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Very good. I love the perspective, and the depth of field effect works well in this one.
Dana
GRNgiant7713, you're definitely not having an "unfair advantage". Your entry is very pretty - the reflection, the weeds, the pines. What I really enjoy is the subtlety of the work: the prosthesis is so finely included - it shows it's nothing weird, just a normal accessory like sunglasses or something similar. What puts me off 0 only a bit though - is that car. At first, I was wondering what kind of paddle the man's using. Only after a few seconds I realised the car is blending with the paddle. If you want, try to move it away a bit. That's all. Even though you list this render as a non-entry, I feel you deserve my entry gifts totally! I kindly ask the judges to include you in the list of receivers.
Star Books, I'm very sorry if you didn't have good fun this time. My advice is that you recreate the image with real people instead of aliens; I understand you might have wanted to play metaphorically, but I must keep the judges' views and therefore I'm kindly asking you to rework your render. After this, you'll still be able to take part and so on. I hope you're not offended.
KaribousBoutique, your entry is very fine and mood-boosting, so to say :). She knows her limitations, but doesn't mind that and that's perfectly captured! The only thing I'd like to ask you is to remove the direct link to the hairstyle and possibly paste the closest link instead. The contest's rules ask not to link directly. That's all :).
Carola O, I see you know how to use MilDog to create cute renders! I don't see a troubled person, but a man and his dog, that's all. Good job. The prosthesis is an interesting freebie.
"How did you get lose" is an entry that may qualify for the contest. However, a few things must be fixed prior to accepting it: firstly, indicate which freebies require registration (I suggest writing something like "register to get", some entrants put a certain mark like an asterisk); secondly, Wild Many Hair should be listed as a no-count since you apparently got it with Genesis Starter Essentials shipped with DAZ Studio. Lastly, my last suggestion: include lights in your scene. A friend told me lights are approximately 70% of the render's quality and you know what? She was right! Even the simplest UberEnvironment light makes a huge difference.
And Mmalbert's "Girls' Day Out" is fantastic! I'd sweat you didn't use nearly only freebies there, but put the scene together with paid-for items from the store. The woman are happy, chatting and laughing. You can see they're having good time. Frankly, I have little idea on what can be improved. Maybe the sky could be made slightly less blurry - usually you can see more clouds' details. But truly, you can surely leave it and it won't lose its quality. Good job you used various freebies!
I feel we as judges should put an emphasis on submitting renders that show we are all equal rather than showing any differences. That's why I like the subtle way "Welcome to Holland" is composed.
I'm submitting another version of my render. This time I put Edwina into a frantic pose. You'll have to click on the image to view it fullscreen, because otherwise you will not be able to notice their expressions correctly (I posed their eyes totally myself!). I used another freebie from Richabri's Simplicity Set, that's a decorative plant. I moved the previous one into the left corner. The rest of the freebies is the same. The description is here.
FREEBIES:
(register to get) Gwyneth Dress from Jan19 (with my own shader - red 61, green 61, blue 61)
(register to get) Maturing Pack for V4 from Tempest (converted for Genesis by Wancow, the link goes to Genesis version as the original pack for V4 is linked there too)
(register to get) SSS Shaders from Wancow
(register to get) Hand Jive for Genesis from Katastrophe
(register to get) Window Seat from CoolTuna
Spinning Wheel from Sams3D (the site links to Sams3D are down, but Sam accepts e-mail requests for all of his stuff)
General Store Bottle and Chest without stand from Mapps
Necklace from Faerie-Dreams
Wreath from LM-Design
Fruit Bowl from MortemVetus/Andi3D
(register to get) Elven House Figurine from Arah
(register to get) Medieval Boots from JaneB
(register to get) Greehouse Potted Plant in a Pot from Richabri
Candle and Persian Cat from Adam Thwaites
Plant[/url/] and Goblets from Mystic Nights
(register to get) Simplicity Wallhanger and Plant from Richabri
(register to get) Tribal Bow from Spyro
(register to get) When Watchers Fall Sweetheart Morph from Laticis
NO-COUNTS:
(register to get) Cabinet from Dreamland (it was a monthly freebie on Rendo, some of them can still be grabbed, but it's a roulette, so let's tag it as a no-count)
(register and checkout with software to get) Basic Female, Basic Male, Basic Female Texture (on Edwina Moira), Basic Male Texture (on Garrett), Basic Female Pose (tweaked), Basic Male Pose (tweaked), Aldora Hair, Duke Hair, Journeyer Scout Pants and Shirt from Genesis Starter Essentials
(register and link to get) Backdrop Texture from Lady-Aimee-Valentine
PURCHASABLES:
None :)!
