NIGHT RENDERING

NIGHT RENDERING STEP BY STEP

This image was created for a mediascape design. The goal was to create a powerful rendering showcasing the lighting, the concept. and how the space would be experianced at night. Here is how it got there:

1 | BASE IMAGE

RGB BASE RENDERING

SKY TEXTURE

LIGHTING 1

2| SKY & BASIC LIGHTING

To emphasize the main mediascape and let the lower part of the image be the focal point, I chose a sky with a gradient - darker at the top and brighter towards the bottom.

CONTEXT TEXTURE

LANDSCAPE TEXTURE

3 | texture

I added a very basic texture to the context since most of it will be covered by the entourage. The context imagery was taken from screenshots of google street view.

3 | Landscape

Getting the scale and lighting of the landscape right is what gives this image a clear background, midground and foreground.

LANDSCAPE LIGHTING

HUE & SATURATION

5 | LIGHTING II

This is a night rendering so adding purple, gray and blue tones gives it a nightime mood.

SMOKE LIGHTING

SMOKE TEXTURE

IMAGERY

TEXT

6 | SMOKE

The smoke was created using a few photoshop brushes, cutouts for the women's face and some text. The text was warped (transform tool), following the shape of the smoke.