A Future for Villains by LyleAryn
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
In my quest to make sure I so some love to every model in my runtime, I present to you "David 5."
I had this odd idea. I needed a male model. For some reason I reached way back to David 5. The initial vision took shape - originally I just wanted to figure out how to do some sort of cyber eye. As I worked, a picture took form. Different elements locked into place, all of it as if by magic. Where does the art come from? Does anyone know? I just had this idea about an eye, and this is what took form.
In titling it, I was reminded of villains from such stories as *Ghost in the Shell* or *Alita.* Strange cyber-beings that always looked as if they were having way too much fun. It wasn't what I went into the piece with, but it is what took shape.
Lots going one. Two separate spotlights. Emissives on the serpent, on the gun, in the eye. Volumetric cube to give that nice "godray" effect. I took the time to get the boots *just so* instead of just moving the camera a bit. I took the time to dial in every part of this expression, instead of dialing in from a preset. The outfit was chosen almost at random. Genesis has that great ability to be posed with gen4 poses, which helped with the serpent since the poses for it were for good old Vicky 4. Genesis also has that neat feature of being compatible with clothing of both genders. He didn't look quite right without a top, and I needed something just a little... strange. That was provided by "Sci-fi Bunny for Genesis." The gun is for a new generation, but that just meant it needed less work. I find a lot of gen5 props lack good initial placement, and often need a helper prop to get positioned. This shotgun snapped nearly to where it needed to be, and gave me a nice start position to get the fingers sorted. Not that you can see them. But they are sorted.
And for all the hard work, very little was needed in post. Slight color adjust, slight sharp adjust. Then export to jpg and here we are.
I hope this inspires a story or two. Perhaps you're playing a sci-fi TTRPG and need a good villain. Perhaps you just need something to spark a story. In any case, feel free to use it. I got no qualms. I had no idea this is what I would be rendering today.
Have a good one, and God bless.
~~LA
Comments (22)
This is fantastic work.
I'm oddly pleased with it myself. Thank you!
Great work!!! Super athmosphere and lightning!!!
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Your reference to 'Alita' means Alita, Battle Angel, by any chance. I just watched that movie at the suggestion of my grandson. I wasn't disappointed. Loved it. This is one wild and creepy looking character and scene. Your reference to 'going back to David 5' really struck my funny bone. I'm still advanced to only David 3 and will no doubt remain there. I still use him occasionally as you many notice if you scan my gallery. And M4 is a far as I go in the Daz guys. M4 and V4. Me a Poser guy. You know the drill.
Lol, yeah. I got an Aiko 3 hanging around I've loaded once. Hard to justify picking up much for her, though.
And yeah. Alita: Battle Angel was a great film. They had some serious talent working on that. I keep hoping they'll do a sequel. There's a ton of additional material for them to draw upon. Plus, would be nice to dig into Edward Norton's character a bit more.
Thanks for commenting. I'm still trying to figure out how I ended up making something so far outside my usual stuff. I'm glad it turned out so nicely, though.
This is fantastic. Great lighting and atmosphere
Thank you. It's appreciated.
Wonderful Sci-fi scene, super render and lighting…!!!!!👏👍🙋♂️
Great character and scene!! Well done!
Thank you very much!
Well done.
So glad you enjoyed it!
A bang up job on lighting. A sensational piece of work. Always a like and fave.
Thank you. I appreciate it. Hope you have a wonderful day!
His face is fun, cool work
Thank you bugs!
Stunning render - the lighting is excellent!
Thanks! I'm always happy to get comments on lighting. Puts the cherry on top of the effort!
Fantastic scene,excellent done,like it a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you! I'm so glad. Hope the day is treating you well.
cool
Thanks!
MOST....impressive lighting and environment....very cool character....first class work and render...!!
Thank you very much, DG. Always a pleasure! Thanks for your review.
Wow! Perfect and terrifying!
Thanks! I wouldn't want to meet this guy irl.
your lighting is first class as your render
Aww, shucks. Thank you very much, Richard.
This piece really came together nicely. I like the light and shadow work and I like the character. It’s always nice to read your backstory and get a feel for how these wonderful works come about. A very nice job.
Thanks. I'll keep writing 'em as long as people are reading 'em. Always good to see your take on this stuff, Dag.
So Amazing !
Thank you very much, Crender. Glad you stopped to leave feedback!
That is pretty dang cool and imaginative! Damn cool! I like it a lot.
Thank you. As I get better with the software, it becomes easier to follow a muse wherever it leads. I'm happy with the results most of the time, too.
Incredible light and lights!!
Thank you. It's worth the extra render time to get it right. Have a super day!
I remember David. I liked him so much better than Michael 3. I love the “God rays”, and hope I can learn to do them in DAZ Studio. This scene has the right atmosphere for something strange to happen......well executed, and your muse led you in the right direction with this one.
Thank you. I don't believe I've seen a David 6 or newer, and I think its sad to think the line wasn't continued. Seems like only Vicky, Mike and Aiko have been persistent through gen 3, afaik.
A little research shows they did make a David 3 morph for genesis, so that's cool. I rather like his chin!
Thanks for stopping by and commenting! I'm glad you like it.
Delightful!
Mhmm. If you're going to be an insane villain, might as well have fun! Thanks for the view.
Excellent