More Non-photorealisitic Renders (NPR II)
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I keep coming back to PWToon. There are better outline systems (scripted outline, LineRender9000, Oso Toon), but PWToon is a great sweet spot of speed and quality.
Yeah, it definitely wins out in the that category, as well as easy of use. My workflow is so much smoother when I'm using PWToon.
That's VERY nice. I like the lighting at the bottom of the cape. And the pose/costume/expression are all spot-on perfect.
Thanks. I spent about a week on this one, off and on. I did a lot of composite work and manual post-work. It turned out a lot better than my last Batman render.
I haven't posted in what seems like an age but I've been distracted by other things. Anywho, a friend from university days asked me to revamp some book covers for him, so here I am. This figure will be in a panel on the cover, with some of her left arm overlapping with the panel beside it. I used the same process I've been using of late: Poser render, adjust the image in Affinity (and paint some blood), Topaz Simplify, adjust the result, and then brush work in Artrage. Something I've taken to doing is sampling the clothing for the background colours. This looks a little more green than it will appear on the cover - the covers are all getting a little colour adjustment to up the blues which lends a little to the illusion of an old pulpy book (printing often favoured reds or blues).
He's part of a small group of self publishers who have decided to come together to provide a little mutual support and to share a brand - they liked my faux Yellow Jacket brand and went with Paper Wasp. Sadly, this model, one of two wasps the creator sold eslewhere, is no longer available. Anywho, the colour version will appear on the book covers, while the black and white wil be largely for book interiors. Its a simple Poser render with outlines which I then traced in Inkscape to get curves so that I can rescale.
Here's a detail from page 09 of the comic I'm working on. This panel takes up the bulk of the page and spills onto the next page. There are three panels going across the bottom of the page, but I hid them (and the text) to output just the figure and background. I'm pretty happy with the way this page looks. Thoughts?
That is a clever technique. I have not thought about it. Thanks for posting.
Playing around with G2F. I've injected Hitomi for G1's head morph into the mix via GenX.
I did this render yesterday. Part of an outline I wrote, where Vlad Tepes was just a figure head, who got all the credit, but the real "Dracula" was her.
That looks very nice. You mastered your technique well.
Fantastic! The lighting has complimented the shading of skin for a believable npr style. Nice iris and pupils too.
Looks good! I like the way the back layer of rock/ground is faded to place focus on the foreground. Actually, the depth of layers blend very well without compromising their separation. The emotion or message of the panel is definitely evoked effectively at first glance without context. The item around his right forearm is hard to distinguish. However, I do not see that as an issue when the character's attire and appearance will be "learned" from previous and coming panels. I suppose it's an unnecessary detail in a comic panel.
Thanks guys! I used just a touch of postwork. Smart sharpen followed by a faded gausian blur.
Yeah, PWToon was money well spent. I can't reccomend it enough for NPR. I've been using it for several years. Its ideal if you have a lower end machine, or if your work flow demands faster renders. At a resolution 2160x2580, the source render took only 18 seconds.
The pose for this one is dramatic, which makes it interesting. The darkness enhances the solemness of the pose. For me the background is a bit distracting. The mountains in the background might be better if they were softer and a lighter shade of grey, conveying distance. The hair is great on this one and there is some nice detail to the shading
The character has come out quite nice. PWToon seems to be giving you some good results. I wonder what this would be like if it was illuminated by a single point light placed just above her head, it might produce some really interesting shadows and highlights.
I used pwToon on the Batman. Since I have LineRender, sometimes I turn off pwToon's outline functions. All depends on how my preview render looks. It's a good tool.
I've been experimenting with the Iray toon shader I've been using. In a way it's pretty good, but in a way it's also frustrating in that you only have so much control over the line fidelity and positioning. I guess you will always have this with 3D shaders.
The first couple of images are edits in Photoshop, then I've included some of the direct renders out of Daz that have not been edited.
Thanks for the detailed comments. It is gratifying to know that the time invested on this panel has paid off. Especially since this panel and the next two are the emotional highlights of the story. In other words, this is where I really want to hit on the emotion of the scene through body language and shadows. The pose set is DM's Solitude, which is available at R'osity and it served as the basis for what I did here.
The thing on his forearm is a metal bracer (a piece of armor). I was really intrigued by your comment because you're right: without the context of the previous panels you can't tell what it is. As you wisely pointed out, though, we've seen it a dozen times by now so I think it's okay.
The background layers: I have been struggling with how light to make the other rocks on the mid-plane of the illustration. At first I had them lighter, then darker, now this. I think about 5% - 10% lighter is in order. As for the swirls, those are consistent with the backgrounds I'm using on the other panels to indicate the darkness inside the cave he's in (although out of the context of the story, I definitely see this as a guy sitting on a small ledge of a cliff or mountain.
I'm going to do one more pass at this to touch up a few little things (a tiny bit of work on the hair, adjust shading on the background rocks, and tweak the highlights on his boots and bracer). Then I can move on to the next two panels and finish this spread in my comic.
Thanks again for the feedback!
Thanks guys!
Yeah, PWToon was money well spent. I can't reccomend it enough for NPR.
I'll usually disable outlines, and make some other tweaks, if I want to go for a more painted look.
Based on the previous comments, I made a few tweaks to shading and the darkness of the rocks in the background. Thoughts?
Based on the previous comments, I made a few tweaks to shading and the darkness of the rocks in the background, as well as to some of the ground shadows.
I also made some edits to the shading on his hand and his left leg/britches. They're subtle, but I think the improvements were worth the time.
Any thoughts?
Based on the previous comments, I made a few tweaks to shading and the darkness of the rocks in the background. Thoughts?
Sorry for taking so long to respond. I've been a little caught up in my own head for the past few days, trying to strike some balance between the art and the technical aspects of getting what I want out of Poser.
I've always liked your pulp style, so it's great to see that you're getting it out there. After some of your covers have appeared on their books, send me some links so I can check them out (I'm a BIG fan of pulps, including new pulp-style fiction).
I really like your figure shape, lighting and background on this illustration. It's very, very strong and conveys a strong sense of character. I totally get her femme fatale vibe! If I'm being honest, though, I'm not in love with the blood stains/smears. I love the color – it really has that dried blood look. But the placement on her left hand is so crisp that I can't really be sure it's blood or if it's intended to be some kind of glove? I know that is probably the effect you were shooting for, but a less-precise edge and shape with some streaks/tendrils/drips of blood would really help. Also, I can't tell what I'm supposed to discern from the stain on her chest/bosom. Was she bit by a vampire (there are two marks at the top)? Or are they gunshots? I just can't be certain.
At any rate, I think this is cool (especially about how you converted that render into vectors). This is REALLY good work and I'm looking forward to seeing more covers from you soon.
Damn nice work...
Thank you very much. I was supposed to start working on a second illustration by now, but I haven't written the next chapter, yet. And since my next deadline is July 12 I'm just going to have to boot this down the road until October.
I took my Fuse character that I designed into Unity and rendered him out with the MK Toon shaders. (I tried importing into Daz, but it didn't like his Mixamo skeletal rig, his arms and hands stretched in loops around his head! - shame because I wanted to see how he would look in Iray)
The original Unity render came out nice. I manipulated it in Photoshop and got quite an interesting Steam Punk type look.
Let me know what you think.
been doing some Carrara wacky modeling and rendering
Wow, Stezza, lovely as usual.
Donlt Make Me Angry II: Old Man Logan
I had lost track of this thread when it moved to II ... so don't remember where I left off. In that case, I'll only share a few of the most recent works, most-recent first. And I have the wonderful people here in the Daz forum for all of ya'lls help and support.