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# 46 23-04-2006 , 03:11 AM

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Me personally, I like the size fo the beak, I would make it shaper and then widen how the upper mouth area(from the eyez-beak). The mesh is looking better so far. Keep it up, try getting the details in now because it will be alot harder the further along you get.

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# 47 23-04-2006 , 10:33 PM

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ooo nice.
though to me anyway its looks more like a seagull
no offence mate.

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# 48 24-04-2006 , 12:58 PM

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hahha sea gull ..i have to work on that ..my pc died this weekend ..storm ... so no internet but got it up and running this morning

13th - seagull ? any tips then how to make it look better ? or something need to change at this point. cant offend me ..i need C and C so i can get better

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# 49 24-04-2006 , 12:59 PM

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pic# 2

does beak look better rounded or pointed ? i am thinking maybe after adding other parts look more like dragon

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# 50 24-04-2006 , 01:39 PM

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I can see his 'seagull' point of view, perhaps raise the brows up and make more opposing and put some spikes on them too , and perhaps some spine definition down the back of the neck and a frill under the neck/chin area

That should keep you busy

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# 51 24-04-2006 , 02:24 PM

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Hey bro... watch out there... maybe your snout is too rounded... expand the top jaw and brows a little...
See if your image plane is close to what Kurts tutorial shows... remember these are guidlines and will help you alot when starting out...

Don't worry I'm also learning, just get all the basic shapes and then go in and tweak it alot, take your time.
Here is my first model I worked on and it was also Kurts tutorial, just use some ideas... it is far from perfect though!

Good start, work smart!

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# 52 24-04-2006 , 02:31 PM

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yes it is comming along pretty well. The little details at the beginning can make a whole lot of difference at the end. Just keep at it, im glad to see this thing is starting to really take its shape. Good job so far bro.

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# 53 24-04-2006 , 02:33 PM

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wow very impressive ...I see alot of detail on yours and not on mind ..have to figure out how you got that ...I will work on that tonight.

your dragon is very good ..i took a look at your thread on your dragon ..very nice ...thanks for the comments ...will have to see if i can fix it

eric - thanks it is tough. ..I am going to have to figure out how to add the detail ..i keep pulling and pushing and not too well lol ..will figure something out ...

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# 54 24-04-2006 , 02:57 PM

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anyone have any ideas how to get the detail like in toxi picture ? specially the jaw line ? yeah i can see how details make the difference. .will start pulling and pushing then ...thanks for the pics toxic

Kurt you have any idea's on getting detail better or how ?

trying to find tutorails on small details like that .. as we speak

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# 55 24-04-2006 , 03:14 PM

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Its moving along well.. as far as details go it comes with time and practise and a lot of push and pulling of all the points.

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# 56 25-04-2006 , 05:07 AM

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It's true what Kurt just said,
it comes along with practise!

Never give up, if it gets frustrating... have a break...
Then go at it again! and again! and you get the picture.
The way you learn is to make mistakes, That is sure
how I have been learning and sure is the case in my
dragon head model, there are tons of things wrong with it! user added image

you'll learn what to do and what not to. Just keep at it bro, you'll do great.

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# 57 28-04-2006 , 11:29 PM

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as i usually say "Slowly but Surely".

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# 58 30-04-2006 , 03:36 PM

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sorry all no updates lately cause i trashed all of it adn starting over to get the seagull out of it ... and been out of town ... hopefully will get some pics posted soon. I been having trouble getting jaw line added and some other features ...but have not given up on it by far

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# 59 30-04-2006 , 05:41 PM

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That was an important lession I was taught at Escape Studios. Sometimes it is better, quicker and easer to scrap the lot and start again rather than try and repare it.

Good luck mate and give us some pics as soon as possible.

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# 60 30-04-2006 , 08:57 PM

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Hey there mmoore,

glad you've not given up on it. I'm sure you learnt a whole load from your first attempt so it's not been on vain, good luck with mark 2.

Take it easy,

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