light & shadow continued 2

I'm steadily starting to understand shadows and lighting a lot better, but I still have a lot of practice to go. So far, I've found different angled surfaces and objects leaning over the edges of others particularly difficult.

light & shadow continued 1

 

bitey: week 12 - light & shadow

Exercise learning the light source origins of shadows in a scene.

Reference: match flame casting animated shadows from bottles.

 

simple steam continued

 Steam test render using a handful of effect nodes and masks on three seperate layers including: variable blur, layer transparency and mask with feathered brush.

bitey: week 11 - simple steam

I filmed this on my Iphone and it's been compressed a few times so the video is a bit grainy. I tried controlling the conditions to capture the best steam, but ultimately, given that it's changing seasons to summer, I will have to wait for an opportune moment to capture some good quality footage.

torch continued

 

"body" of a torch flame

treated and offset duplicates of torch flame

bitey: week 9 - torch

 cheap torch animation

water tension continued 2

 

water tension continued

 

bitey: week 8 - water tension