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SnowSultan — Iray Flaeme Test (Harem Version)
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Published: 2015-09-25 18:26:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 20711; Favourites: 371; Downloads: 467
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Description
Test render of generic demoness (flaeme), rendered in Iray (DAZ Studio). Please let me know if you like this concept more than the more simplified ones I've used in the past. Only post work is some color correction curves and signature.Genesis 2 female, End of Summer Hair, Succubus Accessories and various other DAZ and Renderosity items.
Still to do:
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* try painting improved details on horn, wing bones, etc in Substance Painter. Also want to try painting very subtle creature details on legs, shoulders, hip, etc.
* find settings to make gems in gold accessories appear. Base Iray diamond shader doesn't work well on them.
* try using various additional maps (SSS for ear, improved translucency maps for wings, better specular, etc).
Changes and reasons for such
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* Eyes won't always glow, I just wanted to test iray emission. They can glow when they breathe fire or first take demoness form after shedding a disguise.
* Veil shows face where mask doesn't, it's also kind of mysterious and sexy.
Also makes some sense story-wise, as Vaene (the main villain) is summoned into a Eastern lands harem and it's plausible that she adapts the general look of the people she first encounters for her minions. The veil is actually a copy of her bikini bottom with only the cloth portions visible and 'attached' by two rings to her horn.* I kinda like that fantasy ear shape, it's an interesting combination of being pointy and evil but also cute. Different from the usual elven ear and unusual enough to make it clear the character is not human.
* Iray renders metals much better than 3Delight, and I thought it would better personalize them if each demoness had a different combination of shiny accessories. This figure has 21 items so far (many not shown).
* Wings have translucency and a light is shining through her right one as a test. Also uses a custom transmap for edge detail and tears.
Comments appreciated as always! Thank you very much for taking a look.
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Very good body structure, I favor much her thickness really digging not giving her too much muscle tone.
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Thanks, I make a point to give the heroine of my story more muscle tone while these demoness enemies are more curvy and soft for better contrast.
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Epic! What outfit is that?
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What a lovely character! Marvellous work. I do like her glowing eyes.
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Thanks a lot! I do like how this came out, even though the eyes might have been better done in Photoshop.
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That bikini is seriously sexy (as is the rest of her).
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Thanks very much, I do like how that came out!
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Very very Valejo! Beautifully done! (though I am partial to your more "simple" renderings... 
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Thanks very much! Heh, the simple ones are much easier to make at least.
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And doesn't wear down the patience as quickly (forcing me, at least, do just give up and start something else)
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I have that problem too, sometimes huge projects become too tedious and you just want to move on to something new.
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Thanks a lot! I need to improve the tail and wings a little, but I hope to use her in more pics soon!
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Thank you very much, I'm glad you like it!
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Amazing! I absolutely love your style. It is not only a perfect render, you made works with an unique style and this is the most hard thing to do!!!!! Congrats
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Thank you very much, I'm glad you like it! I *hope* I'll be able to get consistent results.
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Thanks a lot, I'll make sure they keep that general look regardless of the art style.
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Great job on this one so far. I've found at times, the thin glass works better than the diamond in certain lighting. Just look up the refraction of diamonds if you try it, otherwise you may not get the proper look to them. I may try that myself with a render and test out using color in the refraction dials and see how well it can work.
Great work!
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I'll try that, thanks! I think the problem might be in the way those gems are modeled because other objects look OK with that diamond shader. I really don't understand refraction all that well though, and Iray shaders are confusing enough already. Wish we'd get more presets already!
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This is such an eye catching image (in the sea of half-nude chicks that DA is!) It's absolutely fantastic, I love how much thought you've put into her character design and I absolutely love her 'voluptuousness', (if that's even a word!) Awesome work!
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Thank you very much! The changes in character design were mainly because I was getting bored with my demons just being women with wings. It's not a huge change, but maybe it helps make them stand out just a little in that sea of half-nude chicks you mention.
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Love those glowing eyes. But she's way to overdressed
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You can keep saying that all you want, it's not going to make her clothes come off.
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And I thought that you're a nice guy and a good friend
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I still plan on giving you a decent Smacky butt in that big pic.
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I hope that you're right about that
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This reminds me of photos you'll see in books about Frank Frazetta or Boris Vallejo, reference shots they used of real life models. But it's straddling the line between photograph and fantasy painting. I really like this!
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Thanks very much! Not being a painter, I'm glad when I can make art that looks a little like that of the great fantasy artists.
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I love the skin, the lightning, the composition... actually everything! REally cool work, like a real studio photo
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Thank you very much, glad you like it! I'll try hard to make more like it in the future.
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Yep - the shaders are perfect ... as well as the composition and the lighting you've used.
I feel like I could reach out and touch her.
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Thank you very much, I'm glad you think so.
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This is absolutely fantastic. I *love* the skin and the style of this. It's so gorgeous! It almost frustrates me because I wouldn't be able to replicate this! This is very inspiring and just altogether gorgeous. It makes me want to get a lot more serious about Iray, but trying to get that fantasy-realistic feel as you've achieved here (in my opinion) would be mindboggling to even try. I know you've been working on the realism + fantasy aspect what with Reality and now Iray, so I'm very glad to see what I think is a successful 'test'.
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*You* wouldn't be able to replicate this? Haha, I may be a Studio veteran, but you can outdo me almost any day of the week.
The most important thing appears to be the lighting. I put a lot of effort into adjusting materials when I first started using Iray, but getting the lighting and environmental settings right makes all the difference. Everything kinda came together once I found a good combination; nothing here even uses any specular maps. The most complex thing of all is the hair, and I just copied some insane refraction settings from a thread at DAZ and it ended up looked good.
Thanks very much, I really appreciate your kind words!
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Hahah, thank you! But I seriously am not sure I could. Not with this specific coloring and lighting. I just really love this style. And Iray usually tries my patience a lot, so haha
I agree that Iray is probably a lot about lighting. Materials are important too but it feels like default materials can still look okay if you have great lighting (isn't that always how it is? lol)
Thank you for the reply! <3
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