Video Game Scene 

Reflection Questions

1. Modeling Choices: What was the most challenging object to model in your scene, and how did you overcome that challenge?

To  be honest,  I planned on originally modeling out a character that belongs to the game, Mithrix, to hold the hammer. However, mainly due to time constraints I was not able to overcome the challenge and had to scrap him. He also rather hard to make at my level.

2. Lighting Choices: How did you use both ambient and object-specific lighting to enhance the realism of your scene?

I used object specific lighting to enhance the hammer, making it look a lot more polished. Other than that I made some ambient skylights to actually make the scene look realistic, giving it a different look than the video game originally had.

3. Renderer Used: Which rendering settings or renderer (Scanline, Arnold, etc.) did you use, and why did you choose it for your final image?

I decided to used Arnold to render. The reason I did this was because I used Arnold lights, which I expected to greatly enhance the scenes realism, and they did. However, since I used Arnold the rendering process took much longer than I expected.

4. Problem-Solving: What was one issue you encountered while working on this project, and how did you resolve it?

One of the problems I had was a relatively simple fix. When I was creating my lights I added a sort of "skylight" to the scene to act as the sun, but when I did this my screen went completely white. At first I was confused, but then I just realized that I needed to majorly adjust the intensity of the light.

5. Final Result: If you had more time, what improvements or changes would you make to your scene?

If I had more time, I would 100% try and fully create a Mithrix model. It may not look great, but I would've done the best I could in the extra time I got. I might also try and edit the materials slightly. They look kind of weird and stretched out, and arent really giving off the vibe that the game was originally giving off.

Below you can see some images of the scene that I created and rendered out with Arnold. The top one is the one with materials added and the bottom one is the one without the materials.