Finally my first shot with Smart Doll Kizuna Yumeno. This composite has been a long time in the making. I already had a picture in my head for Kizuna’s first photo when I first received her.
Been working on it on and off for the past 4 months. I wanted an abandoned urban look to it. The main hold back was compositing a completely brand new background. My prior composites have been “light” edits to stock photos backgrounds compared to this. Large changes such as water, adding vegetation, and completely new lighting added complexities. Original untouched stock here if you’re interested (https://goo.gl/IjFePN)
I also lost two month’s worth of work due to misreading the usage rights on a stock photo. But at least I caught it when I went back to double check. ^^; I ended up using a completely different stock photo for the background.
Another difficulty has been posing Kizuna in a natural pose. After photographing figures who have their poses predetermined was something I took for granted. I have a ways to go on posing but this was the closest natural post I can do for the moment.
I have to thank +Danny Choo for the Air Stand, that definitely helps with keeping Kizuna’s pose when I was photographing her. Enjoy all!
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That was certainly quite a modification of the original. Despite the decay, everything feels nicely softened, especially with the lighting. The water ripples and the trailing water from her heels is a great touch. Gives a good sense of motion. But with that motion brings her path. That gets a little lost considering that she seems to be travelling straight into the photo instead of towards the light (which is the expected direction).
I want to see her in just a few more steps so that the light hits a little higher on the body, get a little more of that ephemeral glow.
I'm guessing shadows on water is a pretty tough thing to figure out :).
#armchaircritique
Thanks for the great feedback as always. ^_^
I really hoped I could've used the original first background (I still go back to view it every now and then), the angle would have been easier. Alas not everything goes according to plan.
As far as keeping the light from fully illuminating Kizuna was intentional to work towards becoming engulfed in light but not quite yet.
Shadows aren't too bad but in water, I have to take refraction into account though the cloud flare took the displacement too much now that I revisit this.
Great work.