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UPDATE!

corn — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:28:00 +0000

click image view reel

I finally had the time to update(barely) my reel.

And hopefully post about 3D lighting and rendering stuff on this blog again!

Woot!

Challenge #22 Gallery is now Online!

corn — Mon, 10 May 2010 10:32:00 +0000

View the gallery here: Challenge #22: The Carnival
View the final images submitted here: Lighting Challenge #22: The Carnival (Final Images)
Visit the progress thread here: Lighting Challenge #22: The Carnival (WIP)Although my rendering didn’t make cut, I had fun doing the challenge. I learned a couple of techniques and workflows. Thanks to everyone who joined! Reading some of your inputs helped me alot!

Congratulations to those who got in! Woot!

Lighting Challenge #22: The Carnival

corn — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:27:00 +0000

This challenge features a carnival scene. The deadline for this challenge is April 30th, 2010. Your objective is to create one or more images from these themes:

• Bright Night
• Child’s Fantasy
• Abandoned
• Tale of Horror

The scene was modeled by Dan KonieczkaThe scene is available here: http://www.3drender.com/challenges/index.htm

Visit CGS Lighting Challenge Thread

I decided to do a combination of bright night and abandoned theme…

it was a perfect evening of fun and excitement when all of a sudden it rained really hard. people ran for shelter. all that is left is an empty carnival

Final Image
Softwares Used: Maya | MentalRay | Nuke | AfterEffects | Photoshop
Plugin used: wom_archlight 1.0 (thanks wombat778)

Black & White VersionProgress Rendered Images

Challenge #21 Gallery is now Online!

corn — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:40:00 +0000

and i got in! both versions that i did made the cut. now i’m in cloud nine.

you can view the gallery here: Challenge #21: The Bedroom

LC21: The Bedroom (Teenage Angst) Light & Comp Setup

corn — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:35:00 +0000

Lighting Challenge # 21: The Bedroom
Modeling: David Vacek
Everything Else: Herbert Agudera

Teenage Angst Theme: i wanted to do this theme first, but at the time when i started working on the texture i still don’t know how i wanted it to look and feel angry. after working on the Winter Sunset Theme that’s when i got the idea of lighting it like it’s being lit by a black/UV-lamp. i wanted it look like when the UVlamp is off, you wont be able to see the graffiti, nice and clean like the Winter Sunset version. but when it’s night and the UV lamp is on, it’s an angry room.

Lights: lighting on this scene was very simple. i had one pointlight that serves as the key light or my black/UV light; another pointlight for the table lamp; and an arealight for the light coming from the outside.

UVlight Effect: i did this just by adding a texture map (color adjusted in photoshop) and connecting it to the ambient color of the shader. that’s it nothing really special.

Render Layers: later on i added two lights a volumelight and a spotlight for the fog/smoke, each on a separate render layer.

Rendered Images (view image in a separate tab for a larger version)

Post: just a simple compositing work. adjusted the curves then imported it to Lightroom for some color correction and added some chromatic aberration.

Final Image
Rendered Images Gallery here

LC21: The Bedroom (Winter Sunset) Light & Comp Setup

corn — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:39:00 +0000

Lighting Challenge # 21: The Bedroom
Modeling: David Vacek
Everything Else: Herbert Agudera

Winter Sunset Theme: I pretty much like the camera angle when i opened the file so i decided to keep it. you can also see how i positioned some of the lights in the scene.

Lights: i wanted to light the scene in a semi-traditional way. i used two spotlights as my sun/key lights and two arealights for my sky/Fill lights. i used a lot of spotlights as bounce lights to illuminate some of the darker parts.

MR Lights: later on i added mia_portal_light, attached a ramp texture done using photoshop, connected it to my skylights and turned on Final Gathering.

Render Layers: made an occlusion pass for more contact shadows. and added 3 more fill lights, put it on a separate pass for me to easily manipulate its intensity during post.

Rendered Images (view image in a separate tab for a larger version)

Post: just a simple compositing work. adjusted the curves then imported it to Lightroom for some color correction and added some chromatic aberration.

Final Image
Rendered Images Gallery here

LC21: The Bedroom (Teenage Angst) Light & Comp Setup

Lighting Challenge #21: The Bedroom

corn — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:53:00 +0000

Challenge #21 features a set used in a short film by David Tousek. The challenge is to light and render the scene to express AT LEAST ONE of the following feelings with the scene:
glorious morning
teenage angst
afraid of the dark
winter mood
romantic sunset

The deadline is December 31, 2009, although if you post your work earlier, other participants can give you feedback. You can download the 3D scene files from here:

http://www.3drender.com/challenges/index.htm

This scene was modeled by David Vacek.

Visit CGS Lighting Challenge Thread

I decided to do a Sunset Winter Mood.

Render 1: Basic Lighting

Render 2: Added bounce lights

Render 3: Added more bounce lights and turned on final gathering

Render 4: Added a couple of fill lights and used occlusion pass

Render 5: Darker shadows under the bed and table.

Teen Angst Render 1: UVlight lit room

Teen Angst Render 2: Added textures for more UV effect

Teen Angst Render 3: Added textures, dirt and fog

Teen Angst Render 4: Added more textures and fog

2009 Lighting & Rendering Reel

corn — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:31:00 +0000

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1T1PRrkDF8]

or watch it on youtube

http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649

or visit the flickr set

Thank you!

Lighting Challenge #18: Science Fiction

corn — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:31:00 +0000

The challenge #18 Deadline will be Monday, March 2, 2009.

The challenge here is to create a “science fiction” style scene, using the models of a robot in a spaceship hallway that you can download here:

http://www.3drender.com/challenges/index.htm

This scene was modeled by Juan Carlos Silva. Juan previously modeled the Lighthouse challenge, which produced terrific results.

All lights and shading was done by me.. hehe.. The texture maps used in this challenge, i got from the web.

Okay, here are my renders;

Render 1: Basic lighting

Render 2: Added more colors and glows.

Render 3: added texture on the floor.

Render 3: close-up.

I’ll post a breakdown soon. =)

Shaded and lighted in 3D using Maya 2008.
Post-processing done in Adobe AfterEffects, Lightroom and Photoshop.

Lighting Challenge #17: Natural History

corn — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:59:00 +0000

the scene

The goal here is to bring this scene to life, adding convincing lighting and depth to the space. You can use whatever software or techniques you want to create an original, well-lit 3D rendering of this scene. You may add or subtract or change the models, create textures, arrange the shot as you please, or do whatever else you want to realize your vision of the scene.

Lighting Challenge #17: Natural History

first draft

render #2: change the angle and added more lights

render #3: added more lights and toned-down the walls reflectivity

render #4: Night. used render layers

This scene was modeled by Alvaro Luna Bautista (who did all the architecture and displays and everything except the dinosaurs), and Joel Andersdon (who made the dinosaur skeletons.)

Shaded and lighted in 3D using Maya 2008.
Post-processing done in Adobe AfterEffects, Lightroom and Photoshop.