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Thanks Jaderail and Melanie L for your comments. :)
Some fine last-minute entries being posted here, congratulations on pulling them together in time!
Surprisingly, this one came together pretty quickly.
The only real challenge was the M4 bodysuit; I ended up just turning it into 'skimpware for guys', and the rest just kind of..., coalesced.
Also used:
Cutter character for M4 (Not sure where he came from!)
M4 Elite Stratton texture
Notorious for M4 (Rendo or RDNA - not sure, don't remember!)
Diamond Hair
DMR Lynette (texture)
Apartment 39 (From back in the day - before you were born, remember kids?)
Apartment 39 Expansion
100 Essential Emotions for M4
100 Essential Emotions for V4
Drama Queen Drama
TAG: obanion#06
Title: Dueling Passions
V: "That has got to be the most thoroughly ridiculous-looking cosplay costume I have ever seen! Who are you supposed to be - 'Girly-Man'?"
M: "Says the person whose hobby is collecting antique implements of torture!"
V: "These are historical artifacts, I'll have you know! They are antique medical devices. Some of them are even still in use!"
M: "Yeah, I know! Thanks, ObamaCare!"
Still about twelve hours left, so.... What the hey, let's go for it!
Last pull (#7):
36 - Chic Hair
786 - V4 Cuore di Moda (What, again!?)
2183 - Goth as Fashion for Michael 3 and the Freak
1434 - I.S.S. Omega
Oh, good, let's go out in a blaze of weird!
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This thread is on afterburner today! So many great renders coming in!
I've never entered the maximum number of entries in an RRRR contest before, but I'm reeeeeally close. #6 is killing me because dynamic Poser items make me want to throw things. But I will valiantly try to squeak 6 AND 7 in. I shall prevail! And then, I shall look at the countless other entries I've missed because RL sucks. I'm also impressed at the sheer volume of really good entries this month!
...hmmm 12 hours left.
Well, if I can restrain myself from a lot of kitbashing and don't mess with advanced shader stuff (or have more than a half dozen characters) that might be enough time.
...ahh well
Pull #2
113 Attitude Poses
479 Flexx-Genesis
1434 T-Shirt Dress for Genesis
1527 West Park Basement
BTW, I get an "address isn't valid" error for the Random.org site. Had to find my own way there.
ok, what is RL??
Real life, lol.
Also known as "The Thing I Avoid By Rendering A Lot."
:D
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Real life, lol.
Also known as "The Thing I Avoid By Rendering A Lot."
:D
...yeah it kept screaming for most of my attention again all month.
Then there were all the test renders, most of which were just to see if I got the water to look right (and with all that refraction/reflection involved, each took a long time) Been up well past midnight for about a week to get the scene done in time. [*yawn*]
I'd also like to thank everyone who helped me figure out how to get refraction to work properly.
I'm not sure where the idea for this one came from, and I'm not sure I want to know!
Also Used:
(M3 and V4 were pretty much a given...!)
Goth Guys (Texture Add-On for Goth as Fashion)
Mark Hair for M4
Spring Candy (textures for V4 Cuore di Moda)
Sofia Character for V4
The Paragon
The Paragon Exterior
Interiors: The Town Hall
TAG: obanion#07
Title: Not Your Typical Bar Pick-Up: The Man From Planet Goth
"And I'm guessing the valet parking attendant totally freaked when you gave him the key, right? So, um..., where am I supposed to sit?"
"In my lap, of course."
"Of course."
Okay, now that I've wrapped up my quota of entries, it's time to take a look back and see what everyone else has been up to! (Rather a lot, it would appear!)
sasje #3 (Big Trouble) Such a dark, ominous mood! And the food spilling onto the floor says it all: 'We have a serious problem!' (Remember that scene in Jurassic Park. with the quivering Jell-O? That's the mood I'm getting here.) Well played!
jindi #4 (Totally the Most Romantic (Teen) Movie Ever) The overhead point-of-view is a unique perspective on the scene, and the use of the toon camera is flat-out inspired. (That toon camera can be a real beast to tweak, can't it?) The dialog is great - you must have teenagers, don't you! A great render, very slice-of-life!
emsim #2 (Beach Battle Bingo) I'm not quite sure what's going on in this one, but running definitely appears to be the thing to do! Good call, Georgina! I really like the 'toon' feel of it, as well.
Totte #5 (The Elevators) What did I say a few pages back? 'No fear, no shame'! I rest my case! Wonderfully zany, and yes, OSHA definitely needs to pay this workplace a visit! Another amazing piece of work.
