Abandoned - Portrait Photography and Art Contest - WEEK #118

Thorina, battle scared, looking back to see if she is being followed, standing outside a recently abandoned village.

This render is an entry to the Portrait Photography and Art Contest - WEEK #118

Thank you to @axeman and World of Xpilar for hosting this contest.

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Started with a Genesis 8 Female Template.

Added a village environment.

Added a tower gate.

Added fire and smoke, plus fog.

Added the completed model, after I morphed the body, added hair, changed her position, facial expression, and added clothes, plus face scar.

Added hair, fur shoulder garment, leg and arm straps.

Added dirt to the face, battle ax and shield.

First render pre-Photoshop.

Post Photoshop - Added blood to the ax and dirt to the leg.

Tools and assets used:

Daz3D Studio, Iray and Photoshop
Genesis 8 Female Template
MRL Warrior Hair
BW FVO Warrior Clothes
Daz3D Lighting
KAFF Smoke
LE Crannoge Environment

In Summary:

• I start out with a model template and morph the body physically.
• I put the body into a position, change facial expressions, add makeup, dress the model, add skin texture, props, etc…
• I either can embed the character into the background or wrap the environment around the character, then add lighting and camera settings, like depth of field.
• Rendering times can take 10 minutes to 2 hours per render.
• Postwork in Photoshop (adding imperfections in the skin, changing atmosphere and lighting, etc…)

Stay frosty people.