Maya: Caustics and The Chest

Original 

Caustics Add in 

Add Spotlight 

Add Area Light 

Area Light Colour Change 

Add Atmosphere 

Final Render 

This by far was the hardest of the tasks to complete so far, as although I have learned a lot, this tutorial also had some issues loading, which I feel might of have effected the final render. Creating the Caustics I found very interesting and useful, especially now that I know I can create a water effect if I need to and how to apply it onto a scene without having to make it myself. The colour change and incorporation of lights was also interesting, however I don't like the way the final render has turned out and so might re-do it sometime in the future, because I had some issues with the scene and couldn't get the background items like the chest or the barrel to be as dominant in the frame as they are in the examples.