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Maya Animation and Lighting

After texturing the space pod, it was now time to create some scenery. A plot of land was designed with added height in certain areas and spots of water. One heightened area has a flatter surface area, this will be used as the pod’s landing zone.

Screenshot of the scenery created which will be used in final animation.

The image below shows the experimentation of using lights, although this image looks very well lit, it made the so called ‘grassy’ area look too shiny and unrealistic.

Rejected concept using certain lighting.

This is how the scene looked with the space pod now in view, a wooden stage has been added to emphasis the landing area. The blue/purple tones created a very sci-fi aesthetic but something seemed missing.

Image showing the finished scenery with the space pod in view.
Finished scenery, ready to be animated.

Adding a different background and changing the colour of the planet in the background created this warm, burning aesthetic to the scene. This looked a lot more fitting then the previous scene.

Final animation video of the designed space pod and surrounding scenery.

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