Carrara Challenge #36 - Pinups and Cheesecake and Hunks - Oh My! ..voting closed, WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Welcome to the Entry Thread Voting Thread! Instructions for voting are located immediately below the last entry.
We are opening the Entry thread early - only two weeks after starting the Challenge - to allow artists more room to avoid scheduling conflicts at the last minute. The important dates are:
October 13 - Work-in-progress thread opened
October 27 - Formal entry thread begins
November 13 - WIP and Entry deadline, voting begins
November 20 - Voting ends, winners announced soon after
Reminder of specific entry requirements for this month:
1. There are three categories of pinups you can enter - NPR, PR, and Halloween - and you need to tell us the category of each entry. A template will be provided.
2. Enter up to three renders. For those who do all three renders, the following constraints apply:
#1 - You can enter two renders in the same category, but a third entry must be in a different category. "Halloween" can be either PR or NPR.
#2 - If you enter all three categories, at least one entry must use the G'MIC plugin provided to us by Philemo. You can make the G'MIC plugin all or part of your final render. This means, for example, that your render can be either NPR (uses G'MIC for the whole render) or PR (uses G'MIC for a lesser part of the render and is then composited into the final PR scene).
Other, more general rules, are posted in the WIP thread.
Suggested template for entries:
Entry: #
Title:
Artist:
PR/ NPR/Halloween:
WIP Links:
Products Used:
Additional Notes:
Comments
Entry: #1
Title: Poorly Wrapped Mummy
Artist: Mark D. Olsen (MDO2010)
PR/ NPR/Halloween: Halloween
WIP Links:
Scene Setup https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2950996/#Comment_2950996
Final Render and Postwork: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2951396/#Comment_2951396
Products Used:
Zahara for Belle 6 https://www.daz3d.com/zahara-for-belle-6
Girl 6 https://www.daz3d.com/the-girl-6-starter-bundle
Treasures of Egypt https://www.daz3d.com/treasures-of-egypt-2
Egyptian Pottery https://www.daz3d.com/egyptian-pottery
Darren's Sexy Silhouettes Fonts 1-3 https://www.dafont.com/darrians-sexy-silho.font
LightX Plugin by Alberto https://www.sharecg.com/v/88725/browse/9/Plug-in/LightX
Additional Notes:
The walls, floor, and sarcophagus were modeled in Carrara. The mummy wrappings were modeled in Blender with some minor adjustments in Carrara.
EDITED 11/20/17 TO FIX TYPO IN THE TITLE SO THAT @JONSTARK'S BRAIN DOES NOT EXPLODE
Entry: #2
Title: In Space No One Can Hear The Tentacles Coming
Artist: Mark D. Olsen (MDO2010)
PR/ NPR/Halloween:NPR w GMIC
WIP Links:
Scene Setup and unfiltered render https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2976791/#Comment_2976791
GMIC Filter renders and Photoshop layer settings https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2976966/#Comment_2976966
Products Used:
Girl 6 https://www.daz3d.com/the-girl-6-starter-bundle
Diana Boots for Genesis 2 Female https://www.daz3d.com/diana-boots-for-genesis-2-female-s
Fashion Hair https://www.daz3d.com/fashion-hair
LightX Plugin by Alberto https://www.sharecg.com/v/88725/browse/9/Plug-in/LightX
GMIC Plugin by Philemo https://sourceforge.net/projects/carrara-time-savers/files/?source=navbar
Additional Notes:
Retro pinup spacesuit modeled in Blender and auto-fit in DAZ Studio. Raygun, tentacles and terrain made in Carrara. For the final image three renders with different GMIC filters applied right in Carrara were combined in Photoshop. The stars were painted in in Photoshop.
