ALIENWARE Challenge Entry: Rod Myers

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This is a rough sketch I did on my PDA for what I was planning to do. I did not want to get specific in the sketch because I want to be surprise with whatever I come up with....

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Here is a test render of the model setup. This is pretty much how this will be laid out....

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After I constructed the model, I spent some time trying to find the right spot for the camera. Here is where I put it....

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Here is a beauty render pass with textures....

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This is a test render of the lighting....

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This was one of two composite tests I made where the both render passes were composed, using a digital variation of the Front Light/Back Light compositing technique. I shifted the hue of the volumetric light at this stage. This is pretty much what I went with....

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This is the final composited image....

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