330 Test Lighting References (Patreon)

Until now, I've never found the time between prepping for the next pack to test new lighting setups. I always use the same 2 to 3 render settings because there is very little noise and striation lines in the BG, but the lack of variety is starting to bore me and I'm sure many of you feel the same.

So I created 10 new lighting setups! Some of these I won't be using at all, there is just too much haloing and not enough contrast, regardless of the BG color. I rotated the lighting 3 times for each setup and switched around the background between light, dark, and medium.

I also did tests of all 10 lighting settings against the same BG colors:

 There is a balance to be struck between the BG and the lighting direction. You can see how bad the striation becomes when the lighting isn't suited to the background. I'll continue to test these here before I decide which to use for the main packs, but I would love feedback on preferences. Do you prefer more shadow and contrast? Or something softer?

The model used is my favorite statue, 'André Chenier’s Muse' by Denys-Pierre Puech (you can download it for yourself here)