CS 5620/6620 - Fall 2025 - Rendering with Ray Tracing

Final Project - Teapot Rendering Competition

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Eisen Montalvo

Thu, Dec 11, 2025 @ 11:45 pm

"The Queen of Teapots"

Teapot Model: 2025 Utah Teapot by Dr. Cem Yuksel - https://graphics.cs.utah.edu/teapot/
Crown and Cushion Models: ouroboros88 - https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-st-edward-crown-model-1289265
Holy Hand Grenade Model: Dunlew3000 - https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-holy-hand-grenade-1641752

Environment: Poly Haven Ballroom - https://polyhaven.com/a/ballroom Gold,

Bronze, and Aluminum materials use a Microfacet shader
Added sheen and clear coat properties to Blinn shader

Tone mapping using the optimized formula by Jim Heji and Richard Burgess-Dawson - http://filmicworlds.com/blog/filmic-tonemapping-operators/

Software Tools used:

3ds Max - Original format of Crown and Cushion models
Maya - UV Mapping
Substance Painter - Texturing
Photoshop - Image editing
Blender - Scene composition and model exporting

Rendering by YASS-RT: 4K image, took 43:42 with 1024spp

Thu, Dec 11, 2025 @ 8:23 pm

During development, I noticed I was missing a "Cem". I am glad I found it on time.