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Thanks for taking the time to go through all the entries so far.
Ken's right hand is holding a 1/3-full bottle (I didn't want to impugne his virtue by showing two empties!)
ETA: PS I love your Zawarkal entry - really colourful and delightfully odd.
Thank you Totte, gopherus, and MelanieL. I can't claim to be more Zawarkal than Zawarkal. It doesn't have the sophistication and numerous hidden treasures to find of the originals. It is more like a child drawing a stick figure and trying to pass it off as the Mona Lisa. But I got the colors, and she did say go for weird! So I did!
A Night in Barbult's Life - Preparing for Muck's Return
tag:luci45#5
Many long years have passed in the special land where DAZ characters dwell. Barbult has been rudely awakened (she thinks, but is actually dreaming, probably.) Anyway, Mavka appears to her in the night, in a state of joyous rapture, and some anxiety. Muck is to be released from prison in two days (or whatever pass for days there.) Please, please, she begs barbult, I need some new clothes, modern, but traditional too. And with lots of pink. Mavka's dowager Aunt Bernice appears also, to help out and make sure Mavka's outfit is perfect. She thinks something more subtle, in beiges and browns, would be best. Perhaps they will reach a compromise? Going is slow though, with lots of discards when the ladies don't see eye to eye, and barbult finds it a bit difficult to work in her altered form - she has somehow taken on the shape of her avatar.
Too much late night rendering will lead to interesting dreams. ;-)
Used:
Sensibility Expansion
Reflections Victorian Bedroom
MFD for Genesis Expansion Pack 2
17 Chic
Also used:
Songbird Remix Amazon
Dynamic Sheet
Computer Desk
Picture frames from The Library
Sewing Machine (Rendo Freebie
Songbird Remix Perch
Timeless texture
Various Timeless Refections furniture
Lyda for Sensibility
Belatrix
Hat and Hair Helper Genesis 2
17 Chic Textures
Ye Olde Clothe Bundle
Gn Tears Hair
LOL, gopherus, you and Zawarkal (I am happy you are volunteering) are on my list for the next two. The last pull just made me think of barbult.
barbult, thanks for the reviews and nice comments. That made my day (that and finally finishing "your" render.) Your KaribousBoutique one is great. I love the expression and it really fits with her Christmas poem.
A Colorful Day in the Life of Zawarkal - very cool!
Totte, I love the Jack Tomalin one! Great Assay office!
Pull #6
Timeless
pw Effect
Dream Home-Eclectic Master Bedroom Furniture
Gregoria Hair
Oh Luci, this is wonderful! You have my sewing machine and computer. I will never need to leave the room. I'm happy to see another render of me as my avatar. I'm so glad that Muck is being released. Believe it or not, my husband asks me every couple weeks whether I'm going to render Muck again to get him out of jail.
A Night In The Life of Jaderail Enos Sunder
Backstory
The night was silent. All around me, the forest was calm and bright--here in the far south, in the hot days of winter, the sun does not set until close to midnight. I’d run far from what had once been my home, far from the mouths of the Underdark from whence I’d been exiled. And still I was hunted.
I’d heard rumors that Lolth the Spider Queen, the living goddess of my people, had forged an alliance with the Claws, a band of slavers based in the distant, frozen north. These slavers, it was said, constantly sought elves and elf-like beings of all sorts to serve as laborers in their workshops.
I’d been lucky to evade them so far, but I knew that my luck was running out. I’d seen the cloven hoof prints, heard the distant jingling. The deep, diabolical laughter.
I paused to catch my breath, leaning against a ruined pillar, lonely relic of a forgotten realm. My backside ached: the wound I’d gotten from the savage’s arrow had never healed quite right. My eyes darted among the trees, but saw no movement. All was calm...too calm.
Then I heard it. A soft, silvery noise, as if tiny bells were ringing. It could almost have been a babbling brook, but I knew better.
