foreground plates

here are some more updates, most foreground elements are done. Crunch time, working on the gate and surronding elements....still need to find models for adam and eve. Due in one week!!!!!!!!!

more renders for middle ground

here are a few more renders for the middle ground Eden(right side) parts of the animation....working on more trees/vegetation for the middleground/foreground. Trees take a REALLY long time to render...but pushing on....

Concept painting - electronic illustration

painted in photoshop

more trees and light

tree light testing

doing some testing on backlighting trees for the forest on the right side of the image. Looks pretty good, took some time trying to simulate rim lighting with the sun....it's getting there. Having issues with creating soft shadows with raytracing in Vue, but I think it's coming along....

Music video project for Video I

music video I did for video I class. Done in After Effects with some 3D done in Maya.

all background plates done

So here are the rest of the background mountain plates. The will be much smaller in the final composition.