So the last few years I have tried to do some kind of christmas model at this time of year and this is this years work. I really got into creating isometric rooms this year and felt it would be a nice thing to do for a christmas style scene. I really enjoyed working on this, I was a bit unsure on the stairs, I had not put stairs in this type of scene before so took a bit research to figure that out. Really like working on the little cat section under the stairs as a nice little refference to our pet cat. There are a couple different animated features in the scene, the clock hands move in real time, the wooden train can be seen going round the base of the tree, the lights flickering and of course the film on the TV.
For the audio, I kept the original sound from the film, the polar express, but then added in one of the films soundtracks over the top as I really like how it fits with this scene of the train appearing out of the smoke.
Hope you all have a merry christmas and a happy new year and remember, always believe.
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