"I love Maria" (For all birthdays in July)
by Rhanagaz
Open full image in new tab
Zoom on image
Close
Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.
Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.
Description
I Love Maria" (for July birthdays)
Happy birthday to all birtdays in July:
4 Diemamker, Dan
4 tenesseecowgirl, Lynell
7 Julchen aka Julisonne
14 missblue, Mona
18 nefertiabet, Elke
21 DAGrant, Delaney
25 J5ive, Johnny
29 zil2008, Liz
29 Drifterlee, Sherrie
31. Crunch01, James
(Thanks to Renecyberdog & Steve(Eekdog) for the list!
Should I miss someone please tell me and I put you on the list.
The render. (Please ZOOOOMMMM!!!!)
I wanted to do something special for this occasion and started with this project which have been in my thoughts for a very long time.
"I love Maria (1988)" (also called "Roboforce") was directed in Hongkong by Hark Tsui & David Sung. The movie must be regarded as a
comedy action, not with a very sophisticated plot, but some like it others don't but all love Sally Yeh as the title character Maria.
In all the "plot's" sillyness she binds the movie together with her character, played by charm, humor and develop slowly from machine into a person.
The movie "steals" from both Fritz Lang's "Metropolis", "Robocop" and even "Frankenstein" to mention some. Sally Yeh also play the top gangsters crazy sister from who Maria is coppied.
In the movie Maria appears in two versions - first as black armored when "bad" and later more humanized, in white armor. But I prefer the black version of her, here with a raincoat, probably a (very poorly) disguise when she is ordered to kill a renegade alcoholic gangster, named Whisky.
The other main character is a nerded police technician, called Curly who befriends Whisky after a bar fight.
After some vey unlikely incidents they get the killer robot, Maria, on their side.
About the render - all here are in 3D except the texts. I worked much with the lights, my own setting as almost always. I do light as when I worked with movie and video's I have done, then I feel more in control of the process. Stonemasons Future City is great to work with - never problems in renders!
Maria's hair here are a "composit" of two different hairs mixed together to get what I wanted. The face is my morph with "Eastern Girl", not excactly like Sally Yeh - it would need a lot more effort and time - but I am satisfied with her look and hope you like her too.
Last - I have a final image in the unfortunate little "Damsell In Distress Rescue Team" story - in work and then I will look at Miwa and Pippins explorations again.
I really appreciate every comment very much, also funny ones - it gives me inspiration which I hope to give back in some way to you guys! Thanks!! :o)
JohnnyC / Rhanagaz
Comments (52)
Faemike55
Very cool image and great narrative I'll check it out
bakapo
she's beautiful. I really like the background, too.
barryjeffer
I love this... very excellent. I'll have to find that movie up, sounds good.
sandra46
SUPERLATIVE ART
daggerwilldo
Oh yessss!!! At zoom it is even more lovely. A very fine render and a great Happy Birthday to all. Really nicely done.
mikeerson
J5 is in a couple weeks, I haven't heard from him in a while... He was working on a sewer model almost half a year ago.... hope he's alright. ...good looking oriental model but she looks like a deer in headlights - lol - she's got that stare - lol
eekdog
cool chit Johnny, all July kids will love it. renecyberdoc has a longer list of birthdays..
Savage_dragon
I on the other hand, was born a human & slowly developed into a robot. ;}~
MagikUnicorn
EXCELLENT
UVDan
Very cool.
RodS
Oh, this is superb, Johnny! You put a lot into this, and it definitely shows, my friend! This is a gorgeous work of art!
FaeMoon
Johnny, this is so great! Everything from the wonderful character to the textures on the clothing and the great lighting of the background. Really clever how you worked your sig into the picture, love that touch. Such a great birthday gift, thank you so much! hugz
jocko500
very lovely and the lighting is just right
crunch01
Johnny this is fantastic and thank you for mentioning me for the Birthday card! this render is superlative!!! she is sooooo cute!! Fantastic details everywhere! this piece is a great example of why I have you in my Fav artist list! Can she robo my force???? :op~
JuliSonne
A wonderful declaration of love ..... Of course I love the "human version". But all his "dark side" has. So I please you, my "bad" fantasy to tickle . Thanks for the congratulations for your birthday.
cricke49
i vaguely remember the story johnnie, but the character here sure comes close to what she/it looked like, excellent image render and dedi to all july birthday recipients!:)*5
durleybeachbum
So clever! And also very interesting to read about the song.
A_Sunbeam Online Now!
Beautiful character and great setting - nice work!
gaius
Don't not this movie...thanks for the tip. Great and beautiful dedication. Bravo JohnnyC.
jendellas
Great work for the July birthdays!!
renecyberdoc
fantastic presentation johnny.lights are first rate.
nefertiabet
Thank you for this lovely work my friend!!! :-)
JeffersonAF
Excellent.
Diemamker
Hey I'm not on the list!...4th...Awesome looking charater btw!!
MKeyes
Such a nice dedi... July babies will love it!
Roywig
Looks fantastic with the background, fits perfectly.
Wolfmanw
Amazing Image. Superb character, pose, expression, clothing, textures, background and lighting
jif3d
Interesting character and movie, I'll have to check that one out ! Nice job on re-creating one of your favorites ! ~Cheers~
KnightWolverine
A Most Grand Creation and Dedi Johnny!
mariogiannecchini
Excellent image and story , Johnny !Great work !