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  • LinwellyLinwelly Posts: 5,947

    Haha that is cute, orcs need to fall in love too :D

  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191

    Those are both great but I really love the one with the orcs! That's fantastic. :)

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,548

    Thanks Linwelly and KM!

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,548
    edited February 2018

    I thought I would show the before and after on the Orc render.

     

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,173

    Again, thank you for sharing elements of your workflow.  Can really see and appreciate the difference between orc images.  Love what you are doing.

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,548
    Diomede said:

    Again, thank you for sharing elements of your workflow.  Can really see and appreciate the difference between orc images.  Love what you are doing.

    Thank you very much.  I'm feeling a bit more confident.  Plus, my workflow is much faster than it used to be, so there is the occaisional extra minute or two to put something together lol.

  • Worlds_EdgeWorlds_Edge Posts: 2,152

    Your ghost render is outstanding.  Poster or painter worthy to be sure.

  • WonderlandWonderland Posts: 6,890

     

    IceDragonArt said:

    I thought I would show the before and after on the Orc render.

     

    Yes, I can see you spend a lot of time with postwork too! Looks great! 

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,548

    Thanks!  I do love postwork lol.

  • LianaLiana Posts: 1,035
    edited February 2018
    IceDragonArt said:

    I did not know that was the cause of those weird spots lol.  I do far prefer to do most of my backgrounds in photoshop at the moment, at least for promo work.  My personal work, I like to use full sets etc. because well, that is why I bought them lol.  It is nice to have different options and hopefully, at some point, they will improve the environment tab and make it more functional as far as being able to position it etc.  We shall see lol.

    I like how the fairy lady came out too with teh background. I think that is one thing that drives me crazy trying to get a background in Studio. I am taking notes of yours and LAdairs discussion. :)

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  • LianaLiana Posts: 1,035
    L'Adair said:

    Thank you. This is highly enlightening! I do a lot with layers, too. Just never tried to use them so creatively.

    Now I think I need to give some creative postwork a try!

    What LAdair said :) Thanks for sharing. I have to start doing experiementing with more of that myself. :)

  • LianaLiana Posts: 1,035
    edited February 2018

    Those last 2 renders were great. Funny how postwork is probably needed in a lot of renders that Studio just can't make look good enough without it. :) I am trying to catch up. lol

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  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,548
    Liana said:

    Those last 2 renders were great. Funny how postwork is probably needed in a lot of renders that Daz just can't make look good enough without it. :) I am trying to catch up. lol

    Well, I think it depends on what you are going for.  There are pros and cons to both ways of doing things.  I went into Daz with a (somewhat) digital painting background and I had decided from the very beginning that I would be doing postwork.  I did commit to doing Daz only renders for the first year, because I really wanted to learn as much of the basics of the program as I could before I started using postwork.  Because, knowing myself fairly well at this point. I knew if I made postwork an option the first year it would be too easy for me to say eh, I'll just fix it in postwork.  I wanted to take things as far as I could inside Daz and then start adding postwork.  The better I can get the final image in Daz, the easier and better the postwork becomes.   (I also spend a fairly large amount of time digital art tutorials. )

  • LianaLiana Posts: 1,035

    I pretty much have only done daz renders alone at this point. It makes sense to do so. If the finally image is better the less one has to fix, but maybe allows for more creativity. I do not really have a digital art background, so it's all new to me. I can do stuff in Gimp and a little in Adobe. I have done more texture creation than anything over the years. I might call even some of it clipart though I have not used a vector art program which makes the images better. :) I also like to model so I get a bit stretched. haha I have been working on the modeling part here lately. I have finally went through all the tutorials once now and there is a blender one coming up for making a creature. I am so tempted to sign-up for it. The learning is the fun part too. :)

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,548

    The knowledge you picked up in Gimp will make Adobe much easier.  A lot of it works the same.  I am definitely stretched, generally to the max lol. I really really want to keep working at modelling and texturing but I can only do so much. Haven't given up on it though, I will get to it eventually.  And I agree, I think its the learning, more than anything that keeps me going.  I love learning how do to new stuff lol.

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,548

    I just had to laugh.  As my husband went to bed, I asked him how the picture I was working on looked.  He says, " It looks great are you almost done?"  I say yes, almost.  His reply was, "Make sure you save it, I don't want to hear you screaming later"  I started laughing.  He knows me so well!

  • LianaLiana Posts: 1,035

    I have been able to do some adobe stuff do to knowing Gimp. I just need to learn where all the tools are. I am texturing and modeling and you are rendering maybe we could borrow each other or somethign like that?? lol

    It sure sounds liek he does. How funny is that comment. haha

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,548
    Liana said:

    I have been able to do some adobe stuff do to knowing Gimp. I just need to learn where all the tools are. I am texturing and modeling and you are rendering maybe we could borrow each other or somethign like that?? lol

    It sure sounds liek he does. How funny is that comment. haha

    We need to hook up some kind of knowledge transfer directly from brain to brain lol!

  • LianaLiana Posts: 1,035
    IceDragonArt said:
    Liana said:

    I have been able to do some adobe stuff do to knowing Gimp. I just need to learn where all the tools are. I am texturing and modeling and you are rendering maybe we could borrow each other or somethign like that?? lol

    It sure sounds liek he does. How funny is that comment. haha

    We need to hook up some kind of knowledge transfer directly from brain to brain lol!

    Now that just might work! lol

  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479
    IceDragonArt said:
    Liana said:

    I have been able to do some adobe stuff do to knowing Gimp. I just need to learn where all the tools are. I am texturing and modeling and you are rendering maybe we could borrow each other or somethign like that?? lol

    It sure sounds liek he does. How funny is that comment. haha

    We need to hook up some kind of knowledge transfer directly from brain to brain lol!

    USB 10.0

    smiley

    Wouldn't it be nice to just share knowledge that easy.

    IceDragonArt said:

    I just had to laugh.  As my husband went to bed, I asked him how the picture I was working on looked.  He says, " It looks great are you almost done?"  I say yes, almost.  His reply was, "Make sure you save it, I don't want to hear you screaming later"  I started laughing.  He knows me so well!

    That is too funny. And I think we've all been there. (The screaming at the computer, not the hubby reminding us to save the file...!)

  • SaphirewildSaphirewild Posts: 6,668

    Sonja you are so talented!!!

    Every render is so much then the last one!!!

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887

    The orcs are adorable, your postwork definitely paid off!  yes

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,548

    It would be very nice lol.

    And thank you Sapphire and Novica, I am very happy with that particular piece.

  • FirstBastionFirstBastion Posts: 7,762
    IceDragonArt said:

    Even Orcs nees love.

    Really like the way this one came out. Click for a bigger version.

    Cupid is an add on for Sixus1 baby for Genesis 8.

    Both of these are great!  I also liked the tutorial. 

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,548

    @FirstBastion thank you!

  • DarwinsMishapDarwinsMishap Posts: 4,087

    Well done, Sonja!  Love the Orc and Cupid one, very well thought out.

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,548
    DarwinsMishap said:

    Well done, Sonja!  Love the Orc and Cupid one, very well thought out.

    Thank you very much! 

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,548
    edited February 2018

    Kimmie fot G8F.

    Elf Armor Outfit for G3F

     

    Working on fog and smoke.  Not as easy as one would like to believe lol.

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  • LianaLiana Posts: 1,035

    Looks pretty good :) I can believe it would not be easy. lol

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,548

    Thank you!   Brushes are great but sometimes, getting the effect to look semi realistic can be a bit of a project.

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