Cautiously, I inched my way around the column, putting a hand to the hilt of my sword. They had found me. Round yon: four of them. The leader’s ebon skin identified her as Coal, the dread Hand of Claws. What had I done to deserve Coal? I wondered. The others were very young; to me they seemed wholly infants--tender, but wild. I was acutely aware of the danger I was in...but were they?
You better watch out, I thought. Someone’s about to go to the top of the naughty list.
* * *
A Day In The Life of Jaderail, DAZ 3D Forum Administrator
There it was again--the trailer for the latest Jaderail film, “Exile XI: Silent Night.” The “festive” hats seemed so out-of-place...not to mention those ridiculous eyebrows… Shaking his head, Jaderail pressed the skip button. Not that he didn’t appreciate the royalty checks, but he was beginning to wonder whether the franchise had perhaps continued just a little too long.
* * *
The ToonCam was a challenge; not hard to use, but hard to find the sweet spot between "way too posterized" and "can't even tell if it's on." Ended up going with a shading rate of 1.00, which seemed to help with the cam (sometimes more detailed isn't necessarily better). Happy with how it turned out--didn't even do any postwork.
Random items used:
M4 Elite Texture Rob (Jaderail’s skin, with a diffuse purple added)
ToonCam Basic
Modular Ruins
DA Festive Hat
Other items used:
Golden Rules Camera Prop
M5, Genesis Evolution morphs, Aging Morphs for Genesis, Aged for V4 and M4 (Jaderail character)
Sun Hair (Jaderail’s eyebrows)
James for M5 (Jaderail’s eyes)
Cuffed Tail 2 (Jaderail’s hair)
Ashley for M5
FW Ashley (for Teen Josie)
FW Ash
Tamesis Bundle (as Coal, with diffuse color added to the skin)
Hiro 5 (Coal’s eyebrows)
Return to the Enchanted Forest
Elven Warrior for Genesis 2 Male
Forest Scout
Hooded Cloak Pack for Genesis 2 Females
Adventure Land Outfit and Textures
Lantios Lights 2
Advanced Ambient Light
Advanced Spotlight
Scott, you are quite a story teller. You're giving Ken a run for the money. I can't really detect the toon aspect of the render, probably because i don't have a regular version to compare with. It is a very interesting composition, with Jaderail up close in the corner like that.
Nailed, to the wall. No escaping that one...
Great stuff one and all. Loving the contest.
The skin overlay usage is pretty hard to see after I applied all the colorful postwork, but it is there. I applied every overly at its max setting. Zawarkal's pose is really an M4 pose from the Stateroom Poses product, but it went onto G2F well enough. I did have to rotate her to get the leg through the rope. And I used Handy Dandy to adjust the feet and hands.
Also Used:
Genesis 2 Female
Various G2F morphs to make Zawarkal less generic
Scoopback Minidress
Supersuit two-toned shaders for the minidress
Xenia Hair
Handy Dandy
Photoshop filters galore.
Tag: barbult #5
A Colorful Day in the Life of Zawarkal
Some people think Zawarkal is weird. They just don't get her. Well, I'll admit, she does have an unusual exercise routine, with the noose leg lifts and all. And her home is rather exotic looking. But here in RRRR-Land, she fits right in! We love her COLOR commentary.
Wow, that was fast. I've been reviewing your image and it is almost scary. Are you a psychic by chance? There are actually three things about this image that actually fit into my life... and, you have no avatar to work from
When I saw you pulled the rope I was reminded of a tarot card image of the hanged man that I had done long ago. So I was curious how you were going to fit this in with me. I've got to say you pulled it off well. This has got to be the most original and creative use of a hanged man's rope that I have ever seen!
Also love your write up!
lol, you should see my stick figures... thank goodness for Daz
Luci45, looking forward to your impending creation, hoping you get a truly oddball draw for it :) the more odd, the more fun
manifestation, quantum reality, surreal, metaphysical, channel, crystals, skulls, new age, duality, triality, outside the box, etc... good keywords to lock into
I'm glad you like it. I'm curious now about what the three things are. When I got the gallows, I didn't want to use them in any way that was violent, depressing or related to death, so I found this pose in my required pose set and figured out the crazy leg exercise scheme.
