Thanks for the replies! I agree with you both on the antic crits. I'll definitely tweak that area a bunch as well as add a better pose for the initial antic pose
I tried doing that initially and it complained that "xform was not an object", but now I see that I wasn't terminating each line with a semi-colon. So it works now :)
As ZacD said, your design should be fine Sean. It's a pity it had to be so heavily altered to be submission ready in the first place. Loved the initial design of yours.
Yeah mate now we are cooking with gas but I think the width of the face in the initial concept looks better. Either way keep post and I'll be watching.
It's worth noting that the 3d browser shouldn't initialize until it is clicked on. Otherwise the WAYWO thread would quickly succumb to a sluggish demise on some folks' connections lol.
My initial reaction: Holy shit! That's a really beautiful scene :) Try out photobucket for the pictures, they've been pretty okay with larger resolution and file sizes.
My initial instinct would be to use the Skin wrap modifier to link the beard to the face (with morpher applied) and snapshot my face+beard blend shapes from there.