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      <td width="406" height="936" align="LEFT" valign="TOP"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0022A8"><b><a target="" href="../../corner/index.html"><font size="-1">Thinking 
        Outside the Box</font></a><font size="-1">:</font></b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+3" color="#0022A8"><br>
        A Peek Inside My Brain</font>
        <p align="RIGHT"><font color="#804000"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">By 
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          Steed</font></b></font> 
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        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="images/sleeg004.jpg"><img src="images/sleeg004_sml.jpg" width="221" height="236" border="0" alt="Click for fullsize image"></a></font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> So with the box gone I have 
          a print out of the sketch or better I have it up on another monitor 
          in Photoshop for reference. In Max I ‘edit mesh’ the cylinder so it 
          conforms roughly to the neck outline I made. The points on top are going 
          to probably end up 2d spikes so I don’t worry too much about them right 
          now.</font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="images/sleeg005.jpg"><img src="images/sleeg005_sml.jpg" width="209" height="209" border="0" alt="Click for fullsize image"></a></font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Next I move the cylinder 
          over to the line and divide the top edge to start on the first spike. 
          </font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="images/sleeg006.jpg"><img src="images/sleeg006_sml.jpg" width="249" height="249" border="0" alt="Click for fullsize image"></a></font></p>

        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> I move the vertex up and 
          back, flipping some edges off as I do (fuck ‘em).</font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="images/sleeg007.jpg"><img src="images/sleeg007_sml.jpg" width="300" height="180" border="0" alt="Click for fullsize image"></a> 
          </font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I kill the Materials Editor 
          and make more room to make the other spike ala the first one. Divide- 
          turn-move vertex-turn again, etc. I rotate around the head a little 
          and check Sleeg’s head out.</font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="images/sleeg008.jpg"><img src="images/sleeg008_sml.jpg" width="300" height="201" border="0" alt="Click for fullsize image"></a> 
          </font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Now to trim his snout a bit 
          since we don’t need a hexagonal shape when a diamond will work…</font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="images/sleeg009.jpg"><img src="images/sleeg009_sml.jpg" width="304" height="175" border="0" alt="Click for fullsize image"></a> 
          </font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">When you create a cylinder 
          in max it puts a vertex at the center of the end caps so let’s deal 
          with those. The back one goes since that end will be in the torso. The 
          end one at the nose gets pulled out to suggest a less boxy schnozz.</font></p>
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      <p><i><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2"> </font></i><i><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2"><b>Credits:</b> 
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        Thinking Outside the Box is &copy; 1998 Paul Steed. All other content 
        is &copy; 1998 <a target="_self" href="http://www.loonyboi.com">loonyboi 
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