LO 5 – 3D Computer Graphics

“So Long, Farewell” is a 3-dimensional graphic piece by Ferdinand Vazquez, Lighting Generalist at Digital Domain.

Described as a “still life rendering using Maya and Mental Ray”, this project depicts a realistic bird’s-eye view of assumably a dining table and a variety of different accessories. By the multiple sketches that the artist presents at the bottom of the project, Vazquez shows the process that he followed and the applications that he used to create such piece. These applications include Autodesk Maya (Maya), a 3-dimensional computer animation software with powerful modeling, rendering, simulation, texturing, and tools, as well as Mental Ray, a production-quality ray tracing application for 3-dimensional rendering.

As portrayed in the piece, Vazquez’s artistic abilities are completely evident, from the appropriate shading and lighting to the intricate details of every aspect of the picture. All of these qualities contribute to the graphic piece’s overall success in achieving realism and imitation of a real-life perspective.