New Hair, New Lights by linkdink

Poser • Pin-ups • posted on May 22, 2007

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That's Hmann's new Destiny hair, available from Daz. It's on sale for about $7. It has a lot of shaping options I'll have to practice with. I've also finally implemented bagginsbill's tutorial on shadow map cameras, and it does make a big difference. In fact, it sharpens the shadows so much that it's probably time to start rendering shadows separately and layering them in post for greater blending control. Hmann's hair in particular casts some very strong shadows; you can see remnants in her left eye which I tried to soften in postwork. Lastly, I added a single IBL light (20% Intensity, no image mamp) to my usual 3 infinite light setup, and it seemed to brighten things up nicely. Still plenty to learn about all of this stuff...

Comments (35)

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grillerdache

1:40PM | Tue, 22 May 2007

Stunning,!!!!

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PsychoNaut

1:41PM | Tue, 22 May 2007

Decided to check back in at Renderosity - and what do you know!!! She looks great with that new hair, and lovely sparkly eyes and lips. Skin inviting as ever, much better sheenie quality. Love it!

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opiumlogo

1:49PM | Tue, 22 May 2007

Beautiful

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Kartika

1:53PM | Tue, 22 May 2007

Very pretty portrait!

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jwiest

1:54PM | Tue, 22 May 2007

Seems odd seeing her with different hair, but she's no less beautiful, that's for sure. :)

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Tiari

2:20PM | Tue, 22 May 2007

I agree, i'm used to seeing a certain hair, so it threw me lol

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bogart137

2:23PM | Tue, 22 May 2007

Having no reference of the previous version I found this great. Everythings in the right place and measure. Congrats!!!

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Skyback

2:28PM | Tue, 22 May 2007

The portrait is very lovely!

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TheAnimaGemini

2:29PM | Tue, 22 May 2007

Great portrait again. Her eyes are stunning.

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VelvetMoxie

2:39PM | Tue, 22 May 2007

Ooohhh....I want to learn too! I love the lighting you've used...makes for an awesome render! (already got the hair, LOL!)

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Margenal

2:48PM | Tue, 22 May 2007

Gorgeous portrait indeed, nice job on face expression too...

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RondaJ

3:24PM | Tue, 22 May 2007

Beautiful portrait,Excellent lighting...~R~(0:

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kobaltkween

4:40PM | Tue, 22 May 2007

wonderful lighting. you should link to the tutorial. your setup really makes her skin look great. the hair looks less realistic than her skin- does the texture have painted highlights? and it seems very eggplant, rather than black. there might be ways to tweak her hair materials so they suit her a bit more. her eyes look incredible here. very striking, very successful image.

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awadissk

5:02PM | Tue, 22 May 2007

Excellent work!!!!!!!!!

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FrankT

5:54PM | Tue, 22 May 2007

I think that shadow looks ok actually, I'd kind of expect to see one there or thereabouts depending on the key light

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jwebster45206

6:19PM | Tue, 22 May 2007

Wow, looks way better than Daz's promo images. Nice work.

Clarissa

6:34PM | Tue, 22 May 2007

Like this lighting and her new hair, beautiful work !

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coyote255

8:30PM | Tue, 22 May 2007

Great render. Just a thought but would like the eyes rederected to a not o much straight on view

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FUNJOKER

9:29PM | Tue, 22 May 2007

Excellent work....very cool;).

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bantha

1:21AM | Wed, 23 May 2007

The lighting and shadows are great. I love to use an IBL as fill light, it is easy once you get used to it. Great picture, as allways.

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rosepab

1:23AM | Wed, 23 May 2007

I find alot of the hair objects have a painted quality, which detracted fromt he great skin maps which are on show here. But thats nitpicking, great render as usual and beautifully lit!

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