Entry: #3
Title: 007: A Woman to Die For
Artist: Namtar
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
WIP Links:
Scene Setup and unfiltered render https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2991786/#Comment_2991786
Products Used:
Sexy Gown: https://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/sexy-gown/121600/
SV7 Moon (Just Texture): https://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/sv7-moon/112262/
HR-192: https://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/hr-192/123080/
Custom V4 Liv Tyler Morph
Victoria 4 https://www.daz3d.com/victoria-4-2-base
Additional Notes:
Scene fully loaded in Carrara, rendered with Octane Render Plugin.
Entry: # 4
Title: "The Dark Gate"
Artist: Vyusur
PR/ NPR/Halloween: Halloween/PR/GMIC
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2993101/#Comment_2993101
Products Used: https://www.daz3d.com/the-graveyard, https://www.daz3d.com/jack-pumpkin
Additional Notes: the main character is Genesis figure with custom morphing and custom painted skin. Rendered with Carrara native engine.
Entry: #5
Title: The Big Bang Van
Artist: Stezza
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
WIP Links: WiP here & Here
Products Used: used this freebie and retextured it. Modeled the sperm and used Ron's brushes. Rendered in Carrara.
Additional Notes: some minor post work in PSE2018
Entry: #6
Title: How to Catch a Fireman
Artist: Stezza
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR with minor free G'Mic plugin adjustments
WIP Links: see here
Products Used: Modeled the fire hydrant. Used the GCop gear from the store. Ron's Brushes. M4's firemans helmet.
Additional Notes: Final filters used and with several rendered layers combined in PSE2018
Entry: #7
Title: Carrara Chalenge #36
Artist: Stezza
PR/ NPR/Halloween: NPR
WIP Links: it's here & here
Products Used: Mec4d free hair prop, Genesis
Additional Notes: Rendered in PNG format and then postwork in PSE2018.. lots of layers/blending and repainting in PSE.
Entry: #8
Title: Captain Cupcake
Artist: PhilW
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2931066/#Comment_2931066,
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2934561/#Comment_2934561,
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2935811/#Comment_2935811
Products Used: Genesis 2 with Callie 6 and Girl 6, Captain Cupcake outfit, Harlow Hair, free Flying Fortress model.
Additional Notes: Pinup rendered in Octane, then used as map on plane, plane completely retextured and again rendered in Octane
Entry: # 9
Title: advertising
Artist: magaremoto
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
WIP Links: ...
Products Used: G3F Janette, Dark storm pants, SLH_top, Zac hair
Additional Notes: rendered in carrara biased engine, filters in post with G'MIC carrara plugin, added the caption and saved in CMYK in PS
Entry: # 10
Title: Date with a Wolf
Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3002596/#Comment_3002596
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2998446/#Comment_2998446
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2928286/#Comment_2928286
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2930236/#Comment_2930236
Products Used: Genesis 2 Female. Valerie for G2F by Addie texture maps. https://www.daz3d.com/valerie All other clothing, hair, and props made in Carrara.
Additional Notes: GMIC filter used light glow. Also used VWD to drape the clothes. Much thanks to forum suggestions in the WIP threads.
Entry: #11
Title: Prize-Winning Pumpkin
Artist: PhilW
PR/ NPR/Halloween: Halloween
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3003181/#Comment_3003181
Products Used: Genesis 2 with FW Monie character, Witchy hat, Harlow Hair, background scene is Wild Borders, I modelled the pumpkin and put a spherical light inside. Rendered in Octane with Sun/Sky lighting, just a little postwork to tidy up a couple of things.
Additional Notes: Rendered in Octane Render for Carrara (including the bloom and glare which are part of the render)
Entry: #12
Title: Thank You, Philemo!
Artist: UnifiedBrain
PR/ NPR/Halloween: NPR
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2942641/#Comment_2942641
Products Used: Morphia, Earth Warden, Pteranodon, Rikki Hair, Forest Primeevil vol1
Additional Notes: Used Lylejk's G'MIC filter
Entry: #13
Title: Joyce Pulls Off An Unexpected Encore
Artist: UnifiedBrain
PR/ NPR/Halloween: Halloween
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2976641/#Comment_2976641
Products Used: A3, V4, V4 skeleton, M4, Halloween Fun, Pumpkin Witch, Dark Trees Pack 1, The Graveyard, A3 Sagittarian, Firedancer, Micah hair, RDNA Scatters - Bats, and Witch Hunter for V4.
