Hello everyone,

This is my final image for this competition. My chosen words were "disciplinary dilemma". My first idea was to depict the little boy as a kid pirate, pillaging and demolishing a room. Well, it sounded like a good plan however it proved a daunting task to complete. The boy being short of stature, was very easily getting lost among the furniture and surrounding objects.

That is why I chose to develop my second idea, which was to show the boy smoking and drinking in his room. He became the focal point in the scene, sittting in the middle of the room. He's a fan of Stewie, the mischievous mastermind baby in the Family Guy, and clearly enjoys a few beers when relaxing.
Overall, the lighting was perhaps the greatest challenge in this scene. The shadows were being shown very harsh and black (maya's raytracing for some reason was comming out very dark, and I wanted a smoother, lighter and more transparent shadow.) In the end however, I'm satisfied with the result.

Thanks for all the help and crits along the way guys, I've thoroughly enjoyed this challenge.

Good luck to all !

https://actechcore.tripod.com/JAfinal2-640z.txt


Here is a higher res version, 1 meg jpg.

https://actechcore.tripod.com/HQFinal2k.txt