Novica & Forum Members Tips & Product Reviews Pt 10
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This is Luna wearing the G3 Mall Girl vest and shorts - I like her round face. I used the free Spotlight script by Winterbrose (one of the Holiday freebies) to light this image. The lights are above the girl's head and I have lowered the intensity to about 50% and pointed two of them at her feet. I think these lights are really useful and hope they are made available again.
Great article Jaki, very interesting and informative.
Hmph, the delivery date for my new video card has been moved back (again) to January 4. I suppose everybody wanted one over Christmas. Ah well...
That was a nice read!
Indeed!
Agreed.
Great article - was fun reading your take on things and seeing some of your art. Thank you for your comments on my dForce thread, glad to hear it attracts people's attention! And I agree with your comments on Novica's thread, first one I check out whenever I come online.
Setup time varies by year. I usually add a new feature or new song each year and that takes more time to work out. The physical setup is about 20-25 hours and 10 hours to take down. The central tree is new this year (replaced a simpler one I had) and it became a bear as I had to build the display which took a couple days then figure out how to program the lights, redo all the song sequences to use it, and then it overwhelmed my data network so I had to set up a second one in parallel. So I ended up pulling a number of 12+ hour days sorting it all out. It will be easier next year (which I say every year, and then I add something new, and oops, it takes more time than I thought). It's a lot of fun to do and local people always ask if I have it up and running yet.
Well, that's frustrating! It reminded me when three years ago, Best Buy had their Black Friday sales, THEN told people the shipping would be delayed and delayed. It was a mess and they lost a lot of confidence from consumers. Some people didn't get their items for CHRISTMAS! Did you order this from a company or one like Amazon?
It was.
Great interview Jaki Blue!
And wow, Rich, incredible show!
+1
I too go directly to the Art Studio thread when I login to read Novica's art thread. Once I'm done, I wander over to everyone else's Art thread to take a peek
Trish
She's adorable. I just completed a render of her this evening. Tomorrow, after work, I will render her in the bunny suit. As for her eyes, I bought @3DOutlaw Sakura eye product and I really like it.
Trish
Local retailer - they're generally pretty good, and I'll be able to find out why it's slow. I just hope they can work something out on the Assassin's Creed: Origins coupon, since that extra only runs till the 31st.
@stormlyght That outfit is adorable for her, and her skin looks touchable. Nice balance of sheen. That hair looks awesome too. Is it the hair that is light, or is it backlit / rim? That eye product looks perfect with her.
@nath Hope it works out for you. I stay away from video games because I'd be addicted LOL. The graphics in video games has evolved to a "wow!" factor. I still remember Pong on our huge tv, with the bulky joystick console.
Hi,
Thank you for the kind words! I really like Sakura. She is easy to pose and light.
Her hair texture isn't naturally light colored on the ends. I added Phil's Hair Lustre Shaders to the hair and added some rim lighting to get the effect I wanted. To further emphasize the light on her hair, I used the dodge tool and levels in photoshop.
Trish
thanks @IceDragonArt
The was excellent and fun to watch!
Thanks FirstBastion! glad you enjoyed it
Back in the saddle to render some products- I mentioned the Cowl Neck Mini Dress (Gen3F) for a swimsuit cover? Well, I started in that direction... but got sidetracked. I wanted to see if that dress was really as sexy as the promos, and oh my goodness. It's definitely something I'll never use as a dress, or without putting a top under it. But here it is, with the different kitbashing.
I pu the Linley Outfit (Gen3F) jacket over it. You'll need to expand the jacket a bit. Note, that jacket has good material zones- pockets, sleeve hems, sleeves, buttons, etc. Very easy to customize. This jacket is very casual and doesn't really "match" the luxury of the draping cowl midriff, but will give you an idea of what a jacket will look like over the dress.
Vintage Bikini is a nice one to have in your library. Why? Because it's got many material zones. The piece between the cups is a zone, the cups are one zone, the piece on the bottom is another zone. (So you can slim down the top by hiding that bottom part.) Using Surface pane, use the opacity and take out the straps so they don't poke through at the neck. I used Destiny Garden's DG Iray Tropical Fabrics Shaders for the bikini top. I suggest tiling of 40 for patterns, you really don't want large patterns IF you're trying to get the sections to blend. That small piece inbetween the cups looks a bit funky with bigger tiling, and looks "off" if you have it different than the cups (IMO.) A darker color seems to blend better too.
TIP: Make that center piece between the cups about 10 numbers LIGHTER than the cups and underneath, and it will look the same color.
