TDU Lighting Course Week 4

TDU Lighting Course Week 4

Integrating a prop into a night scene.


Initial area light added and positioned.


TDU Lighting Course Week 3

Integrating a CG digital camera to an existing plate.

I'll update this post with my progress integrating the CG camera onto the backplate using Arnold. This is my first time using Arnold, but so far coming from Mentalray I'm finding it very quick and intuitive to pick up.

Pass 1:

Initial arealight for window.


TDU Photoreal Lighting Course Week 2



TDU Photoreal Lighting Course Week 2

Considering Ambient Occlusion.


TDU Photoreal Lighting Course Week 1

TDU Photoreal Lighting Week 1

I've started doing an 8 week course with TDU on photoreal lighting, and for the first module we've been asked to consider images and artists which inspire us. The following is a collection of works from a few artists that have inspired me throughout my time as a 3D artist (and some of them before I'd decided on pursuing 3D as a career).