Heart's Fire (Old cover) by LyleAryn
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I'll be disabling comments this time because this is old work. It isn't very good, and I don't really need any advice on it. Just wanted to share as contrast for my current WIP of a new cover for the novel.
I love this shirt, and it looks great on her. It doesn't, however, have a counterpart in the story.
This cover, as time went on, really taught me to look at details in a piece. Her lack of a real shadow, the very low quality of the horse main, her flat, dead expression. And worst of all - the clipping in the boots. I thought it looked SOOOOOOO good when I made it. (What a fool I was! Ha!)
You know what? I'll leave the comments on after all. HOWEVER. Don't tell me how good it is - share a story. Any habits you had when you started that you've since learned were bad ones? (I used to just auto-fit EVERYTHING, and not look at texture quality at ALL. I look bad at some, and it just makes me cringe now.
Comments (21)
starship64
Since you asked, one thing I used to do was only look at the pose - especially the posing of the hair - from a single POV. Since I began looking and adjusting from all sides, the pose seen through the camera looks much more natural.
LyleAryn
That's always been something I've done. Rotate around to see how it looks. Make sure the fingers and such are correct on all sides, even if it's completely off-camera. And those very few times when I hide something with a clever camera angle? I just feel dirty.
gaius
OK ! (but it's a great image...the other one tas well) I mainly work on light, atmosphere from either a HDRI or the sun (I render with the "sun only" option) and I discovered that we don't really need to purchase lights (sorry for the creators !). Poses and expressions must tell a story...well the image must tell a story and not be just an illustration.
LyleAryn
Ah, yes. When I can get away with it, I love using sun-sky. It renders so much faster!
brain1969
amazing
LyleAryn
Thank you.
Tracesl
excellent
LyleAryn
TY!
giareg
WOW... Fantastic creation!
LyleAryn
Thanks. It's the old cover, soon to be replaced!
Koala44
Nice landscape
LyleAryn
Thanks. Pure HDRI, which creates some problems.
STEVIEUKWONDER
You go, girl! excellent!
LyleAryn
Thank you. It's not terrible art, I just don't feel its the best cover to bring in readers, you know?
Saby55
Great job, as always! 👏👏👏👍🙋♂️
LyleAryn
Thanks. I barely knew what I was doing at the time. I see it as a marker for how much I've grown.
beachsidelegs
Wonderful image my friend :)
LyleAryn
TYVM.
miwi
Magnificent image, beautiful scene excellent done.
LyleAryn
TY!
UteBigSmile
Just love this one really a lot, sorry for not making more comnments, wish you a nice evening!
LyleAryn
Thank you. Hope you are having a nice evening as well!
rbowen
Great scene!
LyleAryn
Thanks!
hashdoc
maybe old, but still very good!
LyleAryn
Aww, thank you.
NobbyC
Super image!!! :-)
LyleAryn
Thank you.
chasfh
My only bad habit was really to think "I could make that", and then spend all my time making things for a scene that I'd never get round to doing...
...much like now then, really...
I still like this, even if it looks a little dated!
LyleAryn
It was an improvement over the cover that I paid $150 for. (Learned my lesson.) Hopefully the new one does even better in the market.
RodS
Well, it certainly doesn't look bad to me! It does have a different "feel" but it's certainly a lovely piece.
LyleAryn
Thanks. I try to capture some western vibes, but I think maybe that just ends up being a bit confusing to people.
katyee
It is a lovely piece and if my earlier renders looked a quarter as good I would have been so happy lol. As it was I kept forgetting to add lighting, I had a tree poking out of a horses side and rather than reclining of the ground, the character was levitating.
LyleAryn
That definitely tells a different kind of story, lol. I am enjoying your work, by the way.
Radar_rad-dude
That horse is gorgeous! The landscape is so barren! Must be like what we are headed for with the drought that threatens many parts of the country.
LyleAryn
Thank you. It's meant ot represent a location in the book known as "The Void," Where magic tore a hole in things, causing a barren space where life will not grow.
shadownet
Excellent
LyleAryn
Thanks, man!
mifdesign
Wonderful composition, superb atmosphere.
LyleAryn
Thank you very much!
tuxedomask
Great sense of atmosphere in this render .Lighting looks a treat .
LyleAryn
Thanks! I learned quite a bit from it. I think I'd handle a few things differently if I were to redo the exact same image today.