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Delarah strode towards her downed opponent, who was struggling to catch her breath. She had won - they both knew it. Delarah paused as she loomed over Blood Raven. What if I bring her in alive? she thought. And that is what cost her. Maybe it was the concussion that caused her mind to wander, maybe a misguided sense of mercy, or maybe fatigue. In any case, Blood Raven saw Delarah's eyes gaze into the distance. As Delarah once again focused on Blood Raven, she saw the woman was reaching behind her head with the hand that should be trying to futilely block the incoming sword blow. Delarah had killed in battle many times - and each time her opponent was downed, they put up their hands to protect themselves at the last second. She knew something was wrong, cursed at her overconfidence in throwing her shield aside. She reared back to deliver the killing blow, hoping that the criminal was reaching for something that would make no difference, but somehow knowing that in winning she had lost.

This is actually going to be a series of three renders within the Blood Raven series taken from different angles (and one extra nude render of Blood Raven from shot 2). This is the one I kinda liked the best, but it didn't even have Blood Raven in it.

I am not sure how other artists do their renders, but a lot of the time I do the complete scene and then look at things from different angles to get the best shot. I rarely hide things except when I know that I won't take a certain shot angle, because of that reason. That also means much longer composition times, as I make sure each part of the scene is in order so the "camera" doesn't catch something that looks wrong, like a prop 2 cm off the ground or skin poke-through with clothing. I would have had these sooner but I engaged in a very interesting conversation with a person who likes my art which took up most of the afternoon.

I am not quite done with the series. Does Blood Raven truly have one more trick up her sleeves, or has the law finally caught up with her? Stay tuned for my next set of renders!

These images are rendered in Daz. The base character is a mixture of shapes and morphs, with G8 base skin modified with Skin Builder and ARKS Materials Wizard, with dForce Classic Long Wavy hair. Delarah was based on AC Isabella and is wearing The Knight Series 02 armor with resized Belum Animus Shield. The background is Oremus with the Middle East Desert dawn9 HDRI.

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Delarah strode towards her downed opponent, who was struggling to catch her breath. She had won - they both knew it. Delarah paused as she loomed over Blood Raven. What if I bring her in alive? she thought. And that is what cost her. Maybe it was the concussion that caused her mind to wander, maybe a misguided sense of mercy, or maybe fatigue. In any case, Blood Raven saw Delarah's eyes gaze into the distance. As Delarah once again focused on Blood Raven, she saw the woman was reaching behind her head with the hand that should be trying to futilely block the incoming sword blow. Delarah had killed in battle many times - and each time her opponent was downed, they put up their hands to protect themselves at the last second. She knew something was wrong, cursed at her overconfidence in throwing her shield aside. She reared back to deliver the killing blow, hoping that the criminal was reaching for something that would make no difference, but somehow knowing that in winning she had lost.

This is actually going to be a series of three renders within the Blood Raven series taken from different angles (and one extra nude render of Blood Raven from shot 2). This is the one I kinda liked the best, but it didn't even have Blood Raven in it.

I am not sure how other artists do their renders, but a lot of the time I do the complete scene and then look at things from different angles to get the best shot. I rarely hide things except when I know that I won't take a certain shot angle, because of that reason. That also means much longer composition times, as I make sure each part of the scene is in order so the "camera" doesn't catch something that looks wrong, like a prop 2 cm off the ground or skin poke-through with clothing. I would have had these sooner but I engaged in a very interesting conversation with a person who likes my art which took up most of the afternoon.

I am not quite done with the series. Does Blood Raven truly have one more trick up her sleeves, or has the law finally caught up with her? Stay tuned for my next set of renders!

These images are rendered in Daz. The base character is a mixture of shapes and morphs, with G8 base skin modified with Skin Builder and ARKS Materials Wizard, with dForce Classic Long Wavy hair. Delarah was based on AC Isabella and is wearing The Knight Series 02 armor with resized Belum Animus Shield. The background is Oremus with the Middle East Desert dawn9 HDRI.