"Reflection" Jill Valentine Model Swap Release

Hey all :)

Here's the Jill Valentine model swap for Reflection! Sorry for the delay on this. Been juggling a lot in my spare time this month, a mixture of personal obligations and holiday-related/family stuff.

Moving on to the render itself, you've got the same post-processing variants here as with the Ada version — "soft" and "sharp," respectively. Normally I'm not a fan of when renders look too clean, as it has a tendency to kinda give them a certain look that calls attention to the fact that it's CGI/3D, which can be disruptive to the viewing experience when you're trying to enjoy an artwork. But in this case I find having the model in sharp focus combined with the DoF-blurred reflection makes the render really striking. Plus I think the combination of dust, volumetrics, and bloom does a great job of subtly "dirtying up" the render enough that additional post-processing isn't necessary to avoid the "too clean" look. I initially used the "soft" version of this render (with Ada) as the publication image, but I've since come to favor the "sharp" variant more.

As for the previous WIP and Jill's custom particle hair, I did spend quite a bit of time on various tutorials and trying out different setups and settings, but ultimately her mesh/game hair was the best look for the render. Making custom particle hair is definitely a skill set I want to keep working on as time allows, but for now I wanted to go ahead and get this model swap done and published and move on to other things.

Speaking of, I do intend to keep Blender-ing as time allows throughout the rest of the month, and I'll see what I can brainstorm in the coming days for any sort of new content, holiday-themed or otherwise. Beyond that, however, I don't have any timelines in mind for when the next render release might be, and I don't want to make any promises given how unpredictable this time of year can be with holidays and family.

In closing, thank you all for your support, as always <3

P.S.
Similar to the Downtime Jill Valentine model swap, this render technically uses the updated RE5 battlesuit Jill model, but since Jill is nude and has her RE3R hairstyle, I labeled this in the MEGA archive as a non-RE5 render. You can find this render in the following folder:

Resident Evil -> Jill Valentine -> Mirror Pinup (Reflection)