Butterfly Glam

I am so freaking proud of this one - I kept changing it - sticking it in my work-in-progress file...now I think I am satisfied enough not to do anymore tweaking.

My goal this time around was to create a glam portrait that resembles the 3D babes of poser - but to maintain a bit of realism. I lost a LOT of the latter when I did her hair and kinda gave up - any other tips with hair layers is welcomed - I keep refining my works with hair renders and layering...but it often comes out looking like a hair helmet LOL - eww.

SOOO - what I did with this hair - I combined a full-head render and cropped out bits and pieces - this particular hairdo has three different hairstyles blended into one.

The feathered blouse was the top of a .psd file dress - I found it adds to the realism due to the hair being oddly straight around her neckline with the rest being wavy...strange - so I wanted to hide the harder edges

**click here to see a side-by-side view of the stock model before and after she was...byrd-i-fied! ! **

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STOCK CREDIT:
Model - the beautiful
ORIGINAL PIC (plz for the love of jebus check it out LOL)
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Butterflies by
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Feathery Blouse/Top by
**credit required on this one for both and
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Eyemakeup (including teardrop) courtesy of renderosity.com
(will post the purchase links once I am all caught up with my messages, notes and emails of prize packs!)

Eyemakeup Smudge by
BRUSH SET: [link]
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