In Tandem - Portrait Photography and Art Contest - WEEK #125

Carla and Valentino, synchronized in tandem, while dancing to merengue music.

This render is an entry to the Portrait Photography and Art Contest - WEEK #125

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 Genesis 8 Male template.

Added a ballroom dance environment.

Added light garland.

Added the completed female model, after I morphed the body, added hair, makeup, changed her position, facial expression, and added clothes.

Added the completed male model, after I morphed the body, added hair, makeup, changed her position, facial expression, and added clothes.

First render.

Photoshop: enhanced the soft light ambiance, saturating the room...final render.

Tools and assets used:

Daz3D Studio, Iray and Photoshop
Genesis 8 Female and Male Template
Blithe and Nathan fade Hair
Holiday Dress and Jewelry; and Male Clothes
Daz3D Lighting
Ballet Dance Room 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.