Alphabet Stu
I was thinking about lines of action for poses…then just about lines in general. I decided that I would try to match pose lines to something familiar, so how about the lines of alphabet letters? This was trickier than I thought, but I got some strong poses out of doing this 
Tutorial for Rendering Stu
Here’s some links to tutorials of how to set up your shot with nice renders. Really useful, check it out!
http://content.screencast.com/users/animationerd/folders/Jing/media/f4698e1c-9af0-4f42-8a22-46318e83f50b/00000002.swf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2BydQ
Stu shoulder controls
To see the extra shoulder controls on Stu, put the following into the script editor:
setAttr “stu_ac_R_shoulder.visibility” 1;
setAttr “stu_ac_L_shoulder.visibility” 1;
Shaders on Stu
So I decided to play with the shaders on Stu. From now on, he’ll look like this in my work:
lazy Sunday
Drew these after playing with my cat at home. Later the sleeping cat inspired the sleepy people drawings. The following drawings are more poses that would be good as a silhouette.
Loose sketches
Decided to try some exaggerated poses that may look good as a silhouettes. When I was drawing the first ones bent over, it reminded me of an old man…(that’s what inspired the next drawings 
