At that point I decided to port everything over to Maya for good. While I want to learn Max, doing so in a grade- and deadline-based environment is not the place to do so and has been a major inhibition with my work flow and efficiency.
I slapped together the remainder of my scene in a few hours. I prettied up the shadows and scattered some foliage around my desert scene. I still have to make the water ripple during the camera fly-through but besides that, my scene is almost complete.
After showing my render to Aby, she suggested having more of a sunset effect with the sun. I did try this, however the angle of the cast shadows reduced the visual appeal. I decided to keep it with more of an afternoon time setting despite the sky box being orange as during sunset.
Below is frame 41 of 362 of my fly-through. It shows a good portion of the main area and its details.
Edit: Here's the full video. I had some trouble putting it together due to software incompatibilities.
Here's my character concept:
3 comments:
I really like your sky texture. The orange sky really gives kind of a spaghetti western feeling. The desert looks and feels dry, so the oasis is a really nice touch.
I like how we both did desert oasis', but the feeling of them were completely different.
Your trees and cacti both look pretty awesome.
I like just about everything with your scene, its not eye jarring or anything, the little pond with the foliage works well and I like that you show all your LoDs. Personally I think your dunes are a little too sharp, they don't feel like sand to me because of how sharp the curves are in them, but that's my only critique.
I love the way you have your sand set up, and your bushes are very creative reusing the palm fronds was genius.
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