Hot Chai in Cold Weather

Look & Feel of the Scene:

I'd like to create an environment where you may have a hot Chai at any time of day or night while gazing out the window at a beautiful snowy scenery. Isn't that the ideal winter scenario?

Lighting & Composition

After rendering the scene in layers, I used Blender's composition feature to add Sky, Mist, Fog, and subtle Lightrays. Color grading and contrast levels were used to produce the final direction and visual balance in Photoshop, which helps to convey the story and draws the viewer's attention.

Morning Tea Time

Evening Tea Time

I already had a sense of the colours from the moodboard when it came to lighting the scene. These skies inspired me with their hues and brightness, and I used them as a backplate as well. The majority of the lighting was created using HDRIs from Polyhaven, with a few more lights added to the interior to enhance the details.

Modelling

Almost finished with the interior modelling, I downloaded a few elements from CG Trader and 3DSky: books, flowers, Candles and curtain. All of the other assets were modelled by me including the Landscape. I could have used a matte painting but I really wanted to try Landscape in Blender.

With the help of Blender's addons, modelling the landscape was a lot of fun. For the mountains and snow surface, I utilised A.N.T landscape. Botaniq Addon for the trees and Real Snow Addon for the snow.

Moodboard

Lighting Mood - Day

Lighting Mood - Evening