Common Art HW #6 - Use of Perspective

 This week, we were tasked to build a scene in Maya, give it various render passes in Arnold, and use those passes to create an image in photoshop.

I begin with the PureRef board I used as inspiration.  I decided to do a sci-fi scene with alien ships flying through space, in accordance with this week's "transport" theme.  My alien ships were inspired by a selection of alleged real-world UFO pictures and sightings, to give
it a unique, yet classic, sort of feel.

From there, I went into Maya and designed my spaceship.  Then, I developed a scene for these ships to be in.  I modeled a few simple space rocks, and put a large sphere in the background to serve as a planet.  The ships had a few different materials to give them a little extra visual interest.  I gave it some simple lighting with Arnold area lights, and rounded things out with an infinity wall in the back.  Then, I took my various renders.

Finally, I went into Photoshop to create the final results, assembling the rendering passes into this completed image.  I decided to go with a palate of cool colors - greens, purples, and blues - to give it an almost ethereal feel.  I turned the planet into a gas giant with the addition of some neat gradients.  I decided that the space rocks must be part of the rings, so I added in the rest of the ring in the background alongside some stars.  I also added a little bit of an airbrushed glow around the lights on the saucers, too.  So, here we have it - a small fleet of flying saucers, soaring through the rings of a gas giant - my interpretation of the "transport" theme, and my submission for this assingment.