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I really don't know if it will kill the joy or not, you know? It seems to depend on the artist. Georgia O'Keefe got a LOT of mileage out of flowers and the New Mexico landscape. In any case, with this guy I am definitely getting a story and I want to follow it for a while. Sort of my version of Inktober....
Here is a direct sequel to the above picture, and I went ahead and added snapshots of my post processing. I applied saved recipes this time, but I had to do further tweaking. Mysterious!
Oooh, I didn't know I had something recognizable! Sweet! :)
I actually think you do have something recognizable. You always have such great camera angles. I think your perspectives are as much a part of your style as almost anything else. And, you do it well. For instance, I love the camera angle of this one. I like how you manage to pull all of the elements together, too. BTW, I love your dancer up above. Another great perspective. You'll get your groove, I'm sure. Just remember it's not all about the post processing which is darn fun playing around with. It's okay to step out of your comfort zone with the processing part. I usually can recognize your images as being yours when I see it in the gallery. Which reminds me, I need to go there again. I haven't been very good at being consistent about taking a look in there.
+1 See. @Linwelly agrees. And, yes, I can usually tell an image is her's, too. I think everyone develops their unique little quirks with their art even when they don't realize they've done it. I guess even me. :)
Good luck with the consistency thing. I have confidence you'll figure out what works for you.
I really struggle with this as well. I have no idea how to develop a recognizable style. I feel like I'm all over the place. I have no idea how to make both, say, a dinosaur render and a sci fi render reflect a style that is mine. I'm hoping it will develop as I keep doing this lol.
This is so stunning. You've got some great renders here, but I have to say this is my favorite! Really awesome story telling, angles, everything!
It definitely seems like the best of the sequence-- unfortunately it was also my first and I can't seem to quite replicate the color look. It's driving me kind of nuts, but I'm telling myself this sort of thing happens with webcomic artists too... the stuff they do at the beginning of a comic is usually very different from later. Seeing the evolution of a style there is COOL. I can only dream of that myself.
This would I admit go faster if I'd stop rendering giant-sized renders 'just in case' I ever want to print them. It's the writer in me, I guess.
Ugh, I was up late last night overflowing with ideas for the story behind the Toby Angel renders. Some of them are.... really complicated. I wonder how much I could actually do, just using art and art titles/captions. My stack of Cool Stories I Want To Work On grows ever larger... I should really be finishing my VN and then the novel I promised my readers over a year ago, but.... time management, not my forte....
I have been trying to finish the novel I started 2 years ago but rl keeps getting in the way of my time to sit down and actually write anymore.
You've got great renders and, even without words, each one seems to tell a story. Great atmosphere in each as well. I love the two sequential pics - raining on angel, then he is given the umbrella.
Okay, latest Toby Angel. After this I think my next one will be set someplace out.
And thank you for all the encouragement!
Toby Angel before he ends up in Urban Future 5. I rather like the almost... slick look this has picked up.
Experimented with incorporating KindredArts' lens filters into my workflow. An outdoor scene without the intensity of the previous one, or the washed out look of the urban scenes. Gonna post a much bigger version in my Gallery.
ETA as I was getting ready to upload, the ten year old showed up and demanded I do more postwork, so linking to that one as well....
https://www.daz3d.com/gallery/#images/447421/
Wow it’s been a while since I had anything to show off. To be honest, I got some temp job doing some copy editing for the video game company the rest of my household works for. And I may get a second bit of work from the (different) company my housemate used to work for... maybe... possibly... but the first one for sure, I’m three weeks in. Which means extra money! So I’m thinking about Vue... and being sad it went off sale right as my job started.
Anyhow, today’s art.
I really like the story this render tells. Are you going expand on it like you did for Toby Angel?
Trish
Chiming in late to add my voice here - your camera angles and eye for color and story really do make your renders recognizable... but there's also a lot to be said for versatility. Trying to work in a consistent style can be both a comfort and a cage. After spending a year+ having to work in a consistent style (and consistent sub-styles) for each of the Tarot card renders/collages I did, I'm really enjoying spreading my wings and trying on different styles and elements as I did more into what Daz Studio is really capable of doing. Don't doubt yourself so much - you've got a great eye and - even more important - a creative mind.
