3D May's expressions

This is May's 3D model. May is one of the characters in Hayao Miyazaki's film "Totoro". The film is originally in 2D, made in Ghibli Studio, Japan, 1988.

there are her expressions, which is realistic with an understandable exaggeration. In my opinion, this created a new style of 3D which is different from Pixar and dreamwork.

I was incredibly fascinated in Ghibli Studio's works, especially the Hayao Miyazaki's ones. I am attracted not only because the story, but also the drawing style and the way the characters merge into a background with colourful stylized tone. But, the most interesting thing to me is that how does he come up with such brilliant, unique and wonderful ideas. I keep asking myself the same questino until I saw the documentary named "The secret of creation". It is about the film "ponyo", how does it be created from ground. From this documentary, I learned:
1. Love what are you doing/your job. Only if you are interested in the job, then the job is no longer working but a hobby that you can have fun from. Then, you can discover the things you never realized before.
2. Love your life. Enjoy your daily life, nothing happens exactly the same to the same guy, try to explore something around you everyday, that is how you get your creative ideas.
3. There is no formula of inspiration. There are so many ways to get inspiration, the expression is are a sealed box, you cannot get any creativity from it. Try something new everyday.
4. Follow your heart. Your heart is the fountain of theinspiration. Something amazing will happen when your will sets free.