We got a Behind the Scenes feature for ChouChou! It was on our How to Make Macarons video:
Here is the original article edited by Abby Crawford, who was just fantastic to work with. I’ve resisted copying the whole thing here because I want to support them (and I’m lawful good), but here is a snippet:
JANET: I have no background or training in 3D. However, while working at Illumination in administration and business development, I did have some peripheral exposure to Maya. This means I nodded very seriously at the screen while artists showed their work during reviews.
… Here is the macaron actor showing off her clean UVs and demonstrating my most refined Blender skill, “One Million Accidental Viewports”:

Here she is again in hair and makeup:
