Free Maya RenderMan Scene: The Smoking Gnome Look-Dev Project (Pixar)
Original title: The Smoking Gnome
Overview
The Smoking Gnome is a comprehensive RenderMan for Maya look-development project by Rémi Perrier, released through Pixar's RenderMan community resources with project editing by Leif Pedersen. It centers on a gnome character with 8K textures built for close-up rendering, and it includes material and lighting passes plus multiple lighting rigs designed for interactive RenderMan XPU workflows.
It is a free direct download from the RenderMan site as a zip of about 2.5GB with textures included, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 (non-commercial, attribution required), and it requires RenderMan for Maya. A strong reference for RenderMan look-dev and lighting study.
What You Can Learn
- Character look-dev with 8K textures for close-up rendering
- Material and lighting passes on a hero character
- Multiple lighting rigs for interactive RenderMan XPU workflows
Access: Free direct download
