This image was inspired by an old Family Circus comic strip. I have had to stop work on it for another project but hope to return soon.
I have learned a lot doing this image. I have had to rethink the way I do materials and lighting. When I started I was doing the trick on putting an ambient occlusion shader on an omni light and just using any old material. This caused major issues when I began getting strong highlights on the more reflective materials from that light even when that omni light was turned off. I started using the arch+design mentat ray material exclusively and adding my AO to the material that way. I never really worked too much on the lighting in the scene. I am using two mr area spots coming in the window. One to shine on the floor and one to light up the room. The rest is AO and FG.
Eventually I will add more things to the kitchen as well as my family. Hope to return to this and have it done soon.
Thanks for viewing.