Final Picture Development and A Little Bit of MAYA

I have been working around the clock since friday- mostly trying to get my head around the essay and how I'm actually going to lay it out. but that's during the day- at night, my digital artistic pen rushes into my hand and we get to work on my final drawing.

But- I'm still learning how to light a scene. I've only really done day lit paintings and  'plain' lit pencil drawings. so- I thought to myself how to get the lighting in my peice correct. I'm not use to painting light from a single low-to-the-ground source or infact digital light. but- then, my mind turned to the new format I have been given since four days ago- MAYA. and so- I'm useing MAYA to help direct where the light will fall most of all on the character;

Setting out the modle to look like my character (though simplified)

though unfinnished in the shadeing/lighting, this picture shows how I keep a little rendered MAYA version of my final peice near the figure, so I can make comparisons and editds.

 Yes- the model isn't entirely accriate, but I wanted to know how and where the light would fall and how strongly in areas, I can add the rest such as hair, fetures, skin texture myself.

Maya Lighting

For some reason I wasn't able to join the MAYA blog, where you get all the important information. but- I have been improviseing since the lighting lesson. picking up bits of important informaion as I work on what the tutor is telling me, and so- though not intirely what we were suppose to do- expecially with the scenes, I did try and partake in the lighting lesson;

5 point lighting consisting of red, orange, white, yellow and grey. This was also a big step for me in another way- it is my first riggled model- you can see where the joint nodes would be.



Three point lighting. Three directional lights consisting of Red, Blue and White. This was the fist model that I made with just a single sphere. it too- is rigged.