Hey that is some awesome feedback (on both counts). I had followed Stygg's tutorial (I thought) and did not do the Clip View until the end. I fully understand what you are saying and will put that into practice. To be honest, I do not think I was really aware of what the bitmap copy would accomplish for me and will look at it better in the future. I had tried combining shapes but that did not achieve the results I wanted. After playing around some during these two tutorials I have learned a lot that will help in the future.
Yes, I did not take the time to align the object correctly with the "horizon" as a dividing point. In fact, I was kind of trying to not go that route to try to add a little bit of illusion to some depth but it did not come out exactly as I had hoped but it was still fun.
The boy was an exercise. I spent a pretty fair amount of time tracing, zooming, trying different lighting/highlighting until I got something I was kind of proud of. The weird part was that once I had him completed, I then had to make a single color object out of him (eliminating all of that detail I had spent a lot of time creating) so that I would have an object I could use to produce a curved shadow of the boy for another thread.
Again, thanks for the complements. I feel good about what I accomplished on that endeavor. BTW: especially since I got him from you, feel free to use anytime you like (as can anyone else - even if it is only a model for creating something similar). You guys are making me feel different about the skills I am beginning to develop.
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