I encourage others to try your style. It is very freeing to do something entirely different from what you normally render. It was fun. I only have two more entries allowed and there are still so many volunteers to do. It will be hard to choose. I'll sadly have to leave someone out.
I'm glad you like it. I'm curious now about what the three things are. When I got the gallows, I didn't want to use them in any way that was violent, depressing or related to death, so I found this pose in my required pose set and figured out the crazy leg exercise scheme.
I encourage others to try your style. It is very freeing to do something entirely different from what you normally render. It was fun. I only have two more entries allowed and there are still so many volunteers to do. It will be hard to choose. I'll sadly have to leave someone out.
okay, okay.... even though I am 50 my skin does not have the wrinkles that one might normally expect so I would have to suggest, lol, that is the reason your skin overlay did not appear to be too easily visible, you picked the correct hair style for me, and for reasons unmentioned the Bollywood theme as suggested
yes I am glad that you chose to stay away from the negative energies, the only time anyone will find me trying to work in those energies is when there is a prize that I would really like a chance to have - or - in the case of duality images in which you must show the dark to contrast with the light
I'm happy you enjoyed working in this style. It was fun to see how others view my images. I generally do not draw many comments from the field so I really never know how I am being perceived. I wasn't even sure that I had a style though I have been working to try and create one.
@Luci - very nice entry again and I relly love the way you hook it to the old contest renders.
@Scott - You brought and twisted Jaderails story around in a great way.
@Luci45 - your "barbult" looks spot-on (she seems to like it, anyway!) - great entry.
@Scott-Livingston - funnily enough I'd just been over in Art Studio and spotted Jaderail's story there - this really fits well!
Thanks for the comments, everyone! I certainly had fun with it.
Here's the non-ToonCam version...not for the contest, just for comparison purposes. I think I prefer it overall, but the Toon version, to me, has more of a comic-book feel (especially Jade's skin).
I've been involuntarily incommunicado all weekend (satellite modem went T-U on me), and was only able to follow the thread on my iPhone. So participating in the conversation would have been just too awkward! But I'm back now! (And if you want to take that as a threat, then feel free!)
Actually, it wasn't quite the random mix I was hoping for, but I figured this was as close as I was going to get.
And the snooty-looking lady was the date of the guy "Jack" is raking over the coals. I was looking for an 'annoyed' V4 expression, but this was all I could find...!
The 'artistic nudity' is in the painting leaning against the wall. (It's also where two of my pulled items are, too.)
And the reason the POV is what it is, is because I really didn't want to do yet another scene to use to texture the second canvas. So, yeah..., it's blank.
I goofed up in the 'story' part, though; I should have added yet another line by Karibou: "There! Perfect! Okay, lose the skirt!" It would have given the story a bit of extra zing, you know? Ah, well, life is full of missed opportunities....
Anyway, thanks for the comments; I do appreciate them.
Gopherus #3
Ken Obanions Last Boat to Lisbon
Pulled:
Long Snouted Dragon
Dies Nefastus
Ultimate Changing Ponytail
Steamboat Machine
Alexis pondered Ken s parting words...
"I m saying it because it s true, inside of us we both know that you belong with Martin. You re part of his work, the thing that keeps him going. If that boat leaves and you re not on it, you ll regret it, maybe not today and maybe not not tomorrow but soon and for the rest of your life. We ll always have Texas. We didn t have, we lost it until you came to Texas. We got it back last night. Alexis, I m not good at being noble, but it doesn t take much to see that the problems of 3 little people don t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you ll understand that.
"You’re good. You’re very good. I ll have some rotten nights after I send you away but that ll pass. If all I said doesn t mean anything to you then forget it and we ll make it just this ... we can t because all of me wants to regardless of consequences.