Luci45 #6 (Lottie's Shoe) I love this one! It's colorful, quirky, poignant, and silly, all at the same time! You can almost hear the heartbroken sighs! The lighting is, as always, exquisitely executed. A truly excellent render of a positively inspired idea!
Totte #6 (For She, I Give Five Camel) I almost wet my pants when I saw this one! It is absolutely hysterical! And so totally and unrepentantly un-PC, too! (Which, to my mind, gets you bonus points!) Another Totte masterpice. Beautiful!
cecilia.robinson #3 (Dangers & Dumbies) This is simply awesome! And it brings back so many memories of my own college days, too! (Yeah, I was one weapons-grade geek back in those days!) The feel is so evocative of advertising art, I can't help but think this was the 'voice of experience' speaking. Well done!
Carola O #1 (A Man and His Donkey) This is actually kind of..., well, let's just say, disturbing in a way. It's probably just me, though; I'm sure you're not suggesting any kind of (to use Bill Clinton's famous formulation) 'inappropriate' relationship going on there! Other than that, I'm very impressed with the oil-painting feel to the whole image. (I've only managed to achieve that effect exactly once.) Very well done, and nicely executed!
emsim #3 (The Final Challenge) This one is great! The setting, the textures, the lights and shadows, the pose..., all culminating in that 'Wait, what?' expression! Now that's funny! An excellently tongue-in-cheek fantasy render!
sasje #4 (Follow Me) I like the post-apocalyptic feel to this one, and the distressed textures push that feel to the limits. The arrangement is very good, with a lot of action. (Although I can't help but wonder what the dogs think they're going to accomplish!) Good job! A very good job!
MelanieL #3 (Knocking Through) This is wild, MelanieL! From lighting to textures to poses, it has an amazing feel to it: the juxtaposition between the mundane and, one the other side of the wall, the bizarre, fantastic, and just a little bit demonic! (No wonder the place was such a cheap 'fixer-upper'!) A really great scene!
Luci45 #7 (Under the Bridge) Another kaleidoscope of color and imagery, with fascinating characters and a great sense of motion! The sense of being a painting is also very strong in this one, too! (I could easily see it hanging in the Tate!) Well done!
Totte #7 (John and Jack had to stay behind) Another bit of quirky humor from you, Totte! (But methinks somebody used just a skosh too much starter fluid! Unless they also had to light the runway, a la Die Hard 2: Die Harder) "Keeping the home fires burning", right! Another great job!
Jaderail #3 (Cliff Hanger) Very moody, lots of atmosphere, and downright Schwarzenegger-ish the story. A really, really good render!
Scott-Livingston #2 (Shopping with Walter) I really like this one, because I immediately picked up on the Men's Wearhouse reference (it's been my go-to clothing store for the past dozen years or so)! The 'Doh!' pose and that disgusted expression tell 'the rest of the story' (as Paul Harvey used to say). Well played!
emsim #4 (Late Again) Don't bother trying to explain, Marcus, she wouldn't believe you anyway! Great story in this one, with lots of eye-capturing colors and action. Really well done!
MorganRLewis #2 (Overmatched by Children) Yeah, I really hate when that happens, too! So much atmosphere to this one. The expression on the girl's face is so intriguing, and the set-up is excellent: that moment of realization, when it finally dawns on the character that he's in deep yogurt! Good story, good lighting, good poses, good render!
Jaderail #4 (What Have You Done!?) This is a truly captivating render: a great story, in an ominous setting, with a sinister atmosphere, suggestive of a super-secret government agency project that somehow went awry.... There's no way this can turn out well! An extraordinarily effective image!
Jaderail #5 (Blue Temple of the Sword) Another scenario that really stirs the imagination! The action implied by the poses is intense; you just know somebody's going to get hurt! (But who gets points taken off when that happens?) The shadow-play adds a lot of atmosphere, too. Another excellent job!
Jindi #5 (Once a Showgirl...) I think it was the expressions that really got my attention and kept it! Especially the man and woman in 'traditional' dress; they practically shouted, "Dear God, woman, wasn't Nagasaki enough!?" This is just plain funny!
KaribousBoutique #5 (The Mess in the Basement) The double pull was certainly a challenge, but you pulled it off! And the dichotomy between the two scenes (I don't want to say 'Upstairs/Downstairs', because it would sound too Masterpiece-Theatre-cutesie; so I won't; but I'm thinking it!) is downright captivating, and deeply enigmatic. It's two beautiful images in one!
Jaderail #6 (Welcome to the Jungle) I truly like this one! You cannot cut the irony in this scene with a knife; you'd need a chainsaw! The 'savages' turned loose in the real jungle: downtown! I am particularly impressed with your shader-work: how you made the outfits all but glow! Very nicely done!
