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Photorealistic Stills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1603404190641-DLT1HI024XH80SV4QHLU/Messages+Image%2835738860%29.png Animation - Photorealistic Stills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1603407547870-VV3YSI19GT0JRPGTF21D/v1-pots_final+%280%3B00%3B00%3B00%29.png Animation - Photorealistic Stills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1603404340499-91ONECJK7GNKKU1WOOCF/Messages+Image%284183788110%29.png Animation - Photorealistic Stills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1603419157413-7LCHSP7OW46B461J5R3F/Messages+Image%282851192943%29.png Animation - Photorealistic Stills At first, I experimented with making a dusty window screen. However, with the image I had picked was too repetitive and looked too low-poly and sparse. For the purposes of completing the shading, this shot has an extra spot light pointed at the window. This will not remain in the final shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1603420525599-K77Z332KL8B3RKG5PIYF/Messages+Image%281479385471%29.png Animation - Photorealistic Stills I added some lights within the room and changed the angle of the spot light outside the window. Adding lights within the room helps simulate light bouncing around the room and lighting the wall behind the window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1603420029042-17168IABJWUS77ZHHTYJ/Messages+Image%283995677215%29.png Animation - Photorealistic Stills In the previous shot, the lighting is entirely white. However, to evoke a peaceful mood, an afternoon light, I needed a warm glow. I added a PxrRectLight directly outside the window, which creates the yellow sunlight lighting the windowsill. I also started experimenting with some noise textures on the glass to use as dust. I added a gobo so the shadow of branches appear on the windowsill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1603421371752-EFI3N2B96WVEO6O4ABIH/IMG_8854.PNG Animation - Photorealistic Stills The left hand corner of the windowsill in previous shots was entirely in shadow. This isn’t realistic since the light would bleed and bounce around the room and still light the corner of the windowsill, to some degree. I added another PxrRectLight opposite the main light, at a much lower intensity. This light hits that corner and lightens the shadows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1603420353230-55EB9E33L09ZIY3OEA4X/Messages+Image%281404749658%29.png Animation - Photorealistic Stills The dust in the previous photo was too aggressive. I changed the frequency and density of the dust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1603420962098-USX0IT1W1004A12UVW1G/IMG_8856.JPG Animation - Photorealistic Stills I experimented more with the dust placement and color. The dust in previous shots was too brown- this is more grey. I also adjusted the spot light to be at more of an angle so the light filters into the room more. I lowered intensity of lights within the room as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1603422184421-AHPMZNH8WMBUGDNETYKV/window_final_final_png.png Animation - Photorealistic Stills The final render. The spotlight within the room was turned up slightly, to make the wall surrounding the window a little lighter. This helps direct the eye more towards the center of the window and helps make the wall look more realistic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1603421714999-ZQ7F51C9CWI6AWO91L5K/IMG_8855.JPG Animation - Photorealistic Stills I did a high-res render so that I could better critique my lighting. In the previous shots, the light was too yellow to be considered realistic. Here, the lighting is much whiter, with a yellow tint. I like the angle of the main light source and how it hits the right edge of the windowsill. The light directs the eye down the right edge of the window and across the windowsill. The dust looks a little too thick for how uneven it is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1603245885234-H7BS19UBIMKVW6LSHEV6/window_final_final_png.png Animation - Photorealistic Stills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1603419552067-X976YAE3ZENGJAXT5R37/Messages+Image%28950600697%29.png Animation - Photorealistic Stills Here is the shot with the shading fully complete and only a PxrDomeLight for lighting. The shot is mostly evenly lit, with some shadows around the edges of the window. The trees outside are simply an image on a semi-plane. This allows the light to look like it’s coming through the white parts of the photo more. Note that there is no dust on the window (yet). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1603246133396-789921KO9F04XDGPWRCG/v1-pots_final+%280%3B00%3B00%3B00%29.png Animation - Photorealistic Stills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1603246141396-YK1RQN72O2W7FICSZKX7/window_final_final_png.png Animation - Photorealistic Stills https://www.divyamahadevan.com/animation/glow monthly 0.5 2020-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1605478340407-7KXZMFHURNG3461KXGGV/nice_not_raw_image.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1602527946938-P90LDM43IH0V6I53Z9AH/Camel+Ekothon_Marli+Scharlin+%282%29.jpg Animation - Glow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1602533214571-SNH2Z5WI94TD2KVZHNSQ/Screen+Shot+2020-10-12+at+11.44.44+AM.png Animation - Glow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1602533539894-I2TVJWGCNN3J9QAL0VRR/part_1.jpg Animation - Glow Storboards (1/3) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1602533540168-8EF9TUIXKTYWPZGFJEKZ/part_2.jpg Animation - Glow Storyboards (2/3) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1602533540396-XHO3RIXA56Y4P1RBYC3O/part_3.jpg Animation - Glow Storyboards (3/3) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1602533560917-R6TC868K86HD4JR793VE/IMG_8832.PNG Animation - Glow At first, I began to explore the puppet aesthetic. I wanted something that wouldn't require expensive rendering, since I only had a week for 4 minutes of content. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1602533559028-LSCU9FWPMFL8MFWYFW9B/IMG_8835.JPG Animation - Glow I noticed that children's book illustrations often included simple shapes, but many textures. I wanted to bring that in to the materials, so decided to use simple patterns on the sand blocks. This also made the scene more visually interesting, without making it too complicated to render out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1602533668046-E6T2J6V75LTN418HOEYJ/IMG_8833.jpg Animation - Glow I needed to be quick with the modeling, so our main character was made an astronaut. Since children's books often have the main character in some kind of costume, it felt like an acceptable "hack" without breaking the visual aesthetic of the story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1602533559449-QBV4U2XM1AHAMTSZFI0U/IMG_8834.JPG Animation - Glow Per my teammate's suggestion, I added a pattern to the astronaut suit. This had the effect of making it seem more like children's pajamas, thus adding to the playful atmosphere we tried to cultivate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f838d37e6ebb25ecbf9d648/1605478340407-7KXZMFHURNG3461KXGGV/nice_not_raw_image.png Animation - Glow While the majority of the video has very simple lighting, I needed to experiment a bit with how to signify "glow". I ended up doing this by using some simple spot lights and disc lights within the helmet and right over her heart. 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