Yes, we're back in my Sci-Fantasy world of Ketuwa - but this time, there are no blades, no weapons, no violence. 😉
Doesn't mean all is rainbows and unicorns, though. 🥺
They say the blues is when a very good person feels very bad. They also say that if you manage to sing it backwards, your dog will come back to life, your spouse will return to you, and you will get out of prison. 😔
So, Mademoiselle chante le blues.
The only Patricia Kaas' song that I liked enough to dig up its lyrics and drop them into Google Translate (I don't know French: if I did, I'd be like Olga Kurilenko; as it is, I only speak three languages out of her four).
Yes, Mademoiselle chante le blues.
Elle a du gospel dans la voix et elle y croit.
'She has gospel in her voice and she believes in it.' That's how Google Translate puts it, anyway.😁
The main inspiration behind this work is Coyote Summer, by Luis Royo.
The song I already mentioned: although there is also Still Got the Blues, by Gary Moore, and Eruption's famous One Way Ticket.
And there is also Larissa Liveir's YouTube channel, to which I am subscribed.
The character's base mesh and rig came from MakeHuman (not the skin shader, though), and Substace Painter 2020 was used to initially texture the clothing. The rest, as far as I know, is pure Blender (can't speak for the Blender Market and Blendswap assets).
And finally, if anyone is interested, here is my Blender Artists post re this work, which gives access to a full 4K-resolution version (still a JPEG though: all my attempts to upload a 37 MB PNG ended in an 'unknown error').
Looking good. Has a kind of dystopian feel to it. I think the only feedback that comes to my mind is that the scene could use a little depth of field.
It does have some DoF and mist — but it’s barely visible at low res. Hence, the link to the 4K version.😁
As for the dystopian feel — I forgot to mention The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes as yet another source of inspiration.😉