Sorceress (for Rtesian) by JoeJarrah

DAZ|Studio • Fantasy • posted on Dec 05, 2020

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Description

This arose as a suggestion by Rtesian to update an old DS3 scene of mine to DS4/Iray. You can see the original in my gallery (close to the beginning; its about 5 years old). I know Rtesian is no longer in this community, but he inspired this so I dedicate it to him anyway! It was an interesting exercise; some things work better (fabric shaders, emissives), some less well (harder to get those really deep shadows). While generally the textures are superior in iray, I like the predictability of lighting 3dlight; you don't get unexpected ambient fill... anyhow, here's the result..

Comments (11)

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Kordouane

9:52AM | Sat, 05 December 2020

I think it's beautiful and very successful I never managed to work with 3delight, for me Iray was a blessing, I could immediately make scenes that I couldn't get out with 3delight, maybe because of my equipment, I don't know. I went to see the 3delight version My eyes prefer Iray

JoeJarrah

11:13AM | Sat, 05 December 2020

Thanks Mo. You're tight the iray version is more naturalistic, but certain effects (like the glowing gem on the staff) simply don't work so its a bit of give and take...

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miwi

10:03AM | Sat, 05 December 2020

Excellent fantasy image, wonderful mystical character, excellent done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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RRun

12:09PM | Sat, 05 December 2020

Though I agree that both versions have their merits, what you get in in Iray also depends on what you put into it (emissive effect).

BUT I you do like to postwork your stuff, have a look at Piximperfect's trick to add shine to jewelery, which works a treat in illuminating gems, eyes and flames (just goggle Piximperfext and shine, should the link disappear magically, again: www_youtube_com/watch?v=4Y96iRJ5DS0)

JoeJarrah

3:30PM | Sat, 05 December 2020

Thanks RRun, I'll check that out, What I struggled with most was to get the glowing gem in the staff. The original was done with a glass object and a very small point light; I spent hours playing with emissives but couldn't recreate the effect. The emissives of the lightning ball and candle flames however work very nicely... well, the learning curve never ends :)

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Davidvantol

4:59PM | Sat, 05 December 2020

I think it looks great. I will admit I have been know to make one version of each over lapping one with 30-60 % transparency to try and get the best of both worlds. It is time taking but sometimes worth the effort. Hope I made since lol. Long story short awesome work !