Green and Lean

CG Society has a great article on the technology behind "Shrek the Third."



Many new characters were created for the third installment, and the ten-year-old models from the first Shrek were rebuilt. Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, and any character from the first film needed a complete upgrade while maintaining the familiarity of the first film’s characters. Shrek and Fiona were also required to don the garb of royalty, including high heels and a cinched waist, something the original models were not prepared to handle.

Taking the opportunity to include subtle improvements, Modesto and Cutler added additional resolution to the case used for the muscles and face to improve the control of the skin over the eyes and between the brows. They also increased the muscle resolution on the face in order to add more control to the mouth and eyebrows, and added details like the folding bags of skin over the eyes, sliding skin over the jaw area, and dimples.

And by "great," I mean "extremely boring to most people."

However for those of you who do get bored reading these types of things there are lots of pretty pictures to go along with it.

Green and Lean Article at CG Society