Dursagon

A very nice person ^ had pointed something out with my last piece and I now know why my art has been looking a little rough. I didn't have anti-alias turned on in my rendering settings! I feel so Homerish. Doh! I'm going to go revisit all my renders and redo them with the setting change and see how they look afterwards. I may have to do some PS touch ups after that so some pieces may take a day or two.

I'll update this post.

Now for my latest I present Larissa Rasputin for everyone to see.

In the further attempt to push my abilities, I did a few new things with this piece. I was going for a ice over the body type of effect. I also did some softening in PS.

I got my picture of Flareback from MMOArt in the mail today! Yay! I now have it in hand soon to be framed and hung on the wall behind my PC. The only bad thing is stupid Fed-Ex bent the package a little to the point that there is a minor crease in the work. But with a wife who is a document preservation specialist, we'll be able to restore it to it's original state of crease-free-ship.

On a more emote free and totally analytical side, when I got the package I was expecting the single large format color piece that was showcased on the MMOArt site. What I got was that AND the original sketch and ink that Jomaro did before he digitally colored it. I even went so far as to visually scan the original with a magnifier so I could see the pencil marks and the indents before the inks were applied. Needless to say I was surprised by the added bonus and felt good about what I got from MMOArt and for what I paid for it.

Now Jomaro needs to become a highly sought after artist so that my daughter can sell the piece for a million dollars after Jomaro and I kick the bucket and she pries the piece from my cold dead fingers. Can't get any higher praise than that, can you?

This is what I have been working on. I know it is a minor detail, but I created the headset you see Flare wearing. Slowly but surely, that is what I'm trying to do with poser that is a piece of me in it besides throwing a bunch of premade stuff together and calling it art. If I had tons of money and time, then I would probably try getting stuff like Maya and other tools and just go to town, but I can't so I work with what I got. This piece took me a week to put together because of the headset creation and recoloring of all the elements. Texturing is kinda hard for me, but I do it to put that much more into what I do.

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I honestly hope you don't take offense to this, Dursagon, but I've noticed that quite a few people on these board think Poser is a decent standalone program that can be used to create 3D art, but it really isn't. Douglas Shuler (DarkJedi) said something along the lines "Poser spits out the renders it's told to. It's the artist behind it that really gives it something extra."

I think what you've done so far is great (I've watched how Flare has progressed over the past few months and she looks great) but I think if you went ahead and went one step further and took your pieces into Photoshop and started tweaking even basic elements such as light composition, your work would become that much better.

If you'd like, you could export your Poser scene into a .obj file and I'll go ahead and render it out in Maya using Renderman just to give you a little taste of how much of a difference lighting does make.

Keep it up. I'll continue keeping my eyes pinned to your stuff.

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I won't take offense. I have 2 limitations that kinda limits me on what I can do besides not having a tool like Renderman or Maya. The first is that I don't have the knowledge of Photoshop to do much beyond making things with paintbrushes and stamps and basically simple stuff. The second is I have nerve damge in my right arm which makes it extremely difficult to control the brush tools. The more I try to focus my hand on a task, the more tension pain I feel. That is why I've been spending a little more time trying to make objects. I have something that I've been working on that'll show what I've been putting my efforts into.

If some wonder how i can play the game, it's because I can use my left hand to play the game.

My situation is close to like my father-in-law who went blind before he died but still used his sense of feel to continue with his stain glass work.

So, if you want to do a collaboration, great! I'd love to have someone take what I can do and do something I can't easily do.

I couldn't resist doing another version of Menerra . I hope this time a captured the feel of the character as she is in the game. I was trying for a demure pose but still flash the claws. I'm hoping it worked. If not, well, I tried my best. I guess I came back to this character because I like the premise of her and i just wanted to tinker with her some more. Hopefully Aldrazar will like it.

I wonder if I'll ever be able to get away from being slapped down for what I say.

