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Initial backlighting on models + AO

"The UFO"

Fog point lights added as fill - god rays put in

Additional fog point lights + emissive green shader on UFO model

Highlight added to UFO

Final render, about 9 minutes of rendering

The inspiration for this project came from my love of science fiction films like Star Wars and Super 8. I completed it in about 3 hours as a personal exercise. I wanted to emphasize good lighting and layout to create a mysterious, suspenseful mood.

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To achieve a fast workflow, I used the mountain object in Cinema 4D to quickly generate the environment. I quickly modeled the UFO object with 2 cylinders in Maya. From there on, I lit and textured everything in Cinema 4D, trying to get the most out of its inherent procedural shaders.

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