By the way, does any of you know where can I obtain a free graduate hat please? And a graduation diploma, if it's possible.
Aargh - you beat me to it... but my scene isn't too much like yours (and my list of freebies is different), so I'll go ahead with my entry anyway.
Naw, I knew he wasn't dead. No blood in the pool...and he was floating face up. For a really good dead body render he needed to be face down.
It was the wheelchair that tipped it off and made the image (for me) so powerful. However, maybe a smile on his face and his eyes closed in blissful repose might help give a better idea of his feelings. Makes me want to drift around in a pool...and I hate the water...
I think it should be entered, only I would do a different angle on him close up smiling and the wheelchair behind him in the render.
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Ah haaa ... yup that would be it! I love the legs waiting for him back on the pier. Such a nice render GG.
Thanks for entering
ENTRY ACCEPTED.
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This is a wonderful entry and it needs no explination. It is appearent that she recovering from a life changing ordeal. The inner spirit within us all that makes us challenge life and what is in store for us. The butterfly was a real nice touch to this. Thanks for entering it.
ENTRY ACCEPTED.
Oh, dear.
Glad you'll enter your version, though. I enjoy looking at everyone's ideas for the challenge's theme.
Did you use the Lorehand Cane too, or did you find an actual guide stick? I searched all over and had no luck. Originally, I wanted to use a seeing eye dog, but the MilDog has nothing like a harness or a leash, much less a seeing eye dog harness. Not even as a pay-for item.
Thanks, Cecelia. Yup, all freebies except for ol' Lorenzo LoRez and the V4 armpit fix. The real challenge with freebies, for me, is that I'm a DS user and 99% of freebies are for Poser. It took me days to assemble that scene, mostly due to setting up the material files. Just adjusting the materials on the Shukky car took me the better part of an hour. :down:
The city street scene was an obj import, and took a lot of trial and error before I got the scaling right, and on my first try it imported backwards so that all the lettering was going in the wrong direction. Once I got everything ironed out, I was pretty happy. It's a nice urban scene vignette.
Sky's blurry due to DOF. I'm a total dunce on DOF, so I don't know if there's a way to adjust for that.
That does make a difference! It looks like something is going on there now.
This Cap and Gown is Poser dynamic. It's an older item, and I never tried it out. When I downloaded it I didn't have Poser. But I remembered it and looked in my records. I am assuming it is for M4, but I'm not positive.
That's all I've got.
