Personal Development in Specialist Pathway 
22nd May 2013

I took my test renders to my lectuer to see if they needed ajusting, he suggested a number of points that I would need to change. He is happy with the model but said the textures were letting it down and I agree. The textures on the gloves definitely need changing or touching up in Photoshop. The texture on the helmet also needs to change. He also said the chainmail looked a bit big and that I need to include a background which he has said before.  

He said add the background and use Depth of Field which I have used before.

I have built a background in Maya for the Knight to stand in, I have touched up the texture on the helmet and on the gloves. I have set up depth of field and will be rendering it through the night to get it done, but I have done a few test renders.

I think adding the background alone has made a huge difference already and the Depth of Field should make it look even better, its has taken many hours to get the render settings right but hopefully the image should look as good as I hope. I'm using Mental Ray to render it.