You can stop there and have a very short mini, sexy outfit, or add a form fitting Abigail Outfit (Gen3F) pants. I didn't have to do anything to them, so keep those in mind underneath really tight dresses.
Nydo Hair (Gen3F) is being worn by FW Ana-Sofia HD (V7)
Here is a test render of Sakura. I did make her nose and chin slightly less sharp, but her morphs are untouched in the second render which compares her high and low skin translucency options (rendered to less than 50% so grainy). As @stormlyght mentioned, the character is very easy to pose. Also seems quick to render. I used her original eyes, so if you look close, you will see the gap issue that's been discussed in the Sakura thread in the Commons area. The Suteki expressions seem to work really well on the figure. She's wearing Long Pigtail Anime Hair (which I shaded using Sketchy Toon Edge) and Goth Outfit. While long hair is sometimes difficult for me (I get it poking into the figure etc), this was very easy to just move around and fix. I tried several outfits (gen 8 and gen 3), everything fit nicely on the character with no problem.
Another Sakura with Sakura hair, all default. Outfit is 3 in 1 Dungarees, really nice outfit except that nearly all the shirt textures are plastered with skulls, owls and other stuff, so I used a 3rd party texture. The shoulder holes on the top shirt (not shown here) should also be optional IMO. Shoes are JooJoo Sneakers which are really nice and well done.
Looks great @Taoz. Now I'm going to have to get the shoes if they weren't in the bundle!
@worldsedge The hair looks good with that shader, and glad it's easy to pose because there's a lot of it LOL! Thanks for showing the translucency differences.
@taoz I like those shoes, they're not clunky, but look more relaxed than a streamlined fit. They look like they have some "give" to them when posed.
The only thing I don't really like is the extremely pointy chin, I'd have to relax/ broaden that a bit. Depending on the light, it really looks pointed to the extent it distracts me.
You only have a few minutes before the store changes over, so excuse the links but I don't have time to make them pretty. I don't know what the store turnover will do, so look at the ones in red FIRST.
With any new release (and 30% loyalty) here's some items to look at, found them in my Wishlist and last minute shopping. These are 65% unless I tell you otherwise.
FG Tavern 6.98
https://www.daz3d.com/fg-tavern
Mobility Equipment (for a bunch of generations) 6.28
https://www.daz3d.com/mobility-equipment-for-genesis-2-3-and-8-males-s-and-female-s
Oriental Umbrella and Fans 5.23
https://www.daz3d.com/oriental-umbrella-and-fans
Restaurant Interior GOES TO 4.64 (It was in the 70 percent+ range off) Great price for a set
https://www.daz3d.com/restaurant-interior
Perilous Places Terradome 3 4.89
https://www.daz3d.com/perilous-places-for-terradome3
Hinky's Spec-Occulars Steampunk Eyes 5.58 This was used for a PAs promos and everyone loved it.
https://www.daz3d.com/hinky-s-spect-occulars-steampunk-eyes-for-genesis-8
Sky Jumper Outfit Textures 3.87
https://www.daz3d.com/sky-jumper-outfit-textures
Small Patio Garden 9.43
https://www.daz3d.com/small-patio-garden
Well, I'm done buying for the year... 3D goals for the coming year:
Here's a quick test render for https://www.daz3d.com/vivienne-for-genesis-3-8-female-s, https://www.daz3d.com/yvette-hair-for-genesis-3-8-female-s, https://www.daz3d.com/rule-of-cute-outfit-for-genesis-8-and-3-female-s and https://www.daz3d.com/aging-morphs-for-genesis-8-female-s.
enjoyed this very much
nice to read
and lots to google
Page 22 already - my, how time flies - Happy 2018 to all!
She looks good in the face and the combination of hair and clothing really makes a statement. The face shows the aging well. BUT....One thing I'm not liking about aging products though- IMO the hands and arms just don't match so far as the aging process, and the neck needs a lot more folds to match the aging of the face. There's o flab/ loss of gravity on the arms. . They're too toned for the back of the arm, the section from the shoulder through the elbow (underneath the bicep )
I haven't tried any of them yet, but there were some body morph products recently released which addressed the arms and having more of a poofy sotmach(midlife gravity.) . Not sure about the neck. I'll go look and be back in a few (and anyone finding products that help with aging saggies, feel free to jump in.
Okay, for the stomach, I bought this one (haven't tried it yet) Edit- and 07 Arms has a dial just for sagging.
GHD SomeBody- Morphs for Genesis 8 Female(s)