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So I had a dream a few nights back that I was at some bar or cabaret or something and Nyo was sitting on a stool on stage, alone, in this outfit with an acoustic guitar in hand and singing this song here ; a stool next to her with a glass of whiskey. She took a drink, set it back down, said a few words then looked at me and winking before starting. It sent a chill down my spine. The rest of the place was dark and watching intently and ADS04 was there with me, funny enough. I really wish I could animate because I would've loved to share that visual. It was amazing.

I spent the last couple of days toying around more with my skin shaders, multiple bump maps and physical light shaders to get it more to a point that I liked. These past few renders, I feel like I've hit a bit of a plateau in terms of image quality. It was inevitable but disappointing to say the least to me. I really took my time on this one, really just tweaking the shit out of the skin shaders and making separate bump maps for her hair circles/clips, her lips to give them more texture and a separate map for the hair spec. Looking back, I think the effect might've been too strong on the lips but I didn't want to re-render the image just to fix that one problem. Naturally, my hair problems continue. I just can't fix it for now. If someone can point me in the right direction...and don't say 'delete the duplicates'. I've already done that.

Character: Nyotengu
Workflow: XPS -> Maya 2016 -> mental ray

Description
So I had a dream a few nights back that I was at some bar or cabaret or something and Nyo was sitting on a stool on stage, alone, in this outfit with an acoustic guitar in hand and singing this song here ; a stool next to her with a glass of whiskey. She took a drink, set it back down, said a few words then looked at me and winking before starting. It sent a chill down my spine. The rest of the place was dark and watching intently and ADS04 was there with me, funny enough. I really wish I could animate because I would've loved to share that visual. It was amazing.

I spent the last couple of days toying around more with my skin shaders, multiple bump maps and physical light shaders to get it more to a point that I liked. These past few renders, I feel like I've hit a bit of a plateau in terms of image quality. It was inevitable but disappointing to say the least to me. I really took my time on this one, really just tweaking the shit out of the skin shaders and making separate bump maps for her hair circles/clips, her lips to give them more texture and a separate map for the hair spec. Looking back, I think the effect might've been too strong on the lips but I didn't want to re-render the image just to fix that one problem. Naturally, my hair problems continue. I just can't fix it for now. If someone can point me in the right direction...and don't say 'delete the duplicates'. I've already done that.

Character: Nyotengu
Workflow: XPS -> Maya 2016 -> mental ray