How DO you get the hair like that? you have to teach me! (please)

Noob. It's easy as f***.

just because i dont post doesnt mean im not around.
also, if is # 2 on his list, im quite sure its not started, he is working on his PA.

that's the point. Its supposed to be cartoony. Cartoons aren't exactly too real.

made for the challenge topic 'A-Punk' made

I know but that's even out of the question of cartoony. Look at Team Fortress 2. That's as cartoony as you can get.

No. Cartoony has little to no limits.
Ben Meyer IS cartoony in that pic.
To be a cartoon, proper proportions are not needed.

What a cute little puppy! Anyways, yeah, I like the shading you have thar.

Thank ya, much!

Team fortress two is more the incredibles cartoony. TIf you have ever seen the cartoon doug or the grim adventures of billy and mandy those are examples or cartoony. Cartoon's don't need realistic proportions. Its whats makes them cartoons.

That's what I love about cartoons. I don't have toget every thing really good.

I just thought I'd post Ben Meyer's story. I'd like some feedback and some ideas. I made an entire book on Ben Meyer and its about 115 pages, but I want more ideas and I want whoever reads this to want to read it. So if you have any suggestions, please share. Thanks.

The book is called "The Wielders of the Trigem: My Dream Came True", as the title says. And....here it is:

Chapter 1:

The Dream

Is there any spot comfortable on this bed?!?” I asked myself, trying to sleep. If you come
across me, you can’t miss me; you’ll notice me by my glimmering, brass-plated ring with a large, white T-shirt and occassionlly, a turquoise tunic with a well crafted sheath on my belt. I am a boy with a strange story. My name is Benjamin Meyer, but people call me Ben for short. I am recognized to my friends as The Imaginative One, because I’m always good to come up with: something to do, a bizarre organism, good ideas, The amazing pranks, and other things. But although my life may seem “imaginative”, I did not conjure up a lie. Absolutely my dream may seem as a dream I may have had, but the other fragments of my life is for your own belief. Few of you might believe my story but millions will refuse the truth...
Finally I found the spot. My eyes slowly shut and my liveliness gradually descended into rest,
and I began to dream…


