Hey everyone! I've signed up to CGCookie roughly the same time I started Blender, which was about ten days ago (we'll say May 8th, 2019 for the sake of documentation). Seems like a magical time where everyone is using Blender 2.8 Beta and are biting their nails to stubs waiting for 2.8 Stable.
I've been drawing since I was three, always wanting to get into animation since I was twelve and animating stick figures on post-it notepads shooting each other in the face with cannons. I admit, I was a bit of a demented kid. Anyways I've recently been diagnosed with schizophrenia which is kind of a game-changer and I can't work for the time being. So instead of wasting my time watching TV and sleeping I'm taking this opportunity to learn skills on CGCookie and other tutorials floating around. My goal is to be employable in the 3D field within the next two to five years so expect to see me from time to time for the next little while.
From what I've read up on in the forum, from testimonials, and from other articles on this site it's best not to dip a toe in but to dive in head first so that's what I'm going to do. Oh, and I'm no stranger to critiquing so don't be afraid to hurt my delicate feelings if it leads to a better end result. On with the show!
@jlampel Lighting project I did for Fundamentals of Digital Lighting in Blender. Lit up a sunrise scene in cycles. I put some of your custom lights to good use.
@jlampel Second lighting project for the Fundamentals of Digital Lighting in Blender. Night scene in Eevee.
More lighting practice in the Digital Lighting Fundamentals course. Made a human bust look villainous.
Lighting practice in Lighting Fundamentals course. Rendered a night scene of the Forest Statue. I'm not quite sure how I'd add more contrast without making the scene too bright.
I love that you're going through all the exercises and even the optional suggested parts. Looking great!
For this one in particular, if you want more contrast, try going heavy on the rim lighting. You can use lots of spotlights to highlight particular areas without affecting everything in the scene.
Keep up the great work!
Submitted this project as an exercise but thought I'd put it into the polybook for the sake of continuity. The guy on the left playing the keyboards is Joey Izzo from Arch Echo.