So if it’s not rendered yet still calculated – why not just hide it completely? However, Iray still needs to include this off camera or unseen geometry when calculating the bouncing of light rays, thereby slowing down the render. And, often missed, her torso and arms are hidden underneath the jumper that she is wearing. Likewise, her jeans and trainers are not rendered. The models legs, feet and hands are not rendered. However, even though the geometry which we can’t see isn’t rendered, it still needs to be considered when Iray is calculating iteration to iteration. If we take a look at the render above we can see that the lower half of Margot’s body is not displayed in the camera viewport and therefore, not rendered. It’s worth noting, for this test, we never let the render go to completion but stopped the test instead at 1000 iterations. When we get Daz 3d to render our image out we can see that it took a time of 20 minutes and 56 seconds to render. In this case – I’ve set the camera up to show the upper half of Margot’s body. Once we are happy with our model and her pose, we can set up the camera to our liking. The lighting used in this scene is LI Incandescent Portrait Lighting. To apply the skin textures properly and avoid strange colorization effects where the topology and texturing don’t align flawlessly, maintaining clean topology is crucial.The scene that we are working with consists of a single character model – Margot for Victoria 8 – standing within a small studio. The same is true for the lips, particularly the lower lip, which often protrude prominently from the skin of the chin. The areas around the eyes feature pronounced recesses and indentations within the face that will certainly affect how the face is lit and appears to the viewer.

These are areas where the topology is often most pronounced on the face. Suddenly your character may look like they had a little too much juice to drink. Imagine the colorization of the character’s lips bleeding into the skin immediately around them. Being mindful of topology is extremely important in skin texturing, especially the polygons directly around the mouth and eyes.

In many situations, however, you are likely performing all stages in the creation pipeline. At a professional level, it is not uncommon for an artist who specializes in skin texturing to not be the person who actually creates the model.

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