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  Starting out with a simple line drawing that is imported as an imageplane
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  Front imageplane - used to start nurbs curves for polygon creation
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  Side view - imageplane

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  Perspective view showing nurbs curves that will be used as guides for polys
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  Curves taking form
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  Low poly mesh - following imageplane guide
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  Smooth proxy

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  Testing eye position. Opted to model eyes in half closed position for easier blendshaping later on
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  3d view against imageplanes
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  Wireframe of character
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  Shaded

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  Texture view
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  Test render - boots
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  Texture view hand - scanned image
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  Texture view - hat

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  UV MAPPING
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  Test render - shorts
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  Mouth construction - Soft Modification Tool
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  Test render - head shortened

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  Texture view - arm
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  Texture view - torso
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  RIGGING - followed Digital Tutors Training DVD
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  RIGGING - test pose

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  RIGGING - test pose - shaded view
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  Texture view - test pose
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  Test render
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  Hair alpha cards - tried other methods including Maya Hair, nut found that this choice gave better results

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  Test render - hair - will be hidden most of time by hat
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  Editing paint weight of blendshapes
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  Face GUI
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  Face GUI

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  Face GUI
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  Blendshapes - mouth shapes
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  Testing blendshapes - smile
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  Frown

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  Render with blendshapes
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  Render - bind pose
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  Start of walkcycle - legs only at this stage
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  Shaded view with props

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  Texture view with props
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  Test render - willow tree - paint effects, converted to polys
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  Test render with modelled cabbage tree. Trying for a typical New Zealand hill country feel
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  Render - with lighting and props

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  * Go to 'Quicktime QTVR' to see clip
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  Technical Notes:
  Software - Autodesk Maya 8.0
  Renderer - Mental Ray