I did three entries, all via Renderosity. None of them made it through the first round but I had a lot of fun creating them and that's more important! I also learnt a lot - this is the first time I've ever done renders this large, and it's a whole new ballgame! I didn't notice the (bad-AO-setup-related?) shadows along the mesh lines as they weren't apparent on my large monitor. I only noticed them when I looked at my entry again today on my laptop.
Here's all 74 Renderosity entries: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/contest/index.php?contest_id=1345&page=2#entries
My entry was number 39: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/contest/index.php?entry_id=34321
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I'm adding extra images to this page because after my entry was knocked out of the contest I decided todo some more work on it.
The default image here is just a thumbnail .
The second image is my actual entry.
The third image is a couple of changesI decided to try out once my entry was knocked out. The main inspiration came from the skin of the character in Redanta's "Mountain Air" image over at DA - http://redanta.deviantart.com/art/Mountain-Air-426155604
The fourth image (incomplete render) is the result of these changes, plus the hair fix, a toning-down of the shadows, a change to the smallDawn'sskin colour, and a reframing of the subject to include her full body and reflection (DawnIdea01B-c, just to remind myself!). I still like my original, but I also like these changes. More work still to do though... « Less
