Late Night Poker

"Late Night Poker" is made up from two different assets: "The Library" by Dani Schoenfeld and "Pokerpus", designed by Chris Ayers, modeled by Sarah Tarr.
I thought that an octopus inside that environment had a lot of potential to create a nice atmosphere, this is my take on trying to achieve a moody late night card game inside a cozy space. I tried to focus mainly on creating an interesting lightning scenario using various practical lights, working inside Nuke to give the extra 10% left to finish the piece, like the eye treatment and element integration. This has been by far the most challenging project I have done, both in terms of lighting and compositing.

Overall I am very pleased with the result, hope you like it!