I have stumbled upon a new interest of fantasy mixed with vintage/nostalgic imagery for a very subtle surrealism. The juxtaposition feels really nice to me so I hope to explore it more with my next pieces.
I have never really used the compositor so I wanted to try and push a film look straight out of Blender. Character posed in DAZ. Hair created in Blender. All shading, materials, lighting, done in Cycles.
I started with “Lens Sim” and did a lot of the bloom, halation and grain in the compositor itself. This is probably 95% straight out of Blender with some final touchups in After Effects.
Here is the clay render:
