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Dreaming of a White Christmas
3D Render by maru_berlinStory:
Avila was far to young to fly the long distance to the winter fields, where the older ones would gather at a place called North Pole to traditionally sing songs, drink a lot of eggnogg and set the hut of a certain Santa Claus - surely an evil man - on fire. But until her wings were fully grown, all she could do was dream of white snow falling softly to the ground.
Inspiration:
After looking at the all the other entries so far I thought I would be nice not to have another blueish winter scene with lots of snow in it... *laughing*. And for those visiting my accounts regularly it is quite clear that it had to be a song title, too.
Technical blah blah :
Simple DAZ rendering (see last uploaded image), post-processed with PS, Nik and ON1. Since it's almost something for a children's book – well, not with my storyline, but still – I thought a painterly look would suit the image well – this time created with JixPix Pastello and again softened in PS.
Avila was far to young to fly the long distance to the winter fields, where the older ones would gather at a place called North Pole to traditionally sing songs, drink a lot of eggnogg and set the hut of a certain Santa Claus - surely an evil man - on fire. But until her wings were fully grown, all she could do was dream of white snow falling softly to the ground.
Inspiration:
After looking at the all the other entries so far I thought I would be nice not to have another blueish winter scene with lots of snow in it... *laughing*. And for those visiting my accounts regularly it is quite clear that it had to be a song title, too.
Technical blah blah :
Simple DAZ rendering (see last uploaded image), post-processed with PS, Nik and ON1. Since it's almost something for a children's book – well, not with my storyline, but still – I thought a painterly look would suit the image well – this time created with JixPix Pastello and again softened in PS.
Lovely story and art. I was just thinking the same thing about the "blue winter" scenes, and I'm finishing a new post with a sunny atmosphere, the contrast between snow and sun =)
Good luck! =)
Good luck! =)
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... when some people living under a cold snow are dreaming about some tropical warmth! 
Charming picture!
Charming picture!
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maru_berlin
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Mon, Dec 01, 2025Yep, the grass is always greener on the other side. Thanks for leaving a comment.
This is just adorable, and I see what you meant now by no snow!!! Good luck in the contest!
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maru_berlin
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Tue, Dec 30, 2025Thanks, the dragon addons from Daz sparked this Render. Happy new year!
Awesome and beautiful scene my friend! To me this should have won in some category.
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maru_berlin
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Mon, Jun 08Aww, thanks a lot. "Painterly" images seem not to be liked much neither here nor on DA, but the number of views here is quite high.
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