The shell was made from that ilustration founded on the web in the vertex modeler, ominousplay. And keep helping, your hints are allways welcome. ;-) DAIGORO, my intention is publish the book in 2006. It call "The Ugly Bird - A Mistery in The Forest" and its about ecology, discrimination and other important values. Thank you very much. Nice tips again, kelley. I like the Anything Grows idea. Since the book is for kids, and Im planning a toy line based on the characters, the baby/cute/young looks helps a lot. And about the chinese master idea...I dont know, really. The background (answering a bit latelly my good friend ominousplay) is a brazilian rain forest. All the animals on the story bellongs to our fauna. Thank you all again! I keep you updated soon as I can. God Bless You All!