Olivier, the lost boy

I present Olivier, a young boy that got lost in the forest. He's the protagonist in my short film where he discovers some small mythical creature that help him find his way. 

This was my first attempt at doing something stylized although I'm satisfied now, the process was very hard for me as I was always trying to stray away from pure realism. 

A key concept of the design was trying to make him seem lost in his own clothes. The oversized boots and coat give the idea that he's not in his element. I did quite a bit of research trying to make him fit in a rural area of the 50's. The corduroy coat, leather boots and overall soft colors pulls him back to this decade.  

I'm also quite proud of this piece because this character is the first one I designed and created.

We can see especially in the boots render that I still kept some touch of realism in my textures although the form is quite stylized. I even added some Xgen on the socks to push that fluffiness. In the end I decided to keep the hair modeled as it good contrast between more realistic textures for the clothing and more stylized one for the face. 

You can find my wireframe renders down below:

I want to tank Ahmer Ali that helped me during the process, restlessly critiquing the results and pushing me to do better.

I hope you enjoy this character as much as I do, I'm really excited to start animating him!

Congrats to everyone for their great entries!