Dana
Hey, dere...Long about da middle'a las' summer, my best bud Big Eddie Mac, tolt me he wuz headed down't da local gym so's he could help out widda kids basketball game an' asked me if I wanted ta like tags along. Seein's how I didn't have nuthin' better t'do...I never gots nutin' better t'do...I went along.When we gets dere, Hully Gee! Dere were all dese kids, all in wheelchairs, getin' ready t' plays basketball! I ain't never seen nuthin' like it! At foist I t'ough it was a joik or sumpthin', but den dey all starts practicin' an' started zippin' 'round da floor, passin' back and forth and shootin' hoops like it was nuthin'! Back in my dayI could play basketball wit da best of 'em...I almost t'ough about turnin' pro when I got outta high school...but dat's a whole nudda story...but dese kids, dey coulda run cirlcles 'round me! I always usta t'ink dat dese folks what wuz usin' wheelchairs as handicaped, but dese brave li'l kids changed my mind fer'ava! So now, a coupla times a mont' me, Big Eddie Mac goes down t'da local gym where Big Eddie coaches an' I'm da refferee! Li'l Edie Mac, which is Big Eddie Mac's li'l goil...she calls me Unca Louie...ain't dat cute?...goes to school widda bunch o' dese kids, she comes down and helps widda coachin' 'cause she's a li'l basketball whiz herself. Even me best goil Thoie comes down an' supports da kids. She loves t' Mudda Hen dese guys 'cause some of 'em ain't got no muddas..or faddas edder. Dat's why all o' us gotta do whats we can t' fill in da gaps in dere lives. We're all real proud a'dese kids an' each 'n' every one a'dem ain't never gonna let life get 'em down 'casue some big, dumb, lamebrain @#$&*! calls 'em cripples or different! It's people like dat what are da looser in this woild, not dem. Now, if you'll excuse me, I gotta a importaint game t' reffere...
My Stuff, dat is, whut I'm wearin':
1.) Moustache 19th from Top.
2.) Mitch Hair
3.) Referee for Genesis Registration Required.
Props and Udda Stuff:
4.) Wheelchair 1st Row, 1st Item.Three different types with several different colors included.
5.) Tween Morphs for Genesis Registration Requried. Used for all of the kid figures.
6.) DieTrying's 182 V4 Morphs for Genesis Registration Required. Used in tweaking kids characters for the Genesis Figures.
7.) Gymnasium Registration Required. Textures altered to suit da mood.
8.) Genesis Sports Set Registration Requried. Shirts on All Kids Figures Only.
9.) Genesis Football Kit Registration Required. Shorts on All Kids Figures Only.
10.) Sickle Skater Shoes for V4, M4 and Unimesh Registration Required. Shoes on All Kids and Big Eddie Mac.
11.) Baskball Hoop 3DS Format, converted.
12.) Basketball Scroll Down, 3rd Item.
13.) Clipboard Registration Required. Big Eddie Mac's holdin' it.
For Th' Light'nin' Kid:
14.) WC Black Skin Registration Required.
15.) Boy Hair 4th Item from Top.
16.) Glasses 2012 for V4/M4 Top of Page.
For Da Firey Fenix:
17.) Akina for Daz A4 and morphs++ Registration Required. Skin Texture Only
18.) Audry Hair
For Me Best Bud, Big Eddie Mac:
19.) Udongo for Genesis Used as a base figure with some modifications.
20.) The Boss for M4 Skin Texture.
21.) Dragon Scout Outfit for Genesis Registration Required. Shorts.Untextured. Texture added in Bryce.
22.) Genesis Sleeveless Jacket Registration Required.
24.) The Fedora Registration Required.
For Li'l Edie Mac:
25.) Shy V4 Skin Texture Only.
26.) Aleona Hair FIXED Registration Required.
For My Bestest Goil Thoie:
27.) Gnetho for Genesis Registration Requried. Character Morph.
28.) Minx A4 Skin Texture Only.
29.) Genesis Off Shoulder Dress Registration Required.
30.) Genesis Cuffed Ankle Boots Registration Required.
31.) Assorted Colors for August Hair Registration Required. Note: The August Hair is still available via a direct link to the zip file, but I don't know if posting it here is legal or not.
32.) SAV Hat Collection Registration Required.
Udda Stuff dat's gonna cost me:
M4 Cargo Pants (a DAZ Item) M4 Skin (dat wuz once free, but ain't no more.) Genesis Head and Body Morphs (what gives me my good lookin' mug and trim, manly figure).
Figure set-up in DAZ Studio 4.6 and final render in Bryce 7. No postwork save for addition of signature and copyright date.
All 3DS format items converted to .obj format for import into Studio by using PoserRay, available at PoserRay Converts Lightwave and 3DS files into easy to use .OBJ format files. Free and easy to use.