Additional Notes: A tribute to the late Joyce Ballantyne, artist of the famous Coppertone girl ad. The gravestones were all popular pinup artists of her time. Most of it is a Carrara render, with some minor PSE adjustments.
Entry: #14
Title: Where No Man Has Gone Before
Artist: UnifiedBrain
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2986516/#Comment_2986516
Products Used: V4, V4 Bodysuit, Jamie Hair, Obanion Bridge
Additional Notes: The suit is the product of a map and displacement, the trampoline is mostly shaders. This is entirely done in Carrara except the captions (Comic Life).
Entry: #15
Title: Art Frahm Shops for Celery in Glasgow
Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
PR/ NPR/Halloween: NPR
WIP Links:
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2934121/#Comment_2934121
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2945906/#Comment_2945906
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2949951/#Comment_2949951
Products Used: Misty's G3M for Carrara character, Vyusur's Lukas for G3M https://www.daz3d.com/lukas-for-genesis-3-male Casual Style for G3M, Genesis Female, Harlow Hair, 50s Everyday Clothes Sweater.
Additional Notes: G3M's hair is Carrara dynamic hair converted to prop with Philemo's plugin because dynamic hair does not do well in NPR. Base render is the Carrara native NonPhotoReal (NPR) render engine, with the brush sizes set very low. Composited with GMIC paint filter and GMIC Wild Cartoonist Filter with Carrara diffuse multipass, and some touch up in Photoshop Elements for white flecks caused by reversed normals. Crazed pinp artist Art Frahm was known for a series of women holding bags of celery with their panties falling down. Here, I've reimagined Going Down with a Scotsman holding a bag with celery. For some fun discussing Art's celery fixation, see http://www.lileks.com/institute/frahm/art6.html
Entry: #16
Title: Philemina's Halloween Joy Ride
Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
PR/ NPR/Halloween: Halloween
WIP Links:
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3003951/#Comment_3003951
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2977741/#Comment_2977741
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2959301/#Comment_2959301
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2960451/#Comment_2960451
Products Used: Custom figure and props.
Additional Notes: Composited using filters from GMIC and Filter Forge.
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Entry: #17
Title: For Luck!
Artist: Jonstark
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2939181/#Comment_2939181
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3005786/#Comment_3005786
Products Used: Genesis1, Hongyu's bikini1, Hongyu's bikini 2, Silver's Daisy, Silver's Nadia, Ashley for M5, Casual Wear Surf shorts and flops, Spex sunglasses, Sexy Open Side Tank Outfit, Daz Beach Volleyball Set
Additional Notes: The girls weren't very good at volleyball for but for some strange reason their games always attracted the most onlookers...
Entry: #18
Title: Queen of Moonlight
Artist: Jonstark
PR/ NPR/Halloween: Halloween
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2994711/#Comment_2994711
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2996471/#Comment_2996471
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3005771/#Comment_3005771
Products Used: Genesis1, The Skeleton Throne, LightX Spotlights, Dark Elves for Genesis, Luthbel's Highlander for Genesis, Rawart's Greater Goblin, Midnight Huntress for Genesis, Silver's Belle, Andromeda's Legend for Genesis,
Additional Notes: Was going for an homage to the some of my favorite pulp art from the Conan books I enjoyed so much as a teen.
Entry: # 19
Title: Have a drink
Artist: Varsel
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PhotoReal
WIP Links:
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2982251/#Comment_2982251
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2983461/#Comment_2983461
Products Used:
Genesis and Persian Dream for V4 (converted using the DAZ Studio plugin). And some VWD magic on the pants. Hair is PureHair Timeless
The rest is created in the Vertex modeller. The texture for the girl is Rhiannon'c Dolly for V4. (one of my favorites)
Additional Notes:
I am also using Fake Fresnel from Digital Carvers Guild's Shader Ops on the girls skin to fake SubSurface Scattering.
