Tried SSS, displacement and normals map for first time to make this .Blend. Unfortunately I had to remove the wood floor texture, cloth texture downloaded from CGTextures website; that biscuit and cap texture is done by me in inkscape. So you can go ahead and download it now. I removed the request for suggestion on a project, 'coz its not proper place for such queries.
By the way, good luck with your exams. The accompanying illustration is adorable :-)
Thanks for the comment. There are no initial sketches, just a short story ideas in my head (sorry if it's un-pro way of starting a animation idea) the actual work will commence after the outdoor project 'm working is finished and if I have time. Like my page title says they are benchmarks of quality I want in my renders not my own renders (something for my blog readers to know my plans and what they can expect) I completed few of them. I'll publish them here. Again thanks :)
Nice little scene. Rumpled napkin, milk properly inside glass, biscuit crumbs.
You are asking for votes on your three plot set-ups, but I would like to see your initial concept sketches for them first. Could you provide a link?
I really love your White Rabbit illustration on your "to render" page, and I would also like to investigate your physics model. Is that a Blender model already? Would you be prepared to upload it to Blendswap? Was it from a tutorial or your own design?
Good profile write-up on Blogspot, why not repeat it here?