Carrara Challenge # 52 - Carrara Cryptids Entry Thread--Voting Closed--WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Cbird
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The rules from your newbie host:
- Have some fun using Carrara to create illustrations of "known" cryptids or show us your "newly discovered" Carrara cryptid.
- Feel free to make use of any render engine that Carrara can use.
- Post work is acceptable but please post a post work free image in your WIP post(s).
- At least one WIP post per image please. Tips and tricks always appreciated.
- You can enter up to five (5) images per artist in the entry thread when it opens.
Link to WIP thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/400821/carrara-challenge-52-carrara-cryptids-wip-thread/p1
Dates: Entry Thread Closes/Voting Begins end of June 1st DAZ time
For your entries, please use the following format:-
Entry #:
Title:
Artist:
Links to WIP thread:
Discussion: (eg tell us about the tale you are illustrating or tell us your secret ingredients for how you made the image)
Newcomer/Returnee Category (Y/N)
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Entry #1
Title: The Mariners Tale
Artist: UnifiedBrain
Links to WIP thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5541091/#Comment_5541091
Discussion: Aiko 3 and Hyppocampus, using Techno Tabby outfit (modified) and Elena hair, stirred together with GMIC filters (forever thanks to Philemo). No postwork.
Newcomer/Returnee Category (N)
Entry #2
Title: Lost Horizon
Artist: UnifiedBrain
Links to WIP thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5552361/#Comment_5552361
Discussion: The title refers (loosely) to the classic 1937 movie with Ronald Coleman. There was no Yeti in the movie, but there should have been. :) The oriental structure is Matsumoto Castle by sugatak. The plane is a DC-2, same as in the movie. It was a freebie at sharecg. The Yeti is Abominable for Genesis (the product is a morph without any hair or textures). The starry BG is Dart's freebie texture map applied to a transparent sphere. Carrara processes include terrain, hair. and aura. The GMIC/filter stack was Color>Basic Adjustments, Toon 3, LyleJK, Freaky Details, and Black & White.
No postwork.
Newcomer/Returnee Category (N)
Entry #3
Title: Elementary, My Dear Wesen
Artist: UnifiedBrain
Links to WIP thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5608196/#Comment_5608196
Discussion: The premise in the TV show Grimm is that since the very beginning of human history, there has existed a parallel species, called Wesen (VES-sin). Wesen appear to be human, but have an animal-like nature that can only be seen by humans if Wesens choose to reveal it. Mostly they keep their secret hidden, but mistakes happen, and they are seen occasionally, resulting in the cryptid legends such as Yeti, Anubus, Chubicabra, etc..
The characters, from left to right, are G2M, G2F, M4, V4, and Genesis. The Wesen species are, from left to right - Skalengeck, Bauerschwein, Hundjager, Hexenbiest, and Aswang.
Note - In the show, famous people have sometimes been Wesen. I had fun imagining Sherlock Holmes as a Hundjager.
Carrara processes include hair, text, clouds, bulge modifier, and aura. No postwork.
Newcomer/Returnee Category (N)
Entry #4
Title: Behold, A Morning Star
Artist: UnifiedBrain
Links to WIP thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5651686/#Comment_5651686
Discussion:
Not all cryptids are grim. :) This is the original version of Star, gliding over Castle Royal. Rendered the background separately, then loaded it a on a plane, and added the character in the foreground. Used a couple of GMIC filters (Basic Color, Dream Smoothing), and Carrara processes (aura, text, lens flare, terrain, and hair).
Lots of indirect light, no postwork..
Newcomer/Returnee Category (N)
Entry #5:
Title: Selfie with a Satyr
Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
Links to WIP Thread:
- Creating a conforming Satyr suit to replace limbs and host hair for G2M - https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5544126/#Comment_5544126
- Creating body hair and beard for the conforming bodysuit for G2M - https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5545581/#Comment_5545581
Discussion: Satyr's have been depicted in art since the ancient days. When I started doing background research, much of the Greek pottery and sculpture was NSFW. That gave me the idea of doing a NVIATWAS image, and its always fun to change what the letters stand for. Normal Vicky in a Treescape with a Satyr. To create the Satyr, I modeled a conforming bodysuit for G2M with replacement legs and then created an alpha material zone to hide the lower half of G2M's body. I then used Carrara dynamic hair for the Satyr - lots of it. Credits include G2M Michael 6 and G2F Vicky 6 and some clothes for G2F available in the Daz store. The background is Yosemite HDRI for Carrara also available in the Daz store.
