/3/ - 3DCG

Working on another NPR type render thing. This time going for something with a different feel.
It's a very much work in progress though.
Ignore the shitty pose for the dude (and lack of gloves), and the chunky as fuck tong thing, I plan on fixing both of them next. Going to flesh out the background some more as well.

I am a bit confused as to how to reliably shade the guy though. I'm trying to go for hard shadows, but if I push it too far, the dude just comes out 2 tone, and if I let it slide with a gradient it doesn't look 2d. I've opted for more tones, but now it looks like some Obama poster shit.
Maybe I should stop going for 2d and just go full on ridiculous and make shit up as I go along. Best of both worlds type of shit I guess.

I know there's not really much to see with this one, but I'm just posting it to post it. Maybe you guys can help shape some kind of direction.