A foreign-looking ring stood on the outside my bedroom door, atop the dark floor. The dusk was rising and dawn was far ahead, but I couldn’t fall asleep because my bed could be considered the most uncomfortable for the world yet to see. I went out to see if it would be any better on the sofa than my bed (I highly expected better comfort). But as I opened my door, I saw the “foreign-looking ring”. It had two ovals stretching across the ring. It was a gloating ring, with brass-plated metal and carved with superb craftsmanship; it seemed as though it was crafted by angels.
I picked it up with immense interest, and put it on my index finger. The ring was too big for me (at first), and then to my surprise, it shrunk! I used all my power to remove it, but it was no use; all that happened is my skin painlessly stretched along with it and I realized couldn’t be removed.
“Get off of me!” I whispered intently. Nothing happened. The two ovals began to shine dimly. "What is that—I think there’s something written here but I can’t make it out." I rubbed some dust off the ring, and the glowing stopped. I felt a small surge of pain drift within me. I fell onto my hands, and was unable to get up. A furless tail grew on me, my legs began to morph into a dog’s. The pain intensified and sliced at me like an invisible blade, continuously striking; it felt like thousands of hot needles pricking at me, so I could scarcely talk. I could only make small grunts of pain. My human ears disappeared and were transformed into pointy ears on the top of my skull. My teeth honed and my mouth molded into a wolf-shaped mouth. My spine grew to make me have to crawl along the ground. Fur, the color of my chocolate hair, sprang out of my skin after my clothing disappeared. The firey pain, the hot needles and feeling of a sterling sword, invisible to my sight, slicing at me all stopped at once. I tried standing up, but I couldn’t balance. I looked at myself. I was a wolf! I was as bewildered as any human would be. I ran outside to the backyard so nobody would notice the transformation. I looked at my two dogs inside of their cage. The two were miniature schnauzers, and brother and sister. One white, one black with grayish hair in small, random
spots.
“Who are you?” the black one asked. I was bewildered when I figured out I could talk to my own dogs, and wolves are distant relatives to dogs, so I figured I could communicate back. I walked near the dogs’ cage.
“Someone you know, Milo,” I answered.
“That still doesn’t explain who you are, and how do you know my name?!?,” Milo asked, pacing, disturbed, and getting irritated.
“How about an answer to answer both questions. I’m Ben. You know—the one you see a lot—the human! Well, I somehow turned into a wolf, and I don’t know how. Does that explain things?” I asked him. Both dogs gazed at each other. The two miniature schnauzers looked at
each other and then turned towards me.
“We believe you, but we don’t know how this happened. All we know is that if you go to the wolves, maybe you’ll find out how to turn back into a human. Fortunately, you live near the mountains and the wolves are close. You should go. They’ll know how you turned that way,” Mitzi said.
“Thanks,” I said, more to Mitzi than Milo. I headed towards the gate. “Wait!” Milo ordered. I turned my head. “Since you’re not used to being a wolf, you should know that we wolves and dogs have keen scenses, so you can use your senses to know of invisible things that eyes cannot detect. Just to help you,” he said. I thanked again, and jumped onto the top of the fence and then off.
I had never entered the mountains before; the main reason is because I feared; the animals
hadn’t been driven to the tip-top of the mountains as most other places. But now as a wolf, I had the courage and I speedily ran towards the mountain. As soon as I reached the mountain, I began my search for the wolves. I looked vigorously; I looked left and right, but no wolf; I looked up and down, but no wolf; I even tried using my senses! But no wolf. It took less than 20 minutes for me to finally get an amazing idea: howl! A screechy howl came from my mouth. As my howl finished another came further up the mountain. “No wonder I haven’t found them; they’re all higher. I’ve just been looking way too far down!"
The weather was cold, but it got much colder as I got to a higher altitude. I howled again and there was a voice. “You don’t have to do that when someone’s right here,” a wolf said to my right. I quickly turned towards him. He was a male, charcoal, wolf. “What are you doing here? Got lost? What kind of wolf army are you from? A spy?” he asked, raising his eyebrow.
I shook my head.
“I’m here to find something out,” I answered.
“And what would that be?”
“I hear that wolves know of an object that turns humans into wolves. I’m one of the victims of that object. I’m here to learn about that object, a ring,” I said.
Fear struck his eyes. “That ring? You have it! Please don’t hurt me! Spare us!” he cried, rolling up on the ground in submission.
“I don’t want to hurt you. And there’s a war between different wolves?”
“Not any more. We won the last. I thought you were a spy from another breed of wolf wanting more war. Oh! And the ring. We call it, Hülf. The creator called it that a long time ago. It was named that because “hülaf” used to mean, human, and “lf” was added from the end of wolf. The creator just shortened hüalf. If you rub the ovals, you will turn wolf. I fear you because the one that has possession of Hülf, becomes very powerful. There are many enemies searching for Hülf. So beware! There are tons of enemies—”
I broke him off. “Too much information. All I want to know is how to get out of this, ‘beast
form’.” I said impatiently.
“You have to wait until your forefoot glows. The design you saw on the ring is on your fur there. It will be the thing glowing. You have to wait about thirty minutes before you go back to a human. How long have you been a wolf?” I thought. —I would turn into a human any second!
