From the ARTchive: Eustace Tilley 3d Scene

This model and scene was built for The New Yorker in the very early days of their iPad magazine app; they were looking for an interesting way to introduce video content; the 3d vrsion of Eustace Tilley would be a way to bridge that gap in the form of a video bumper that could be used to segway into unique content on a weekly basis. The project was not completed after many concerns about the uncanny valley and the mindset of the readers of The New Yorker; I don't disagree, but would like to have completed the scene. I used a vintage TNY cover as my inspiration. 

Rough first pass of the model was initially built in Silo 3d, then edited in Maya

3d Model with Maya Occlusion Pass

Texture effects added in Photoshop.