Image creating

I want to give you a bit of an idea of how much work goes into a single image sometimes, using this one as an example :D

Not every image takes this long or this much effort, but still, around 60% of all images need serious extra work.

Here's specifically what had to be done for this image:

• Set up a tricky pose (every single bone on the character), and make sure the pose actually reads well in frame.

• Fix clothing artifacts (Lona's skirt was clipping into her legs, the client's shirt was sticking out all over the place).

• Set up the client's pose.

• Set up camera pose and focus spot.

• Get the lighting right (the bar scene itself was already built earlier, but I still need to add extra light sources to make the characters pop).

• Find, buy, and add props (like these keys, for example).

• Pose each key individually based on gravity.

• Eye positioning, editing the floorboard textures (extra step just for this shot), and cleaning up issues in Photoshop (including blur for the light sources and other artifacts).

• Then actually rendering the image (takes anywhere from 4 to 11 minutes).

• Converting the image from PNG to WEBP.

• And dozens of other little things I honestly can't even remember right now.

And that's all just for ONE image.

So please don't ask me "why does it take so long." Because damn it, I like doing things properly xD