I'm still working on the Ariel Atom II. The modeling process continues but as a little break, I tried to find out some new interesting setups for rendering. Here're the 3 setups I got :
The first one is a simple outdoor setting. A textured plane acts as a simple ground. The background is an HDRI map, and is used for global illumination. A single light is added to add bright sunlight.
The second one is a circle of many lights around the car, in a totally black environment. There's almost no need for global illumination, as each light casts shadows : a smooth blend of shadows can be obtained with enough lights. In this picture, there's about 40 lights.
The last pic is a simple studio scene. A great white plane is located above the car. It's emitting the only light used in the scene.
Very nice work on the Ariel Atom project. I'm really interested in these blueprints. Is it possible to buy from you?
Thank you in advance!
Feel free to use the blueprints I published for your own work, as this whole site is under CC BY-ND (see below in yellow area for a link with more explanation) Keep me updated of what you achieve, e.g. by posting one more comment here.