“The teapot is a pivotal element in the history of 3D modeling”. My tea set is a typical Chinese tea service, which is dominated by the teapot, but includes a creamer, cups, plates, and a tray. My model is taken from zishateapot.org and called Chinese Dragon Kung Fu Tea Set which is made of clay (except for the tray: the tray model is taken from a different source).
All these images (as well as some of my drawings) were used as references for my models. The references for the tray are taken from target.com.
In Maya, I created a new Mila material with the following base and flakes parameters:
I think the material came out pretty realistic. For the tray, I used Mia brushed copper preset. The table top is simple Lambert.
In the master scene, I generated lights (point lights with race tray shadows) and cameras appropriate to a high-quality, professional photo-shoot. After adjusting the appropriate render settings, I rendered two pictures with my tea set still life(the end resolution is 3000 x 2000 px) using Mental Ray renderer.
