PART II
Tweaking Your Bear

1. We need to "tweak" our different body parts.  For the purpose of learning the process we'll use the left arm.

2. Click on your  Object Selector tool and click on the left arm.

3. In your Tool Options window click on Node Edit:

4. The first thing I did was add four nodes as shown below. To add a node, hold down your control key and hover your pointer above the point where you want to add a node.  When you see the word "ADD" appear, click with your left mouse button.  I usually add more nodes than I think I'll need since it's easier than adding more later.

5. Once you've added your nodes, double click on one of your nodes to select them all.  Right click on one of the nodes and choose "Node Type" from the fly-out menu; then choose Cusp.

6. Click anywhere on your canvas to deselect your nodes.

7. Click on each node and move it around and play with the curve until you are happy with the shape of your arm.  You don't have to play with each node...only the ones you need to to get the right shape for your arm.

8. Here's a close up of my arm and what each of my nodes looked like when I was done editing:

9. Continue with each part you think needs "tweaking".  I either moved or tweaked all my shapes and ended up with this:

(image shown at actual size)

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This sure looks like a mess right now, doesn't it?  Well, get ready, 'cause we're about to make it look even worse! 

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