Entry: # 20
Title: Oh ...... how many more shots?
Artist: Dustrider
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
WIP Link:
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3009236/#Comment_3009236
Products Used:
Octane for Carrara Plugin
Ysabeau 6 https://www.daz3d.com/ysabeau-6
Karma for G2F https://www.daz3d.com/karma
Victoria 6 https://www.daz3d.com/victoria-6
The Girl 6 https://www.daz3d.com/the-girl-6
Genesis 2 Female Morphs Bundle https://www.daz3d.com/genesis-2-female-morphs-bundle
Muscularity Morphs for Genesis 2 Female https://www.daz3d.com/muscularity-morphs-for-genesis-2-female-s
Poke Away 2! for Genesis 2 Female https://www.daz3d.com/poke-away2-for-genesis-2-female-s
Superhero Monokini for Genesis 2 Female https://www.daz3d.com/superhero-monokini-for-genesis-2-female-s
DM's Blox 'n Poses https://www.daz3d.com/dm-s-blox-n-poses
Additional Notes:
This project used Genesis 2 Female, with a lot of dial-spining to make a unique character based on Ysabeau 6, with the texture set for Karma. I think I modified every texture to optimize/improve it for Octane except for the mouth/teeth/tongue. The lighting is fairly simple, just 2 emitter planes for lights and a very low intensity HDRI (5% intensity - just enough to give dark areas some light to resolve faster). The skin and the hair are both mixed shaders using a glossy node and a specular node, the "blocks" are a specular shader (I'm a sucker for volumetrics). Please zoom to full resolution to see the details.
Entry: # 21
Title: Lee
Artist: Headwax
NPR
WIP Link: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3010761/#Comment_3010761 and somewhere else
Products Used:
M4 and the Gun from a tank and some pants
Additional Notes:
Used The GMC plug in thanks Philemeno!!!! and also many different Filter Forge Filters - including Old Photo and engraving. tHe necklcae thing is from Cybertenko's out fit Cardinal Richeleu from Rendo - hung via VWD plugin. Thanks Philemeno again!
Entry: # 22
Title: Edith
Artist: Headwax
PRF
WIP Link: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2952661/#Comment_2952661 and https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3006021/#Comment_3006021
Products Used: V4 and The Daz Mannequin product and a Tutu from the Daz store plus a corsette plus some hair and some Detroyed Wings.
Additional Notes:
I retextured V4 reshaped parts of her, gave her an artificial leg from Steam Cowboy (daz store) rendered her with subsurface scattering. The whole is an homage to a chap called Bellmer who was a creepy artist who should have been arrested. His artistic eye saw him questioning what we find as erotic by dressing up a mannequin as a schoolgirl like figure and posing it in erotic manners. Post work in Oloneo HDR in the main, plus photsohop tweaks.
Entry: # 23
Title: Bikini Time
Artist: Bunyip02
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2923176/#Comment_2923176
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2925856/#Comment_2925856
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2927891/#Comment_2927891
Products Used: Genesis 2F
https://www.daz3d.com/ambie
https://www.daz3d.com/dp-victoria-6-carrara-shaders
https://www.daz3d.com/belinda-hair-for-genesis-3-female-s-and-genesis-2-female-s-and-victoria-4
https://www.daz3d.com/alphakini-for-genesis-2-female-s
https://www.daz3d.com/aloisia
https://www.daz3d.com/the-courtyard-pool
Silver Birch - Predatron
https://www.daz3d.com/carrara-skies-lightdomes-1
Additional Notes:
Entry: # 24
Title: Atlantis Girl
Artist: Bunyip02
PR/ NPR/Halloween: NPR
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2923556/#Comment_2923556
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2925686/#Comment_2925686
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2926571/#Comment_2926571
Products Used: https://www.daz3d.com/victoria-4-2-base
V4 Base Bikini
https://www.daz3d.com/atlanteans-delphine
https://www.daz3d.com/ultrumarine-ocean
https://www.daz3d.com/gardens-of-poseidon-plants
Morphing Rocks And Formations
Additional Notes: Used Topaz Adjust for colour correction, NPR work is a combination of the FotoSketcher Water Colour painting 5 filter blended with Filter Forge Chinaware painting filter, finally GMIC was used to provide a canvass look to the render.
