32 Ford
Hotrod By Frank Rivera
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Take notice of what looks like a tree over
the car. It's actually just a bunch of planes in one huge mass. This is how I achieved the
dapple look on the car and garage door.
The reflections in the window are in fact
actual reflections not an image placed behind the garage door. If you have ever tried
getting glass reflections that mimic real life you know that this effect cannot be
achieved with just a high reflective surface. What I did here was create a chrome cube and
place it directly behind the windows of the garage door then I used a semi transparent
plane in front of that to hide the chrome look of the cube. This gave me exactly what I
was looking for, a more true to life look.
The lighting was done with two local lights
and
one infinite light. The infinite light is the only
shadow casting light in the scene the other two
local lamps provide the necessary fill light. The
lighting of any scene is the most important
ingredient in the soup. Experimentation is very
important and is usually how I find just the
right combo that makes the image.
Well that's about it for this image. I hope
this will help cast some light on how I created the image that seems to be appearing on
everything from Caligari's product boxes, advertisements, books and magazine articles. The
real key to this image is the lighting. You can find numerous tutes and tips on lighting
in tS all over the net. I suggest checking out some of the sites I have listed on my links
page for some great tips. |
