OK, I'll offer my render "The New Girl."

http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=997411&Start=1&Artist=linkdink&ByArtist=Yes

Between a P4 render and postwork, it turned out fairly realistic. Frankly, I think it was a bit of a fluke, as I haven't been able to reproduce the postwork or the overall feel of the pic.

I think the reasons this image works is 1) a beautiful face morph ("Lany") and skin texture by idler168 (formerly B-Man); 2) beautiful, realistic "Sapphire Fox" hair by Quarker, with a nice texture by Firebirdz; 3) matching texture/bumps on the gloves and lace-up teddy; 4) posing the hands in a way that provides depth to the picture, and draws the viewer in; and 5) I used "Overhead" lights from Blackhearted's Pro Luma lightset that just happened to flatter all of the above.

Postwork was skin tone tweaking, gamma, lipstick painting, a bit of highlight to the cheeks, and adding some grain and noise to give everything some details.

Thanks, SamTherapy, for giving me the perfect excuse to talk about myself!

Message edited on: 07/18/2005 23:25

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