Girls Play Chess Too!

Member : CMcC

Image description
a young woman getting ready to play chess

Description of how this image was created
chess pieces were modeled in wings 3d. downloaded to daz studio free vickie2 model was used for the girl. picture was modeled in daz then saved as an .obj file. loaded and worked on in poseray to make it compatible with povray. then saved as povray file. then povray code was tweeked and then rendered in povray. then file size was modified in gimp with no postwork. all materials and software was freeware.

General statistics
No of ratings	:	18
Min. overall rating	:	6 (2 / 2 / 2)
Max. overall rating	:	38 (13 / 13 / 12)
Sum of rating	:	438 / 1080
Date uploaded	:	2008-11-30 23:50:45

Specific details Note: The maximum value below is misleading as the voting system has changed. If the member votes for all the entries and has created one him/herself, there is an automatic 20/20/20 score added to the value (This encourages all members who enter to vote).
Rating type	:	Min : Max : Sum : Out of
Artistic	:	1 : 13 : 138 : 360
Concept	:	2 : 13 : 137 : 360
Technical	:	2 : 15 : 163 : 360
Overall	:	6 : 38 : 438 : 1080

Comments by members when rating this image

1.   31-12-2008 The only thing that confuses me with this image is the shadow behind the arm - it makes her look as though she's either lying on the ground or there is some kind of board behind her. 2.   19-12-2008 rendering artifacts are noticeable. It's very difficult to render natural looking humans. Eyes are a giveaway. Hair issue. Rather odd figure bend. My figure doesn't seem to be able to bend that way. Chess pieces just seem to be put there to fill a requirement. 3.   18-12-2008 I'd like to know how you did the hair but the parting lets it down a bit. 4.   01-12-2008 what happened to your shadows? Only her arm casts some, and they're not where we'd expect them. Using a sphere for the sky? Set it to ambient 1 diffuse 0 specular 0 so it won't collect shadows. Also make sure your camera and light source are not too close together, so we can see the shadow of objects which gives more depht to the image. Area lights are a good thing for adding realistic look, too. Try improving the hand pose (observe yourself: exactly how would YOU hold a chess piece). Something to "stir up" the background would be good. Avoid shooting objects "head on" like you did with the other chess pieces - you're using 3D software, so show it off.