Looking at the new version there is a feeling of intimacy to the scene - very successful. A story could take place here. The old version is cold and looks like a furniture arrangement in a shop window.
Technical improvements are icing - it already has something which most 3d fails at - life.
If you can get ahold of a copy of Maya: Secrets of the Pros, do the lighting tutorial. Great stuff.
Check out the subsurfacescattering on my tongue...
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