MelanieL #4 (Tick Tock) I don't know why you're not happy with this one, because I think it's fabulous! (And is it just me, or does Smee bear an almost creepy resemblance to Gary Busey?) The fact that it took me several minutes of staring at it to find the 'punch-line' made the story just that much more effective! This is a really great render; you should be proud of it!
Tarina Kivi #1 (Falling Up) This is wonderful! Such a beautiful, colorful, vibrant image, with so much happening everywhere! (I can think of only one other image that wow-ed me as much as this one did!) It just blows me away; simply awesome!
Kyoto Kid #1 (The Ol' Swimmin' Hole) Absolutely charming, KK, and well worth the wait! The characters are precious, the lighting is perfect, the handling of the water texture even more so..., and an overall feel of youthful innocence, reminiscent of Norman Rockwell! It is simply superb! (Although I'm a little concerned about those two kids on the back ledge - is the boy pushing her in, or pulling her hair while she's trying to jump? Either way, I'd have blown my lifeguard whistle!)
Denny L #1 (Screeching Halt) An interesting use of a truly bizarre group of items, very imaginatively and artistically presented! And are those scorpions..., squaring off against each other? Hmm, another story to be told there. Very good job!
Tarina Kivi #2 (Fairy's Way) A charming and whimsical composition, reminiscent of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - but with fairy-dust! I love the brush-work, and the colors of the earth and sky, the desolation of the landscape, and.... There's just so much to see in a (relatively) simple image! A beautiful job!
Well, I think I'm pretty well caught up. We'll see wht the next eight hours brings.
Good work, everybody! You've all put up some really stunning work, and voting is going to be insanely difficult!
Real life, lol.
Also known as "The Thing I Avoid By Rendering A Lot."
:D
oh, just that, lol... thought maybe it was some new rendering program or something
guess you have to have a 'real' life to know... still playing my game of life :)
...well, there is "LR" (LuxRender),
Of course "RL" could also mean "Rendering Late" as I have been doing for the last several days.
I am now actively trying to pretend that RL doesn't exist. It's especially amusing when I suddenly yell, "DUH! My ambient occlusion pass was blank because I had raytracing off for my test renders. How stupid is that?" And then I realize my fiance is looking at me like he has absolutely no idea how stupid that is -- because he doesn't. So then I go back to pretending I'm living in my computer...
Anyway, here's number 6. Took FOREVER to get the dynamics right. The sleeves and overskirt were really easy, but there's a hooded cloak that comes with the SciWizard outfit and I must have tried eight zillion times to get it to work. It either slid into itself or, if I turned self-collisions on, it just exploded. And while that was amusing, it didn't do much for the overall drama of the image! Furthermore, I couldn't get the skirt to bend in the odd, kneeling pose, so I ended up using the dynamic skirt from the FK-Sea outfit instead. (I borrowed textures from Keeper of Lies so that it matched.) And then I cropped the image so you can't even see it, anyway!
Also used: Winter Angel and Loreley Hair (Valea), Moon Key (Arki), and a some makeup textures borrowed from several characters by Silver (Nyxia, primarily) which were photoshop-spliced into the Valkyrie base texture.
Again, not so much with the funny.
TAG: KaribousBoutique #6
Title: Divinity
...Ken thank you. That was the feel I was striving for. Oh and the one kid is indeed pushing his sister into the water.
This was a knockout project for me in more ways than one. Especially hard to concentrate when the weather is getting nice (like today)
Believe it or not, actually working on #2. Need a small break to get out into the summer air for a little while. Will be back.
It's actually a whole lot more fun!! imo
Last pull!! I can do this!!
4017 LITTLE TRIP for Far Journeyer, (outoftouch), RR
4554 Modern Lawnmower, (Valandar), DAZ
4890 NightHawkTextureExp, (Anna Benjamin, Sarsa), DAZ
429 April Hair, (Propschick), DAZ
A lawnmower?? Really?!! Arg. Let's see... DAZ is Mountain time... so, T-minus 6-and-a-half hours or so?
Oh, fine. Challenge accepted.
TAG:MelanieL#5
Grandpa's Workroom
Vicky took Hayden and Gareth to visit their Grandpa every week. Gareth loved to see the models that Grandpa made. Hayden was getting a bit too old to be really interested, but he was also old enough to understand that if they stayed long enough then Grandpa would probably send out for pizzas, which was something he really could appreciate.
