Holding On by LyleAryn

DAZ|Studio • Illustration • posted on Sep 29, 2020

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Another illustration for the book! I meant to work on something else when I sat down, only I suddenly felt just how close we are to October. I hope to release October 23rd. I need more illustrations! Especially for Lola's chapters. So I loaded her up in my viewport. Waiting on inspiration. Flipping through my printout. There's a scene where Lola receives a hammer blow. She's pulled aside by her professor, and questioned. It seems the modeling student that had so suddenly canceled on her filed a report with the school. Lola's just trying to hold it together long enough to reach Lenny. Sometimes I wish I could just fast forward through the series. Lola has so much crap come down on her in this first book, on top of still suffering from her past abuse. I know there's good things ahead for her. But I can't skip forward. The story has to unfold as it goes. I suppose, those happy things ahead wouldn't mean as much if you didn't know the full story. Speaking of... As if I weren't putting myself in enough of a crunch, I decided to write a couple new chapters. There's a transition that isn't very smooth, but it afford me the opportunity to flesh things out further. Most of the book just has this fantastic pace, yet there are still a couple things I wanted the book to have in it. Rewrites can be tricky! I hope to get through this fairly quickly, and hope that not only do I get to put in those missing things, but also make that one transition not seem so abrupt. Of course, that also means more illustrations... You might be seeing quite a few in a row, my friends. Hope you don't mind. I'm feeling that pressure that tells me I've got to get this done. So, I have this "High School Hallway" set. I started to set it up, but then remembered that I purchased it for scenes in the book that would be flashbacks to High School. I spent some time looking through the Daz store to replace it with something else. Only I eventually realized I could at least try recoloring it first. After all, hallways aren't unique. No reason why I couldn't use the same set for more than one location. There's still some blue showing through in a few places, mainly on that back wall. I imagine it's chipped paint. I kind dig it, for this scene. Like, an additional layer to the whole thing. I set up TWO of the "Epic Godrays" props. As well as a spotlight. In addition to the overheard mesh lights.I was also careful to hide both windows, one behind Lola, and one ahead of the frame. (Technically, both windows are behind her in relation to her position in the hallway, but you know what I mean. The angle would place the second one "ahead" of her.) I like the high-tops with the nice dress. Lola to a T! Actually, the dress was a bit more sheer at first. I didn't think it was so bad until I realized I was clearly seeing her panties in the preview. (She prefers men's briefs. Likes how they feel.) I knew if I rendered it, not only would it end up being indecent, it was also not anything she would ever actually wear. Luckily one of the presets was nice and opaque! I didn't use the matching bolero because it was just a little too fancy for this particular scene. The idea is that she quickly put together this dress so her best friend wouldn't be the only one, a show of solidarity. So I had to keep it simple. She had less than three days to get it all done, plus the alterations to her final so it would fit Lenny. I love their friendship in this book. Thanks, as always, for feedback. Hope your Tuesday is fruitful. Sorry if I've been a bit depressing with comments lately. You've all been very kind. ~~LA P.S. I was going to do something more of a portrait to show off the dress and such. It really is very nice, and she looks so good in it. Maybe when I get a few more illustrations done. P.P.S. I'm going to start posting some of my older renders to Deviantart. Ones I haven't posted here. I didn't want to put them here because I felt it would be a bit jarring, considering how much better I've gotten with the software over this past year alone. If you're interested, I'll try to remember to start posted dates in my DA descriptions. So you can see how far I've come. Speaking of - I still got the new version of "Stone Lions" to upload. Planning something a little special for that - so stay tuned!

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Tracesl

9:22AM | Tue, 29 September 2020

excellent

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