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Oso3D

Thanks for the tip, Mustakettu, I'll have to experiment with that.

So I've been debating returning to my webcomic that I stopped back in April. Among other things, I think I will try to released it in chapters on a schedule of 'whenever I get around to finishing them,' rather than burning out on trying to do something weekly.

Started opening up characters and revamping them with stuff I've learned/purchased over the last 9 months, and I'm very pleased with things. Among other things, I think back when I last tried to use 3DL I was still slogging away at UE2 (ugh) and didn't have AoA Lights and so on. Plus I have a slew of clothing correctors now that I didn't have then, PLUS PLUS VMD to correct other stuff...

So here's Luyeva Siljean. Very pleased.

And for the curious, my webcomic is here: http://thefarshoals.thecomicseries.com/

The art/render style wanders all over the blasted place, because I was constantly dissatisfied and trying to apply different ideas. Here on out I should manage a much more consistent art style, though.

 

Gone

Staring into the distance on purpose.

Oso3D

Luy's sister, Emily.

 

Oso3D

And another Far Shoals character, the shen (digital spirit) Cricket.

 

mmalbert

Playing with a few holiday gifts for myself, plus one older PA xmas freebie

 

 

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Gone said:

Staring into the distance on purpose.

She meant to do dat. Sweet image.

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mmalbert said:

Playing with a few holiday gifts for myself, plus one older PA xmas freebie

 

 

Another sweet image and example of staring off into the close-by.

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timmins.william said:

Luy's sister, Emily.

 

Bookmarked your comics page. New subscriber.

Oso3D

Thanks!

ill be sure to mention here when new stuff comes.

part of the problem last time was trying to do a weekly comic, and... it's both stressful and the kind of comic I'm doing can't maintain an interesting pace one page a week.

Oso3D

I swear, rendering is like watching Columbo.

'Just, just one more thing... just one more thing.'

 

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ROFL ain't that the truth.

Oso3D

Ok, FINALLY. Spent all day playing whackaproblem with this guy.

 

kyoto kid

...used to play that game debugging programmes in my younger years.

Oso3D

Testing how well G2M construction outfit fits to G2F.

Used a little G2M GenX2 magic to make it happen.

 

Oso3D

Here's another webcomic character (I'm in the honeymoon phase of updating character models rather than, you know, working on the webcomic)

This is Emily and Luyeva's other father.

 

Oso3D

Random grunt, an Imperium of Kanthor mai soldier.

 

mmalbert

Hope you all had a lovely holiday weekend!

I almost picked up that new construction set for the G2/G3 Males but went with the set of running poses for G3F/V7 instead. I have so little content for Genesis 3 that it seemed a good idea. And now I finally have Mei Lin 6, yes!!

Didn't know there were rules about where rendered figures are supposed to be looking. Sometimes I have them look directly at the camera, sometimes I don't. I guess I've really never given it much thought beyond what kind of mood or effect I'm going for.

I spent most of Christmas day digging up holiday content to test render and/or make DS materials. A lot of it I'd forgotten I had, like the Santa's Helper outfit for V4. I think I bought it in a bundle, which I bought primarily for a Christmas tree, and I've never rendered it.I'd also never rendered Jingles V4, which is kind of cute texture. 

One of the things I really do like about DS4 is how much easier it is to fit clothing to older figures using lots of body morphs. The older Morph Follower was much more hit-or-miss.

 

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Nope, no rules in this thread. We're all anarchists here... well except for our british friends. Don't want them to lose their head.

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Well I am back on line but for a short time. Dropped my high speed unlimited data to 2GB service. Just need to make sure I pay the vet bills for my cats. I'll try to drop by wi-fi hot spots once in a while. Hope you will all continue to post and upload in my absence. Here is a render I did long time ago but have not as yet uploaded. Just testing the waters.

mmalbert

As a fellow cat-lover, I hope your kitties are doing well!

That's a nice render -- where's the hotel prop from?

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mmalbert said:

As a fellow cat-lover, I hope your kitties are doing well!

That's a nice render -- where's the hotel prop from?

He was ill from haemobartonella. Taking him for a follow up on Friday. Need to get the others tested as it might be contageous.

That motel is one of FirstBastion's. 1970s Era Motels. I got it because it reminded me of my trip to Florida before we moved there and then reminded me of the condos of South Florida.

http://www.daz3d.com/1970-s-era-motels

Mustakettu85

timmins.william said:

Here's another webcomic character (I'm in the honeymoon phase of updating character models rather than, you know, working on the webcomic)

This is Emily and Luyeva's other father.

I like the plot twist there =) Shame I am not the sort to enjoy comics. If you ever release just an old-fashioned short story dealing with the droid/human romance, I'd love to read it.

Mustakettu85

mmalbert said:

I'd also never rendered Jingles V4, which is kind of cute texture. 

Would that be the candy creature on the right? Kinda creepy-looking, if you ask me. It's cultural, I'm sure: all these traditional not-strictly-Christian Western Christmas things like the red-nosed deer, Santa's "elves", candy canes etc, they actually look really exotic to someone from a country where Christmas is strictly a religious celebration. =)

If I liked holidays, I would probably make a Russian New Year sort of render.

Mustakettu85

This is the render I entered the "Raining Men Again" contest with...

free Preller Drive HDR from Greg Zaal + a mesh light -> custom RSL shaders -> "scripted rendering" -> 32bit EXR file -> tonemapping in NIK AnalogEfex (through the experimental GIMP build from Partha.com)

Click for bigger.

Oso3D

One of the machine races of the Viridian Cluster (more stuff from my webcomic). Briefly appears in latest chapter as a crewmember.

(Latest chapter is essentially a movie made about a historical general, Artenius, after which one of the characters gets his name)

 

Oso3D

And the General himself, savior of the Viridian Cluster.

 

nattaruk

This is an attempt to use the Gimp to add effects like grain and high acutance to emulate B&W film.

Oso3D

Nattaruk: Very nicely done!

Here's another machine race from Viridian Cluster (webcomic)

 

kyoto kid

nattaruk said:

This is an attempt to use the Gimp to add effects like grain and high acutance to emulate B&W film.

 

...really nice.

Here's one I did a while back to simulate an old photo like one would find in an old shoebox in the attic. Probably the most postwork I ever did.

 

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Kyoto Kid, when I think about the hours I spend retouching scanned in old photos getting rid of dust, scracthes, and members of the family I never want to see again... and here you put this right back in... well good job :)