How's my lighting?

Yeah yeah… I know.. it’s a spaceship. The dreaded thing people don’t like to see on a reel.

I just want to know what you guys think about the lighting and texturing. Im trying to target Photorealism with the Maya renderer. The only texture created outside of Maya’s Hypershade/multilister is the “Angel” word which was done in PhotoShop.

http://www.thecomputervine.com/~Phil\_Artis…oup/CopyPs1.jpg

BlueWater
Freelance Animator
Maya, Mirai, PowerAnimator

BlueWater
Freelance Animator
Maya, Mirai, PowerAnimator

BlueWater,

Textures on the ship look pretty cool - I take it you are going for a very organic look? I only have one complaint - I can’t see the whole ship! Iam just curious about the design, I wasn’t really able to make it out. Also the shader is neat. but I might expect to see something like it on maybe an amphibian or reptile (what do I know, the ship could be an amphibian).

Neo

“There are no such things as bad animations…no, wait, yes there are.”

“There are no such things as bad animations…no, wait, yes there are.”

I also really like the organic shader! However There are some shapes(?) on the lower right and middle left that appear kind of flat. Since I cannot see the whole ship, I may be confused as to what I am seeing. Other than that, the lighting is very realistic. Keep in mind though that most people’s perception of what a spaceship is lit like in space has been given to them by TV and film, with star trek like 3 point lighting, fill lights, etc.

Animan

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