Beakers
Nothing special here. I modeled some beakers and played with lighting and caustics. It could use a bit more work. The whole thing was done in 7 hours using LightWave (render time = 15 mins).
Beakers (click to enlarge)
Archive for the 'Lighting/Shading' Category
Mental Ray test render
Today is the first time I poked around the Mental Ray renderer for Maya. It’s also the first time I fudged around with HDR images and lighting. This image is the result of those tests. It’s a bit more washed out than I’d like, but whatever. At least I learned something.Lonely cube
That white car
Work has picked up so my time on Tankor has been limited. But today my boss was “working from home” again so I spent a little time on this. I noticed that the white car in the foreground didn’t have a reflection of Tankor as he passes by. I modeled some fake car geometry to […]
Modeling, texturing, and lighting updates
I did some more detail modeling, although they’re not apparent in this shot. I also decided to give him colors similar to the cartoon version since that’s the version most people would recognize. The body is still based on the toy though. I added a bit of depth blur to hopefully better integrate him into […]
Lighting test
Real quick update here: just wanted to start re-lighting the scene, making sure the shadows and stuff look about right. You have to click on the image to see a higher res image and compare the differences.
Lighting comparison