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        <p align="LEFT"><img src="../../images/think.jpg" align="RIGHT" width="190" height="202"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0022A8"><b><a target="" href="../../corner/index.html"><font size="-1">Thinking 
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          The Good, The Not-So-Bad, and the Really Ugly</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="+1" color="#0022A8"></font></p>
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        <p align="LEFT"><i><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Anything 
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        <p align="LEFT"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="../../images/letters/m.jpg" width="37" height="40" align="LEFT">urphy 
          Michaels from Ritual and I recently held a modeling contest sponsored 
          by Pile over at <a href="http://pile.evilavatar.com/lovedoll.htm">Laming 
          Insider</a>, called the Low Poly Lovedoll Challenge. This began after 
          some abnormal gushing from my favorite detractor, Flamefag, when he 
          pontificated I was the best low-poly modeler in Dallas. The contest 

          was for fun and the point of it was to see who could model the best 
          low-poly female model and bring her to life with an interesting pose 
          in under 1000 faces. We decided to make it an open contest to anyone, 
          not just Murphy and I. Remember…he challenged me.</font></p>
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        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I won. </font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">801 votes to 4 to be exact. 
          </font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">To be fair though, I know 
          MM was pre-occupied with E3 pre dog-and-pony-show crunch so I forgive 
          his poor showing. On a better note, there really were a bunch of excellent 
          entries into the contest that I was genuinely impressed by. There were 
          also some pretty bad entries I wasn’t as impressed by, but deserve at 
          some praise and criticism. So on the eve of preparing myself for the 
          trip to LA tomorrow for the cacophonous, highly convivial affair known 
          as E3, I’ve decided to take this ish of TOTB and critique what I consider 
          the better of the 1999 Lovedoll Challenge submissions. </font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">And girls, don’t be sore 
          losers or get your panties in a bunch if I give you bad marks. E-mail 
          me for more thorough criticism if it matters that much to you. I <i>was</i> 
          impressed with how serious you all were and how good many of the models 
          turned out. If I do piss you off…well, submit a better entry next time 
          ;]</font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I’ve rated the better entries 
          on the following: Pose, Proportions, Texture Potential, Animation Potential 
          and Overall Use of Triangles. The measurement standard for these categories 
          are Steed-speak in syntax: Very Cool, Cool, Okay and D’ohh. I gave the 
          rest a lump sum assessment and again, would be more than happy to e-mail 
          you a more in-depth critique if you request it.</font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>THE GOOD</b></font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">These are the entries that 
          stood out as the best of the contest. The modelers who submitted these 
          are either pros or need to be getting paid for their efforts. Of course, 
          I’ll start with my entry(s):</font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>33. Miss North Carolina</b></font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="aphrodite33.php"><img src="images/thumbs/aphrodite33.jpg" width="125" height="115" border="1"></a></font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This model is a knocked down, 
          optimized version of my Kelly model that’s still under construction. 
          I pushed her breasts together to give her weight and posed her in Character 
          Studio. Her pose came from this pic I ran across while on an exhaustive 
          reference search ;p</font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="115.php"><img src="images/thumbs/115.jpg" width="75" height="96" border="1" alt="Click ONLY if you're old enough!"></a><br>
          <i><font size="1">Click <b>only</b> if you're old enough!</font></i> 
          </font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I was going to give her mitts 
          instead of fingers, but I really liked how the fingers accented her 
          breasts when I was posing her so the fingers stayed. Of course this 
          meant I had to optimize her legs a little too much and delete some faces 
          in her palm. Overall I was very pleased with how she turned out and 
          immediately got an idea for another entry...</font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="aphrodite47.php"><img src="images/thumbs/aphrodite47.jpg" width="125" height="105" border="1"></a></font></p>
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        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Of course it was just a gag, 
          but they would have taken third if they had been allowed to compete. 
          Again, I had the models initially around 1150 faces, posed them in CS 
          and then optimized them to be under 1000 polys. Just wait until I animate 
          these two…WhoooHooo! Now on to the other entrants…</font></p>
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>07. Miss Connecticut</b></font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pose: Very Cool<br>
          </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Proportions: Cool<br>
          </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Texture Potential: 
          Very Cool<br>
          </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Animation Potential: 
          Cool<br>
          </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Overall Use of 
          Triangles: Cool</font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="aphrodite07.php"><img src="images/thumbs/aphrodite07.jpg" width="125" height="107" border="1"></a></font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u>Comments</u>: This model 
          is a Penthouse Pet to My Playboy Playmate. Very sexy pose and very nice 
          model. The proportions are more European than I prefer and the faces 
          are a little too unevenly distributed in the breasts compared to the 
          rest of the figure, but I really look forward to seeing how she animates!</font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>20. Miss Maryland</b></font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pose: Very Cool<br>
          </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Proportions: Very Cool<br>
          </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Texture Potential: 
          Cool<br>
          </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Animation Potential: 
          Cool<br>
          </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Overall Use of 
          Triangles: Very Cool</font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="aphrodite20.php"><img src="images/thumbs/aphrodite20.jpg" width="125" height="87" border="1"></a></font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u>Comments</u>: This model 
          immediately grabbed my attention with its awesome pose and imaginative 
          content. My only concern is that it will be a bit arduous to texture 
          and need some more tris around the shoulders and elbows to animate well. 
          Great job overall.</font></p>
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          <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Miss Alabama</b></font></li>
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        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pose: Cool<br>
          </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Proportions: Very Cool<br>
          </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Texture Potential: 
          Very Cool<br>
          </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Animation Potential: 
          Cool<br>
          </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Overall Use of 
          Triangles: Cool</font></p>
        <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="aphrodite01.php"><img src="images/thumbs/aphrodite01.jpg" width="125" height="125" border="1"></a></font></p>
        <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u>Comments</u>: Aesthetically 
          this is my favorite model since it is so artsy. It evokes this sense 
          of a classical sculpture with the attention paid to the head. The single 
          tie-in point for the lines at the clavicle bother me though and should 
          be distributed to two points instead. Overall, nice job!</font></p>
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