change colors of other stuff etc etc, i think i'll leave it as it is.
btw, those furs of ur eater kinda reminds me of a bigFooot aka. Yeti(does it writes something like this?) :D

[HA-Jassar]

heheh, I think it's Yati.... I might be wrong though ^_^

[weitastudio]

exem: You are right, another name for bigfoot is yeti, the name is came from people who lives near himalaya mountain. :) BTW, maybe you are right too about the fur, its looks a little like a bigfoot. :D

[Siege]

Well the weekend is here and Family comes first...so I think I am gonna call this finished.

Had a lot of fun doing this. And I will probably come back to it and finish it up all the way,
as in no cutting corners here and there.

Probably start it over from the base mesh.

Also learned alot. Touched on a few things I have never done before.

So family and the outdoors calls. Thanks for the comments. Enjoyed watching all the
wips. All quite good.


http://www.lumaxart.com/stuff/AEContest/AEContestFin.jpg

[Koek]

Nice entries so far! Here's my final image:

http://www.geoffreycramm.nl/public/12_finalimage.jpg

[mim]

Amazing work everyone ;)
Btw I hadn't time to work more on mine yet! :( but I'll complet it today n tommorow hopefully and submit it atleast! :D
it's in this level yet: :smug:
http://pix.nofrag.com/7a/37/82e42877b657ca4aef8837c872b1.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/7a/37/82e42877b657ca4aef8837c872b1.html)

Goodluck all, mim, :haha:

[.KaisoR]

@Koek: Wow, that picture rocks :eek: Great work!
I'm just not shure whether it will count... you should post some more WIP pics.

@mim: Lol, that reminds me of some little clay manikins from a german TV show for kids called "Sesamstraße" ^^
http://www.abc.net.au/children/includes/shows/images/plon_130.jpg

[Antievo-3DT]

Great work Mim, I really like that style!
And, .KaisoR!! THANKS! I have been looking for the name of that show!
I loved that show when I was a kid!

[weitastudio]

Guys this is my pre final image. All posed was very impressive. Good job guys.
http://imgnation.net/images/zvxn.jpg

[kravo]

hey guys,
I think I'm pretty much finished with mine, but after I saw the competiting images -well, I gotta work harder next time :cool:
loads of nice entries!
it was fun!

http://fszb.t-online.hu/kravo_endcomp_s.jpg

[Sacek]

Hey Guys, after hard work, here I am.
Thanks a lot for your comments. It is the first time that I got in this kind of contest, and it was very nice because I learned a lot with a dead line. Thanks.

Siege: Very nice concept, I liked the way that you solved the scene.
Rooky: Your scene is very funny, it is a kind of situation that you want to see what is going next... very nice!
eXeM: You changed the position of the mouth of a normal anteater, and I think that you did it very well. With this solution you give more felling for your caracter. Well done.
HA-Jassar: The hair is very funny. I nice catoon style.
weita: I loved the fur, I must learn this some day, very nice.
Koek: Congratulation, You got the same feeling that was in your concept. Well done.

Here is my final image.
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1553/post04wt0.jpg

[ben-3DT]

Please post your Final Images in here
http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?p=553957#post553957

800 or 1024 size is fine before 8th
May 2007 10:30AM GMT.

Only entries posted before this date will be eligible for Voting.

Voting will then start immediately afterwards and will run until 15th May 2007

10:30GMT

I will post to commence the Voting. Voting will be the same as last month with each

voter putting forward their top 3 in order, 3pts for a 1st place, 2 pts for 2nd and 1

for 3rd. This means that will have to choose carefully! Feel free to give a reason for

your choice as it will be good feedback for all of you!

Thanks again for the enourmous amount of work you have all put in.

Ben