Create a realistic, complex scene such as the interior of a house, castle, cave, mountain or other interesting area. Your models can be more simplistic, but you will need many different objects arranged in a more complex 3D space. You will also need to create a more advanced lighting system for your scene, such as sunlight, moonlight, or firelight. Animating camera movement is a great way to view the scene that you have created. Create a more complex scene that includes:

• Setting
  • Indoor vs. Outdoor
  • Night vs. Day
  • Location: What is the location? Is it in a house, buildings, cave, forest, desert, etc?
• Objects
  • Use a lot of simple objects or a few complex objects.
  • Add realistic materials and textures to the objects.  Look through the Intermediate Materials and Textures assignments for ideas.
  • Make sure objects are placed properly in 3D space.
  • Use transparent objects for windows to allow light in or out.
• Lighting
  • Make sure to look at the Intermediate Lighting assignment for ideas.
  • Light Scheme
    • 3-point lighting works well when lighting an object, but may not work for a scene.
    • You may need a customized scheme to light your scene.
  • Key lights
    • Outdoor and natural light scenes use the sun as the key light and supplement with other lights.
    • Indoor and night scenes use other key lights.
  • Color
    • Vary the color of the lights to affect the mood of the scene.
    • The color of the light determines the color of the objects, not the color on the object.
• Camera Motion
  • In order to see your scene outside of Blender, you may have to take a tour of your scene. 
  • This can be done with animating your camera.
  • See the Intermediate Camera page for more information.
• HDRI images
  • HDRI images are 3D images that you add to your background if you need a more realistic background. They are 3D so they rotate as you rotate your view. They also have some world lighting options as well. 
  • Adding HDRI images to your background tutorial.