Lighting Test - Key, Fill, and Backlight
character modeling and visual effects
made with Maya and Renderman
Academy of Interactive Entertainment, lighting assignment, circa Winter 2018. With a knowledge of lighting setups and principles from experience in photography and amateur filmmaking, my first attempt at lighting a character in Maya went quite well. I want to try another one of these someday.
a white key light used to create a dramatic or mysterious mood. Effective use of darkness
a sharp, red key light with a green fill light to illuminate shadows. These two colors are complimentary to one another, which keeps the fill light from overexposing the "darker" parts of my subject
a white key light, a blue fill light, and a red back light. Combined with a slightly lower camera angle, this moody yet fervent atmosphere is achieved by using contrasting colors with a subtle pulse of white that attracts the eye of the viewer