The Making of 'Hiking Trail"

This project was inspired by a hike in Eaton Canyon, Pasadena. When I not sitting in front of the computer, I enjoy the outdoorrs for relaxation and inspiration.

The project was based on the above photo that I took during the my hike.

I used the following software: Maya 2014, Mudbox 2014, Mental Ray, and Photoshop. Maya was used to model the terrain, rocks and single tree trunk. Paint effects was used for the bakground trees, plants, and grass. mental ray was used for rendering with a physical sky and Photoshop for compositing.

Clockwise: Final Comp, Ambient Occlusion, Wireframe, Normal maps. The normal maps were used on the rocks, the hillside, and the tree trunk. Autodesk Mudbox was used to sculp and tecture the rocks, the hillside, and the tree trunk.