You must take the Dragon to Guttman. For it s the stuff that dreams are made of."
But Alexis s present problem was that the oil pump on the Nyanga was no good at all. To locate, bargain for and install a new one would require more than a day but less than a fortnight.
And she must get down the Ulanga to the lake, where she could catch the Louisa. Charlie Allnut had promised to help.
And afterwards... perhaps a rest in the Florida Keys...
edited to add “You’re good. You’re very good." thanks Barbult
@Luci45 #5 Lol! Another good one. Nice color! Eventually avatars start to look like their users. And vice versa!
@Scott Livingston Love your solution to the problem of how to show expressions of both sides of a situation with one camera shot.
Nice one!
Next pull:
Happy Camper V4
Mermaid Girl
Frangipani V4
Summertime Grill
Girls and Grills!
Great one, gopherus! Although....
And here I was, basking in an abundance of insufferable smugness over finally getting the girl! Only to find myself getting all noble and giving her back! Oh, well.... Probably for the best. (I can be a little hard to take in large doses!)
Great atmosphere, too!
What a fabulous mashup!! "You're good. You're very good. "
I am sad about Ken and Alexis, though, after I went to all that work to get them together. "Parting is such sweet sorrow." Oops - wrong quote source. :P
I don't know of any rule against editing your story. I think you should add the extra zing. It would be more Ken-like. I was actually kind of expecting something like that in the story, based on the picture.
Hey, gopherus, the rest of us have been putting our stories as well as pictures in the voting thread. I noticed you only have the pictures there. Maybe you can add the stories, too.
Thanks Ken and Barbult
"C'est moi! C'est moi", Ken blushes to disclose.
For he's far too noble to lie.
He gave her a night then sent her away
"C'est moi, c'est moi, 'tis I."
For Alexis it was the most important day of her life
but for Ken it was tuesday
Excellent Barbult that should be at the start of the falcon segment
And I ll add the prose to the other thread
Thanks for the suggestion
Men!
lol!
Raul Julia, specifially, but to remember it, it must have some truth
or we wish that it did
I don't know of any rule against editing your story. I think you should add the extra zing. It would be more Ken-like. I was actually kind of expecting something like that in the story, based on the picture.
In that case..., I'm going to do it!
Pull #2
974 Tomb of Helena
560 Mad Doctor for Genesis Male
373 Genesis 2 Male Clone for Genesis
445 Herdbeast
I'm happy you like it, barbult. Muck's adventure was memorable and started the whole story thing, launching us into yet rarer realms of crazy.
Scott-Livingston, Wow, I like both renders. I see a very subtle difference in contrast so that Jaderail's face in the cartoon-camera one stands out a little more. Cool story too.
gopherus, Ken Obanions Last Boat to Lisbon is just nutty! (as is the banter that follows.) It took a little research to refresh my memory about the other two movies. Anyway, perfect for Ken. I hope he appreciates his ongoing "roast." "for Ken it was tuesday" Priceless. Strange thing about avatars and their owners (or do they own us?) Is that a fish and a fox on your tortoise's shell?
This is a very fun RRRR!
Luci45, I've been meaning to ask you - how did you get clothes on the bird (me)?
Ah, yes -- Camelot.
I saw a revival of that play a few years ago, in Seattle (at the 5th Avenue Theatre, if memory serves), with Michael York as King Arthur.
That was the production that put an end to the partnership of Lerner and Loewe; they never worked together after that collaboration, the never-ending problems with the production actually put one of them in the hospital (I can't recall if it was Alan Jay Lerner or Frederick Loewe, and I'm too lazy to bother Googling it right now), and very nearly did the same to Julie Andrews (she was also starring on Broadway in My Fair Lady at the time, as well, and having to shuttle back and forth between two theatres, in two dramatically different plays and roles).
Yeah, I totally kill at Trivial Pursuit!