The Survivors Garden
The Survivors Garden is an environmental storytelling scene and interactive environment that depicts a garden that has been created as a sanctuary in an apocalyptic world.The scene is rendered in 360 degrees to allow the viewer to experience every angle. the 360 degree video can be viewed here.
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Programs used:
Maya, Arnold, Speedtree, Substance, Photoshop
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Responsible for all aspects except for the mech, hostas, and Heucherella
The initial layout was going to be a lot messier. The garden was a place that was once taken care of, and is now abandoned. But as the piece developed, it turned into a paradise space that someone has taken refuge in.
Because trees are such heavy models, most of the foliage in the scene are placed as Arnold stand-ins. This significantly improved render time. Above are some screenshots of what the scene looks like in Maya.
Here is the finished scene in the flat 360 image