How About a Nighttime Dip? by RodS
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Phaetara seems to be beckoning you to join her in an evening dip. I suspect she does not have a swimsuit on under that cute dress… I’m sure wherever she is it’s a lot warmer than it is here! I don’t know about you, but I am sooooo over winter. This was just a little bit of fiddling around in DAZ Studio 4.11 beta. I had one spotlight to the right and slightly above, plus two point lights simulating light bulbs on the ceiling of the structure.
I will probably be back sooner than the two weeks I mentioned in my earlier post. Over the last couple of days I’ve kind of had an epiphany of sorts. In reading through some of the comments on my last post, I had to stop and reconsider what is most important about this thing called creating art. Sometimes we lose track of why we started on this journey in the first place. For many of us, the journey starts simply for the sheer enjoyment of creating something – something that possibly others could enjoy.
And in reading all of your wonderful comments – and a few that really touched me – I’ve come to the realization of just exactly how unimportant making a buck with it really is. The fact that my humble efforts can help lift the spirits of someone who’s down, or to provide a simple smile for somebody starting out on their workday, is worth far more than having a huge crowd of pledges on Patreon. Your friendships here are the real riches that I’ve been blessed with on this journey. Thank you so much!
Having said that, I will leave my Patreon page active – it doesn’t cost me a dime to leave it there. And who knows what may happen in the coming months or years. I’m also creating a few lines of goodies from the TNA story that will be available on RedBubble. And that’s the only shameless plug I’m going to inflict on you! LOL
In between getting caught up on comments (I hope to have that done in the next day or two), I’m also adding a bunch of stuff to the bridge of that gigantic yacht that Melanie Betty and Ranpha are about to pass out over. I’m trying to make the bridge look as high tech as possible – after all, if it’s for the TNA gals it’s gotta look good!
As always, thank you for stopping by and for all your fantastic support and awesome comments! You guys and gals are truly the best!
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Comments (36)
UteBigSmile
It's a very nicely done image – Love it a lot!
goodoleboy
Axeye
We can't always make money from what we love to do, only the most fortunate have that opportunity but it should never stop us from doing exactly what we enjoy doing. I like your choice! Great image btw!
anahata.c
I saw this when it went up, and I'm sorry I'm only commenting now, some 2 weeks later. I didn't think about the fact that 2 weeks had passed. I loved it, as well as your text, and I'm really glad that many of us could help you get over your frustrations faster than you thought (I understood them totally, regardless), and that you came back faster than you thought. Even in my efforts to catch publishers' attentions, I'm not doing it for money nearly as much as for the hope of being read by people who don't normally cross my path. I don't know if I'll succeed, but it's definitely about more than money. (Though I wouldn't turn down the money---don't get me wrong! If a magazine pays me, I'm not gonna say, "ohhhhhh, you didn't have to do that!") You returned with a big splash of glorious reds and yellow tones, with a wonderful interior image near a pool, and Phaetara in a smashing chrome-toned dress, posed like a classic 40s, 50s pinup, w/ great pose, suggestive eyes (great work on the eyeliner), hair to match her dress as well as all the reds in the piece, great contrasts in light from her legs to her much more lit-up upper torso, and placed in this interior pool area with just the right placement and proportions. You've surrounded your model beautifully, and given her the perfect dress for the image. Beautiful work---even the grasses on the top are beautifully lit, with those orange undertones. Also, you've composed her against the stones beautifully too. Splendid work, Rod. (And I saw the next installment of your story, and man you have some cinematic 'shots' in that thing that are to die for. I'll comment on your other work this week: I'm back for a few days and I'll get to them all.) The reds here are sumptuous, making Phaetara emerge out of them as if this space were made just for her. You're 3D work is sumptuous and the light is gorgeous. (And ain't this a peach of a winter, as you suggest? We midwesterners deserve awards for what we put up with! I've been so dry, my face cracked, and now I look like one of those frescoes from the Renaissance, which are in dire need of restoration.)
rajib
That looks great Rod ! Beautifully lit ! She definitely is somewhere lovely and warm :)
Desgar
Phae can warm the coldest of winters. 🙂 That water's going to really boil once she gets in!
(Why didn't I look her up when I was going through my winter doldrums? Gah.)