Got inspired by one my brother's rendered image, I decided to render a scenery with the chess piece I created previously with a simple glass cup.
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| Compositional & Light Preview |
I realized that the lighting is extremely important for this experiment, as the image above looks... you know. Very Fake. Therefore, I decided to adjust the lighting to make the environment darker.
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| Light Pre-Adjustment |
Now, it looks bit better. However the environment seems too dark.
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| Rendering Process 1 |
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| Rendering Process 2 |
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| Final Rendering |
After experimenting with few more lighting tests, I decided that this is good enough. One thing I realized from this tutorial is that scenery is really, really hard.
Render Engine: Luxrender
