(Moomins) Too-Ticky

A 3D model of Too-Ticky, a supporting character from Tove Jansson's Moomin stories! This was a character I've been eager to make for a long time, so I'm glad I finally put her into 3D. She is a highly philosophical craftswoman who lives in the Moomins' bath house during the winter, and to some people she can be seen as the winter season counterpart to Snufkin.

This design for Too-Ticky is heavily influenced by her depictions from Moominvalley (2019) and Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka (1990), With most of the design scheme originating from the latter in terms of character proportions. However, to stay true with her depictions in the original books, I gave her long-toed, primate-like feet, which she shares with her 2019 counterpart. Too-Ticky is fully rigged, with 4k texture, normal, and roughness maps. A bit more thought was put into the sculpt of her base mesh as well; I depicted her husky build as a natural feature of her species, and is reflected by a comparatively more robust and compact skeletal structure. Since she is also a craftswoman, I depicted her with noteworthy muscle tone on her arms and legs, since her occupation probably involves hauling lots of lumber to make things out of. I depicted the visible skin tone contrast between her feet and her body by adding a gradient where the skin tone gradually shifts from caucasian to greyish-brown from her waist down to her feet. She even has puukko holder as well as a puukko knife; the knife can be unsheathed and held in either one of her hands via two "copy transformation" constraints.

Moomins (c) Tove Jansson, Lars Jansson, Sophia Jansson