Experiment 229 by Rutra

Vue • Fantasy • posted on May 30, 2008

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I think this looks better in full size view, it looks sharper. This image was just an excuse for me to make some experiments with HDRI, which I had never made before in a serious manner. Hence the title. Why 229? Simply because this is my 229th image. :-) In my opinion, in order to have the best results with human skin using HDRI in Vue, it's fairly important to use GR. With other lighting models, the skin appears fairly "dead", IMO. GR gives it that sort of luminosity of living tissue. I created this character for an image I never posted (and never will). I posted just the presentation of this character, some days ago but I didn't like the main image with her and so didn't post it. I just used her again here, after making her a special "suit" in Zbrush, which I felt appropriate to take some of the potential from HDRI. Basically, I wanted to take advantage of the realism provided by HDRI and build an impossible image. I think the contrast of realism and physical impossibility fit well together. :-) Thanks for watching!

Comments (60)

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Stardust_Crossing

9:59AM | Sat, 31 May 2008

I’m impressed with your interesting idea and unique work.

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grafikeer

10:15AM | Sat, 31 May 2008

An excellent example of HDRI lighting...love the outfit design(not sure if she does as I would guess it would be hard to sit down in)and overall execution!!

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ragouc

11:15AM | Sat, 31 May 2008

Stunning.........................................

TLFPoet

12:10PM | Sat, 31 May 2008

very different, the lighting is excellent.

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axolotl2

1:29PM | Sat, 31 May 2008

The skin looks great, the rest tooo.... well done pic !

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Rob2753

3:24PM | Sat, 31 May 2008

Simply awesome work !!!

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Antonio57

5:57PM | Sat, 31 May 2008

Excellente création et belle armure!!!!!Les textures sont fantastiquement belles!!!!!!!!!

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ralph49

6:22PM | Sat, 31 May 2008

great work_love the Z Bush suit

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FrenchKiss

2:41AM | Sun, 01 June 2008

This looks really awesome. What a fantastic experiment!!!

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rds

1:32PM | Sun, 01 June 2008

Cool image, well done.

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bogart137

3:09PM | Sun, 01 June 2008

Impeccably well made image_ from the technical point of view. And it truely works as an experiment. But if I had to comment on it as an overall image I´d say that I´d wish it had more of those subtle yet evident touches of deep feelings and thoughts that you use to gift us. I don´t think the flower helps to enhance the "human" side of the figure. Anyway, it´s a very impressive image. It´s a priviledge to have the chance to look at it.

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Chaosphoto

8:17AM | Mon, 02 June 2008

excellent and imaginative experiment

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dashboard_jehovah

7:03PM | Mon, 02 June 2008

Amazing thought and workmanship!

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chrispoole

6:23PM | Tue, 03 June 2008

Wonderful lighting, and the GR does bring that extra dimention to the realism, fine modelling in ZB as well. Is it a displacement map or actual polygons from ZB. Top notch mats.

garyandcatherine

4:06AM | Fri, 06 June 2008

WOW, i gotta cover my eyes. This is an amazing render. Textuers sharp and the lighting quality is superb. WOW---again

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kobaltkween

2:29PM | Mon, 09 June 2008

technically superb image. if that flower is what i think it is, i love those. the spheres confuse me. the reflections made me think they were metal but they obviously have refractions and colored shadows (oooo) like glass. i'm wondering if they have enough fresnel effect or blur? i especially like the shader you're using on her hair. i agree with bogart137 about the emotion it communicates (less than many of your other images), which makes sense for an experiment. i like the helix shape around her body.

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