From the machine (very mild nudity)

[BBB3viz]

Originally, I was going to model several different locations from Alex Garland's haunting*movie "Ex-Machina" and render an animation (in the vein of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm0HjzPdj8E"[/youtube]]Dannie's Dream).

As it happened, I got distracted, lost interest, and the one set I modeled--the underground residential quarters in Nathan's house--was so tough to render because of the many light sources and translucent glass that I gave up on the video.

What remains is this series of stills--test renders, really. I modeled the architecture and furniture based on stills from the film. The 3D characters come from a variety of commercial vendors. I published those shots on Instagram a while back, but given that I'm not going to work on them anymore, and given that Ex-Machina got an Oscar, I thought now was the right time to show them here.

I used 3ds Max to model. Hope you like them as much as I liked the film.

***some very mild nudity below***

[FrostKiwi]

I really love the way you handle glow / bloom.
What is your workflow for that? ArionFx like many use here and then just by eyeballing, until you like it?

[Loki_bg]

The thing that always like in your works is the photographic look :)Great job!The last picture is awesome!!

[Ludvik Koutny]

Next Corona version will come with significant performance improvements for scenes with many lights as well as integrated denoiser. These two things could help you get that animation rendered in reasonable time :)

[BBB3viz]

Thanks guys. Yes, the glow and bloom are done with ArionFX and a good dose of eyeballing.

I'd love to return to this scene with the next version and have a go at animating it.