A bit of both worlds

So I decided to open an old file. Decided to just paint over it rather than render and texture in Maya. I actually like it better this way than trying to second guess the settings over and over, then wait to find that it looks wrong. I kinda like how its looking so far, but I think I might add more to it.

Below shows the current steps to get there.

And one more update, adding some more highlights and adjusted lighting.

Not 3d, but still something cool.

Something I worked on with a friend to get a feel for film making. Though we didn't realize the lighting would be worse, he managed to salvage a good portion of the film, so I did a quick vfx test for the end sequence to see what it could look like.