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Kevin Rye

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Skyline Overlook

For my next sci-fi scene I stared off by dropping in a bunch of buildings and arranged them to look like a city. I then dropped some mountains into the background.

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I then added the Sci Fi Crew Quarters set.

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I stripped away all the stuff that I didn't want.

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I dropped in Victoria 7…

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…and gave her some sci-fi clothes.

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I then gave it a nice texture…

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…and applied a pose.

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I then began to move things into position…

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…and worked on the camera angle, added some props, and worked on the lights.

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Meh.

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Still meh.

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I wasn't feeling the outfit. It's pretty sexy, but it's not what I want for this scene. I figured I'd save the sexy version of this outfit for another day and just go with a full bodysuit.

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This render saw a good 20 iterations before I was finally happy with the look.

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Everything from the character to the hair changed. I very rarely end up with what I started with, but now it's starting to look like something.

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A few more tweaks to the lights, and a sci-fi gui applied to the tablet and I was happy with the results.

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I then took the render into Pixelmator for some post-work.

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I started by adding a nice sunny sky to match the lights on her back.

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Finally, I added some lens flare and bokeh.

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This one came out great. I love how nice a bright it is. It's a beautiful sunny day on the Skyline Overlook.