Crystal Temple: Render Experimention & Refinement

Session Notes

Returning back to the crystal temple scene I originally created in Maya 2015, I attempted to create more aesthetic objects such as banners, crystal stands and other objects in order to apply depth and story to the scene.

Moreover, enough I decided to import my crystal angel into the temple after my discussion with Issiah Ferguson did make me consider to create more scenes with depth such as how I created medieval study for the ruby sword to be placed in.

Figure A

However,strangely despite the angel and all its assets successful being imported into the scene. When I attempted to create additional lights for the room. These new lights did not emit any lighting which was frustrating and unusual since the existing lights had the exact settings as the new or duplicated lights. (figure a)

Figure B

Regardless of the lighting issues,I continued to experiment with HDR (High-dynamic-range imaging) with my rendering of the crystal temple in order to experiment with colours (figure b) and shading since I believe experimenting with different visual styles such as harsh graphic novel looking 3d renders would extremely pleasing to the eye. (figure c)

Figure C

References

Lethality. (2011). The Dark Temple. Available: http://www.askajedi.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/The-Dark-Temple.jpg. Last accessed 13th December 2016.

PakPolaris. (2010). Ancient Sith Temple Spires. Available: http://pre04.deviantart.net/94df/th/pre/f/2010/328/d/6/ancient_sith_temple_spires_by_pakpolaris-d33hu25.jpg. Last accessed 13th December 2016.

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By Sebastian Jones