Mischief in the Museum

April, 2025

This is the assignment set for the Lighting and Look Development unit on my Computer Animation and Visual Effects course. The aim of this assignment was to tell a story through a single frame where lighting is the main narrative driver. In my project, the story is that a child has snuck into a museum to get up close and personal with the Tyrannosaurus skeleton. The scene was rendered in Chaos Vray for Maya, my new favourite render engine for Maya.

I enjoyed working on this project immensely, as I got an opportunity to create some of my own materials and learn how to use Substance Designer through that for things like the tile and fossil materials. I also learned a copious amount about composition and framing, and how to push those angles to create a visually interesting piece. I was pushed for time, but I'm happy with the end result.

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