Captain Calico

I’ve been wanting to do some pirate artworks for quite a while (as in for a few years now) but I just never got around to it until now. Be prepared to see more pirates soon as I may or may not be on a bit of a kick because this was a fun one! The setting is a really old Poser set that I had to completely overhaul for Superfly as in redo every single material on every element plus replace a few things. Still, the models are good so new materials, and such were all that was really needed. This scene stars my Rosita character too!

There really was a Captain Calico named for the calico clothes he wore; Captain Calico Jack, whom was probably best known for being in cahoots with Anne Bonny and is said to be one of the inspirations for Captain Jack Sparrow… in addition to Keith Richards.

I did a lot of work on this one so stick with me. I replaced every material on the set with a Superfly material either of my own making or from one of the resources I own. I also replaced the outside backdrop with “The Big Blue” set by Cybertenko which is a 3D ocean plane and skydome and set it to be a sunset rather than a moonlit night like the original set’s backdrop. Most of the light in the scene comes either from the emissive materials on the candles or the skydome outside the windows. There are two area lights inside the cabin to project a tiny bit more light (they’re set to 5% and 10% respectively so yeah, tiny bit). I then rendered the scene in Superfly all in Poser 12.

Now for the postwork! In Photoshop, I added flames and some subtle flickers of sparks via a couple brushes to the candles so they wouldn’t all look so uniform. I also played with the colors a little via a Photoshop action or two. I then took the image into Lightroom where I did the final color and contrast edits and created the final artwork that you see here.

Most of these items are available from the Renderosity Marketplace (unless otherwise noted):

• D9S Rosita for La Femme by Dream9Studios
• Salty Scarlette for La Femme by RPublishing
• Sweet & Salty by Sarsa 
• Georgia Hair by Prae
• Captains Galley & Treasure by LukeA
• The Big Blue by Cybertenko