Lighting Pass #2

Here's the current state of my lighting.  I added some bounce lights to the screen and the vase.  I also broke everything out into render passes so that I could add in some extra reflection to the pewter and the frame.  Now that the comp system is set, I can continue to iterate as needed. 

Lighting Pass #1

I put my main key lights into my scene.  There are also a lot of extra lights to bump up the SSS on the candles.  The glass in the frame is also causing some issues- I'll need to do 2 passes to make sure I keep both the reflections and the saturation/value of the fabric swatch inside.  I also set up raytrace reflections, so they are more accurate now.  I think I'll want a separate pass of the faux reflections too, so I can bump up the pewter's values a little bit.  Anyway, here are some images!

Current light set up.

Current light set up (w/o frame glass).

Pewter with faux reflections (old lights though).

Shader Update!

Played with the frame some more, and created a "fabric" piece inside the frame.  I'm still going to have to tweak as I start to light, but I'm just about ready to go.

Lighting Challenge: New Paintover!

Based upon feedback, I decided to redo my paintover to emphasize the motivated light from the lit candle.  I pulled some of the colors from my reference image.  I really like the spill of light onto the stone/wood surfaces the candles are sitting on, so I'll try to replicate that in my renders.  Overall, could be more saturated in the colors, but I like where the light is falling.

Lighting Challenge: Testing lights...

I decided to throw a couple lights into the scene so that I could have a basis for doing a new paintover.  This also allowed me to check over my materials to see how they might look with actual lights on them, not just an environment light.

I think my specs are too shiny for the pewter and ceramic vase.  I already toned done the candles and the plate, and they look better.  The frame still hasn't been touched, hopefully I'll get there in the next couple of days.

Lighting Challenge: Shader Update

Some images of where all my shaders are now.

Candles: Fixed the wick issue I was having on the turned off candles.  Reflections down a smidge?


Pewter: Looking good... may need to turn the dirt down a bit.

Closeup of holder.

View closer to size in actual size

Porcelain Plate: Added brush bristle streaks in blue rings around plate.  Still need smudges and fingerprints...


Incense: Created a burning incense shader.


Wood: Still needs some love- dirt, better bump, paneling, tone down specular?


Paper: Fix tiny splotches (make smaller)


Frame: Need to START!

Lighting Challenge: New Composition, pt 2

I brought my candles in a smidge, and cropped in a little.  I'm going to stick with this for now I think.