nice image

i think it looks great

thank you guys!! (:

Nice image & effects would you be so kind as to show in your SBS how you created the head in Bryce/Daz Studio i work in DS & would be very interested in this process

i don't know how to import a screenshot from Bryce/DAZ.....i had to figure out how to process layers to files on my own in photoshop.....BUT, of course, I will try to figure it out. It's just a pain, cuz I have one computer with my Creative Suite software ad WOW, then another comp with my Bryce and Microsoft office on it (i don't like cluttering one comp with too much software, slows productivity). If you could tell me how, that would save me a lot of pondering....(:

however, I can TELL you how I did it - I just create my figure in DAZ, import it into Bryce, then if I'm focusing on one body part, I delete all the uneccessary parts that I don't need, left the head here...I think I had the background settings on full black (sky and ground, if you don't want reflection, you lower the shine and keep it flat/matte)....then I added a round light, which I positioned carefully over the head in order to create the light difference you see, and I added an image to the light to give it some color distortion. That's it....the trick is all in the lighting.

oh...and the head model i used is Victoria 4, the freebie....I haven't bought a single add-on yet, although I'm thinking of building an arsenal of comic book characters, and am looking forward to creating my own figures....

oh....and of course, using my limited morphing abilities, I widened the eyes in DAZ for max explosion.