become one with the render engine

 Here are some of the first assignments from the How to Render book, starting off with basic cast shadow construction after going over different types of light. It was good to review since it's been a long time since I've read it, and remembered most of it. Except the sunlight construction (bottom right), for some reason when I first read it, it was just super difficult to wrap my head around. After thinking about it for more than a minute it finally clicked, it wasn't hard, it was just one of those illusory things that looked a little hard to understand.

I didn't study too much today, been having really bad issues with sleep so I've just been taking it easy to save energy. Yesterday, when I studied a lot, I ended up having a ton of fatigue and passed out on my bed without knowing how, that's how hard thinking is for your boy. So when I get my sleep debt paid off I will push the studying harder.

Also, I should've color coded the drawings. I went back over them and made all the shadows darker so you can tell a little easier which are which.