Hey! Youse guys take notice a' dis! Dis is about da only time you'll ever catch me widdout a cigar in my gob or a beer in my hand! I don't see no reason why dese kids should pick up on summa' my bad habits...besides, dey won't let'cha smoke in da gym and dey don't sell beer at kid's games...
Great story, and great render! I bet that's some game about to start!
Dana
Oh, dear.
Glad you'll enter your version, though. I enjoy looking at everyone's ideas for the challenge's theme.
Did you use the Lorehand Cane too, or did you find an actual guide stick? I searched all over and had no luck. Originally, I wanted to use a seeing eye dog, but the MilDog has nothing like a harness or a leash, much less a seeing eye dog harness. Not even as a pay-for item.
Neither, actually - I used Zippo's walking stick, and made the handle completely transparent in the Surfaces tab. It's almost perfect; all that's missing is the wrist loop.
And, since the render's done, I may as well post it. No title, no story - I'll just let the artwork speak for itself.
Free
Anything marked with * requires registration to download.
She:
Koz's Short bob (Kozaburo)
http://digitalbabes.jp/dload/Koz_Short_bob.html
MMCardiganSetForV4A4 (Mamota)
http://mamomamo.candypop.jp/Freestuff/CCP012.html
(recoloured in the Surfaces tab)
* Sensible Shoes 2.0 for Vicki 4 (Headkase)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/32994/Poser/Sensible-Shoes-2.0-for-Vicki-4
Glasses for V4/M4 (Zippo)
http://lab108.x0.com/lab108/index.html (currently top of page)
(lenses recoloured in the Surfaces tab)
stick (Zippo)
http://lab108.x0.com/lab108/personal.html (fourth from bottom)
(shaft and ferrule recoloured and handle made transparent in the Surfaces tab)
He:
Kirk Hair for M4 (Mylochka)
http://mylochka.deviantart.com/art/Kirk-Hair-for-M4-183715110
* Army Shirt for Michael 4: Long Sleeve (Gary Childress)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/48617/gallery/11/Poser/Army-Shirt-for-Michael-4-Long-Sleeve
(recoloured in the Surfaces tab)
* Army Pants for Michael 4 (Gary Childress)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/48618/gallery/11/Poser/Army-Pants-for-Michael-4
* Denim and Polo (Liladieni; texture on pants)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/5547/browse/6/Texture/Denim-and-Polo
* Bossy Boots for Michael 4 (Bee)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/65928/gallery/11/Poser/Bossy-Boots-for-Michael-4
* Extra textures for Bossy Boots (John Butler)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/30025/browse/11/Poser/Extra-textures-for-Bossy-Boots
Setting:
* Bar Eleganza for your Poser Nightlife (Guderun)
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/details.php?item_id=57316
* Have a drink! for M4 and V4 (3-d-c)
http://www.sharecg.com/v/36510/Poser/Have-a-drink!-for-M4-and-V4
Winebottle
http://trekkiegrrrl.dk/prp1.htm (fourth from top)
Free Champagne Prop
http://www.most-digital-creations.com/free_poser_poses_textures_morphs_props_37.htm (second from top)
No count
She:
Victoria 4.2 Base
http://www.daz3d.com/victoria-4-2-base
He:
Michael 4 Base
http://www.daz3d.com/michael-4-base-male-3d-model
Setting:
wall and floor
plane primitives, textured with a woodgrain from Bar Eleganza (listed above)
Absinthe Bottle (Ness Period Reproductions)
would be listed as a freebie if I could get the website's top page to give me actual content instead of a "Permission has not been granted to link to this site!" message. I'm treating this as a dead link.
Paid
None!
Looks like the beginning of a nice evening. Tough to pose those pants? I see a little shoelace poking through.
Dana
Looks like the beginning of a nice evening. Tough to pose those pants? I see a little shoelace poking through.
Dana
It wasn't easy... "a little shoelace poking through" is better than a lot poking through, though.
