Orrery

3D Exploration

Description

I have always been interested in complex mechanical machines from past ages. A lot of the inspiration behind the mood of this project came from the movie The Prestige. My key takeaway was the process of optimizing for animation. I didn't know what I was doing when first lighting the model, so when I revisited the project two years later to animate it, I had to relight everything, choose different rendering options and add effects in post in order to make my render times realistic.

Software

Cinema 4D
After Effects
Frischluft Lenscare

Duration

Five weeks

Final renders
Geometry
References