Michael Swertfager mswertfager CG Art Location: Aptos, USA Language(s):
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"Ode to Mickey", Lighting Challenge #6 Maya, mental ray, Photoshop August 2006
This is my submission for the CG Talk Lighting Challenge #6.
It is called "Ode to Mickey". While the challenge provided a dramatic scene, I thought it be fun to add some levity with one of animation's founders "Mickey Mouse".
The image was created with Maya / Mental Ray. There are several lights in the scene, half of which are emitting GI (global illumination) photons. Final Gather was used as well.
The shading network for the candles was created using a Blinn shader with translucency, bump, and spec maps. FLuide effects were used to create the candle flames.
The smoke was compiled with Photoshop.
The models were created Jeremy Birn for the lighting challenge. The lighting challenge can be found at http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=395269
There are many great works posted in this and other challenges, I recommend all to check it out.
