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Hanna got a request from a fan for a Photo Shoot in her AOT Sasha Braus Cosplay.
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Just doing random crap instead of doing anything on the ever growing list of things I should be doing.
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Some of the first renders I made using Daz never poster them because I think they're a bit meh, decided to just say YOLO and post them lol enjoy all.
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Grabbed another incomplete scene and fixed the lighting somewhat, just so it's 1 less half-finished thing in my pile of things.
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There are different ways to do a night scene.
Here are some methods (and surely there are more), hope it will help you.
All the pictures rendered at 1080px - 10k iterations in an average of 5mn (but I have a laptop with a 4080 12Gb).
First, the HDRI.
You can use a HDRI only or add a Point Light to simulate street light.
HDRI Only.................................................................................HDRI + Point Light
Second, the infamous Day for Night, with or without Point/Spot/Ghost/Emissive Light (your choice). Can be useful but tbh I think it's a tad unnatural.
For this technique, you have to set a HDRI or Sun-Sky daylight and, in Tone Mapping, put a yellow/orange-ish color in the White Point setting then tweak the Exposure/Shutter Speed/F-stop as you like.
Day For Night.................................................................................Day For Night + Point Light
Third, you also can do what Cake Slayer 3D already told you, the Sun-Sky.
If you want to use this method and still add an additional light, you have to use Dome and Scene and get rid of the Environment map.
Sun-Sky with Point Light
And last but not least, you can go all the way and use HDRI-GhostLights-Emissive Lights and Spot Lights (I know it's scary
) like I did in this pic. But believe me, you will need alot of VRAM. 
And voilà, I hope this long, long post will be useful and not too boring. If you want more explanations -> DM.
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Got any tips for natural looking indoor lighting? Most tutorials say "make use of natural lights like windows" etc but there are no windows. I'm playing around with ghost lights right now and I can't make a figure blend in well with the environment lighting. The figure itself is too dark with the environment but the environment itself is very well lit. Also, I know the pose is wack. I'm trying to learn lighting techniques before caring about that type of stuff lol.There are different ways to do a night scene.
Here are some methods (and surely there are more), hope it will help you.
All the pictures rendered at 1080px - 10k iterations in an average of 5mn (but I have a laptop with a 4080 12Gb).
First, the HDRI.
You can use a HDRI only or add a Point Light to simulate street light.
HDRI Only.................................................................................HDRI + Point Light
View attachment 4939365 View attachment 4939367
Second, the infamous Day for Night, with or without Point/Spot/Ghost/Emissive Light (your choice). Can be useful but tbh I think it's a tad unnatural.
For this technique, you have to set a HDRI or Sun-Sky daylight and, in Tone Mapping, put a yellow/orange-ish color in the White Point setting then tweak the Exposure/Shutter Speed/F-stop as you like.
Day For Night.................................................................................Day For Night + Point Light
View attachment 4939390 View attachment 4939393
Third, you also can do what Cake Slayer 3D already told you, the Sun-Sky.
If you want to use this method and still add an additional light, you have to use Dome and Scene and get rid of the Environment map.
Sun-Sky with Point Light
View attachment 4939416
And last but not least, you can go all the way and use HDRI-GhostLights-Emissive Lights and Spot Lights (I know it's scary
View attachment 4939426
And voilà, I hope this long, long post will be useful and not too boring. If you want more explanations -> DM.
Current lighting is the environment through the ceiling lights + 1 ghost light in front
PikZik
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FeelGud
Get rid of the ghost light that flatten your character's skin (I even can't see her shadow on the floor) and use a spot light out of frame to simulate a window's or corridor's light for example.
Even when you have a window, it's always useful to add a point/spot light now and then.
Get rid of the ghost light that flatten your character's skin (I even can't see her shadow on the floor) and use a spot light out of frame to simulate a window's or corridor's light for example.
Even when you have a window, it's always useful to add a point/spot light now and then.
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Thanks for the help replies. The celling lights for the test render is multiple lights that go around the entire room's ceiling which is contributing to no shadows
My version of Ozark, Missouri for my game Tomboy Supremacy.
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Meh, good enough for now. Entryway is ok. More work to do on the rest of the interior.... more things... to do...