In our 3rd year 3D diploma, our students first assessment is to create a realistic rendered scene from photographic reference. They've just been learning Mari, ZBrush, Renderman and Nuke - all tools that they utilise to produce the final image itself.
As always, I tend to find that there's not a lot of things I can do when these roll around. The 3rd year is very self-directed, and by this level they should be very competent with their...
