- the wood bear -

This actually is my first model in Maya. I've always been hired for my shading & lighting skills, so I used a non-employed time in January 2000 to train myself in modeling. I used to model a lot years ago (on Sculpt 3d) (I'll show you some pictures I've done...)

It's also a shading test to improve wood 3d texture, a bit 3d look at first sight, but you can tweak the darn thing...

The image below is another render of the same geometry, calculated with maya v3 (for area lights) to get a better illumination and shadows.
I also set an extra lighting to 'stick' the objects.