Good pose of Gopher in stage "1" of his route

1) When Gopher first makes his appearance in the banner, he’ll pop up his head in the far       lower R corner of the banner and will be facing the viewer. This head shot should be more on the realistic side at this point and should begin to display his personality... defined as -

Hard-working, OCD, persevering, with integrity, will do anything to accomplish the job.  But he should also be engaging and endearing while looking a little beat up (especially when he comes out of the tunnel)! A little edgy might be a nice abstract touch ;-)

Good pose of Gopher in stage "8" of his route

   8)  Next appearance by Gopher’s will be when he reappears in the far lower left corner – again by popping up another (different one) of his more realistic heads out from the black    abyss, with a word bubble above his head that says “got it!”

Great pose of Gopher in stage "10" of his route

10)  Here for his final appearance - Gopher will stand up facing the viewer.  Size-wise, I envision him being about 2/3 to 3/4 the total height of the banner.  He will be holding the found MCU in his paws which can be drawn by you to look like a realistic MCU, or could be inserted from a stock photo that we will provide.  This standing Gopher will have a word bubble that says ‘your “best fit” MCU!’

Samples of MCU's (computer chips)

As noted in stage 10 above, Gopher will be holding the found MCU in his paws which can be drawn by you to look like a realistic MCU, or could be inserted from a stock photo as shown below. 

Proportionately, the MCU should be about 1/2 to 2/3 the width of Gopher's chest tho a little larger could be used depending on how it looks against Gopher's standing body in the shrunken size.  The important criterion is that it be recognizable as an MCU.

GOPHERS, GOPHERS, GOPHERS!

The following Gophers are some of my favorites (for expression or body gesture) and may be useful to help you to understand the Gopher's facial features & anatomy.... and may give you ideas about how to create the personality, etc.

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