Lord Ganthor, I admit I had some problems deciphering your description, but it was definitely worth it! You have a real knack for funny but truth-telling renders. It's colorful, lively; you used many interesting freebies. Your characters don't look like each other, you managed to acquire a great diversity and nobody there is Barbie-looking. That's it, your characters are real-life people, with all pros and cons of this. Good job!
RobKelk, your bar's texture is a realistic wood, I like how it turned out. The row of bottles and glasses adds a nice touch. What I'm not very enthusiastic at is a bit odd pose of the guy, he looks quite strangely. Or I may be wrong - maybe he's just extremely nervous ;). I see you recoloured the shirt - try to make it appear less plastic if you can. The poke-through is not a big deal for me. I'm more interested in texturing the shirt with a cloth shader - maybe one of Wilmap's free packs will help you? You can apply one and then colour it to suit your tastes. The woman is definitely more self-assured. Overall, it's a nice render, but there are a few things that can be improved. Nevertheless, you're on a good way :).
Thanks for all replies about the clothes. Now I can fiddle with them, thanks!
For all entrants: I need your response on possible donation of sneak-peek versions of texture sets for Xylia Double French Braids 2 and Harlow 2. Thank you in advance.
Gallery is updated.
http://ovbi.org/gallery/v/FreebieChallenge/Aug2013/Entries/
Lol, I'll admit to feeling humbled at the moment by all the awesome renders. I had the misfortune of needing an unexpected (and unwelcomed!!) tooth extraction Friday... and I feel less like "Handicapped... NOT!" and more "Handicapped... Oh, my aching mouth!!" Being here reminds me that losing a tooth is small potatoes compared to what others have lost. (Which also reminds me that mashed potatoes are now a staple of my diet...) :ohh:
Lol! Your commentary was as entertaining and fun as your render!
Ok, I fixed it. :)
Thanks~
Alexa
I didn't know the entries are placed somewhere outside the thread. Was it mentioned anywhere?
PS Best birthday wishes to KaribousBoutique!
Thanks Alexa, we appreciate it.
and for those that are new here we have not mentioned in a while that Alexa and her dad Kendall Sears (who runs and owns the site) have graciously set up a web site for the entries to be displayed. It makes it easier to go to this site and see all of the months entries. Alexa has provided the link in her post. And Alexa has been a real good sport in keeping it updated.
This should come in handy, Mmalbert :). It's the third freebie from the top.
You could have asked, I could set up a gallery for all entrants to share the renders.
Why? Kendall and Alexa have been running the Gallery for well over a year now, They are both long tern participants in the Freebie Challenge, and very generous in helping us with things.
Thanks Alexa, we appreciate it.
and for those that are new here we have not mentioned in a while that Alexa and her dad Kendall Sears (who runs and owns the site) have graciously set up a web site for the entries to be displayed. It makes it easier to go to this site and see all of the months entries. Alexa has provided the link in her post. And Alexa has been a real good sport in keeping it updated.
That is of course the site where the Gallery is, not this site, in case people get confuzzled. :coolsmirk:
I know it is fun to confuzzle people, but thought it should just be clarified that when Jeeperz says Kendall runs and owns the site she means his site, where the Galleries are.
Some super renders already, good work everyone.
that is correct, sorry if I confused anyone.
I would think a fake leg for the dog would bend much differently than human. It seems to work fine on the man.
Pros:
I like all the green, and the subtle shadows on the ground. Fits the theme just great.
Cons:
Maybe a little closer with the camera. That's it.
very nice entry.
ENTRY ACCEPTED.
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Very well said!
:-)
Oh, this must be either cutting or slashed wrists. Not easy. I never heard of the former until a few years ago.
I think the Morphs++ is a no count, but I'll leave the final say on that to Music.
Dana
6. Morphs will count toward a purchased item, unless free with a working link to them.
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This will be accepted if you get all ten links working. Great concept!
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Plenty of Freebies here. Just an outstanding render. The clouds are drawing up to rain, but she doesn't see it. I bet she can smell that rain coming though. The depth of field is encouraged in all cases. If used properly, it can be very realistic. Good job here.
ENTRY ACCEPTED.
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