How to create this nice warm lighting?

Stu2Prof

Hi guys I'm a big fan of the lighting used by Timothy Reynolds in his 3d illustrations.

http://www.turnislefthome.com/206630/5823403/3d-work-client/twitch-2014-recap-(illustrations)


I believe the thing I enjoy a lot is that there are warm shadows in the work. I have experimented with some low poly models and post processed them to create something similar but I was wondering if you would know a way to light something like that directly in 3d(either Max or Maya). I have attached the post processing exp I did below to give an idea of what I'm trying to do

Deadly Nightshade

Tint the shadows with red in the AO map for starters (create a Selective Color -adjustment layer in Photoshop, select "Black" from the drop down menu and set red to something like +15).

LMP

Also a post-process with a color look-up table or LUT, or, a tone mapper could achieve such an effect.

Stu2Prof

Thanks for suggestions
@Deadly Nightshade - Do you mean adjusting the AO texture applied to the object or would it be adjusting the AO settings in the renderer?

@LMP Thanks I am looking this up now. Is there any way to achieve this without post processing or is it just an unnatural lighting situation?

Panupat

Yea the basic idea is to get the black-and-white mask that you can quickly do color adjustments in Photoshop or other apps. It's faster that way compare to trying to adjust light colors and render over and over.

Most render engine these days has a pre-built AO pass/element for you to use. Most baking apps can also bake AO if you want.

Here's a Lynda tutorial how you can set it up with Vray.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCBEWxOHi40[/ame]