Toolkit 2: Arnold Lighting and Rendering So Far.

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Working outside of lessons, I've been working my way through the CG Artist's Toolkit's Lighting and Rendering 1: Arnold Pt2 . Below is what I have completed so far.

Toolkit 2 by Jasmine Masters

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