Brainstorm 1:

For this project I want to participate in a 3D render contest that I’ve previously participated in. The idea of the contest is for thousands of 3D artists to use a base template that is just a plain spiraling staircase with somebody walking slowly up it. The only rules for the contest are to maintain the visual weight of the stairs and to not change the camera movement at all. I want to make some sort of lively background with a small village and lots of sunlight, grass and trees. I don’t know yet who the character walking up the stairs will be but I want to experiment with some sort of cloth simulation with the character moving dynamically with the stairs and maybe with wind effects.I want the stairs to be stone steps along a steep mountain on the right side of the render. I want to have a large tree that envelops the staircase, casting dynamic shadows on both the character and the stairs.