Lighting & Shading

Once the basic textures were done, I applied SSS Fast Skin Material and started making the lighting. I positioned the lights according to the HDRI that I used for the reflection (Fig.12).


From that basic illumination, I put more fill lights into the scene (Fig.13).


During this process I made many render tests while I was making the skin textures (Epidermal, Back Surface and Specular) and adjusting the lights (Fig.14).

Hair

Once I'd finished the lighting, it was time to create the final hairstyle and render the scene. I used the Hair & Fur application in 3ds Max to create it. I applied the modifier on the head of selected polygons and then I styled the hair by cutting and brushing it. The hair tools are very good to use, it's just a delicate process to get the right result (Fig.15).



I used Hair & Fur again to create fur on the turtle neck sweater and to make the eyebrows. These were easier to create than the head's hair (Fig.16).


Lighting the hair was done in a separate file. I only used two lights for hair because it was sufficient to provide a good render with a less rendering time.