Entry: #25
Title: Friday
Artist: Philemo
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
WIP Links:
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2972461/#Comment_2972461
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2972501/#Comment_2972501
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2972506/#Comment_2972506
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3011131/#Comment_3011131
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3011151/#Comment_3011151
Products Used:
Stephanie 5
Skyrider
Background is Bus stop
Cat is millenium cat, driver is Genesis 2
cloth is Dark moods
Hair is Pure Hair space
Cop uniform is Epsilon for M4
Additional Notes:
Inspired by a paperback book cover for Heinlein's novel Friday by Gerald Grace (thank you UB)
Definitely set in the sixties. GMIC was used to BW conversion and paper grain effect
Entry: # 26
Title: Bad Vicky
Artist: Bunyip02
PR/ NPR/Halloween: Halloween
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2944746/#Comment_2944746
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2949661/#Comment_2949661
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2950761/#Comment_2950761
Products Used: https://www.daz3d.com/victoria-4-2-base
https://www.daz3d.com/sin-character-and-outfit-for-v4
https://www.daz3d.com/gregoria-hair
Bikini from the Death Bringer Outfit https://www.daz3d.com/death-bringer-mega-bundle
https://www.daz3d.com/mort-augur
Badlands - Dartanbeck
Additional Notes:
Entry: # 27
Title: «White Swan pinup»
Artist: Vyusur
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3012076/#Comment_3012076
Products Used: https://www.daz3d.com/boudoir-photo-studio-and-lights, https://www.daz3d.com/yolande-hair
Additional Notes: the model is Genesis 3 Female with new custom morphing. As a reference, I used a real photo of my model from one of my photo sets . Rendered with Carrara Octane plugin. No post work.
Entry: # 28
Title: «The confusion of feelings»
Artist: Vyusur
PR/ NPR/Halloween: PR
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/alina-for-genesis-8-female
https://www.daz3d.com/julius-hair-for-genesis-2
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2966936/#Comment_2966936
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3012216/#Comment_3012216
Additional Notes: Rendered with Carrara Octane plugin. No post work.
Entry: # 29
Title: Trick or ...... Treat??
Artist: DustRider
PR/ NPR/Halloween: Halloween
WIP Links:
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/2995666/#Comment_2995666
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3016326/#Comment_3016326
Products Used:
Princess: https://www.daz3d.com/princess
DMR Lynettes Dark Nights for V4: https://www.daz3d.com/dmr-lynettes-dark-nights
V5 Shoe Pack: https://www.daz3d.com/v5-shoe-pack
Bewitching for Genesis: https://www.daz3d.com/bewitching-for-genesis
3 Raven Court: https://www.daz3d.com/3-raven-court
All the Handspan Studios morph packs for Genesis
Additional Notes: Rendered using the Octane for Carrara plugin. The only post work was to add the signature. Please zoom to full resolution to see the great details on the outfit
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Entry: # 30
Title: Waiting
Artist: Jonstark
PR/ NPR/Halloween: NPR
WIP Links: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/3020236/#Comment_3020236
Products Used: Aiko 5, Afternoon Tripping Outfit, Short Ponytail for Genesis2 Female, GMIC Plugin by Philemo, Toon Pro from Digital Carver Guild
Additional Notes: Wanted to make sure I had a NPR entry and also had a blast playing around with Philemo's awesome GMIC plugin