Week 8: Color Palette and Hero Lighting
Megan liked the grunge on the cap and the scale of the stitches. However, she asked me to push the grunge more and also to make the direction of the weave consistent so it all going upwards and meeting at the top rather than going in random directions.
Also, in an email conversation with Dave about color palette, he liked the color of walls to be purple, and noticed that it also went well with the purple hat. So he suggested switching the color of the hats. (Initially we decided to have child's hat purple and dad's hat green based on WabiSabi color palette.) So, I switched the colors of the hats.
I am also working on hero-lighting for third shot, the shadows are too dark, and the father's mitt is barely visible. So, I am working on making the shadows less dense and positioning it in a way that all our hero assets are in focus. Below are the different iterations I went through before reaching a satisfactory lighting. The first image is what the shot looked liked before hero lighting and the last image is my final iteration. I learned how very subtle lighting change can bring out a major change in the look and focus of the shot.
I completed modeling and shading the medals.
I also applied shaders and basic textures to the books. We used our previs models for the books since they are not very close to camera and hence not in focus.
