Created with Poser, Particle Illusion, and Vue 5 Infinite with postwork done in Photoshop using JPete's body hair brushes. This image began with experiments I was doing in Vue 5 using High Resolution Dynamic Image lighting files (HDRI) to see how that differed from other lighting. In particular, I wanted to see how such lighting influenced Poser figures. The body hair on the figure's original texture didn't look too good up close, so I brushed in some finer detail in Photoshop as well as smoothed out a few of the rough edges throughout the image. The rendering shows a scene that one might encounter in dreams. It's a scene in which a character moving through the unfamiliar territory of sleep and the confusion it can bring sees something familiar or something that opens recognition. Upon the sight of such a thing, whatever it may be, the cloud of consciousness expands and becomes illuminated with sudden understanding, like a gift opened.