Investigation

Zena, glancing at her scanner, determining if there is life in the crashed spacecraft.

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Started with a Genesis 8 Female Template.

Added a space and crater environment.

Added a derelict spacecraft.

Added smoke, light and fire.

Added the completed model, after I morphed the body, added hair, makeup, changed her position, facial expression, and added clothes and accessories.

Final render.

Tools and assets used:

Daz3D Studio, Iray and Photoshop
Genesis 8 Female Template
Vertigo Hair
LV Clothes
Daz3D Lighting
DTPM Inferno, VDB Smoke, Msc Crater and Craft 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 1 to 2 hours per render.
• Postwork in Photoshop (adding imperfections in the skin, changing atmosphere and lighting, etc…)

Stay frosty people.