Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold
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Russian Pre-Dreadnought Battleship on YouTube
I already can see room for the following improvements. Firstly, I need to add a bit of reflectivity to the ship. Secondly, the wake needs tweaking, as does the ocean. Thirdly, I suppose I should figure out how to add a bow wave, and finally I need to figure out how to light it so the ship casts a better shadow on the ocean.
Of course, any and all comments are welcome! The link to my YouTube video collection is here:
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and the name of the video is "Russian Pre-Dreadnought Battleship". Here's a picture from the animation. Enjoy!
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Yes, it's easy to create an ocean but difficult to tame it! :-)
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Maybe have a look in the Visor as theres a stormy sea type thing that used fluids as well as the ocean.
Maybe you could reverse engineer that to get some nice wakes above the waterleves as the ship passes over?
Just a thought.
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I'm leaving for a four-day job upstate. No internet, but I'm dragging the ol' desktop (a LOT of downtime in the evenings). I should have a lot of time to experiment with all of that!
Thanks again!
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Additionally, at least in the picture, your particles for the smokestack look really big (like, those have to be the size of human heads.) I'd decrease the size of the particles, and either up the density, or change it to a multi-particle object (if you're using the default particles for smoke). Also, they move backwards too quickly - they should travel upward slightly before moving backwards.
Your battleship looks pretty good though, and I like the rust below the ports.
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