Actually it's a weird habit of his. It's a candy cane, he always bites off the handle part first and then chews on both that and the stick.

Thats cool,

a character with a story...
with character.

a5

Any truly memorable character benefits from some sort of "story" at the time of his or her design, I would say...

I believe its also beneficial when designing the character.

a5'

Definately both, a good idea of who you're working is important to make a more consistent character, which I think will agian make it easier to pick up for someone who never saw him before.

Hope I suceeded a little As you see I was going for the neurotic western hero type

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let me know if you notice issues (just noticed the belly button is way too high)

btw Hank seems to be a popular name for 3d models right now (cgtalk)

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hehe you can double-click the show button if you're scared

working on a t-pose version of the thinker right now.
Might actually finish that one
Crits welcome -

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Looks good...
So now we can expect an animation of the Thinker bursting into song and dance?

xD I'll certainly use him for doing my first baby steps in animation.