Thanks for the encouragement! My original face mask, eyes and face were alot lighter in splines. Then I added the mouth - OK, the mouth area needs detail.
Then I tried to turn the face into a nice round head - OH BOY!
Then I modeled the ears and attached them...thats when things got messy.
I am really glad you all like the overall look though - I was going for cute and sympathetic - the poor bear, after all, he spent most of his life, in my story, wired to the front grill of a garbage truck as a hood ornament!
JP