Lighting/Rendering Experiment using Companion Cube
Here is a little project that I've been working on in an attempt to experiment with lighting and rendering. I created this cute little companion cube to act as the subject of my experiments, as I tampered with various lighting and Mental Ray settings in Maya, and lighting and material variables in Unreal Engine 4.
The model is a companion cube from the popular game series, Portal.
A fully textured render of the finished model in Unreal Engine 4. To achieve this aesthetic I used a directional light with max temperature, as well as giving the cube itself a roughness and metallic value of 0.7.
A fully textured render of the finished model using the Mental Ray plugin for Maya. The lighting is an area light, as opposed to my typical use of the directional light.
A render of the final model untextured, using the Mental Ray plugin for Maya. The lighting is an atmosphere light.
The wire frame of the final model screenshotted from the viewport.
Companion Cube 3D Model - UE4 360 Showcase