Lighting a Scene in Maya

 Spotlight at 40 degree angle

Added area light above LN

 

 Added point light behind L, close to ground

Build a Scene in Maya: Initial Landscape

I had a problem with rendering. Therefore, I used my camera to take this picture from computer screeen. 

Character Animation

I think I spent too much time on the set, instead of the animation. After I finished setting up the set and lighting, I only have few hours for the animation and editing. For this project, I chose a toy figure (Leogolas) for my stop motion character; I created an environment and a story that related to his custom. I used cardboard and papers to build the landscape. After that, I took a video reference base on the character's (hunting day). During the animating progress, making the animation look smooth and character to stand still were the most difficult tasks. I learned that the animation would look smoother when I add more poses between the key poses. However, I did not have enough poses between the keys in my animation. The character could not stand still, and the joints were difficult to bend. I always lost the marks from the character steps, which made me really angry because I had to star over again.