PC Mega Pack Items Used:
Background - The Study, The Study Expansion Pack (fabrics retextured with Silkessence shaders)
Left side table - Haunted Mansion, RH Christmas Carol
Right side table - FC-Fantasy Castle, Victorian House
Foreground table - House of Mog Ruith (parts), The Core, A.M.S. RT-05
Grandpa - Veranil for M4 (textures from Unimesh Fits)
Hayden - Urban Wear for M4 (textures from Unimesh Fits)
Also Used:
Vicky (V3 RR) - Thistle skin texture, Erin Hair, Spanish Rose V3 Flamenco clothing (retextured with Silkessence shaders)
Grandpa (Horatio for M4) - Timeless Male Hair
Hayden - Wildmane Hair
Gareth (Brothers for Growing Up) - Micah Hair, Basic Supersuit, Boots and Belt for Supersuit
Display tables from The Ballroom Exp 1, Sculpting Tools
Well I got that one in with a little time to spare, but that's 100% my last.
This competition has really hotted up here since I passed by yesterday...
@Tarina Kivi "Falling Up" - superb render - I really like the lighting and the odd angle (of the viewer as well as the girl) and it definitely repays a look at the full-size version, there's such a lot of detail in there.
@Morgan R. Lewis - thanks for your comments on mine.
@Kyoto Kid "The Ol' Swimmin' Hole" - interesting one, lots to see (also repays a look at the full-size) and nice lighting too.
@Denny L "Screeching Halt" - oh that's cute! And weird - I like the little fella popping out of the screen there (Funny how often Emotiguy is getting pulled this month)
@Ken OBanion "Dueling Passions" - mmm, interesting body-suiting - must try that sometime?! And your usual wit on show in the text there too :)
@Tarina Kivi "Fairy's Way" - another beauty, you've made the Outback look really gorgeous there, nicely posed too.
@Ken OBanion "Not Your Typical Bar Pickup" - yep, that's very Ken! She seems rather unimpressed - and quite rightly too. Congrats on achieving 7/7 and thanks for your comments on my last two.
@KaribousBoutique "Divinity" - I'm simply amazed that you did this one so quickly - it's brilliant! Is that a Poser render? (I've never got as far as rendering anything in Poser and dynamics there are still a mystery to me)
I'm probably giving away a 'trade secret' here, but Poser dynamic cloth really isn't all that hard to master. The secret is in the mesh: keep it as simple as possible (actually, the Morphing Fantasy Dress is just about the most perfect mesh you can use to convert to dynamic cloth in Poser), and you might have to bring it into a 3-D modeling application to weld some of the vertices (I use Blender; you might prefer Hexagon); otherwise, when you run the simulation, the mesh collapses in on itself, or simply falls apart, to end up a pile of debris on the floor.
I used Poser dynamics for the attached render; the pile of clothes on the bench was done entirely by turning the mesh into dynamic cloth, and setting them to collide with the bench, the floor, and with one another. The result was surprisingly convincing. (And I desperately hope I don't get busted for this, because there is..., nudity. But I'm going to give it a shot; it's not blatant (there's a screen between the camera and the butt, which obscures most of it, so....)
If not, then I apologize in advance.
I'm probably giving away a 'trade secret' here, but Poser dynamic cloth really isn't all that hard to master. The secret is in the mesh: keep it as simple as possible (actually, the Morphing Fantasy Dress is just about the most perfect mesh you can use to convert to dynamic cloth in Poser), and you might have to bring it into a 3-D modeling application to weld some of the vertices (I use Blender; you might prefer Hexagon); otherwise, when you run the simulation, the mesh collapses in on itself, or simply falls apart, to end up a pile of debris on the floor.
Yup, I second that. Just about anything can be "clothified" successfully, if it's welded right. The Cloth Room is still, IMO, the #1 thing Poser has over DS. (No fighting words intended! I love DS! "Bi-Lingual" user here!) I used a prop square, subdivided in 3DS Max here. (I only have Max because I'm an educator and robotics coach, and Autodesk is kind enough to donate it to us.) I tried cropping out any hiney-parts. The original can be seen here, appropriate filters are on.
http://karibous-boutique.deviantart.com/art/Shrouded-172984143
The SciWizard cloak was actually intended to be a dynamic item, but it was a little weird because the hood wasn't welded to the rest of it. I think it was intentional, in order to make it drape properly. It had a constrained group that kept the hood stuck to the top of the figure's head, except that when the "hood down" morph was used, the constrained group just made the hood kinda hang in midair. I have no idea why self-collisions made it explode, but after about the nine-zillionth try, I gave up. There were three separate cloth simulations in that render, and the other two were absolutely effortless.
