Animation Studio Background

It rarely happens with me where I'm ecstatic at something that I create, but when I just tried rendering a background I modeled some time ago, I was surprised at how well it turned out to me.  Dear Renderman, how do I love thee?  I can't count the ways...

Modeled in Maya with subdivision surfaces, rendered with 3Delight.

Mr Cuddles - The Render

SURPRISE!!!

Here's a sample render of what my film should look like in the end. Coming soon. Very soon...



Autodesk Maya

Mr. Cuddles - The Layout - Draft 2

*UPDATE*

I added a basic shadow pass, and it seems to be helping a bit...but still much, much more to be done.



Trying a basic colour test to see what pattern I should go with before I finalize textures. This is going to be a long, painful process...but here's the start.



Rendered with Maya Software renderer.

Like a candle burning bright...

Here's something I whipped up while teaching myself lighting and texture design in Maya. Simple, but I think I like it. I hope to make it a habit to add at least one Maya rendered image and one character design exercise every week. Enjoy!



Maya PLE 7.0, Maya Renderer



Wireframe render