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Lokai2000 — Harsh Reality
Published: 2006-03-09 03:24:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 6647; Favourites: 138; Downloads: 807
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Every now and then I like to do some a bit different. This piece was a study to remind me how something as "simple" as lighting can drastically change the feel of a scene.I want to thank Parrotdolphin. She was kind enough to let me use one of her pieces as a background image in this scene. [link] She was even kind enough to provide the povray code so I could render a higher resolution version.
Please stop by her gallery. She does a lot of interesting things with Apophysis, Ultrafractal, and Povray.
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I love the wings!
Come stop by my place when you have a chance^^
~~~Morghan PinkPigtails
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very nice 
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I love the contrast of colors, it really brings the picture alive
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This is an instant :+lovefav: for me, totally amazing hun
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Amazing!
I like the contrast between the slightly overexposed highlight and the deep shadows.
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the whole thing is cool, but i hust cant stop staring at her wings. awesome! delicate, but strong, like iron lacework. on that note, the lighting on the wings, compared to on her body seems a bit off, omehow, cant put my finger on it. might just be the colour contrast with the light on the different surfaces is unsettling. but anyways,
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The lighting, pose and materials are just superb! Very very well done!!!!!!!!!!
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Programs.
Poser, Poseray, Povray, and Photoshop. I have a thing for software that begins with a P.
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Gorgeous character outfit. Definitely lighting can dramatically change the feel of a piece.
Interesting how you balanced the exposure so it's bordering on overexposed at some spots and nicely shaded at others so you see the detail on the wings
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The shadow of the "wall" in the background. The whole piece kind of has feel of sitting outdoors with a very bright sun. The subject was partially placed in the shadow of a wall. This was actually an accident. I normally set the background prop to not generate shadows. I forgot to do that this time and I really liked the effect for this scene.
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I like the effect alot. sometimes forgetting to do something is a good thing
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Such a marvelous use of lighting. I have to fav this for sure. You have made my day with this
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Good character.....
Amazing colour composition between the character and background.....
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the light is very interesting
very neat :3 i love the character design
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Wonderful image! I love the lighting, the way it reflects off what she's wearing...
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Great! She looks like a fighting game character.. or a futuristic movie...
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Holy cow!! Amazing **lighting** on this pic. Will Poser ever be able to render with lights like this?? Maybe on my dreams...
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Lighting was the whole reason I quit using Firefly. It has real problems with speed, memory, and crashing when you start to get above 20 lights. Still, you can do some pretty amazing things if you have the patience. RNDA has some really nice HDRI lightsets for free that have 20 lights in them. you should check them out.
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I am usually Ok with lame Poser lighting because Anime style doesn't require realism. Only a few times I need better light+shadows and end up rendering in Vue instead. But the GUI in Vue is v-e-r-y cumbersome and confusing, and positioning lights becomes more like a challenge than a task. Are those HDRI lights for Poser? Any links? ^^
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Sure, no problem. Check here. [link]
There are some very good light sets in here.
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Oops, Yes, these are for Poser.
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Jeez, thanks, but I am not a member of that site and cannot access the files.
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The lighting IS nice. Like a ray from above. And those wings are killer, I luv 'em!
I didn't even register the background until I took the full view. I'm thrilled you could use it.
I wondered how you got the curve in it, but I think maybe you did that part in Poser?
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The image is uv-mapped to a curved plane (DAZ Cyclorama). 
And thank you for letting me use the piece! I like how the regular pattern gives the scene some depth.
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Thanks for the info. Now I will always wonder if people have used Cyclorama in their images.
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PS: Thanks for the plug!
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Omigosh! fabulous piece!! Veeery realistic and the light is perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD
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I'm almost embarassed to say to lighting was a pleasant accident.
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haha! Well I hope you remeber how the accident happened so you can utilize it! I love happy endings! ^^
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I sooooo agree wit da first dude! holy CRAP!!! i never thought you could get better than you were when I first saw your stuff so long ago, but you've become so UTTERLY AMAZING!!!! i wouldn't be surprised if you were up for a DD sooooon!!!! ^^ +fav!
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Not sure how long I can keep it up though. I tend to get burnt out after a while.
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hahahhaahha No worries there, I sooo believe in you! ^^ you've never once let me down! (i still get all happy when I see a deviation from ya in my messages!)
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Thanks! Really! I still rememeber you as being one of the first people to comment on some of my pieces.
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yayaya! i feel special! ^^ XD
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that's an absolutley gorgeous character design
and the rendering is just so....... realistic, could've sworn it was a drawing or photo
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