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Update (1-17-2024): I changed which folders this post is in, and I also found out that "Soraya" translates to "the sky" from Japanese to English on Google Translate. I guess the render makes a lot more sense.

That's right, fellas! She can fly like the magical princess she is. This is something I wanted to try out, because I'm making a story that intends to be a full-on comic. With that in mind, I want to try this stuff out so I'm familiar with my choice of art ahead of time.

I was originally going to do something epic like this with another Slayers character Shinri Muto, another Inzauma Fighter. However, MindForcet and I found some problems with the model for him, particularly the meshes. I'll have to talk more about this with the other SODC7 members when I get the chance, because I really believe at least some of these characters deserve revisions and more outfits in 2023.

As for this render, I was originally going to do a render of a Slayers character in DAZ Studio with DAZ assets. But then I quit that program and did Blender instead, thanks to some questionable features or a lack of certain features that would save my frustration. It's not the character creator I got hyped up for, though maybe it'll change if I give it more chances. In the meantime, I just used Blender instead. Posing Soraya in XNALara wasn't too bad, with the hair being the only seriously tricky part because it didn't have many bones. Next time that happens, I might try the hair particles through Blender itself, but I think I managed to work around the model's hair mesh in the meantime. Shading got a little tricky with how I wanted to shade all the meshes, but it was all worth it in the end. I especially like how I did the shiny parts and the sky. Aside from Blender, I did some re-texture work on the head in Photoshop to make the black hair blend with the model's hair mesh a little better. Honestly, I think this is one of the better pictures I made in my entire DA gallery by a lot.

My Discord Server: discord.gg/tTrZ6Bj
My YouTube Gallery: www.youtube.com/@CarloNassar/v…

Model from GracieSpears
www.deviantart.com/graciespear…

Additional Textures from rolance
www.deviantart.com/rolance/art…

Description
Update (1-17-2024): I changed which folders this post is in, and I also found out that "Soraya" translates to "the sky" from Japanese to English on Google Translate. I guess the render makes a lot more sense.

That's right, fellas! She can fly like the magical princess she is. This is something I wanted to try out, because I'm making a story that intends to be a full-on comic. With that in mind, I want to try this stuff out so I'm familiar with my choice of art ahead of time.

I was originally going to do something epic like this with another Slayers character Shinri Muto, another Inzauma Fighter. However, MindForcet and I found some problems with the model for him, particularly the meshes. I'll have to talk more about this with the other SODC7 members when I get the chance, because I really believe at least some of these characters deserve revisions and more outfits in 2023.

As for this render, I was originally going to do a render of a Slayers character in DAZ Studio with DAZ assets. But then I quit that program and did Blender instead, thanks to some questionable features or a lack of certain features that would save my frustration. It's not the character creator I got hyped up for, though maybe it'll change if I give it more chances. In the meantime, I just used Blender instead. Posing Soraya in XNALara wasn't too bad, with the hair being the only seriously tricky part because it didn't have many bones. Next time that happens, I might try the hair particles through Blender itself, but I think I managed to work around the model's hair mesh in the meantime. Shading got a little tricky with how I wanted to shade all the meshes, but it was all worth it in the end. I especially like how I did the shiny parts and the sky. Aside from Blender, I did some re-texture work on the head in Photoshop to make the black hair blend with the model's hair mesh a little better. Honestly, I think this is one of the better pictures I made in my entire DA gallery by a lot.

My Discord Server: discord.gg/tTrZ6Bj
My YouTube Gallery: www.youtube.com/@CarloNassar/v…

Model from GracieSpears
www.deviantart.com/graciespear…

Additional Textures from rolance
www.deviantart.com/rolance/art…