For Love on Christmas Day

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In 2022 I left my parent s' house to live with my husband and my cats in a neighboring city. I no longer felt at home living with my parents, I felt present only in body, but my heart no longer belonged to that place, even though I had affection for it.
We moved and then it felt like home. We went through a few things in this apartment and one of them was the death of my cat Claus. It was, is and always will be a difficult thing for me. But my inspiration for this challenge was him.

He arrived on the 25/12/2020th at Christmas lunch. My grandfather went to put food for the stray dogs and Claus followed him to our house, very hungry and very injured. I fed him and took him to the vet, where he was hospitalized for two days and when he left there, our chaotic days began. I named him Claus because of Christmas and Santa. He had to stay in the bathroom because I already had my other cat, Clara, and since he had FELV, an easily transmitted disease, they couldn't have contact. But the days passed and he got very well, completely cured of his injuries and healthy. Clara took the FELV vaccine and then the two were able to live together, which was very difficult at first, but with patience things became calmer and today I even have some photos of the two sleeping next to each other (this was very rare ).
So we moved, me, my husband (at the time, boyfriend), Clara and Claus and it was awesome!!! They soon got used to the apartment and over time I created the habit of sitting in one of the corners of the sofa to watch TV and then Claus would come and lie on my lap. I have several photos of those moments and that's why I decided to reproduce them in a 3D image.
Claus stayed with us for two years, yesterday was five months since he left and I miss him so much.

Software and equipment used

3DSMax, Corona Renderer

30 June 2023

Final image.

30 June 2023

I decided to represet Claus with the star in the sky

27 June 2023

Clay image

27 June 2023

Inspirations for the mood of the scene and an example of what I wanted to represent in this challenge.

27 June 2023

These are my initial sketches for the scene creation.