The Summoning
Applications
DAZ|Studio 4.5
DAZ 3D
Photoshop CC 2020
Adobe
Luminar 4
Skylum
Models
- Tempest HD For Genesis 8 Female
- Victoria 8
- Victoria 8 HD Add-On
- Mackenzie for G3F and G8F
- Body Diversity Morphs for Genesis 8 Female(s)
- Sara Hair for Genesis 3 and 8 Female(s)
- Gayll dForce Hair for Genesis 8 Female(s)
- Backlight - Hair Shaders for Iray
- Fantasy Wrap for Genesis 3 Female(s)
- Fantasy Wrap for Genesis 3 Female(s) Textures
- dForce Summer Muse Outfit for Genesis 8 Female(s)
- Tassel Jewelry Mega Pack for Genesis 8 Female(s)
- dforce Order of the Huntress: The Acolyte Outfit for Genesis 8 Female(s)
- Sheer and Smooth Iray Shaders
- Reptilian for Genesis
- Troll for Genesis
- Rae'El the Demon
- Genesis Creature Creator
- MS Lycan
- Mr Hyde
- Anubis
- DG Iray Fur
- Alchemy Chasm
- DM's Sacrifice
- Fast Fog Iray
- The Torch and Construction Kit
Comments
Back when DAZ's Genesis figures were new, I made an experimental image showing a sorceress who has summoned a rather larger demon than she intended. I liked the general idea of the image, but it was rendered with the 3Delight renderer -- which I've never really mastered -- and the models used now look fairly dated.
I decided to try to remake the image using Genesis 8 figures and the more complex lighting and rendering effects possible with Iray. This is the result. I'm not totally satisfied with it, but I think it looks better than the original.
It took me a number of renders to get one that I was even partly satisfied with. A major problem was the smoke, which ended up showing repetitive artifacts that spoiled the effect. I had to do a certain amount of postwork to correct this issue.