I learned so much from this project. Mostly because there was a due date, otherwise it never would have ended. This forced me to get creative and focus on learning things that I had been avoiding.
I know it's cliche, but an attempt was made to "tell a story" with the scene. Or at the very least hint at what might be going on. Using light as a composition element was the initial design study.
Rendered in Cycles 2.70a, 1280x1920, 2500 samples, 3.5 hrs
Rig-
Core i7 4770k OC 4.4ghz
RAM 16BG @1866
EVGA GTX 770 2GB
Everything modeled from scratch, but a handful of textures are from CG textures (orange, concrete countertop, wood cutting board). Photo on wall is from Flickr user dfinnecy, titled "broken egg on black construction paper3"
link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfinnecy/82797824/in/photolist-8jmUG-8jmUp-8jmUN-8jmVk-8jmXb-8jmWN-8jmWs-8jmWg-5bBB2i-8jmWU-7xCU86-96wjK6-5JQgvq-7DUELa-8LiX3X-8KprV6-8bwQXZ-a34nRX-a37e6q-9vSteJ-4yPk8d-a37dsW-a34mMg-4zZaqx-5231fH-7TNCBr-4KuBoq-7TNCKP-5UN2ob-FJ3WA-7j41Jw-7uh4uR-5uY7RC-5to2Y4-5s6HHz-c6goPw-7nZ1QB-4LWLrr-3YaKb-8AbbYY-3umzYk-bmG2wx-8Abc3N-7CExWU-7JuKWT-5nmj7T-9ejJT2-8Abc4s-24PbAP-89e1in
