Who's There? by Sunfire
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Description
Sometimes you work on one thing and find yourself falling down an unexpected rabbit hole. This is one of those times. A promo for a dress for La Femme 2 inspired this nod to Hitchcock. Here she is in the factory at night in her coarsely woven dress, checking on things amid the steam and low light and she hears something unexpected.
My thanks to those who helped me figure out volumetrics in Poser and putting together some atmosphere to add to the mood.
Comments (2)
SIGASIGA
I appreciate the rendering and this atmosphere, would you agree to share your experience on the "out volumetrics in Poser and putting together some atmosphere to add to the mood", I know nothing about this subject. Thanks.
Sunfire
Well, I took my inspiration from the old horror movies. Back before horror movies turned into blood and gore and body counts. No offense to Freddy, Jason, and Michael. Back when horror was suspense, a suspense that was built up with the atmosphere of the scene.
Poser has an atmosphere node in the material room, but rather than use that those that helped me, suggested I use a box prop sized to cover where I wanted my atmosphere and then used, in this case, several cycles procedural nodes to create the atmosphere on the box material.
Using volumetrics in poser slows the render time a lot. So it takes patience. The atmosphere of the old horror movies wasn't just the fog or ruins, it was also a matter of lighting and sounds. Can't really get sound in a still image but you can convey the sense of "cue spooky music here" in the rendered image.
Lighting that can be done, there are two lights in my image above one behind La Femme 2 to give a hint of a "glow" to the fog and her hair, the other to light the scene, neither light is full intensity and both are shades of blue. A hint of color to the fog adds a hint of magic or otherworldly-ness to the fog.
Poser is a great tool and it can do many things. It's a shame it's under rated and unappreciated.
SIGASIGA
Thank you very much for sharing this information and your practice. I'll try ...
Sunfire
My pleasure. Good luck.