Elven Cutthroat - Splinterlands Art Contest - Week 291

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Dirty, wounded, and concealed by the forest; a focused Elven, briefly startled while gathering food, hones in on a threat in her territory.

Reference Image - Elven Cutthroat

Using Daz3d Studio and Photoshop

Started with a Genesis 9 Female Template.

Added a hilly environment and some plants.

Added grass.

Added trees.

Added the semi-completed model, after I morphed the body, changed her position, facial expression, and added clothes.

Added a knife.

Added hair, eyebrows and eyelashes.

Added texture, directional light and color.

Added body scratches and dirt.

Added more vegetation to give the scene depth.

Final render.

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Tools and assets used:

Daz3D Studio, Iray and Photoshop
Genesis 9 Female Template
Ellie Hair
Brida Clothes
G9 Full Adventure Shell
Daz3d and HDRI Lighting Background
Path Between the Trees Environment

In Summary:

• I start out with a model template and morph the body physically.
• I put the body into a position, change facial expressions, add makeup, dress the model, add skin texture, props, etc…
• I either can embed the character into the background or wrap the environment around the character, then add lighting and camera settings, like depth of field.
• Rendering time was about 15 hours.
• Postwork in Photoshop (adding imperfections in the skin, changing atmosphere and lighting, etc…)

Stay frosty people.