Comments on: Are You Overlooking This Way to Make Amazingly Complex Lighting?

By: Robert Pindel

Robert Pindel — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 22:54:00 +0000

Thanks for advice! 🙂 I made some improvements. Maybe it could look better, but.. I’m happy anyway. 😉 Thanks again. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9c7d99547c68752a1afb9900d76b9b100d3b3427f33bb9934b4283627ef471e3.png

By: Gleb Alexandrov

Gleb Alexandrov — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 07:40:00 +0000

In reply to Robert Pindel.

wowow, great! Robert, I would suggest setting up the big area light to illuminate the bottles from the side (this position – side lighting – is crucial). Or rather to create a strong soft reflection. I made a quick test to illustrate what I mean: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a634febd32fd266b7e667026f4e0ea77a39013eea02e282dd3577a9972346d93.png

By: Gleb Alexandrov

Gleb Alexandrov — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 07:37:00 +0000

In reply to Sandra Gunkel. Sandra, that's nice! Maybe just a little bit too bright for my taste, but well done nevertheless!

By: Robert Pindel

Robert Pindel — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 07:24:00 +0000

Hey Gleb! Thanks for great tutorials and tips! I made my version of bottles 🙂 What do you think? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/02ea731e6dfb1cbc2bb833d5833c93981bbcef48b0b2cd32ab0c27cff103e5f8.jpg

By: Sandra Gunkel

Sandra Gunkel — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 14:55:00 +0000

thanks for the great tutorial! I still need to figure out how to get a less noisy render 😀 https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3ed93fb0814066f28afc1bfe9640fab8f6d0b8264270b0698cca303757aace31.jpg

By: Yulia Kalashnikova

Yulia Kalashnikova — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 23:06:00 +0000

I really want to ask this question, but I do not see a suitable post 🙂 I will still ask and hope that you might answer, Gleb.
What is the sexiest lighing for a robot, if I want to both showcase detail I’ve worked on, but tell a sad story as well? 🙂

By: Ivaylo

Ivaylo — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 08:27:00 +0000

In reply to Gleb Alexandrov. Thanks Gleb, sorry for the delay. Probably I missed the notification of your response! Thanks

By: George Sanders

George Sanders — Sun, 12 Jul 2015 19:15:00 +0000

In reply to Gleb Alexandrov. Understood. Nice clarification--yes, it is about the experience and that can be an amazing reality.

By: Gleb Alexandrov

Gleb Alexandrov — Sun, 12 Jul 2015 18:07:00 +0000

In reply to George Sanders.

Thanks George, I appreciate it. Regarding philosophical debate, I think the coin can fall on its edge here. What I’m trying to do is to erase the border between everyday life and aesthetic experience. What we perceive as routine, can also appear to us as something different (and amazing). Martin Seel called this change of viewing mode ‘Appearing’.

Also, I try to go beyond the understanding of digital lighting as a part of a CG pipeline. And strangely, now I think that the best way to learn cg lighting is to forget about computer graphics at all.

p.s. Nice picture by the way, thanks for sharing!

By: George Sanders

George Sanders — Sun, 12 Jul 2015 17:07:00 +0000

Think I’m finally starting to understand why GA’s pics are so remarkable. Certainly a romantic approach as opposed to the realism pushed by A Price. A classic philosophical debate. Still not quite there cause I can’t seem to really let it all hang out, let go of the cliff’s edge and see what happens. Much appreciate these tutorials, lessons in Blender, art and approach to creativity.