LitWitch by LyleAryn
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Ok, so. Yesterday's render made me fall in love with Lenny all over again. And that outfit... OMG. The whole thing. Love it.
And it got me thinking. The character I set up for her "in-game" shots didn't really fit her. I created a cute character, long ago. Last year. And never really updated it. Everybody else has been updated as I've gotten better with the software.
So. i put myself in her head and pretended I was creating a character she would play. Base character? Got to be cute. She likes cute. There's some hints in there. She didn't set out to make a video game version of herself.
Actually, I'm getting ahead of myself a little bit. At first I just wanted to get the outfit on her in-game character. Which was a gen7. Mika 7, in fact. But luckily I got the character converter! I got the clothes fitted and it didn't feel quite right. Which led to the realization that I've never really updated hers and she needed an update.
Anyway, back to the story. The converted Mika 7 wasn't quite right. And I also wanted to learn how to light 3DL scenes better. Kinda a back and forth thing. This is actually the fourth render. BUT! I got shadows placed HOW I WANT THEM!
I let Lenny guide me. I used "Grow Them Up" to make the character a little more youthful. Did the makeup differently from before. Green eyes instead of blue. Another nod towards her attraction to Skye.Nothing drastic. But just tweaking just a bit made a big difference. I got to thinking she made a cute character, but didn't care for the skimpier outfits.
Then I had to adjust colors. Make it brighter red in the jacket, and get the pants to be red at all. There's this line in the book I didn't want to lose about how she went on a ridiculous quest just for special red dye for her outfit. Went into GIMP to adjust textures, adjusting saturation on the one, and overwriting the black color of the other. Now it looks just enough different from the "real world" outfit ti make it more believable. (Because Cosplay from a video game always has some differences. Also, Lola would be the one designing the real world version, and she'd pick colors more suited to Lenny.)
Also. Couldn't resist adding her baby dragon! I actually am torn because I want to do an illustration where she surprises the guild with the dragon, but that chapter already has the number of illustrations it needs. Maybe I'll sneak in another one anyway. There is sort of an interlude between that and the next chapter, and my second render would work find at the end of the chapter, to buffer the time gap. Hmmm...
I'll be adding a few more later tonight. All 3DL renders. As I was honing my skills there, I fixed my Stone Lions render (got a story to share about that!) and also put together another in-game character. This time, Skye's! Woo! She's great, too. I even went and did an Iray render. And a second Iray render that's a little more... cheeky. I think I'm going to post them as a grid just so there isn't several posted of pretty much the same thing.
And I did another Steampunk render, finally doing a nice render of Karina for Genesis 2 Female, by FWSA. I figure I could always use more of those for the game. I had a seam appear on her right shoulder after I applied Uber base, but it ended up hidden by the sleave. I need to learn how to get rid of those one of these days. Any tutorials?
So, there will be a few more posts tonight. I'll spread them out, I promise.
I just might have to do an iray version of LitWitch now. Of all their characters. I mean, why not?
Comments (16)
Tracesl
excellent
LyleAryn
Thanks!
Richardphotos
the small ones can be tricky. very cute scene
LyleAryn
Thank you very much.
starship64
Wonderful character. Very cute!
LyleAryn
Thank you!
Saby55
A really great looking scene.👍🙋♂️
LyleAryn
Thanks. It was fun to put together, too. Spent the time inside the head of one of my favorite imaginary people as she took over to create an imaginary person of her own.
A_Sunbeam
Cute character and great scene
LyleAryn
Thank you. She is pretty cute, ain't she?
ikke.evc
Nicely done.
LyleAryn
Thank you.
chasfh
Nice job, cute character.
LyleAryn
Thank you. I need to look into ways of making eyes better in 3DL, but these just aren't making me very happy yet. But then, I've got that last render with the eyes that make me melt, so maybe I'm just sorta ruint for sub-standard eyes.
OkrimSlava
Excellent Scene.
LyleAryn
Thank you very much, my dude!
Artienne
Fantastic work! Lovely render! Dragon and girl have a very good pose. I like Mika very much. As for the tutorials, I watch all of them for free on the Daz studio website. These are the videos that show how to use the product. I don't use 3delight so I can't give you any good advice about post work, but Vaclav Dadera is a master when it comes to 3delight. It's best to ask him! Sometimes on Deviant Art, an artist shares their products and experiences.
LyleAryn
Honestly, I haven't looked at very many tutorials since I started. Here and there I'll look up a solutions for a specific problem. Usually get skunked, lol. Now I'm at the point where I need to start going through tutorials because I feel there is more to learn, but I've hit a level of skill that means I don't experiment as much.
I'll check Vaclav Dadera, for sure. I'm not switching to 3DL, but knowing how to best utilize it can't be a bad thing.
Thanks for the feedback! Have a great day.
dakotajaroo
beautiful little witch and scene
LyleAryn
Thanks! Have a lovely day.
eekdog
she has a cool little friend. she looks very magical in power.
LyleAryn
Yes indeed. Fire-themed, but I decided not to get i to the headache of 3DL flames. All my flame props are iray.
Actually, now that I think about it... I might have something. Hmm. Time to do another render!
adrie
Very beautiful render, excellent work on every thing my dear friend.
LyleAryn
Thank you. I thin I'm getting the hang of 3DL. Even if I want to redo it in iray...
You have a lovely day.
Radar_rad-dude
Sounds like a highly involved project but the results are well worth it! Fantastic image here! Love the dragon too! Very nice!
LyleAryn
Oh yes, highly involved. layers like an onion, too. But I enjoy the exercise. Originally I wanted to do a webcomic, but.... I'm a novelist. That's my strong suit. Then I decided to do an illustrated novel instead.
Of course, the characters are so very 3D in my head. Each with their own personality, dreams, goals, hopes. And once I start down the road of "What kind of MMO character would this person play?" it gets pretty busy in my noggin.
I'm actually impressed that the outfit doesn't look all that bad in 3DL. Not nearly as good as how it rendered out in iray, but... not bad at all. Even with my tampering.
RodS
Well, she certainly is looking cute and sweet - and yet powerful in her own way. And not knowing in what way makes her even more attractive. And I do love her clothing - sweet work on this, good sir!
LyleAryn
Thank you very much, Rod. Lenny started as a way to express some things I was feeling, so it's pretty amazing to see how she's grown into a real human being.
Nightwind
This is such a sweet image! The character is such a cutie. Then there is the little dragon, the red outfit and the headdress gives it an oriental flair I think. Yeah, I'm really liking this one.
LyleAryn
Thank you. It feels like Lenny, so I'm happy with it. Certaibly an interesting excercise.
Though I do need to sit down and do a little but of world-building, just to keep things consistent in the future.
I'm half-tempted to do a LitRPG-story with the group. Like, what if all of them were zapped into the game? Would be an interesting story. Maybe I'll see about doing something for Halloween.
daggerwilldo
As I read through the comments I came across one ☝️ n which you talked about how characters get in your head. I am that way to. I think at times our extensions come to life in the renders we do. I rarely do one where there is no back story. The ones with no story tend to live out their existence in a dark hard drive.
LyleAryn
Sometimes I'll create one where I'll be more random, not even sure what I'm channeling. That's what my gallery folder "visual story prompts" is for. I think just as we, in school, were given visual story prompts, then as adults we should still be able to enjoy that. So I do try, sometimes, to follow random ideas without letting a character take root.
I've never actually succeeded, of course. My very silly "Cyber Tiger" already has a sassy voice in my head and refers to herself as "Mama."