Have you ever rendered a scene in Daz Studio and wondered where the light’s coming from? How to control it? Make it brighter or darker? Moody, sultry, full of action, emotes feeling? Of course you have. That’s the reason most of us are creating digital artwork!
Once we have the pose right, the scene set, the characters in place, clothed, makeup applied, hair coiffed just so, sultry expression, it’s time to bring the scene to life, and you can’t do that without light and — a key ingredient in John’s technique — shadows. Light focusses our attention on the key shapes in a scene – such as sensuous curves — and shadows give definition and depth. Without good lighting your renders will be flat, unappealing or worse, the same default lighting used by Daz beginners.
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