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A significant challenge we experienced while making this film was the rigging. We had to create a rig that was universal enough to be used on most of the characters, while still giving us the freedom to animate specific facial features like the eyes and the mouth.

I would advise everyone to do is to choose a subject you are passionate about. Working on 3D characters can easily get frustrating, especially when you’re just starting out.

I started from polygon primitives and worked my way from there. This was where I needed to pay the most attention. I needed to make sure my volumes had the correct proportions. After I was satisfied with the model's silhouette, I moved on to adding the rest of the shapes that define it.

Blocking is one of the most difficult and time-consuming stages of modelling. A modeller should be able to create a block out with the right proportion and feel of the original concept. Analysing concepts and references to match proportions takes time and practice.