So for this quarter I am working on a single project for two classes. It’s an multi-story office building exterior lit using an HDR. Up to now I have most of the modeling done and some of the texturing started. Within the next few weeks I’ll be experimenting with Maya fur and how to use it to create grass. As of right now it is being lit with mental ray’s physical sun and sky, but will be replaced with an HDR within the next week (shooting it on Monday). Here is the progress so far: