In this brief tutorial, we'll look at techniques for illuminating a sci-fi scene at night. Download the starting scene and follow along as we use area lights to increase realism dramatically!
Lighting
Intermediate mental ray Lighting
This extended tutorial shows you how I lit an interior office scene using mental ray area lights and Sun & Sky.
Introductory mental ray Lighting
This is a basic tutorial showing you how to get started with mental ray area lights. It really adds a new level of realism to your renders.
Making of My Son Marcus
Hello everyone, Since 3 years I create backgrounds and architectural images. I wanted to work on human model and my son was the perfect subject...
Photoreal Rendering with HDRI Lighting
This study will describe you easy step by step how you can make your own hdri images, and use for your render to get a photorealistic look.
A Collection of advices
This text is neither really an article nor a tutorial. It's more a kind of collection of advices and guidelines but may be informative for young artists plan...
HDRI in Lightwave
This tutorial has been written to serve Hyperfocal Design's customers who are using their HDRI sky textures, but can be just as easily used for other HDRI en...
Making of the Game
In this making-of documentary we will illustrate the laborious process of creating the Perry Rhodan game. Locked into dark rooms filled with computers, a gro...
Making of La Espera
I am proudly present this making to all the great artists. La espera was created entirely in Lightwave. At first we used the 9.3 version which had already in...
Making of Black Pearl Treasure
In this tutorial I will show you how I created this Black Pearl Treasure in Modo. Hope you will enjoy this journey...
Making of Did you fill up the tank on mars
The theme chosen for the CGArena challenge (Accident) opens a wide range of illustration possibilities. That's why I decided to join into it and won the 3rd ...
Quick Start Series – Part 4
This quick start series contained the information and techniques that can't be found anywhere else and an equal split between workflows came up with by Dave ...
Making of Matrouk
Hi everybody, my name is Yousef Ikhreis from Jordan. 30 years old, self-taught artist, I am working as Art Director since 2003. Also I am doing a lot of free...
Making of Manolia
I do appreciate the special mood of the studio's photography's. I thought it could be interesting to reproduce this feeling in CG. Even if I haven't practice...
Making of DinoMonster
A dream from my childhood, to become professional CGI artist (after seeing Jurassic Park 1993) combined with my affection towards Dinosaurs that I started li...