January theme-from-a-hat challenge (simplecg)

Final shot

Close-up of vending machines with generic power-ups. I wanted a fun sci-fi way to represent each item and decided to use binary values, but this really made most of the buttons on the keypad entirely useless. I left it in because I found it amusing :)

Initial shape block-out with painted background. Wanted to make sure that the main points of interest (shop sign, rocket) fit in the frame nicely

1-inch thumbnails for initial concept phase. I changed the cacti to pine trees to capture a more identifiable forest

Scene setup, with the background attached to the camera. The image is set to use emission so the low lighting of the scene doesn't affect it