Fire Elemental - Splinterlands Art Contest - Week 252

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Fire Elemental…a provocative version…basks in her own flames as it consumes her body…with her skin-like shell charring and sweating from the smoke and heat.

Reference Image - Fire Elemental

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Using Daz3d Studio and Photoshop

Started with a Genesis 9 Female Template.

I morphed the body, changed her position, and facial expression.

Added texture and color.

Added eye makeup, changed eye color and added hair…plus changed to a black background.

Added more muscle definition to her body.

Added fire-chard smoky skin.

Added some fire portals to the background.

Added a background light to light up her hair and background…gave her skin some moisture for sweat…and added a blazing fire and smoke…then rendered.

In Photoshop, I added some sun flare in the bottom left corner…and I gave her eyes a sharp yellow glow.

Tools and assets used:

Daz3D Studio, Iray and Photoshop
Genesis 9 Female Template
KGDS Dirt Shell
Soft Curls Long Hair
Portal Cloud and Rings
DTPM Inferno
Daz3D Lighting
Infinity Cove Background

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 2 to 6 hours per render.
• Postwork in Photoshop (adding imperfections in the skin, changing atmosphere and lighting, etc…)

Stay frosty people.