Newcomer/Returning Category Eligibility: No.
Entry #6:
Title: Cyclops with a Hammer
Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
Links to WIP Thread
- Modeling the Cyclops - https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5597821/#Comment_5597821
- UVMapping and Distributing Hair - https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5612801/#Comment_5612801
- Texturing - https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5637751/#Comment_5637751
- Modeling the cow - https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5647981/#Comment_5647981
- Scene Setup - https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5652321/#Comment_5652321
Discussion - Everything custom made in Carrara. Carrara functions used include vertex modeling, UVMapping, 3D Painting, and creating dynamic hair for the cyclops (Brash and Moxie were modeled for previous challenges). Also used Carrara terrain modeler, Carrara volumetric clouds, and Carrara realistic sky and sunlight. It looks better on my machine when clicked for larger size. Brash Lonergan and Moxie Espinosa venture to the frontier planet of Cyclopedia.
Newcomer/Returning Category Eligibility: No
Entry : #7
Title: Lake Monster
Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
Links to WIP Thread
- modeling the lake monster (attached as freebie zip file) - https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5551526/#Comment_5551526
- modeling the sub (attached as freebie zip file) - https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5561986/#Comment_5561986
- experimenting with the underwater scene - https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5569166/#Comment_5569166
- using the terrain modeler inverse function for the underwater setting - https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5570256/#Comment_5570256
- propeller blur and bubbles - https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5654846/#Comment_5654846
Discussion: Lake monsters seem like the ultimate cryptid. Because of the popularity of Nessie of Loch Ness, it seems like every lake resort needs its own legendary cryptid. For example, Lake Champlain in upstate New York is supposedly host to Champie. Everything modeled, uvmapped, and textured in Carrara. Also used the Carrara ocean, standard grid replicator, Carrara terrain, light cone effects tab and Carrara's 3D Paint. Please click to see larger size because it does not look correct on my machine while imbedded in the forum but does when go to larger size.
Newcomer or Returning Eligibility: No
Entry #8
Title: Finding Banana BigFoot!
Artist: Stezza
Links to WIP thread:https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5545356/#Comment_5545356
Discussion: the secret ingredient I used was Carrara's modeling room.
Entry #9
Title: Fact or Fiction
Artist: Stezza
Links to WIP thread:https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5666371/#Comment_5666371
Discussion: the secret ingredient I used was Carrara's line rendering tools
Entry #: 10
Title: Tyrannochicken
Artist: Bunyip02
Links to WIP thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5542531/#Comment_5542531
Items Used: Tyrannosaurus Rex - https://www.daz3d.com/tyrannosaurus-rex
LoREZ Chicken - https://www.daz3d.com/lorez-chicken
iRadiance HDR Resources - Country Pasture - https://www.daz3d.com/iradiance-hdr-resources-country-pasture
Discussion: Hid the respective body parts of the Trex & Chicken, scaled the visible items so they matched. Used a HDR as a background with a shadow catcher.
Newcomer/Returnee Category: Old Timer
Entry #: 11
Title: Krakken Attack
Artist: Bunyip02
Links to WIP thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5542861/#Comment_5542861
Items Used: Lorenzo Lorez - https://www.daz3d.com/lorenzo-lorez
Lorez pirate(s) - https://www.sharecg.com/v/92378/related/11/Poser/Lorez-pirates
The Great Kraken - https://www.daz3d.com/the-great-kraken
Swedish yacht VR / AR / low-poly 3D model - medeixo - CGTrader
Carrara Realistic Seas - https://www.daz3d.com/carrara-realistic-seas-2
Tim Payne Lightdomes - https://www.daz3d.com/carrara-skies-lightdomes-1 (no longer available)
Tim Payne Skies - https://www.daz3d.com/carrara-skies-volume-1 (no longer available)
Ron's Splashes - https://www.daz3d.com/rons-splashes
Ron's Splashes 2 - https://www.daz3d.com/rons-splashes-2
Ron's Waves - https://www.daz3d.com/rons-waves
Discussion: Created the scene looking for an action shot. Used Ron's Splashes & Waves as brushes with Post-work in Paint Shop Pro to give the look of water being churned up as the Krakken attacks the boat.
Newcomer/Returnee Category: Old Timer
Entry #: 12
Title: What time of day/night do the ornamental Gargoyles come alive ?
