I guess it must be very difficult to make these distinctive female characters
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I did a quick look and my home state, California, ranks in the top four fittest states in the United States. Perhaps, because I live near a college campus, I am just as likely to see someone who looks like Dain or CJ as I am to see someone like George.... High quality food is easy to get here, most people I know have at least a passing interest in staying fit, and it is warm enough in Northern California that people go outside every once in a while. I do notice that people are taller than I remember, my niece (she is an athlete) is 5'11" and my nephew is 6'3" at age 15 (he is expected to top out at 6'5" or 6'6").
..that's what I have done.
I've been dial spinning characters for years now, all the way back to the Gen4 days. I tend to value morph, shaping, and skin resources far more than a huge stable of characters, partly so because I am on a tight budget. . Yes it takes more time and patience but is worth it, I just recently managed to get a few of my major characters to the look the way I wanted them following a drive crash (18months ago) that took everything with it (still have many to go yet).
Most of my writing takes place in an apocalyptic future, particularly the UK and Europe where there is quite a diversity of people and cyber/bio physical implants along with genetic/bio-sculpting are the norm the streets.(I even use some more "stylised" characters and morphs particularly for the latter).
...having grown up and lived in Wisconsin (several locations), as well as New Orleans, Kansas City, Seattle & Olympia WA, and now Portland OR, I've seen quite an array of different health & fitness levels as well as body shapes. Here in Portland, in spite of the emphasis on organic and vegetarian/vegan diet, and wholistic living, I see few who I could say would be a character I'd see in the Daz store.
West Hollywood is a lot like that.
To be honest I tend to stay in my neighborhood. I never had a reason to go to Inglewood and I'm not sure exactly where it even is. Since I've been cooped up due to Covid, I've been reminiscing about fun times and going through photos. Here are some photos from parties I go to if you don't believe me about how people here do look like Daz models. (Some of these are Halloween)
I don't care for any of them. Too stylized, too niche. Ensley OTOH, is a work of art - IMHO, of course :)
Laurie
My 2 cents, a character is an art of making a distinctive appearance. Morphing is a big part. Another equal big part is IMAGINATION. That alone includes everything from shaping to texturing. I guess this is what most PAs and people miss. This is why most of PAs fail. I want to tell PAs to ASK YOURSELF IF YOUR PROMO PAGE CAN CAPTURE YOUR OWN ATTENTION? Some PAs around here are very talented but lack of imagination. Some PAs around here just... well, let it finish and release another wait-for-1.99. Ashame. Those who say the 3 characters I mention in this thread are just another simple variation, hmmm, I smile for you. Don't ask what I'm thinking.
Even if your anecdotes didn't actually prove my point there is that little adage that anecdotes aren't evidence.
I'm not even sure what exactly you're trying to say. The truth is that there are people who look like Daz models all over the world. Many come to LA to try to become actors or models. They move to my neighborhood because, well, there's a lot to do here and it's where the Industry hangs out and parties. For every gorgeous model you see on the cover of a magazine, there are thousands who wanted to do that, came to LA, failed, and now are doing something else with their lives. This is a city of failed actors and models. And wannabe actors and models. And actual actors and models.
The operative phrase being "actors and models". Maybe kenshaw is saying that Hollywood isn't exactly a representative slice of average America (or any other place) because of the overriding, uh, industry of the area. Go outside of your very isolated and specialized area and you start to see a more varied population ;). Personally, I'd rather roll my own characters but then I'm not everybody ;).
Laurie
I think we should all agree that everyone in this forum is a skinny half white Asian Black girl with an ultra HD smile and very realistic feet.
I'm saying that your own pics show that you are wrong.
In reality LA is a city of tradesmen, techs, etc. etc.
For every person in front of the camera, and every person who wants to be in front of the camera, who has the stereotypical body type there are dozens of others in LA in and outside the entertainment industry. I suggest you watch the end credits of a movie some time, all the end credits. You might have a couple of dozen actors in a movie. That same movie could have hundreds of on set tradesmen, camera operators, grips, sound guys directors and so on. Plus dozens more people like I was who never set foot on set.
This thread is being closed as it is, in the main, addressing individual posters rather than the actual topic of the thread and the discussion is becoming tautological.