New Brief started!!

This week was the final hand in date for the lighting brief. I was feeling pretty confident coming up to this as I felt my work was good and that I had enough to pass, which I did :)

On Friday I started the character modeling brief. I've created my 4 mood boards and I am leaning towards a post apocalyptic scene where my character is the survivor of a nuclear war and not much is left apart from some buildings and recently build shanty towns and the odd survivor but not all of them are friendly. So as you can see I am really getting into this and am looking forward to getting started properly.

Blog Update

Today I have been changing the lighting in my maya lounge to the desired lighting theme I chose for my lighting brief. The lighting scheme I went for was like in a cinema, floor spotlights and wall lighting. I chose this theme as I like the glow you get from the wall lights and with the floor spotlights i like the way they light the path in the cinemas. In my scene though I like how the spotlights light up the seating. So far I have added the new lighting into my lounge and it is looking pretty good. Also I have saved a few renders of the lighting as well.

Lighting Tutorials (Table)

Here are some screen shots of my table.

Lighting Tutorials (Apple)

 Here are some screen shots of my apple render.

lighting

This week I have been working on lighting. I have been creating a handful of mood boards on lighting such as general lighting, lighting fixtures and also a few case studies on specific types of lighting in certain environments. For my general lighting mood boards I took a look a look at lighting in areas like; on the road, in the cinema, sports halls etc. Also I had a mood board of just different light fixtures. For my case studies I chose rainforest/forest, sporting venues and stage lighting. I chose the rainforest and forest mood board as I like the way the light has to shine through the gaps in the leaves to light the area and you get good beams of light peering through. I chose the stage lighting, as it is important for concerts as it creates the mood and is often personalised towards the band playing. Also you get laser lighting that is very different as it shows the stream, which the light produces, and it stays the same diameter all the way unlike most lighting. I chose sports venues as they have direct lighting onto the area where the sport is being done and the crowd is fairly dark. Also with stadiums they use a lot of natural light to light the stadium during the day and flood lights to light the pitch/area at night, again the stands are not light.

More Mood Boards

Lighting Mood boards.