Meeting at the Bus Stop by LyleAryn
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This is the third illustration, chronologically, for the book. The moment Lenny first sees Skye.
I really got familiar with the sun-sky settings on this one. And I'm happy to report that it rendered in less than 20 minutes! Not too shabby! I had to render it three times because I kept missing things, but still! Considering there's a dForce hair in the scene, and four fully dressed figures. With an HDRI, it would take hours. Trust me, I know. So it's nice to use the sun-sky when I can. The trick was coordinating the proper time of day, date, dome rotation, and dome orientation in order to place the "sunlight" exactly where I wanted it. I wanted their faces lit up, and I got my wish.
I'm also in love with Lenny's hair. I was using "Cafe Curls" but I just got tired of fiddling with it, and having it look almost the same in very picture. Enter Biscuit's Jam Hair! Some adjustments on length, and then work on the hair shader, because I still wanted the white tips with the black hair. It's part of her signature look. Luckily I've got a nice hair shader set that allows you to apply a mask, and three color channels for both the main color and the mask/highlight cover. None of the included masks were quite right, but... it's made as a black and white block. Not too hard to go into GIMP and make my own mask, which I did.
The new hair means I'll have to re-run a couple "completed" illustrations, but I don't mind because it will be worth it. I'll still use the "Nesana" hair for her fancy hair style, but I will need to go in and change it so the tips are white. Right now I wrote in the book that she just dyed it all black for the fashion show, but that doesn't seem like a very "Lenny" thing to do.
Anyway. Later today I'll get cracking on the second illustration, chronologically, for the book. I've done these before, but they were WIP until I got the book done. I hope you look forward tot eh results - it introduces a new character you guys haven't seen yet. And this time, it's not another lady!
Comments (11)
ikke.evc
You know, you could try it with an emissive surface since you don't see the sky in the scene.
LyleAryn
I have. Sun-sky doesn't generate a sky. Infl fact, I had to move the camera because it captured a spot beyond the edge of the building, and I got a blank space.
Sun-sky just generates the light. While I could have lit the scene with an emmisive plane, getting sun-sky set up on an outdoor scene tends to result in a much faster render. It's also set to a pretty natural color.
Thanks for the feedback! I'm happy for your comments.
miwi
Klasse scene,excellent done,like it a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LyleAryn
Thank you!
Radar_rad-dude
Very beautiful looking rebels! Do they have causes? A most delightful 'first meeting' depiction! Fantastic creation.
LyleAryn
Lenny gets caught staring, and instead of playing it off cool, she panics and runs away.
Thankfully it won't be their last meeting. :)
bugsnouveau
Excellent render
LyleAryn
Thank you very much, bugs.
eekdog
Storyline is going well.
LyleAryn
Indeed it is. Thanks!
bucyjoe
rock on
LyleAryn
Will do! Thanks
Saby55
Excellent meeting. This is a beautiful image!!!šš
LyleAryn
Thank you. I'm glad you like it!
RodS
An excellent image, and I'm really enjoying the "behind the scenes" descriptions of your process. Definitely gives me some ideas to play around with.. I love Lenny's black with white tips hair.
LyleAryn
Thanks. Even though I had to give up on Cafe Curls, I didn't want to give up on the color. It took a bit to set up, and a custom mask, but it looks great and I'm ready to move forward.
Thanks you for stopping by.
daggerwilldo
The two main characters are very intriguing. You did a wonderful job on both of them. Now what Iām curious about is who are the white figures at the edges of the render? They are very mysterious.
That is great that you were getting reduced render times. The one you help me with tonight took two hours. The Render engine then stopped at 60%. I am wondering as to when convergence was achieved or if this is some time out value . I want to thank you for all the help you have given me as a beginner.
LyleAryn
Try putting the samples to max. If it still ends early, then it probably did hit the convergence range, and so was "complete." If it's still grainy, maybe try also bumping up the render quality to 2.
The one I did "Meet Barry and Gordon" I actually stopped at 13% because it looks great and had already run for 5 hours. I figured if I found problems with it, Then I can always run it again, but if I don't, it's looks fine for the book.
Lenny sorta sees most people as shades of grey. If you go back to the one where's she's facing a crowd from the stage - it's a common theme for her.
ArtDeCroh
Very nice info, so I can get into the picture much better. I find the picture design super LyleAryn. The beautiful parallels through the "similar" poses, and the grey texture for the background people I find outstanding. Great work!! I love your hair! ā ā ā ā ā
LyleAryn
Thank you! You just picked put all my little details, and that makes me super happy.
STEVIEUKWONDER
This is very impressive indeed. Beautifully structured!
LyleAryn
Thank you. I'm returned to it probably half a dozen times now. I think its done, now.