Flowers | Animated Lighting Challenge

This is my submission for the February, 2024 lighting challenge held by Blue Sky Animation's Sr. Lighters, Michael Tanzillo and Jasmine Katatikarn in Academy Of Animated Art.

Animated by Courtney Oberbeck

I handled the look development, grooming, shading, environment, lighting, and compositing. Rendering was done in Cinema4D and Arnold, with compositing in Nuke. The majority of props and materials were sourced from the Quixel Megascans and Greyscalegorilla libraries.

This was my first experience with grooming. But I want to continue learning grooming, but now it is going to be in Houdini rather than Cinema 4D. Also, I learned a lot of new things during this project, such as some compositing tricks or even lighting tricks. This project took me 3 months including rendering time. It was a very interesting and fun journey!

Breakdown Videos

Raw Render | Final Render

Mood References

Look Development Progress

Environment Creation Progress

Environment References

First Pass

Animated by Courtney Oberbeck