Onset, we worked with a taxidermy penguin to give all of the crew and actors something to work with. For our CG performance , we searched for all the ferry penguin reference we could find.

The aim being we wanted her to remain true to a Ferry Penguin and avoid anthropomorphising her. Our animators still had to bring her to life, it’s never as straight forward as just “copying” the performance.

Grooming is based on a modified version of Houdini's fur system for setting up the flow and direction of the feathers.

A specilised fat/skin jiggling simulation that helps sell the illusion of weight and deformation thats run over the top of the final animation.

Detailed compositing and lighting then allowed our CG penguin to come alive in the live action scenes.