This really came down to the wire. I didn't think I'd get one done this time. But I saw Ken's "12 hours left" post and dropped RL to push this one through.
Tag: barbult #1
33 Janitor Gear
1552 Bridge of Cheirocrates
1317 Casual Action Poses V4
75 Mil Big Cat LE
LB: 755 Mystic Realm
Also Used:
V4
Genesis 2 Greta
LDPR skydome
Scrubs shoes
Ranger top and pants
Juggling Act top
Arotois top (Fashion for V4)
B25 Steam Punk Aviator pants
Jade hair
Trixie hair
Classic rolled hair
Thalia hair
Shades of Life cement shader on lion
Advanced ambient and distant lights
Songbird Remix pigeon
Songbird Remix Flock Formation
Clipboard from Doctor Accessories
Ttile: Pigeon Poop Patrol
"Hurry up! Madame Inspector is coming!"
TAG:MelanieL#5
Grandpa's Workroom
Vicky took Hayden and Gareth to visit their Grandpa every week. Gareth loved to see the models that Grandpa made. Hayden was getting a bit too old to be really interested, but he was also old enough to understand that if they stayed long enough then Grandpa would probably send out for pizzas, which was something he really could appreciate.
PC Mega Pack Items Used:
Background - The Study, The Study Expansion Pack (fabrics retextured with Silkessence shaders)
Left side table - Haunted Mansion, RH Christmas Carol
Right side table - FC-Fantasy Castle, Victorian House
Foreground table - House of Mog Ruith (parts), The Core, A.M.S. RT-05
Grandpa - Veranil for M4 (textures from Unimesh Fits)
Hayden - Urban Wear for M4 (textures from Unimesh Fits)
Also Used:
Vicky (V3 RR) - Thistle skin texture, Erin Hair, Spanish Rose V3 Flamenco clothing (retextured with Silkessence shaders)
Grandpa (Horatio for M4) - Timeless Male Hair
Hayden - Wildmane Hair
Gareth (Brothers for Growing Up) - Micah Hair, Basic Supersuit, Boots and Belt for Supersuit
Display tables from The Ballroom Exp 1, Sculpting Tools
...wow lots of props, and in so short a time
Love he eccentricity of this.
Also used: Winter Angel and Loreley Hair (Valea), Moon Key (Arki), and a some makeup textures borrowed from several characters by Silver (Nyxia, primarily) which were photoshop-spliced into the Valkyrie base texture.
Again, not so much with the funny.
TAG: KaribousBoutique #6
Title: Divinity
...and very nicely done may I add. So many of your works tell a nice story.
OMG. My toilet just exploded. Literally. The clean part, thank god, but... my toilet exploded!! Aargh!! Fate has thrown the gauntlet. Can i fix the toilet AND finish the render in 2 hours?? I'm almost done with the render...! Grrr!!!
Yikes! That's bad.
I found a frog in my toilet a couple weeks ago. After I got up and flushed, I saw him in there. Thank goodness he didn't jump on me while I was sitting there. You would have heard me scream, wherever you are.
Edited to add: Not and Entry! ;-)
...OK, can't believe I actually got a second one finished in time.
Also used:
Characters:
David 5 (in Flexx Suit)
Julie 5 ("Attitude" pose #14)
Wild Mane Hair (Julie 5)
Night Creep by Simon-3D
Sets:
West Park Morgue by
Lighting & Effects:
Advanced Ambient Lights (3) by Age of Armour
Advanced Spotlights (3 - 1 with GOBO Gel) by Age of Armour
Jepe's SepcialZ (5)
HeroFX eXtreme
Fog Tool Deluxe by Nerd3D
Easy Volume Camera by Age of Armour (w/2 spotlights flagged)
Shaders:
Fabricator (for T-Shirt Dress)
Props:
Puddle from Toxic by ART Collaberations
Classic Ray Guns by Valandar
Realised and rendered in Daz Studio Pro 4.6
Signature added in GIMP
If I missed any credits I apologise, time was of the essence.
OK now I usually down do this sort of stuff, but two of the items pretty much set the tone.
Tag: Kyoto Kid: #2
"The mission was simple, go to the old hospital, find the girl, and get her out. Cakewalk extraction, right? Hah, guess they forgot to mention about the other "patients". A real one of those 'out of the frying pan into the fire' sort of deals. Were it not for the kid's acute perception and timely warning we both woulda been on the lunch menu. I'll never forget those words that saved both of our lives...
...uhhh, Mr. Soldier....Look!"
...love it.
May a thousand statues be ever grateful to these unsung stalwart heroes.