Dwarf Gem Collector

[PaulinKendal]

Thanks Mick, much appreciated.

[PaulinKendal]

OK, I got seriously distracted by good weather, visiting friends, dinghy sailing, gardening and much more besides. Rather lost interest in this, but I've decided it's now done. I found the OSL effect quite limiting - everything was either brightly lit or very subdued, with little in between. His blue and red cuff is a bit out of kilter, but I just wanted to add some more colour interest. I was going to try adding some fabric texture to his sleeves, but didn't want to muck up the glazed transitions for little added overall effect.
Anyway, I hope you like it. More pictures under 'The Illuminated Lapidarist'.

[Tim Marlow]

Excellent work. Weird thing about OSLis that you need to graduate the colour back towards the source, and deal with colour distortion at the same time, but also deal with the natural overhead lighting highlights and shadows…..makes my head hurt just thinking about it :tongue-out3:

[PaulinKendal]

It certainly vexed me, Tim!

Ultimately, there's nothing you can do about the REAL light source, unless you blast high intensity light at the figure from exactly the same angle as the purported light source.

I could have done this for a photo, but I'm not going to display it at home lit like that. I lit this bust full-frontal rather than from below, so the underside of his nose, which should be almost as bright as the gem, is in a bit of shadow.

I reckon OSL is always going to be a bit of a disappointment unless your 'object' is actually above the figure - I'm thinking flaming sword held aloft. Maybe I should try doing it on a figure like that sometime.

[PaulinKendal]

Just to prove a point, here's the bust lit from below with a torch. His nose is now suitably bright, but the gem is in the shadow of his hand, and the back of his hand is all lit up, which is completely wrong, of course.