HowTo for my drawing winner in Daz3D Facebook contest.
Recently I win the facebook contest with this drawing:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4321623650037
I'm very grateful for that and I decided to post a mini howto about winning drawing. I apologice for my English ;-)
The list of items used:
Victoria 4.2 - http://www.daz3d.com/victoria-4-2-base
Victoria morphs++ - http://www.daz3d.com/victoria-4-2-morphs
Human surface shaders
Frostbite - http://www.daz3d.com/frostbite
Vamp Syndori - http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/vamp-syndori/67566
Desir Hair - http://www.runtimedna.com/DesirHair.html
And now, the howto...
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NOTE
This week I compete with this other picture (I do not will submit more than one drawing every one or two weeks). If I win I'll do another HowTo.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4369710452177
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Comments
First of all: Simplicity!
Do only the necessary. Victoria, the camera, 2 spotlight and 1 distantlight
It is a portrait focused on his face, so I recommend hiding all body parts of Victoria that will not see. With that improves program performance.
No major changes in the character "Frostbite" except elf ears. Perhaps most striking are the changes in eye shape editing options "Victoria 2.4 morphs + +".
I like customize "EyeLidsBottomInHeight", "EyeLidsBottomOutHeight", "EyeLidsTopInHeight" and "EyeLidsTopOutHeight". I think it really brings a great personality to the expression
In this case, I tried to position her lips seem a bit sensual.
"Human surface shader" has become something essential for my drawings. I reduce the value of "Specular Strength" between 15% and 30%, depending on illumination.
The streng of the bumps depends on the proximity of the camera. In a scene very close is better smoothed values "Minimum" and "Maximum".
I wanted to create a very marked effect of shadows, as seen in the chains. To do this I applied a shadow type "Raytraced" with a very high value in the main focus.
The secondary focus only offers some light side for stuffing. To increase a bit the contrast of the forms I placed a distantlight in front of the camera, behind the model.
If you're enjoying this little guide, I will post soon some notes about the post production with The Gimp. Comments are welcome :)
Thank you so much for taking the time to post this. It is interesting and helpful.
Congratulations on your win at Facebook.
Well done and thanks for this. I'm sure people would find details of your postwork interesting and helpful :)
Thanks a lot for sharing
Thanks for your replies. Soon I will continue the HowTo :)