Desert Sunset by pixeluna
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Inspired by yet another beautiful poem by our dear friend Blush. I have used an excerpt from the poem, DESERT SUNSET. Thank you, Susan for inviting me to look at these beautifully written verses.
We stand in the cool shade
of tangerine clay cliffs;
the streaming lavender advances
as we watch with star-kissed eyes,
blanketed in silken colors~
The caramel sun sets,
yet it remains with us
in ceased calico rhymes;
sparks glitter within our vision,we are the shadows of light~
~Blushfulmoon, AllPoetry.com
A quick tutorial:
I always like windblown hair, here I used one of Ilona's instant hair, and mixed it with some of her men's hair. Mixing and matching is fun! After fitting it right to the character's head (yep, I render bald girls most of the time), using transform/scale/rotate, etc. and to have more control, I use filter/liquify to get the right flow and hair movement that I like. I changed the hair color to fiery red with hue/sat/colorize in Photoshop, then to add depth to the hair, and to accentuate the shadows, I used the burn tool and some fine hair brushes, picking some areas that are under the highlighted areas. For the highlights, I added another layer and picked a small tip brush, then added those light-colored wispy strands (opacity 30-35). With a layer mask, I erased the tips of these strands lightly to blend them with the actual hair. Then I used hue/sat again to change the colors of these strands and pick the right tone that will match the hair. I added the background that was previously rendered, blur it a bit to create DOF. Between the background layer and the character layer (this time, I have grouped the girl and the hair together and made a duplicate of this group, and merged them), I added a gradient layer (just black and white), blend mode- multiply. On this layer, another layer mask was added and with the use of a bigger, soft brush (low opacity), I erased the areas where I want it to be lighter. In this case, it was the mountains in the background as that's where the lighted areas are. You can also reduce the opacity of this gradient layer, between 30-40 is fine. What's good about this gradient layer, it helps set the mood and atmosphere of the scene.
Thank you for taking a peek at my work and for the comments. Wishing you all a great new week!
The tattooed girl is Rianne, now available at RMP.
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Comments (104)
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Beautiful studio work! Wonderful texture, great composition! I am impressed!
brycek
Beautiful image and hair..lovely work, Jenny!!
missblue
Fantastic scene! The hair looks amazing =)
ArtistKimberly
Exquisite,
legolie
Wow Jenny ! She's amazing with that outfit and hair ! Love the tattoos too ! Thanks for your tips about the hair :-)
ToniDunlap
Fabulous image Jenny. Her hair is lovely! What wonderful work you did. Applause!
Blush
Oh she is awesome looking sis I love her........and her hair is great looking Love it all.........her outfit...background pose and of course my poem I had forgotten all about that one......... Thank you for using it with this beautiful image of yours Def a fav with me I sent ya an IM and forgot something and sent you one more LOL Hugs n love Your sis Susan~
bazza
Wow Li'l Sis I love it!! Rianne is looking fantastic, especially the hair it's awesome, you really have the hair down to a fine art. I must get better at painting hair lol!! Thanks for the tips :-). Very lovely words in the poem from Susan also very well done... Have a super evening... "The Daz Guy" ;-P
marineguy
great character and pose
0rest4wicked
Stunning scene!
Jean_C
Superb image, splendid character and outfit! Amazing textures.
miztere
excellent work well done*
DrCarl
this is superb art.....simply superb..the light the hair the whole dang lot...... very impressive the shadows splashing across her left arm the rim light on her thigh excellent cheers friend Carl
fallen21
Amazing artwork!
MineFujiko
Wow! Sexy and Beautiful girl!! Jenny-sensei(^-^*)/
SpookieLilOne
The poem is beautiful the hair is amazing and Rianne is absolutly devine! Bravo on all!!!
mikeerson
I wish your tutorial was a video, I have photoshop, but I have to hook up my old motherboard to my new computer to access it - so I do all my postwork from a cheap program called photo explosion.... can you tell me if photoshop has cloneing? - where you put a brush on a picture and on a different page, what ever you paint is coming from the brush on the picture... before I even read what you wrote, I was looking at the hair and thinking it looked so "full".... some artist here turn their nose up on post work... if the only knew when you paint on top of 2D hair lightly, it gives it a depth - a fullness.... you can paint several colors lightly into it and as long as you don't overdue, everything just turns out so vivid. I figured you did a lot of postwork on the hair - you do great.
blue-velvet
oh wow! stunning render pixeluna. the hair is superp!
vitachick
One fantastic render. That hair really came out extradinary..Alot of work and well worth it!
marktopham
Yes the hair is spectacular and thanks for the great tutorial...
UteBigSmile
This is a very beautiful looking scene you created here, love her outfit too!
Feliciti
simply excellent !! all details ,light/shadowplay !! and thanks for the tutorial too :)
5391151
The hair alone is worth the admission price !! Lol. The POV and composition make for a great visual romp !!! Excellent, i love it.
mininessie
very beautiful!
kassad
Great render. Excellent. B->
Dreamdesigner
Yes simply excellent!!Your new character is gorgeous as always,but your hair painting is really magnificent Jenny!Also Susan's poem is wonderful!Thank you for the tutorial!!:-)))
capelito
WOW! Great and excellent work. The hair is outstanding! Fantastic!
Fairy.Dust
Wonderful image!!:)
Chaosphoto
Rianne is a most impressive character Jenny and wonderfully portrayed here.
gaius
Super, excellent, extra...what could I add ? Beautiful poem too and thanks for this tutorial ; the hair is....wow !