He's cute! The bow tie cracked me up! You even did a head turn, which is gonna be the next challenge. So I guess now you are ahead, instead of late, you sneaky devil! Just curious... have you experimented at all with animating the iris? You might be able to create a funny cartoonish effect where your creature sees something that worries him, and his iris constricts. I'd be curious to see what that would look like, hint hint (subtle, ain't I?). Hmm... just had another thought, does the technique work with 3 colors? And does the pattern have to be circular (is there a way to offset it)? I'm thinking of cats eyes, being adjustable from vertical slits to round pupils that almost fill the iris. I think what the book said about drawing 2D pupils applies to 3D; yours and Kixum's eyes seem friendlier looking than the ones I did. By the way: Fair warning, guys. I checked out a bunch of books about cartooning from the library this weekend, so now I'll be really dangerous. More questions, more challenges, more demands for you guys to partake in my fiendish experiments, heh heh heh. --Terri