Job requirement

There’s a set of chocolate figurines:
”Bear and friends”
Bear is the most important one as it’s the signature historic character of the company.

Illustrations were crafted and from that, the 3D models

Progression of four cartoon animal characters from line drawings to 3D rendered models. The characters include a crocodile, a raccoon, a monkey, and a bear, each with a cute, chubby design and expressive features.

Meanwhile, some AI generated videos & images were generated and the RACOON got replaced by the new CAT.

Pack of 10 chocolate bars featuring characters from the children's show 'Cleo & Cuquin' including a monkey, a white dog, a green crocodile, and a beige cat, on a blue striped background.
Four animated animal characters: a monkey, a white bear, a cat, and a green crocodile standing outdoors, smiling and waving.
Four animated animal characters riding colorful bicycles on a park path with green trees in the background.
Two chocolate figurines of a cute, cartoon-style animal, one resembling a hippo and the other a bear, with the bear holding a heart-shaped object with an 'M' on it, against a black background.

During the manufacturing preparation stage, the models ended up with the wrong proportions. And had to be stretched

new ratio:

Four chocolate sculptures of cartoon animals, including a hippo, a bear, a monkey, and a dog, arranged in a row on a black background.

Which resulted in unpleasant appearance: literally and figuratively stretched

Here comes the requirements:

Create four new models that could fit within the new ratio but maintaining a good aesthetic and style using the new AI references and following the chocolate manufacturing guidelines described below.


4 characters (based on AI references):
- Monkey
- Polar Bear
- Cat
- Crocodile

2 styles of drawing ( both following manufacturing guidelines and 3/4 view):
- Creative
- Clean line-art (like the original illustration)

Total: 8 unique pieces

Specs:
Maintain height/width ratio
Follow chocolate manufacturing guidelines

Chocolate manufacturing guidelines

A drawing of a humanoid figure with an oval-shaped head and six elongated limbs on a dark blue background. The figure has three facial features and is labeled with 'A' on the head and 'B' on the arm.

Characters “A”
with Features “B”

Child's drawing of a snowman on a blue background, made with white, yellow, and blue chalk.

Are synthesized to a chocolate bar form, preserving the characteristic features “B”

A blue background with a white outline of a teddy bear holding a balloon, crossed out with a red 'X'.

But it’s very important that there are not protrusions nor thin parts that could break during high speed production

It’s also super important for the piece to have:

  • Clear sides, to travel freely through corridors/guides “D”

  • Good feet for the pusher “C” to push the piece

    This will allow proper flow through the manufacturing process

A colorful, crayon-style diagram illustrating a medical procedure involving a baby, with an arrow pointing up indicating insertion, and the letter 'D' on the left side, with pink diagonal lines on either side.
Six cartoonish people drawn with chalk on a blue background, three in the top row and three in the bottom row. The top row has green check marks below them, indicating correct or preferred, while the bottom row has red X marks below, indicating incorrect or less preferred.

Examples of correct and incorrect feet

Diagram showing three faces in a row with three check marks on the left side and three faces with red X's on the right side on a blue background.

Examples of correct and incorrect sides

Recap

4 characters (based on AI references):
- Monkey
- Polar Bear
- Cat
- Crocodile

2 styles of drawing ( both following manufacturing guidelines and 3/4 view):
- Creative
- Clean line-art (like the original illustration)

Total: 8 unique pieces (all in 3/4 side view, NO FRONT VIEW)
1 - Monkey:
1.a - Creative
1.b - Clean line art
2 - Polar bear
2.a - Creative
2.b - Clean line art
3 - Cat
3.a - Creative
3.b - Clean line art
4 - Crocodile
4.a - Creative
4.b - Clean line art

Specs:
Maintain height/width ratio
Follow chocolate manufacturing guidelines
Type of drawing: one set with line drawing, other set with creative freedom

Thank you for your time!