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Carrara Challenge #58 - It's a Kind of Magic - WIP thread.

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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987

    shlomi laszlo said:

    the wiz tries to get the goblin see what he needs.

     

     

    Those shadows lift this to the next level.

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,168

    shlomi laszlo said:

    the wiz tries to get the goblin see what he needs.

    Very expressive poses and gestures!  Two enthusiastic thumbs up.

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,602

    Diomede said:

    shlomi laszlo said:

    the wiz tries to get the goblin see what he needs.

    Very expressive poses and gestures!  Two enthusiastic thumbs up.

    +1 yes

  • shlomi laszloshlomi laszlo Posts: 250

    a change of light

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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987

    shlomi laszlo said:

    a change of light

    tweaking makes a big improvement !!!

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987

    only a few days to go

     

    does anyone need a little more time???

     

    let me know please !

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,564

    I'm still going to try, but our van just broke while Rosie was driving it... she really lucked out! So now I'm off to a distant land to get a new steed.

  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 2,184
    edited July 2021

    Entry THread Closes/ Voting Begins Saturday 10th July

     ~ is this AM or PM ??  thanx

    _ And monitor gave out ,, so , idk 

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  • mschackmschack Posts: 337

    @Headwax I just noticed you have two #19 entries.

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987

    Dartanbeck said:

    I'm still going to try, but our van just broke while Rosie was driving it... she really lucked out! So now I'm off to a distant land to get a new steed.

     

    good luck i will extend a few days! 

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987

    ed3D said:

    Entry THread Closes/ Voting Begins Saturday 10th July

     ~ is this AM or PM ??  thanx

    _ And monitor gave out ,, so , idk 

     

    gah ., ! Technology ! Ill extend a few days!

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987

    mschack said:

    @Headwax I just noticed you have two #19 entries.

    ah knew i couldnt count wiill fix thanks! 

  • mschackmschack Posts: 337

    Is it ok if I post my image to the DAZ gallery?

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987

    mschack said:

    Is it ok if I post my image to the DAZ gallery?

     

     Certainly!

  • DesertDudeDesertDude Posts: 1,235
    edited July 2021

    I'm sorry I have been so absent.
    I went down many rabbit holes and kind of gave up, so thank you for the extension
    Not sure if I can make a final entry but here is the general concept - the cat goes for a joy ride on a wizard's broom...and doesn't understand how to drive...

    A loopy loopy path of particles will help tell the story smiley

     

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  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,564

    Very Cool!!! yes

  • VyusurVyusur Posts: 2,235

    @DesertDude, this is excellent!

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,564
    edited July 2021

    I scored Big Time, and got a used 2008 Honda Odyssey EX in really great shape at a reasonable price.

    Ran home and started working on finishing this up.

    Sorc in Training

    Perched upon the fire-breathing maw of a dragon, the sorceress launches her fury to the heavens!

     

    Freebies in that thread will come - possibly tomorrow?

    Here is the raw render from Carrara. In order to push the morphs far beyond their limits to get her hair like that, some of the polygons stretched into lines through the render.

    Affinity Photo - I used the clone tool to remove those lines, then added a Live highpass filter applied using soft light in order to bring out more ofthe detail contained in the render, but not immediately visible to the eye. I also used some fog overlays - dragged mostly off the screen just to add some atmosphere. Using the Curves filter, I adjusted the red, green and blue levels individually in an attempt to make the colors look more magical

    Finished it off in PD Howler - Used the lightning FX tool to add some magic to Rosie's spell and again by my sig. I also used its incredible color grading tools to adjust the whole look to taste, and added my signature.

    It's a much larger image. It looses quite a bit of detail at 800px wide

     

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  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,564
    edited July 2021

    After getting the scene together and figures posed, I used a single frame of an explosion video and mapped it to a plane. To keep it from distorting:

    1. Check the proportions of the frame - in this case: 1350 x 1080
    2. Insert Plane - in Motion tab, set x to 13.50 and y to 10.80, for example

    In PD Howler, I tweaked and tweaked and tweaked filter setting to create the alpha mask, since this was simply a screenshot from a video.

     

    Rosie's spell effect is the same shader for the most part, except that I inverted the color maps.

