Cityscape - Sep '04

Cityscape was the first involved project I did using the Maya software. It was mostly a study in polygonal modeling techniques and becoming familiar with the different types of lighting available in the package. There is no surface treatment in the scene, so all surfaces are a soft lambertian gray. I based this image off some screen shots from the movie Return of the King as well as some conceptual illustrations done for the city of Minas Tirith, including one that was used on an old King book cover. The scene took me about two weeks to construct, most of it spent just becoming familiar with the software tools.

Also available in red.