"Victory." This is a privately commissioned piece. It is a portrait of the client, depicted as a kind of spiritual avatar--younger, faster, and harder. The scene is a metaphor for the struggles and horrific hardships she had to fight through in her life to emerge not only as a survivor, but ultimately victorious. As a young girl, she was also an avid horse rider, and the freedom she felt being able to ride for hours on end with just her and her horse is something she dearly misses. This horse is an amalgamation of her horse from years before, and a powerful equine avatar fitting the scene.
The whole picture is intended to be something she can look at daily and gain strength as she faces her twilight years. It means a lot that I could bring this to life for her.
Now the technical stuff:
Primary subject was modeled in Daz Studio 4.6 using the following: Victoria 4.2 base, with ++morphs to adjust the face and body fit the client; she supplied me with "mugshots" to use as references. She's wearing the Shadowcaster outfit, and holding the DragonLord sword. The horse base is the Daz Charger with Astral Armor; the horse's skin texture and hair were painted on in post production.
The whole picture is intended to be something she can look at daily and gain strength as she faces her twilight years. It means a lot that I could bring this to life for her.
Now the technical stuff:
Primary subject was modeled in Daz Studio 4.6 using the following: Victoria 4.2 base, with ++morphs to adjust the face and body fit the client; she supplied me with "mugshots" to use as references. She's wearing the Shadowcaster outfit, and holding the DragonLord sword. The horse base is the Daz Charger with Astral Armor; the horse's skin texture and hair were painted on in post production.
The mountains and the sky each came from Stock.xchng (www.sxc.hu/)
Everything else was painted in photoshop CS5, plus adjustments and color layers. The final was printed at 16x20 on lutre paper.
"Silverlight." Commissioned by the same client that asked for "Victory," above. Whereas "Victory" is meant to depict a younger, harder avatar of the client, this one shows a much more true-to-life version of her in her middle age. She requested all of the elements, especially the Yorkie on the rock, her beloved Nikki that passed away some time ago.
This was a challenging piece. All the vegetation in the foreground is hand painted. Hours upon hours of daisy-chaining layers and flattening and repeating over and over. I banged the wolf out in two sittings but those goddamned plants took MONTHS! Oy vey!
But it's done and the client wept when she saw it, which honestly made every second worth it.
"The Winter Salon."