    Here we see how I nest my shader channels to get deeper colors using Gamma Correction at 2.2

    To make it look more like the dragon is breathing fire instead of being on fire, I dropped a bulb down his throat and applied a Light Sphere effect to it

    And here's my final camera framing

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  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,564
    edited July 2021

    I also used "Materialize" to create my own Normal maps for both Rosie and the Dragon

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,602

    Headwax said:

    mschack said:

    @Headwax I just noticed you have two #19 entries.

    ah knew i couldnt count wiill fix thanks! 

    Suggest 19A & 19B ?

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,602

    DesertDude - top render !!!

    Dart - great to see you in action !!!

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,168

    Wow, such an amazing range of styles.

    - Desertdude, the whimsy is magical and the modeling is top notch.  Expression = greatness.

    - Dartanbeck, action, adventure, and filmworthy FX.  Spectacular.

    I think Andrew may have been worried that there was not as much banter in the WIP thread early on, but patience has won out again.  The entries thread will be wonderful.

    Bravo Carrarians.

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987

    Diomede said:

    Wow, such an amazing range of styles.

    - Desertdude, the whimsy is magical and the modeling is top notch.  Expression = greatness.

    - Dartanbeck, action, adventure, and filmworthy FX.  Spectacular.

    I think Andrew may have been worried that there was not as much banter in the WIP thread early on, but patience has won out again.  The entries thread will be wonderful.

    ha ha yes, you read my mind :)

    Bravo Carrarians.

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987

    Bunyip02 said:

    Headwax said:

    mschack said:

    @Headwax I just noticed you have two #19 entries.

    ah knew i couldnt count wiill fix thanks! 

    Suggest 19A & 19B ?

    thanks I'll try cut and paste it on the end with another number and insert 'hiccup' on original post :)

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987
    edited July 2021

    Dartanbeck said:

    I scored Big Time, and got a used 2008 Honda Odyssey EX in really great shape at a reasonable price.

    Ran home and started working on finishing this up.

    Sorc in Training

    Perched upon the fire-breathing maw of a dragon, the sorceress launches her fury to the heavens!

     

    Freebies in that thread will come - possibly tomorrow?

    Here is the raw render from Carrara. In order to push the morphs far beyond their limits to get her hair like that, some of the polygons stretched into lines through the render.

     

    Affinity Photo - I used the clone tool to remove those lines, then added a Live highpass filter applied using soft light in order to bring out more ofthe detail contained in the render, but not immediately visible to the eye. I also used some fog overlays - dragged mostly off the screen just to add some atmosphere. Using the Curves filter, I adjusted the red, green and blue levels individually in an attempt to make the colors look more magical

     

    Finished it off in PD Howler - Used the lightning FX tool to add some magic to Rosie's spell and again by my sig. I also used its incredible color grading tools to adjust the whole look to taste, and added my signature.

    It's a much larger image. It looses quite a bit of detail at 800px wide

     

    wow Dart that's a fire breathing render. Thanks for the blow by blow and the heads up on the materail software. Good to see affinity photo getting a work out.

    They have some good macro's too.

    Also some good tone mapping presets available as well

     

    Great news that you are on board

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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987
    edited July 2021

    DesertDude said:

    I'm sorry I have been so absent.
    I went down many rabbit holes and kind of gave up, so thank you for the extension
    Not sure if I can make a final entry but here is the general concept - the cat goes for a joy ride on a wizard's broom...and doesn't understand how to drive...

    A loopy loopy path of particles will help tell the story smiley

     

     

     

    Greetings Desert Dude, that is a cracker of a render. The expression on the cat is priceless! And the fact you make your own meshes - superb!

    Great that you have time to put something in - thank you.

     

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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987

    revisiting previous image of the four wizards with NPR and custom brushes - not an entry, bit of postwork with affinity photo and filter forge and waterlogue

     

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,168
    edited July 2021

    I had a few moments to do a quick update with some postwork.  The biggest change is to make Galadriel's hair more golden.  Tough choice because I didn't want to take away from her ring.  I am going to swap out my entry while there is time.

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  • DesertDudeDesertDude Posts: 1,235

    Dartanbeck - Thank you
    Vyusur - Thank you
    Bunyip02 - Thank you
    Headwax - Thank you

    I can sort of manipulate 3D software but can't figure out how to Quote multiple people in a post on a software forum. frown
    I felt like I could do this before but now I'm taken to a separate page where it looks like I have to post that one quote?
    What am I doing wrong?
    Thanks In Advance smiley

     

     

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