The Archer by DustRider ()

DAZ|Studio • Fantasy • posted on Jan 14, 2020

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Description

Princess Madelyn, protector of the forest, focuses on her possible target as she determines if it is friend or foe.

This was a fun image to create. It was an idea I had for a while, I just needed the right inspiration to create it. Madelyn of G3F was the inspiration. I modified shader settings and her face/shape quite a bit, but you can still see some of the original character. Her outfit is actually bits and pieces of 5 different outfits. I also had to modify the hair shader setting quite a bit to reduce the "helmet hair" effect, not as good as I wanted, but usable now (usually using UTH shaders works perfectly, but for some reason not with this hair).

The scene is Willow Creek from Stone Mason. I used 2 Iray sectional planes to let light into the scene from the default HDRI. This made the forest behind Madelyn too light/bright. The obvious answer would have been to just light the scene with a couple of mesh light and 2 or 3 spot lights. Why do easy when you can get creative? I used a fog dome, and made the fog a dark blue/purple color to give the appropriate darkness to the forest in the background. The only post work done was to adjust levels, add a touch of unsharp mask, and add the signature.

Scene set up and rendered in DAZ Studio 4.12.x Beta using Iray

Thanks for stopping by!! Oh, as usual, please click on the image to see it at full resolution the see the details (4K image).