Did an animation of a cherry. This whole scene was a beginners class in Maya (over at 3dbuzz.com). I already knew pretty much everything (only thing that was relatively new to me was the particles effect and how to create this sparkler).
I didn't focus much on the materials I know they could be tons better. What I focused on the most was the animation. Minimum requirement was to make a simple 3-4 bounce straight on top of the cake. I wanted to do something a tad more intereting.
Rendered with Mental Ray. Hope you like it!
