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Description
...with glass-and-steel wings has discovered something beautiful among dirty roofs of typical city

Another view: [link]

UPDATE: Hi-resolution (1920x2560) image available now.

Idea...
Starting point for idea of this image was "Dusk" CG technology demo ([link] ), created by nVidia in 2003 (nine years ago!) for promoting their GeForce FX5900 series. So, character appearance, environment details, clothes style were initially selected to match demo as close as possible. But at the point of adjusting materials for wings, idea has slightly changed...

Some tech details...
- Rendered using Octane Render 1.0 RC3
- Light is simple texture environment, resulting in incredible rendering speed (about 3.2 Ms/sec), so reaching final 16000 spp at 3Mpix resolution takes just 4 hours, resulting in smooth and visual noise-free image
- Translucent parts of wings is the mix of original texture (diffuse material) and tinted glass from Octane LiveDB (specular material)
- No postwork, only selecting appropriate camera parameters (Kodak Portra 800CD, ISO 200 camera response)

Some credits...
- Building is 'Mega City - Block 1' freebie [link] (showed roof is just about 5% of entire building)
- Backdrop from 'The Ultimate Restroom by 3-D-C', same texture is used for environment light [link]
- Wings from 'Wild Butterflies for V4' set [link]
- Main character is a mix of 'FRAD MeDessa' [link] (body morphs with most of values changed, eyes texture) and 'SV Mandy' [link] (head morph, textures) characters

Description
...with glass-and-steel wings has discovered something beautiful among dirty roofs of typical city

Another view: [link]

UPDATE: Hi-resolution (1920x2560) image available now.

Idea...
Starting point for idea of this image was "Dusk" CG technology demo ([link] ), created by nVidia in 2003 (nine years ago!) for promoting their GeForce FX5900 series. So, character appearance, environment details, clothes style were initially selected to match demo as close as possible. But at the point of adjusting materials for wings, idea has slightly changed...

Some tech details...
- Rendered using Octane Render 1.0 RC3
- Light is simple texture environment, resulting in incredible rendering speed (about 3.2 Ms/sec), so reaching final 16000 spp at 3Mpix resolution takes just 4 hours, resulting in smooth and visual noise-free image
- Translucent parts of wings is the mix of original texture (diffuse material) and tinted glass from Octane LiveDB (specular material)
- No postwork, only selecting appropriate camera parameters (Kodak Portra 800CD, ISO 200 camera response)

Some credits...
- Building is 'Mega City - Block 1' freebie [link] (showed roof is just about 5% of entire building)
- Backdrop from 'The Ultimate Restroom by 3-D-C', same texture is used for environment light [link]
- Wings from 'Wild Butterflies for V4' set [link]
- Main character is a mix of 'FRAD MeDessa' [link] (body morphs with most of values changed, eyes texture) and 'SV Mandy' [link] (head morph, textures) characters