Just Dandy

Here we have a fun realistically themed render of a young woman running through a field of dandelions while kicking dandelion seeds into the air. I created an artwork similar to this a few years ago but this one is more detailed, and just way better. I had thought of adding more to the scene including a forest background and a summer-style hat but decided against it after rendering this simpler version. Sometimes simpler is better! I like that the seeds can be seen against the blue sky, and I didn’t want to overwhelm the viewer given there’s already a LOT of dandelions and other plants in the scene to look at. Open fields are more fun to run in anyway; don’t want to hit a tree while looking at the trail of seeds floating off the flowers in your hand behind you!

I rendered this scene in Poser 12 with Superfly. The lighting was created with a single “sun light” and then ambient light from the skydome. I used depth of field blurring to better show the floating seeds in the foreground like the ones flying from the dandelions in her hand. Her dress is dynamic cloth, and I used a wind force prop to “blow” the dress enough to make it look like it is moving from her running through the field (not actual wind). In postwork, I used a couple of Photoshop actions to play with the colors and an adjustment layer or two to enhance the contrast and clarity. After that, I just added my logo and done!

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

• D9S Fiona for La Femme by Dream9Studios
•  Rolling Hills: Dandelions by Flink
• Flowers 7: Dandelions by Flink
• Mona Dress by karanta
• Mia Hair by Prae
• Modern Skies by Flink