ANIM 623: Lighting Test

This morning while I was waiting for some stuff to get done that didn't require my computer, I let it sit and render out a low resolution video file of my animation. I have been playing with lighting for about the past week and I have discovered that lighting in Maya is not very intuitive. As you watch this, you'll see some artifacts that I hope to get rid of by the end of the semester. Essentially, after I light the darn thing and then spend some time tweaking the animation curves, all that is left is to render it out.