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  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 1,983
    Stezza said:

    Nessie

    _ lookin' pretty good +

  • UnifiedBrainUnifiedBrain Posts: 3,588

    Thanks for the comment on Lost Horizon, Stezza.  You have done amazing work on Diomede's critter!

    I was going to take a break from Carrara for a while, but now the Nessie temptation may be too great. :)

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 7,695

    Headwax - making any progress ?

    Stezza - love your take on Bigfoot, Nessie & those Bagpipes are awesome !!!

    Diomede - you have got that Satyr & Vicky cuddling up nicely - very well done on the Satyr ! Lake monster looks cool !!

    Varsel - cute Dragon !!

    ed3D - got time to join in ?

    UB - excellent framed scene !!!

    Cbird - have you got a scene or two lined up for us ?

     

  • CbirdCbird Posts: 493
    edited April 2020

    Wow! everybody's cooking.

    Varsel, your dragon is welcome to live in my backyard. I'm glad cute cryptids are getting love too.

    Diomede, love your cute sea beastie!

    UB, the drama of your scene is wonderful, and those filter results are amazing.

    Stezza, the texture on Nessie is excellent.

    I, too, started with a sea beast, but I need a boat to go hunting first.

    Found this yacht in Carrara's mesh objects.

     

    Borrowed a steering wheel from a car in the objects. Played with smoothing and shaders. Need more gear, lol.

     

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  • UnifiedBrainUnifiedBrain Posts: 3,588

    Thank you Bunyip and Cbird.  Appreciated!

  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 1,983
    edited April 2020
    Bunyip02 said:
    ed3D - got time to join in ?

    _  yeah,  was supposeing to  _  thanx

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  • DesertDudeDesertDude Posts: 1,234

    Oh wow, an explosion of cryptids indeed!

    Stezza - Wokadeemas looks pretty ferocious. I think that deer has a good chance to escape, but it better be quick, yikes!

    Bunyip - Very prolific. You are creating your own Cryptidpedia! Nice backlighitng on the Gargoyle.

    Headwax - Great point of view for the start of your Big Foot comp - looking great.

    Diomede - Satyr looks great, thanks for the step by step. Great final image. Thanks for the lake monster!

    Varsel - That dragon is adorable! I love the lighting.

    UnifiedBrain - Lost Horizon - looks great. Cool composition and use of filters.

    Cbird - looking forward to where this will lead...

  • DesertDudeDesertDude Posts: 1,234
    edited April 2020

    Still formulating an idea, been googling cryptids off and on all week.

    Came across one possibility, behold, 'The Texas Woofus':

     

    "The Texas Woofus in Dallas is a longhorned pig-legged sheep-bird"

    Diomede, Steve K, not to call you out, but I think you might be familiar with the Dallas Texas area? Is the Texas Woofus something that causes you to tremble at night when it's lights out?

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  • CbirdCbird Posts: 493

    DesertDude, that's hilarious. Do you think they are turduckens in their juvenile stage?

     

    Came across this today. A beastie for our times:

    Amabie: The Japanese monster going viral http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200422-amabie-the-japanese-monster-going-viral

     

  • DesertDudeDesertDude Posts: 1,234
    Cbird said:

    DesertDude, that's hilarious. Do you think they are turduckens in their juvenile stage?

     

    Came across this today. A beastie for our times:

    Amabie: The Japanese monster going viral http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200422-amabie-the-japanese-monster-going-viral

     

    Haha Cbird. Looking up a turducken...yikes(!).

    Thanks for the Amabie link/info. Searching images they are wonderfully wide ranging in style.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 37,816
    DesertDude said:
    Cbird said:

    DesertDude, that's hilarious. Do you think they are turduckens in their juvenile stage?

     

    Came across this today. A beastie for our times:

    Amabie: The Japanese monster going viral http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200422-amabie-the-japanese-monster-going-viral

     

    Haha Cbird. Looking up a turducken...yikes(!).

    Thanks for the Amabie link/info. Searching images they are wonderfully wide ranging in style.

    I bought a Turducken once, quite nice, ate for a week

    it's not Turd ucken BTW laugh just turkey stuffed with a duck

  • DesertDudeDesertDude Posts: 1,234
    WendyLuvsCatz said:
    DesertDude said:
    Cbird said:

    DesertDude, that's hilarious. Do you think they are turduckens in their juvenile stage?

     

    Came across this today. A beastie for our times:

    Amabie: The Japanese monster going viral http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200422-amabie-the-japanese-monster-going-viral

     

    Haha Cbird. Looking up a turducken...yikes(!).

    Thanks for the Amabie link/info. Searching images they are wonderfully wide ranging in style.

    I bought a Turducken once, quite nice, ate for a week

    it's not Turd ucken BTW laugh just turkey stuffed with a duck

    Lol Wendy smiley

    Think I'm leaning towards the ferocious Texas Woofus, but mine will be the reject Woofus, the one that wants to be nice and fly over rainbows and have tea parties and such.

  • CbirdCbird Posts: 493
    WendyLuvsCatz said:
    DesertDude said:
    Cbird said:

    DesertDude, that's hilarious. Do you think they are turduckens in their juvenile stage?

     

    Came across this today. A beastie for our times:

    Amabie: The Japanese monster going viral http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200422-amabie-the-japanese-monster-going-viral

     

    Haha Cbird. Looking up a turducken...yikes(!).

    Thanks for the Amabie link/info. Searching images they are wonderfully wide ranging in style.

    I bought a Turducken once, quite nice, ate for a week

    it's not Turd ucken BTW laugh just turkey stuffed with a duck

    Lol, Wendy, now I'll be extra sure to get it off the right shelf! 

