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Pre and Post-Work Images – Cute Cat Girls, Fantasy Women Pin-Up Art

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Below is the completed Cute Cat Girls image. Some of the items I used in this image include –

Two cute cat girls, one sitting on the floor with red hair and another sitting on a bench with pink hair. Fantasy women pin-up art. Daz Studio Iray image.
Pre and Post-Work Images – Cute Cat Girls, Fantasy Women Pin-Up Art

Showing pre and post-work images are always a bit complicated for me because I render each of my light layers separately, and then compose them in Photoshop. Therefore, my pre-Photoshop images are only single light images. As a result, I will show a sequence of images below that mark the different key stages of my post-work process.

1. Pre-Photoshop Image with a Single Light

First, we show a pre-Photoshop image with just an environment light to the left, compared with the completed image with all lights and post-work to the right.

Left is cat girls pinup image with just an environment light, right is the cat girls pinup image that is completed with all lights and post-work.
Left – Pre image with only an Environment light. Right – Completed image with all lights and post-work process.

2. Combine Light Layers in Photoshop

This next image, shows what we get after we combine all light layers in Photoshop.

Two cute cat girls pin-up image after we combine all of our Daz Studio Iray lights (rendered separately) in Photoshop.
Cute cat girls pin-up image after we combine all light layers in Photoshop.

3. Main Photoshop Post-Work

Subsequently, we add color filters, adjustment layers, sharpness layers, volumetric lights, and more in Photoshop. This is the meat of our post-work process which we describe in greater detail here.

One common question that I get is how much paint-overs do I do. I only do minor paint-overs for fixing collisions, poke-throughs, or other little render mistakes.

Cute cat girls pin-up image after adding color overlays, contrast, sharpness, volumetric lights, and much more in Photoshop. This is a main portion of our post-work.
Subsequently, we add color filters, adjustment layers, sharpness layers, volumetric lights, and more in Photoshop.

4. Final Step – Add Detail

In the final step, we add detail using Color Efex Pro 4 from the Nik Collection. You can get the Nik Collection for free from Google, so definitely worth checking it out.

At this stage, I may also add a bit more contrast and color filters.

Two cute cat girls, one sitting on the floor with red hair and another sitting on a bench with pink hair. Fantasy women pin-up art. Daz Studio Iray image.
In the final step, we add detail using Color Efex Pro 4 from the Nik Collection.

If there are more images that you would like to see pre-post images of, feel free to let us know in the comments section below. 🙂

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  1. Hi shibashake,
    Love how you create a whimsical feel to all your artwork. Masterful postwork, I’m trying to learn all you have shared so generously.

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  2. I love your work. I’ve been enjoying it on Deviant Art for a long time. Until today I never realized you had such a great site, with amazing tutorials. Thanks!!!

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