Ghost Town

A cowgirl walking into a ghost town (deserted western town).

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Started with a Genesis 8 Female Template.

Added a Horse Template.

Added a Wild West Town Environment.

After I created the model from the template, I added her to the scene.

After I created the horse from the template, I added him to the scene.

1st Pre-Photoshop Render in Daz3D - Obviously there were some slight touch ups that I needed to do in Photoshop.

Post Photoshop Render - Touched up the shirt and other things in PS, added a gun belt (re-rendered in Daz3D), change the exposure, the temperature and hue in Photoshop.

Tools, assets and techniques used:

Daz3D Studio, Iray and Photoshop
Clementine Genesis 8 Female Template
Blithe Hair
Modern Cowboy and Mid Victorian Clothes
Dusty holsters and western guns
Daz Horse 2 and DH2 Western Saddle
HDRI Lighting
Wild West Town 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 times can take 10 minutes to 2 hours per render.
• Postwork in Photoshop (adding imperfections in the skin, changing atmosphere, creating depth of field, etc…)

Stay frosty people.