May 13, 2022
I unfortunately had to render it in lower quality than I wanted because it was taking SO LONG, so I rendered some individual stills in high-quality to display on the website. I used the Arnold skydome to light the scene and I really liked how the background and shadows came out.
I feel like this lonely robot in the desert could be a profound commentary on the future of our world.
I modeled the robots myself and used parenting to create hinging joints. I used a brushed metal shader for the robot's bodies, an incandescent bulb shader for the bulb on the antenna, and a balloon shader for the balloon.
This is the final rendered version of the animation.
This is the playblasted animation that I used as a stand-in until the final render finished. I quickly switched all of the shaders and lighting from Arnold to Lambert/Phong/Standard Shaders and do not like how it looks.