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Kevin Rye

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The Fountain of Healing

I picked up this cool Fountain of Health prop 4 months ago, but haven’t gotten the chance to use it yet. I figured today was as good a day as any.

Screen Shot 2014-08-22 at 4.30.42 PM

Pretty nice.

fountain 1

It even has some water built-in.

fountain 2

I placed a half nude Giselle 6 at the fountain and rendered it out. I actually shrunk her down a bit to get her hands in the water.

fountain 3

I then placed some props and vegetation around the scene...

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...as well as a forest in the background.

Screen Shot 2014-08-23 at 1.12.50 PM

I then moved everything into position...

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...and gave it a test render.

fountain 12

OK, now we’re getting somewhere. I added a rain prop and changed the angle.

Screen Shot 2014-08-23 at 11.38.50 PM

It just needed to be a little sexier, so I changed Giselle 6 to Victoria 6. After adding a little more nudity, Giselle just looked too young for the scene. There was just something not quite right about seeing her half-naked. I also added a wet skin texture overlay to go with the rain. I just tweaked the camera angle again, as well as the depth-of-field.

Screen Shot 2014-08-23 at 11.40.44 PM

That’s the one. Just enough breast to make it sexy. I just needs some post-work.

fountain 19

I took the render into Pixelmator and added some twinkly-sparkles, steam, and bokeh.

Screen Shot 2014-08-24 at 8.08.23 PM

I then topped it off with some light leak effects.

The Healing Fountain

I even made a no-nudity version for the DAZ Gallery.

The Healing Fountain - no nudity

Another awesome render. I can do this stuff all day!