I think the ice should be a source of light in this image. Also she is rather evenly lit, which makes her look fake. Are you using final gather, and GI, along with light emitting materials?
Diva pose! Heeeeyy gurl friend!
you should fix da ear imo
@Clintus Maximus i haven’t really gotten that much into detail yet,but this is just diffuse+bump+nmap+spec. I still have to work on the texture.
@dustinbrown thanks 
@womball i think you are right.I’ll try different lighting rigs, but it will mostly depend on the background anyway…still thinking about it. Thanks for the crit!
@baller lol,will do! thanx for pointing it out
hey dude great works, the shiva render is fuc$%& answeome
great work dude
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sephirothsam thanks friend!
Some updates on the lighting,i decided to completely redo it,also new camera position that i might tweak further on. Hope she looks better now,i kinda like the direction i’m taking this.
There’s alot of stuff to add,for example special effects,lights flowing through her hands into creating the ice etc…
I’m not too sure about the composition though,any tips on that?
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Wow…very nice color! Nice final output!
Definitely looks way much better withe the low angle perspective and Depth Of Field!
But somehow the environment not showing much of the “cold” feel from the ice. I think its because the background too dark even at the top part…maybe make it more white-ish rather than dominant purple? or add in fog (for example you can see what I mean here, the more the distance it gets lighter rather than darker)?
Other than that, love the stuff you got there 
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Thanks guys!
Yeah Revel,the background is just a simple color for now,i’ll add all the blizzard stuff,cold smoke etc…
dude no words for you, just amazing, wating to see how you will make the BG, I think that will be great as the model :D:D:D:D:D:D:D
very very nice. really like it. awesome sculpting. i didn’t play the game, but your piece is cool without knowing it.
i really like your last render. looking forward to see the final, but for me its already 5 * worth. keep it up! 
edit: all of your stuff is awesome!
Maybe pull the arm that’s behind her out past her hip… It would be nice to know it’s there. Perhaps doing some sort of “claw” shape - as if she is drawing the energy or particles from around her to create the ice.
Other than that fantastic sculpt and render.
That looks much better. I think you could also do effects to the camera, so that it has a slight iced look to it. Like the lens is being frozen. AN icy background or snowy background would probably push it more too.
Such a powerful work. I love the energy you’ve imbued her with small_orange_diamondsmall_orange_diamondsmall_orange_diamondsmall_orange_diamond.
The only criticisms I have is with her abdomen. It seems to me that a more feminine and curvy abdomen would be more fitting, but that’s just my opinion.
She looks too plastic. The DOF is too much, in my opinion.
sephirothsam thanks 
wethand thanks man,appreciated
martym dunno,i think she looks sexier with the arm behind.I tried it,and its a detail that doesn’t make a big difference in the scene. Thanks anyway!
womball thanks man,i’ll see what i can do.I don’t have much free time today,but i’ll try to get as much done as possible.
EricArtman i actually want to reduce the spec map in the abdomen,it’s too wet atm… maybe that’s giving it soo much volume. Thanks for pointing it out!
And a small update.Fina[](javascript:zb_insimg(‘189266’,‘shivaav.jpg’,1,0))lly all stuff is in,now tweaking time!
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Looking really great man
I really like the render and your pose.
One thing that jumps in my eyes though, the gold rings look very (not sure its the correct word to describe it) translucent.
But with that said, awesome so far man, can’t wait to see the final image.
Wicked Shiva!! Id have to agree with Storm, maybe its the settings on the shader your using? Either way the final is going to look great, would work awesome if you turned it into a poster;)
holy god what the hell is that … jajaja great waitng for the last render to put it in to my desktop :D:D:D:D:D
-Storm- thanks,got to fix the rings,first thing tomorrow!
GregStrangis yup its a shader problem,got to fix it tomorrow. I’ll make this in to a poster for sure,at least smth that i’ll keep on my wall ahahha
sephirothsam And that’s the goddess shiva! 
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