In this project, I modeled, animated, and lit my Newton's Cradle scene in Maya using python (see snapshot of script below). I wanted my cradle to have a unique design, so I started my ideation process by searching the internet for different designs and came up with one of my own. I went though a few different sketches before settling on this particular design. Once I had a set idea, I took it into Maya and built it up using Python. A massive challenge in the process of scripting was figuring out how to set up the HDRI in code. That took some in-depth research but I was eventually able to figure it out!!