Artist: Bunyip02
Links to WIP thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5544996/#Comment_5544996
Items Used: Genesis
Genesis Gargoyle HD - https://www.daz3d.com/genesis-gargoyle-hd
Gargoyle Wings - https://www.daz3d.com/gargoyle-wings
Dies Nefastus - https://www.daz3d.com/dies-nefastus
Tim Payne Lightdomes - https://www.daz3d.com/carrara-skies-lightdomes-1 (no longer available)
Tim Payne Skies - https://www.daz3d.com/carrara-skies-volume-1 (no longer available)
Discussion: Created the scene with a focus on the Twilight hour, when the Gargoyle statue metamorphisizes into a living beast
Newcomer/Returnee Category: Old Timer
Entry #: 13
Title: Platypus Man - very shy and elusive critter
Artist: Bunyip02
Links to WIP thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5545206/#Comment_5545206
Items Used: Platypus VR / AR / low-poly 3D model - RobCg - CGTrader
Soggy Bottom - https://www.daz3d.com/soggy-bottom
Discussion: Went for a scene setup that profiled the character as best as I could get him, used Topaz Adjust to bring out the colours and detail.
Newcomer/Returnee Category: Old Timer
Entry #: 14
Title: IceMan
Artist: Bunyip02
Links to WIP thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5666636/#Comment_5666636
Items Used: Genesis
Rock Demon - https://www.daz3d.com/rock-demon
Genesis Sabbatic Goat - https://www.daz3d.com/genesis-sabbatic-goat
Carrara BMF Winter - mmoir - no longer available
Sky Background - ?
Carrara - Glacier shader - ?
Discussion: Been cold here the last few days so thought I would do a chilly render. Mmoir's excellent scene was used as the scenery, a sky background from my collection was used (creator unknown), and a Glacial shader was used on the Rock bumps on the Genesis figure. A Loincloth was borrowed from the Sabbatic Goat. Postwork the render was compiled, Topaz Adjust used for detail & colours, then Filter Forge was used for a Non Photo Realistic look.
Newcomer/Returnee Category: Old Timer
Entry #: 15
Title:Minotaur Photo Bombing
Artist: headwax
Links to WIP thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5582831/#Comment_5582831
Newcomer (N)
Use M4, V4 some clothes I found in my runtime and stuff. Minotaur how do you spell that was a statue in a garden https://www.daz3d.com/merlin-s-labyrinth-construction-kit
- used some statue shaders that I bought at Daz. Now no longer available.....
Post work in photoshop plugins. Topaz Labs - Nik collection and Affinity Pro for tone mapping. Used an inverted depth map for a little haze. The stars made with a free programe called spacescape
Entry #: 16
Title: Herculies Attackks The Stymphalian Birds
Artist: headwax
Newcomer (N)
Links to WIP thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5595491/#Comment_5595491 ; et https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5599781/#Comment_5599781
Discussion: I used a carrara fog in this one and a fire primitif as well. I rendered out a primitive pass so I could increase the fog /fire effect or dull them down by inverting the layer and using a multiply parameter.
Bird made with m4 - cut his head off - stuck a cranes head on - the feet are pinched from a pigeon
The wings are ??? universal back wings?Feathers on body are alphammapped planes reproduced on M4 body suit.
Entry #: 17
Title: The Tooth Faery With Tools
Artist: headwax
Links to WIP thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5620616/#Comment_5620616
Newcomer (N)
I used M4 and made his skin transparent so you could see the underlying skeleton - used a bulb to just light the skeleton - littl;e girl in the bed is reused from a Peter Pan render I did a few years ago - (rerendered in a forest though not a bedroom).
Tree is a figtree model I bought a few years ago from a non daz place
it's a 4000 px wide image if you want to click it
Entry #: 18
Title: The Bigfoot Interview
Artist: headwax
Links to WIP thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5662486/#Comment_5662486
Newcomer (N)
I decided to do Bigfoot being interviewed on the Mike Mcnaughton show ( a made up Tv Show) Bigfoot is the freak with some adjustments three different lots of hair but I toned them down - the final composited image has curtains from StudioParis (Age of Armour) which I was very happy to be part of it's testing team. The buildings are from PhilW's excellent Night City scene.
https://www.daz3d.com/studio-paris
https://www.daz3d.com/night-and-day-city - I see this ridiculously cheap at 5.99
used a shadow catcher on the floor. I chose to composit because I am making a veggie garden... no I mean I chose compositing so I could more easily control background elements.
Entry #19
Title: From Up There
Artist: Stezza
Links to WIP thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5669936/#Comment_5669936
Discussion: the Carrara secret ingredients used are aura/glow and clouds as well as the modeling room.
