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Yes. It’s been a while since I posted last, but that does not mean that I haven’t been working on the project. It just gets a little hard when I’m also doing paid client work. Paying the bills takes priority over my personal wants... sometimes.

So I started building the characters in 3D, starting with the bear character. Originally I was going to build it in 3DS Max and do some touch-up work in the sculpting program Mudbox. 

I started out with a box and...

started pushing and pulling points until...

I got a shape that resembled something like my bear character. 

The only problem with this method, for me, is that this process takes a bit of time to get a good representation of what I wanted. With so much time being spent getting the proportions correct and looking somewhat decent, I soon found myself getting bored and loosing the energy of the characters. So I scrapped the model I made and started from the beginning, working directly in the sculpting program. 

This was a fantastic thing for me because I got the look and the feel of what I wanted in only a few hours instead of a few days with the other method. 

Instead of dreading the work, I found myself looking forward to sitting down...

and putting more detail into the models. 

I had to be careful, however, 

because these characters are not supposed to be too detailed. For the look I’m going for, they need a bit of softness. 

I can see myself using this method of building characters in any future projects that I have. 

It’s just too fun.

More to come.