(RoW Nov. 20 – 26)
I created Witch’s Brew for my entry to Renderosity’s Annual Halloween Contest. Although I didn’t place (there were over 560 entries), I still had alot of fun creating my image. The theme for this year’s contest was “Wake the Dead”. A bunch of artists did scary scenes in graveyards, so I wanted to try something a little different and more light-hearted.
I started in Poser: posed the witch and added clothing/hair. I imported alot of objects into Vue with the witch, and set up the scene. Then I worked with the atmosphere and lighting and rendered the image.
As you can see, a bunch of work still needs to be done on the image. That’s where postwork comes in.
In Photoshop, I began with the witch’s dress (since I didn’t have a long enough dress object in Poser, I had to make my own). This is the first time I ever painted 
on an image in Photoshop. After I got done painting the dress, I painted some more hair on the witch (witch’s need long scraggly hair, right?). Also, the cat on the table needed to look a little more dead, so I painted on some blood. One of the hardest things I did in postwork, was removing part of the fireplace floor and putting wood in it’s place. Photoshop has a special brush that makes this easier, but it’s still pretty tough and time consuming. To finish off this step in postwork, I added some smoke around the cauldron.
This next step is somewhat easier than the first, but still takes time. I wanted the entire image to appear alot darker and there to be a red glow in the witch’s hut. To do this, you need to apply filters with the lighting. So after working with the lighting for some time, I finally got what I had imagined in the first place. I then added a quote that inspired me to create this image and my signature. Overall, this is one of the hardest and time consuming images that I’ve ever created (took me a little over 3 days to complete). But now I look at Witch’s Brew with much satisfaction and relief. Thanks for looking and enjoy!
Good job! Very spooky….I love it!
I remember all your hard work. It was worth it. M
3 days? Wow. I didn’t know it took so much time to make an image like that. Well, good work, Brady. Sorry you didn’t place.
I do have a question, however. Why is it that every thinks that witches are green?
That really looks great, Brady! The lighting is the best. That definalty made the picture! I like it when you show us the steps to the picture. It really shows the prosses.
@Faith:
“Why is it that everyone thinks that witches are green?”
Well, because if you have ugly, green skin with warts all over, you tend to look a little creepy. But if I used just the normal skin color, she would’ve looked like a deformed Samantha Stephens (Bewitched). Or I could’ve used red, orange, yellow, but that doesn’t look that great either.
That is creepy… A good creepy though!!!