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 7,801
    Bunyip02 said:

     

    Stezza - love your take on Bigfoot, Nessie & those Bagpipes are awesome !!!

     

    thanks @bunyip02 wink

     

    Cbird said:

    Stezza, the texture on Nessie is excellent.

     

    thanks @cbird, it's just the dino texture that comes with Carrara tweaked a kittle bit yes

     

    DesertDude said:

    Stezza - Wokadeemas looks pretty ferocious. I think that deer has a good chance to escape, but it better be quick, yikes!

     

    thanks @desertDude but it's a kangaroo not a deer laugh 

    UnifiedBrain said:

    Thanks for the comment on Lost Horizon, Stezza.  You have done amazing work on Diomede's critter!

    I was going to take a break from Carrara for a while, but now the Nessie temptation may be too great. :)

    it's fun seeing how to change the shape, it is tricky in parts with some dense mesh areas but don't let that stop you... pull and pushing polys with soft selection ticked is awesome yes

     

    Cbird said:

    I, too, started with a sea beast, but I need a boat to go hunting first.

    Found this yacht in Carrara's mesh objects.

     

    I have a boat in the wacky thread .. dunno what page it's on but it may be of use to anyone requiring a start smiley

    how to model a turducken! OMG! Wendy! laugh

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 7,695
    edited April 2020

    Bigger boat by Stezza - Karaboudjan - Stezza - https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/1878246/#Comment_1878246

    Tom Thumb - https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/4800281/#Comment_4800281

    Raft - https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/4278011/#Comment_4278011

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  • StezzaStezza Posts: 7,801

    aha.. twas in the animation club thread...

    thanks @Bunyip02 .. can't believe its been 3 1/2 years since that was posted!  surprise

  • DesertDudeDesertDude Posts: 1,234

    @Stezza - blush + a face palming emoji thing...

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,078
    edited April 2020

    Terrific stuff, everyone.

    Special shout outs to Stezza for morphing the lake beastie and to Bunyip for gathering all the boat freebies.

    Speaking of boat freebies, here is a free toon submarine.  See attached zip.

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,078

    Thank you, Stezza, UB, DesertDude, Bunyip and CBird for the kind comments.  Hope everyone is being prudent and safe.  I found a copy of The Carrara Bible (for Carrara 1) in the bottom of a closet here.  Amazing.  It does not have the disc of resources though.  That is why I made the submarine.  The book has a tutorial walk through of a sub scene.  Will try to adapt it for the challenge.

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 7,801
    edited April 2020

    it's supposed to be on the bookshelf not the closet lol laugh

    Here's one..

    Leon & his cryptid friends 

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  • VyusurVyusur Posts: 2,235
    Stezza said:

    it's supposed to be on the bookshelf not the closet lol laugh

    Here's one..

    Leon & his cryptid friends 

    Your clothing is special and unique, is the best for my boy.

     

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 7,695
    Stezza said:

    it's supposed to be on the bookshelf not the closet lol laugh

    Here's one..

    Leon & his cryptid friends 

    1 Bannana, 2 Bannana, 3 Bananna, 4 .... Tra La La, Tra La La.....

  • VyusurVyusur Posts: 2,235

    He has fun there, so many friends!

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 7,801
    edited April 2020

    he sure has..

    The Adventures of Leon & Thingee

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  • VyusurVyusur Posts: 2,235
    Stezza said:

    he sure has..

    The Adventures of Leon & Thingee

    Wow!

     

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 7,695
    Vyusur said:
    Stezza said:

    he sure has..

    The Adventures of Leon & Thingee

    Wow!

     

    +1 yes

  • VyusurVyusur Posts: 2,235

    Was that Akvis Sketch or something new? Awesome graphics.

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 7,801

    thanks Veronika & Bunyip yes

     

    Vyusur said:

    Was that Akvis Sketch or something new? Awesome graphics.

    Veronika, a bit of akvis sketch and a bit of graphic novel ~ both in PSE

    the background & foreground is akvis with the layer set at around 60% over the original

    Leon & Thingee are graphic novel ( fine ) with the layer set at around 50% over the original... then Ctrl-Alt-Shift & E to get a flattened image on top which I then applied a graphic novel filter again and set at around 50% over the original.. 

    if that all makes sense wink

  • VyusurVyusur Posts: 2,235
    Stezza said:

    thanks Veronika & Bunyip yes

     

    Vyusur said:

    Was that Akvis Sketch or something new? Awesome graphics.

    Veronika, a bit of akvis sketch and a bit of graphic novel ~ both in PSE

    the background & foreground is akvis with the layer set at around 60% over the original

    Leon & Thingee are graphic novel ( fine ) with the layer set at around 50% over the original... then Ctrl-Alt-Shift & E to get a flattened image on top which I then applied a graphic novel filter again and set at around 50% over the original.. 

    if that all makes sense wink

    Thank you for the reply. Alas, I don't use Photoshop. Sadly "Graphic Novel" in Filter Forge is absolutely different effect. Akvis Sketch is very nice soft, I often use it, but it has many limitations.

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,078
    edited April 2020

    Lake Monster Update

    Pick your favorite lake.  Nessie from Loch Ness?  Champie from lake Champlain?  Wherever your favorite spot is, get your toon yellow submarine and find that Cryptid.

    * some Carrara features used that I don't usually think of include

    - light cone effect for the toon light

    - cloudy fog for the bottom of the lake

    Will show how I made the lake terrain in a later post.

    EDIT:  Is this too dark?  Looks a little different to me now that I see it on the forum.

     

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