I really liked the way that the Stargazer render came out. I wanted to do another simple nude render. Something with a low prop-count. Maybe just Victoria and a chair.



That’s a good start, but maybe I will put in a simple background. Maybe just a wall.



I added a couple of walls and a floor and then started dropping in some lights. I couldn’t resist, I just had to add a little table with a plant.



I then gave it a test render.



It needed some depth-of-field, and a lot more work with the lights. I also changed the camera angle a bit. I actually did a few separate renders and layered them in Pixelmator. I played with the hair color too, which did something interesting when layered with different opacities.

All-in-all, not bad. I like how playing with different layer settings such as Hard Light, Screen, and Overlay can really do some wonders to the lights and darks of the skin. I think it adds a little more realism.



This was an interesting experiment. I usually try my best to get all the lighting perfect on the final render, but layering different renders together with totally different light settings can make for some interesting results.