** Eve in the Garden ** by PhilW
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
My apologies for using the same model and pose as the last posting, but I knew that I could improve on the look of the skin and this is the result - to my eyes this looks so much more realistic!
I re-imported the model into Vue and upped the bump mapping factor, actually a bit too much. Default is 0.015 and I think (at least for this model) that around 0.03 will be about right.
Secondly, I tried rendering with HDRI Image Based Lighting, which I have not used before. It is quite slow - but I think that the results are spectacular! I will certainly be using it again (and thanks to tlaloc321 for pointing me in this direction with his fantastic gallery of lovely ladies rendered in C4D!).
Finally some layering of duplicates in Photoshop with different modes to subdue the excessive bump textures and hopefully to subtly enhance the realism.
The result is not yet perfect, but I feel I am really getting somewhere with this. Don't be surprised if my next few posts are further experiments in this direction.
Many thanks for looking and any comments. Phil

Comments (11)
Superb expression.Very well done.
Thr realism is there!
This one is much, much better. The skin speculars are way more realistic. Bravo!
Looks really good now.
Beautifully done - you are well on your way!!
She looks great!
Gorgeous Phil!!!She is so beautiful!
Looks nice. You're getting some very realistic results.
Vry Pretty, love the lighting!!!
Vue seems indeed to have that wonderful 'real' lighting! (Biggest problem in my app D|S is 'real' daylight though there are some software solutions for that to some degree..) Wonderful portrait!! Her necklace looks awesome too!!
I love how your works gets closer o real life as you go.