Mating Dance

This was sculpted in ZBrush 4R2, then lit and rendered with Maya 2011 and mental ray. Although I rendered with volumetrics, the volumetric effects left something to be desired, so I added hand-painted light rays in Photoshop CS5.1.

This image is NOT in the public domain. It absolutely may NOT be used for any purpose without the express consent of the copyright holder. Image copyright © 2011 Vikram K. Mulligan.