Hey there. Not a lot of art recently between holidays, writing work and a sort of creative malaise. But I've decided to release my novella as a novella instead of a kinetic novel (not enough reader interest in the KN) so I've been working on a cover for it. Lots of Photoshoppery including purchased actions and a background from Sveva. I'm pretty happy with it but I gotta figure out the text design elements.
I like it! I find the text to be the hardest part for me.
I really need a blog or something clearly. I keep wanting to come here with no art in hand to talk about why I've done no art. Talk about the writing I've been doing.
Here's two pieces I plan on post-working... sometime. I got a new ipad pro with some of my Unexpected Writing Job proceeds and I'm not sure yet how great it will be for partial postwork but I'd like to find out.
Beautiful renders. I always like seeing what you'll do next. You have a nice eye for camera angles.
Thank you. You're very kind. I'm still bummed I haven't had the time to enter any of the December contests I wanted to enter... especially Raining Men... *sigh* I guess I should just accept that Nov/Dec is a bad time for art for me.
Well, there's still time for the Raining Men contest. It goes until the end of the year. Get crackin', girl! ;)
edit: If you aren't a girl, just insert 'dude' in there instead. I can't recall now if you ever said which you were.
I am female! Home-schooling writer mom with art on the side. You know how it goes :-)
We'll see re: Raining Men. I have the project I started working on for the last Raining Men still... but it needs a lot of work. And I have these deadlines. One of the teams I've been working for (the more disorganized one, alas) loved my work so much they want a whole bunch more.... by Jan 3rd. And I want to stick illustrations in my Bramble-Child novella before it locks for release at the end of the year. And... kids... and Christmas... and houseguest... :-(
Ah, that's right! I remember you saying you guys homeschool. I should have put that together. I was thinking in the back of my head that I thought you were female but then second guessed myself. I've just been so crazy busy that I can't think sometimes. Also, homeschooling with art on the side. So, yeah, I know how that goes. :)
Goegeous! And I won't be offended if you want to come here and talk about why you don't have time for art lol. Its your thread, you can talk about whatever you want. It sounds like its a good reason anyway and not something terrible.
The rooftop render watching the girl is excellent- wonder what she'd do if she looked waaaay up and saw him?
So far as having a style, IMO that's fine for a consistency within a book or project, but versatility is also key when doing professional work. Do what your mood tells you to do and enjoy the process. You have a really nice flow within each piece and they come together nicely with the camera and lighting. Just have fun! And congrats on your video game job!!!!!
Well, my Christmas holiday is putting together a book of my novella manuscript and the (cancelled) visual novel art. It's hopefully going to look pretty nice. I'll post WIP screenshots in a bit.
I have 1 day, 19 hours and for the second half of my book i need way more art than I have. Time to overdose on caffiene and go into Turbo mode. Do you think that works on my computer too?
This is what I've produced today so far:
I hate it when I relate my own experiences and suddenly become the proxy enemy for an entire ridiculous thread... what a thing to wake up to.
More renders before bed last night:
Plus a number of straight up prop renders. I think I’m going to make a long-term modeling project of making a comprehensive gift/picnic basket packed full of various goodies because my god how can that not exist?
And we're done: a 154 page illustrated novella. It does not, alas, have art on every page. I wish it did. But I ran out of time, and more importantly, ideas.
Guys, it feels really, really good to have completed something that makes the last year and a half of intensive art self-education feel worthwhile. It's not the best of anything but... it's done, and it's not bad.
More renders for the book from today.
True fact: Hardly anybody in my fairy tale has a name. If I write more about these characters I'll have to come up with names. Conveniently, the models I used all come with names-- they'll probably end up as the character names too just because I'm so used to thinking of them as 'Oscar' or 'Ethan' or 'Sage'.
MORE PICTURES.
This looks outstanding, @dreamfarmer - congratulations! The finished product looks very polished and professional. Particularly enjoyed the image of the Oak Queen, too.
Thanks for sharing, and Happy New Year!
- Greg