Entry #20
Title: Monsters from the Deep
Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
Links to WIP Thread
- https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5677111/#Comment_5677111
Discussion: Every seaside town has its folklore for monsters from the deep. Credits include a monster by Scott A, the Poser 7 female, and the lighthouse from the Carrara objects browser. EDIT: I swapped out the original submission with an adjusted version before the deadline.
Newcomer: No.
Entry #21
Title: The Weheela or the White Wolf
Artist: Cbird (Christine)
Links to WIP Thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5633831/#Comment_5633831
Discussion: I wanted to catch some of the spookiness forests can take on at night around a campfire. I also wanted a morph for DAZ Dog 8 that was somewhere between a modern wolf and long extinct (maybe?) Bear Dog. Raw's morphs and the dog dials combined got me somewhere interesting. Advice from the thread helped me with lighting--thank you folks!
Newcomer: No.
Entry #: 22
Title: The One That Got Away
Link to WIP thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5569311/#Comment_5569311
Discussion: Had a lot of fun playing with the G'mic filters for this one. I feel like I've barely scratched the surface of them and still have so much to learn. The image on the screen uses Bokeh and Retro Fade. The boat, its wheel, the mini radar device on the shelf are all from the models that come with Carrara. The radar thing is a satellite scaled way down, lol.
Newcomer: No.
Entry #23
Title: How the Grinch Stole Valentine's Day
Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
Links to WIP
- https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5684691/#Comment_5684691
Discussion - Everything modeled and rigged in Carrara. Native toon render.
New User? No
Entry #: 24
Title: A Cryptic Teaparty
Artist: DesertDude
Links to WIP thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5608591/#Comment_5608591
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5609336/#Comment_5609336
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5641721/#Comment_5641721
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5685431/#Comment_5685431
Discussion: The Woofus is kind of mysterious in nature, with it's purported hybrid composition..I thought why not something happy, a little celebration!
I always learn a lot from these challenges. Everything was made internally in Carrara minus some texture maps created or altered in some 2D software. No post work. Fog primitive as clouds. Chrome reflective horn texture from Carrara's native shaders. Everything could be improved. Ask any questions. Cheers!
Newcomer/Returnee Category (N)
Entry #: 25
Title: SpringTime
Artist: Varsel
Links to WIP thread : https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5550111/#Comment_5550111
It is the end of the winter. On the mountain tops, the dragons have come out of hibernations, and are sunbathing and soaking up those sunrays..... Their winterfur are falling off, in patches, making them look a bit scruffy...
Entry #: 26
Title: Flying monkey ape
Artist: Varsel
Links to WIP thread : https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5650626/#Comment_5650626
The Flying Monkeys - or Apes as they prefers to be called.
They can be found everywhere in the country, but normally in a distance from cities or villages, and are quite shy creatures. They are normally peacefully creatures, unless they feel cornered or are being provoked.
Despite their animalistic look, they are quite intelligent, and does sometimes seek work as henchmen for the various witches in the land.
Entry #27
Title: Our Impulsive Endeavor to Approach the Elusive Beast
Artist: UnifiedBrain
Links to WIP thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/5689581/#Comment_5689581
Discussion: M3, Genesis, and Eastern Dragon are the characters, and the balloon is Montgolfiere. The rest is all Carrara.
For this render, I used the Spectral Clouds preset, and modifed it to suit my needs.
No postwork
Returnee
Hi folks, Entries are now closed, and some cryptids that got away are now slinking off into the shadows. Info on how to vote will appear shortly (I hope). I really loved all the creativity on display and want to say thank you for all the new tips and ideas.
You did a great job, Cbird. Thank you. Your chosen theme inspired one of the best collection of submissions in our Carrara challenges, IMHO. When the time comes to convert this thread to the voting thread, return to your first post above. Click the icon in the upper right that allows you to EDIT your first post. You will then be able to change the subject line to include reference to voting.
Thank you all for the kind comments and particularly to UB who offered tremendously helpful advice. I'm shamelessly stealing Headwax's format for voting from the last challenge.
Well how to vote
1) VOTE FOR UP TO 3 (THREE) WORKS - IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
Entry #:
Title:
Artist:
2) ALSO VOTE 1 (ONE) WORK FOR THE MOST HUMOROUS (NB: this can be one of the three in section 1 if you like)
Kind comments on why you voted for a work are also very welcome :)
Voting Closes in about a week - say end of Wednesday June 10th - Daz Utah Time - unless it needs to be extended.
Lots of people voting will be a good thing!