Maya, Works In Progress

[Epimetheus]

Yes, this is very cool. The indoor scene is amazing. Something about the shine makes the wood look a little...rubbery, but the whole thing is really well done.

[Telarus]

Yeah, it's a little too high reflectivity, and a little to 'low res' samples on the reflectivity map itself. Got those tips from my teacher.

Thanks everybody!

[Triple Zero]

can you also render those scenes with focal blur / depth of field blur? that might add even more realism.

[Telarus]

Thanks Trip. I did use some Depth-of-Field in the landscape shot. (The house on the right is to far in the fore-ground and thus blurred), but there wasn't enough detailed stuff in the background to sell it all the way.

I'm also interested in "tilt-shift", and eventually want to render some tilt-shifted scenes that look like miniatures.

If you want a trippy tilt-shift experience, check out Tilt Shifted Van Gogh:

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/hot/tilt-shift-van-gogh.htm

[Triple Zero]

OOOoooooooooohhhhh sweet! Thanks!