People, I get it. I'm not the most popular person. I really don't need a slap to remind me.

happy b-day Lethe

With Poser work, everyone is different just as their personalities are different. Each person must find themselves in their own way. For some, being overly critical would mean frustration and that would lead them to quit producing all together. Personal limitations can also affect the finished work.

People like myself try our hardest and sometimes we get modest responses. Eh, that's life. Some don't have Photoshop or have limited knowledge to add more to their work. Some even get so bogged down in the technical aspect they forget to look at the over all idea. I have seen some plain renders that were awesome only because the elements were posed in such a manner that the they conveyed the feeling more than the technique or shading. If the character is flat or shows no emotion, no amount of post work will help the piece.

Doug is great.

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Thanks for the birthday wishes.

On the pie vs cake debate, I'm actually having strawberry shortcake tonight - tempted to eat it while watching one of the DVDs.

And really, strawberry shortcake is kind of a cross between pie and cake, isn't it?

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Happy B-day!

Only if your using that packaged strawberry swimming in syrup junk. We do fresh strawberries and homemade shortcake. Sometimes though, we substitute decadent angelfood cake with strawberries.

Talk about yum!

I've just done another of Menerra for Aldrazar. This was a relaxed pose I did. I think after I get some more renders done, I'll do a different version with more action to it. maybe a jungle type scene...

Anyway, I hope people like.

Well I have been pretty busy with trying to get a request line going for 3D art. I'm still limited with the male characters but I think my 1st attempt at Back Alley Scrapper turned out ok.

I also have requests for 4 others which are:

1: Menerra

2: Larissa

3: one of Sungryphons characters... (altaholic...)

4: War Bride

When I get these finished, I'll open up once more and try 5 more. Just remember I'm limited on the guy toons I can do but I can do almost anything for a female toon.

happy B-Day Dark.

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So long as the scheduler doesn't have them all headed toward the depot a the same time....

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That would be like a train wreck ... hmmm ... a tangle of limbs, capes, 'fros, and holey outfits ...

Oh the humanity!

Hmmm ... idea forming ...

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Ack! Noo!

I've THREE iterations in the game (well, four if you count Runaway Freight, the "bizarro Soul") and ne'er they shall meet!

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It's too late. as it was said in the Mortal Kombat, "IT HAS BEGUN!"

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So long as the scheduler doesn't have them all headed toward the depot a the same time....

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That would be like a train wreck ... hmmm ... a tangle of limbs, capes, 'fros, and holey outfits ...

Oh the humanity!

Hmmm ... idea forming ...

Hey Sartori! I was going to try doing Soul Train.... guess I gotta pick another toon...

I've done something different. this time I went with a 1/2 figure pose with a background. I think I did a fair job.

Frozen

I see this as a base for a character we all know. Well most of us know. I think.

Anyway, I think I'm starting to feel more comfortable with doing these pictures of other peoples characters. I could open this thread to requests. I do mostly women renders, and I do an interpretation of a character with the tools I have available. So I guess if anyone is interested, post a character. seeing how it takes a bit of time, I'll start with first 5 and go from there. (fingers crossed)

I heard from them by completion of my commission they were doing for me. I recieved the digital proof and promptly paid in full and await the original art to be delivered by postal mail.

Happy birthday! so soon! eek!

Trying something new in Poser,

Flare in a Fight

I need feedback on this so I can see if importing a background will work instead of the technique I have been using with domes and added objects.

Being a texan as well, I wish you well Rox.

Got a new render for Moggie!

Moggie's Perch

I know she likes it because it wouldn't be posted without her consent.

Again, thanks, Moggie!

Looks like I started a trend when I posted my Jam piece here. I like all the cool pieces.

That's right LJ, and now he's faster, stronger, and a more expensive wolf!

(sigh) Too bad the rest of you don't have a beefed up werewolf like I do.

Wolfborg

Just the thing to even the odds abit!

I still like the goat!