Well, Spring is almost here, and people are already going to the beach here in the Gulf Coast United States, but not swimming in the ocean yet, a bit too cold for that :)
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Started with a Genesis 9 Female...
Added the semi-completed model, after I morphed the body, changed her position, facial expression, added eyebrows/eyelashes, and added clothes.
Added hair.
Add a texture and color.
Converted it to Black and White…then rendered.
In Photoshop, I colored in the blue eyes and hair clip.
Daz3D Studio, Iray and Photoshop
Genesis 9 Female Template
Vertigo Hair
SU Clothes
Daz3d and HDRI Lighting Background
Beach 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 an hour.
Postwork in Photoshop (adding imperfections in the skin, changing atmosphere and lighting, etc…)