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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.
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Again these are more models to be added to my kitchen scene. Lavell is my son’s middle name. The label was done in corelDRAW. I have begun using only the Arch @ Design material because it is so easy to get the effects I want with out a lot of effort. I really like the glossy reflections you can get with it.

Thanks for viewing]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:48:37 +0000 http://rovert.cgsociety.org/gallery/569100

I was working on this trike for another scene. I ride a red and white Yamaha virago and thought it would only be fitting to make my trike a Yamaha.]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:37:01 +0000 http://rovert.cgsociety.org/gallery/565825

This image came from relearning how to do lighting in max using the Mentalray renderer and Mentalray materials.]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:11:01 +0000 http://rovert.cgsociety.org/gallery/568504

This was a scene I created just after I learned about ambient occlusion. I was used two lights in the daytime scene. A spot light for the sun coming in the window for the sun and a second area light for the ambient light coming through the window. The night time scene has one light in the closet. The image outside the window is a render from another scene. At the time I was putting an ambient occlusion shader on an omni light. I have now been putting the AO on the material. I didn’t us final gather or global illumination in this scene.]]> Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:49:10 +0000