creepy swings

yea so.. I like creepy scenes. What can I say. Jeremy was the one who gave me this idea. So I cant credit myself to being all that creepy. :(

This is my final project for my Lighting 1 class. Again there is much room for improvement. I really like this project actually. I have decided to bring it into Lighting 2 and use it for my final there as well so I can keep working on it. I want to continue to define the lighting. Make it look real as possible. Add some branches, dead grass and rocks/stones on the ground. Make the transition of the dirt and trees better, more leaves possibly.. with some animation of them blowing a bit as if it's a little windy (which will totally add to the creepiness). Make the fog a little varagated and dispersed with the light coming thru on the top of the trees too to show the shadows of leaves on the ground. etc. The possibilities are endless. I'm excited to get started again. Any suggestions would be great.

Thanks Jer for the help. I learned a great deal about the different types of lighting thru doing this project.. (most of all patience with the rendering times.. ugh)

(if the video appears too dark to see on your computer you can see it by looking at the screen at an angle form the side.. It's really dark on my monitor at home but at the monitors at the school it's perfect. I think it is just different monitor calibration set ups)

Our assignment called for subtle animation as well.

Modeled, textured, lighting all done in maya and by ME!