Ocean Afternoon

I wanted to create something to test out reflections with Iray rendering.  The water surface was made by following Shibashake's water shader tutorial (thinkdrawart.com/water-shader-…).  I added a sandy plane underneath and canted it sideways to create the beach.  Everything was converted to Iray shaders and then tweaked extensively.  Gloss was turned up on the skin, hair, and rock to give a wet look.

As it turned out, I spent most of my time learning how to use HDR images with Iray and trying to get the sand to look appropriate.

~Raxatech

Software
Composition: Daz Studio 4.8
Rendering: Nvidia Iray in Daz Studio 4.8
Postwork: Photoshop CS4
All 3D assets licensed through Daz Productions, Inc. unless otherwise noted.

Models used: Daz's Genesis 3 Female, FWSA Kimmy HD for Teen Josie 7, PropChick's Friday Hair, Sand & Rocks from Antfarm's The Colony, Large Rock from Jack Tomalin's Parkside Point Ground, Plants from ARTCollab's Garden Escape Porch, Daz's Anglefish, Boco Studio's Pano 11 Beach HDR