Well I've just started a 3d animation class. Haha, so my first couple of times with the software. Our first assignment was a simple cartoon character.I couldn't make the hair as thick as I wanted so you can still see the underlying polygons- that's a memory thing. We're only allowed I think 3MB. The hair on these alone are 2MB.
http://www.deviantart.com/view/31668556/
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/31619799/