The Alleyway: Series 4 - Let There Be Light

Eye-level shot staring down the alley, now with added lighting!

Elevated shot of the scene.

Closer up on the back three lampposts.

This lamppost has center stage. By the way, if you couldn't tell, I reallly like the moon.

Shot of a different lamp post and how it illuminates its surroundings.

Maya is basically a jerk about lighting. No matter how hard you try and tweak things, Maya will make them look hiddeous. It also didn't help that the book was telling me the wrong stuff, such as making the lamp lights have an intensity of 25 (they're only about 3 to 4 now). This would make them multiple times brighter than the moon. Silly book! All in all, lighting is difficult but rewarding when completed! The scene looks infinitely better than before lighting when everything was all the same.

Animating the Door

Picture of door opened at the end of animation sequence - the hardest part of animating was organizing the heiracrhial ranks of objects my town. So much clutter.

The alleyway: Series 3 - Textures

Tire and screwdriver - textured

Lamp post - textured

House with door, lamp post, barrel

Longer shot of full scene to see the sky, wires, and roofs of different houses