Preview - First Look at Avalon Hair for Genesis 3 Male (& Female)

avmorgan · May 2017

zombietaggerung said:

It looks nice, I like all the movement morphs you're putting in. I'll definitely pick it up when/if you decide to sell it.

Excellent! Of course, the movement is all rigged, so it's poseable, rather than "shapeable". You'd work with pose presents, rather than shape presets; You can capture body and hair movement thru heirarchical pose presets, which is a nice plus! The morphs are more for fitting adjustments. I'm really hoping the Daz Store will approve this hair. Fingers crossed!

avmorgan · May 2017

Okay, I've finished creating and adding the autofit morphs for the Gen 7 figures I have (and two I'm creating). I believe the next step is to create ERC links (or test the theory that they'll kick in automatically, since they were delta updates of the autogenerated fits). I also have to finish work on my hair shaders. I think I'll have 5-7 basic shades, with an expansion set with 20 additional shades and hues.

IceDragonArt · June 2017

Welcome back! Although I too, don't think I was here when you were here last lol.

This looks like an amazing hair and I looke forward to seeing it in the store. Really gorgeous and thick and the ponytail at the bottom of the neck is great, .Love all the movement morphs etc. as well.

avmorgan · June 2017

Thanks, Ice Dragon!

Worlds_Edge · June 2017

Really great looking hair. I will definitely pick it up. Good luck with the approval process -- hope it goes smoothly for you.

avmorgan · June 2017

So, I think I've worked all the bugs out of the hair up to this point. I have created the autofit morphs for the G7 characters I own copies of. I'm working on a morph to control the scale of the ponytail, in addition to the length morph. I think I need a few styling morphs for the bangs, as well. Suggestions on that are welcome. I'll update again when I'm done with that scale morph.

avmorgan · June 2017

I am currently working on the hair shaders for Avalon Hair, but in the meantime, here's a look at the Ponytail Scale Adjustment morph:

avmorgan · June 2017

So... took a bit longer to fine tune my hair shaders (the weighted workflow took a bit of getting used to). I still have a couple bang tweak morphs on my to do list, but getting closer to making a proposal to the Daz Store.

IceDragonArt · June 2017

Beautiful

avmorgan · June 2017

Thank you, Ice Dragon!

Worlds_Edge · June 2017

Great array of colors. Very nice, rich shades. Keep us posted :)

avmorgan · June 2017

Here's the Bangs Twist morph. The left side and right side can be done separately, but here I have both sides done. I'm going to review the submission guidelines and then present it to the Daz Store. Wish me luck!

Worlds_Edge · June 2017

You bet! Fingers crossed for you.

avmorgan · June 2017

Thanks, Worlds_Edge!

avmorgan · June 2017

For those of you who have been watching, my apologies for the delay in my Daz Store submission. I've been going through and tinkering, fine tuning and correcting little mistakes that I overlooked before. Since the submission requires it, I've also been working on promo renders, which has revealed some of those mistakes and required more rendering time to replace images containing those errors. As always, render time is the biggest cause for delay, thanks to my 2G graphics card.

I'll update again when I am ready to submit.

TTFN

avmorgan · July 2017

After a week of rendering, I'm ready for that submission. You can find all of the promo pics with the following links (you can just follow the page links from the first link in each block to see everything):

IceDragonArt · July 2017

Looks gorgeous!

avmorgan · July 2017

Thank you!

avmorgan · July 2017

The Daz Store was not able to accept my submission "at this time" -- which I hope means I can resubmit once I fix the issues they pointed out. The hair needs a little bit more realism; that is, better transmapping. Unfortunately, it may mean starting over, since this geometry is limited to one layer.

I'm taking a bit of a break to decide on it; there are a lot of advantages to remodeling. I'd keep the same basic plan, but with better -- and more -- layering.

TTFN

Worlds_Edge · July 2017

I'm sorry your submission did not go through. With all the work you must have done on the original submission, I know it must be a difficult decision. Hopefully you are not disheartened. For what it is worth, I think you are very talented and would have purchased the product -- and should it become available in the future -- I will :)

IceDragonArt · July 2017

Worlds_Edge said:

I'm sorry your submission did not go through. With all the work you must have done on the original submission, I know it must be a difficult decision. Hopefully you are not disheartened. For what it is worth, I think you are very talented and would have purchased the product -- and should it become available in the future -- I will :)

Ditto. Don't look at it as a set back but as a learning experience. The fact that they took the time to point out what they wanted improved means that they are interested in what you are doing. Many many submissions don't get that far, and from what I've heard, sometimes there is no response at all. So they must have liked the direction you were going in since they gave you suggestions to improve it for recondsideration.

avmorgan · July 2017

Excellent points, both of you. I am a little frustrated, but I also look at it as an opportunity to make the changes I thought of later on in the process. I think the decision to limit the polycount tied my hands too much, when it comes to more realisic hair flow. I am giving myself a little break, but will be back with what I hope is a much better, and more realistic hair model.

Thank you for your support and encouragement!

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