Paintover technique, Sci Fi Cannon

Planet side 2 cannon time lapse - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL7nV7WwJKg

Analysis 

   Time  -  Reason

1) 1.47 - Render it out as PNG, gets rid of the background

2) 1.56 - Adding signs using skew tool

3) 2.10 - Adding textures using rectangular marquee to adjust the image

4) 2.29 - To texture a cylinder, he used warp tool to curved the texture around it

5) 3.26 - He used dodge tool to highlight the cannon to create the lighting effect

Mood board for references

Markus Lovadina

Done some research on this artist because of his lighting skill and also linked to the cannon assignment

Done some quick sketches that popped in my head

Didn't fancy any sketches from above so I decided to sketch another one 

WIP: Maya

This picture above shows you where I've put my lightings. I got a directional light pointing downward which draw attention to my cannon while adding a ambient light at the top to give it a sunny day.

WIP: Photoshop

Normal texturing using the skew tool to get the right angle 

Using Warp tool

change the layer to multiply in order to get the effect of the shadow

Using the dodge tool to get the light effect

Adding texts using skew tool

Final Outcome!