Plug Lighting Match

For this project, I lit and shaded the plug on the right to match the photograph of the plug on the left. I then rendered an animation using Arnold to show the lighting.

Process

I matched the lighting in Maya using 2 spot lights and a skydome. I also modeled geometry for the post-it notes and the ground to match the shadows. For the textures, I used Substance Painter for the imperfections, and a pre-existing texture for the labels on top.

Compositing

I rendered separate layers for the beauty, occlusion, and shadow layers, and used Nuke to composite them together.

Final Animation

I used a lattice deformer in Maya to create a simple animation of the plug to demonstrate the lighting.