“I’m going to turn into a human soon,” I said. A few seconds past and then the transformation began. First my legs turned human and back legs grew to a human’s size. The tail shrunk until it disappeared, yet this time, no pain. My head turned to its original human form and same with my spine. My clothes returned as my fur dispersed. “This is the human me,” I said.
The wolf looked at me with curiosity. Then I remembered that since I was human I couldn’t talk to wolves or dogs. Now I didn’t have a way back home! I stared at the wolf. It stared back. Then I got an idea. I slowly walked towards him. The wolf didn’t move. I got close enough and petted him. Then I climbed on his back and when he didn’t attack me, I knew that he knew what I was doing. The wolf began dashing through the woods. He jumped over stones, making me bounce up and down. Trust me, it was not an easy ride! He went so fast and it was so bumpy it made me a bit queasy. But it was the only way to get home. When we got to the edge of the city, I dismounted him. He ran back to his home and I was dizzily on my way home. I hadn’t realized what time it was until I thought about it, but all I could say is that it was pretty late. Soon I was home and ready to fall asleep. I ran inside the house. I laid on the soft, couch, and as I expected, there was much better comfort. I got up and grabbed some blankets. I carried them to the couch, laid down, and dozed off as I had
wanted.
I slept well until something nudged me. I woke up as it happened, but at first I didn’t bother looking. Then it nudged me again, but harder. Again I didn’t bother. Then it began pushing me. Then it stopped. “What the heck do you want?!?” I shouted. I finally rolled over and eyed him. It was the wolf! I quickly sat up. “How’d you get in?!?” I asked. Then I spotted the door left open. The wolf put his paws onto the brim of the couch, then rubbed the ring. I groaned and fell back onto the couch. Then the transformation began. I turned wolf then pounced off the couch. “First of all, how did you get in here? Second of all, how did you find me? And third of all, why are you doing this to me?!?”
“Doing what to you?”
“Turning me into a wolf, you idiot!”
“Because I need to do some things with you as a wolf…and I am not a idiot!!!”
I sighed. “What do you want?” I finally asked.
The wolf frowned. “I just told you,” he said, “I need to do some things with you. I found you with my senses. Oh! You owe me! How much do you weigh?!? Agh! You killed my back! Now…outside, before we get caught by your pack” he ordered. I was caught off guard when
he said “pack”, but I geuss that was a way for a wolf to say family.
We entered the outdoors, and the wolf began to talk. “The main reason I’m here is because you need to get used to being a wolf; I’m here to train you.” All this?!? Just to train me?!? But it was for my own good; he did say I’d have many enemies.
“Before we start, what kind of enemies will I have?”
“Magical, non-magical. Now they’re going to look for you, whether you’re human or not. Now
you can’t really protect yourself as a human, can you? That’s what I thought. Now, you may not like to kill, but it you got to. Its for your own good. Now, try to bite me.”
“BITE YOU?!? ARE YOU INSANE?!?”
“Nope,” he answered.
“WHY DO YOU EXPECT ME TO BITE YOU?!?”
“So you can learn to defend yourself.”
“Well I’m not doing it! I’m not the guy to do it”
“Fine, then try to defend yourself.” He jumped straight at me and bit my leg.
“OWWWWWW! You’re going to pay for this!” I jumped at him. He jumped out of the way. I
growled angrily. I side-stepped slowly, then jumped at him again. This time I struck. We fought brutally. Finally he gave up after I had his throat.
“Very good!” he said, getting onto his feet. He shook some dirt off of his head like a dog shakes water off of his body. “You’re better than I thought!” Then I nervously realized what I had done.
“Don’t make me do that again!” I ordered.
“You’ll have to do it if an enemy attacks. You have greater power than what you just showed
me. Even you are magical. Now you are just about as vulnerable as I am, but when you figure out your true power…you would be almost invincible to them. You could even destroy Zenq. If you do defeat Zenq, you would be honored, that even our master would bow to you. ‘For if the dark ones’ leader gains control over Hülf, they would destroy all the earth, and he would reign a frightful reign’, our master says. So if you do go after him…be careful.”
“Wait,” I said. “Who's Zenq?”
The wolf stared at me very seriously. “That demon” he said angrily, “is the worst thing that’s
happened to us. Through out thousands of years, Zenq has destroyed our homes...our children...our lives. Nothing but evil creeps from that beast. You’d have better stay away from him until you’re fully trained.” he got lost in memories of what had happened in his past. He shook away the thought in disgust, and changed the suject, “Now hurry into the house. I’ll see you, tonight.”
“‘Tonight?!? Its Tuesday?!? Thought it was still Monday! Its later than I thought! Next time,
don’t wake me up so late. Got that?”
“Yup. If you want a good rest, you better go in.” I nodded. “And remember…use your senses
when you feel something suspicious is going on.”
I nodded again and went into the door. I turned back into a very sleepy human, and gladly I was back in my soft couch. I let out a deep breath then let my body rest.

I woke up. I groaned and pulled the covers over my head, but that wouldn’t do any good in putting me back to sleep. I uncovered my head looking for a good spot in my bed to fall back to sleep. But the spot wasn’t showing up. I was amazed I’d just been asleep. I tried anyways. I thought I’d never get back to sleep, but I did...
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So.....? Wha did ya think? More comin'.

You posted it on teh expansions forum of all places? Have fun trying to get decent feedback from anyone who isn't deux really.

I changed it so its a direct post so you don't have to click the link.