Making of Squirrel in Winter by Al-Haitham Jassar, Jordon



Hi, this is how I made my image for the CGArena challenge themed "winter" and won third prize. I participated a bit late so I thought of making an image which was not too complex, not to forget that it was the holidays season which meant I had little free time to work on it. I choose a good and simple idea; a squirrel facing winter!

First things first, I usually draw my concepts ( on paper or with Photoshop ) and use my sketches as guides through out the whole process, that's why my final works always look so similar to the sketches.


Blender was my main software for making this image; it's a very powerful and amazing free/open source 3D application. I started modeling the squirrel first, nothing new or unusual here, I used the poly-by-poly method (not box modeling).



I didn't pay too much attention to details since I wanted to cover the body with hair later on. After finishing the modeling I named my vertex groups to and gave them different materials (this would help me later when I add hair).