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CARRARA CHALLENGE #63: There be Dragons..... WIP

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 7,701

    ed3D said:

    Bunyip02 said:

    ed3D said:

    ~  And Then 

    another ,  perhaps the  Title is  " No Smokeing "

     

    Awesome !!! Smoke from his nostrils with a smile on his face - what's that Dragon up too ?

    Thanx very much ~  

    Hope you have at least another render lined up ?!!

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 7,701

    Diomede said:

    Thanks for the comments on Bruce Lee.  I see good updates but I will have to return tomorrow to comment.  Here is standard concept.

    Refugee in the Desolation.

    Dwarf is from the old RuntimeDNA store.  I don't think it came to Daz in the merger.  Dragon is a Daz dragon, forktail.

    Nice scene !!!

    Is the Dwarf this one ? - Dwarvez: Base Figure by sixus1 - https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/77723/dwarvez-base-figure

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 7,701
    edited July 2022

    Just for Fun - Not an Entry

    Keiko 6 & Mech Dragon

    504 errors will upload image when I can

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  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 1,985
    edited July 2022

    Bunyip02 said:

    ed3D said:

    Bunyip02 said:

    ed3D said:

    ~  And Then 

    another ,  perhaps the  Title is  " No Smokeing "

     

    Awesome !!! Smoke from his nostrils with a smile on his face - what's that Dragon up too ?

    Thanx very much ~  

    Hope you have at least another render lined up ?!!

    ~  yeah ,, there is   _    Do'nt forget the UFOs  ( ;   thanx  

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  • StezzaStezza Posts: 7,802

    Steve K said:

    Bunyip02 said:

    All you lurkers join in the fun !!!

    Okay.  "The Night Watch" video above is all I have for Carrara animation, but I saw some discussion of "Puff, The Magic Dragon" and thought the attached history of the song might be of interest:

    https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/79022/listen-real-story-behind-puff-magic-dragon

    I have the 45 single somewhere here laugh

    and did you know that Peter, Paul & Mary is really Peter, Noel & Mary smiley 

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 7,701

    ed3D said:

    Bunyip02 said:

    ed3D said:

    Bunyip02 said:

    ed3D said:

    ~  And Then 

    another ,  perhaps the  Title is  " No Smokeing "

     

    Awesome !!! Smoke from his nostrils with a smile on his face - what's that Dragon up too ?

    Thanx very much ~  

    Hope you have at least another render lined up ?!!

    ~  yeah ,, there is   _    Do'nt forget the UFOs  ( ;   thanx  

    Woohoo !!!

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 7,701

    Syezza said:

    Steve K said:

    Bunyip02 said:

    All you lurkers join in the fun !!!

    Okay.  "The Night Watch" video above is all I have for Carrara animation, but I saw some discussion of "Puff, The Magic Dragon" and thought the attached history of the song might be of interest:

    https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/79022/listen-real-story-behind-puff-magic-dragon

    I have the 45 single somewhere here laugh

    and did you know that Peter, Paul & Mary is really Peter, Noel & Mary smiley 

    Nice to know !!!

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 7,802
    edited July 2022

    keeping things rolling along

    A Dragon's Tale

    modelled the mask

     

     

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  • StezzaStezza Posts: 7,802
    edited July 2022

    I also did 

    Another Dragon's Tale surprise

    modelled all the figures and props in Carrara

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 7,701

    Syezza said:

    keeping things rolling along

    A Dragon's Tale

    modelled the mask

    Yep, the old tickle a dragon on the chin trick !!!! Nice render !

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 7,701

    Syezza said:

    I also did 

    Another Dragon's Tale surprise

    modelled all the figures and props in Carrara

    Superb !!!

  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 1,985

    Bunyip02 said:

    ed3D said:

    Bunyip02 said:

    ed3D said:

    Bunyip02 said:

    ed3D said:

    ~  And Then 

    another ,  perhaps the  Title is  " No Smokeing "

     

    Awesome !!! Smoke from his nostrils with a smile on his face - what's that Dragon up too ?

    Thanx very much ~  

    Hope you have at least another render lined up ?!!

    ~  yeah ,, there is   _    Do'nt forget the UFOs  ( ;   thanx  

    Woohoo !!!

    ~  alrite then , , Thanx  + 

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 7,701
    edited August 2022

    ACTION !!!

    ACTION !!!

    WE WANT

    ACTION !!!

     

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 7,701
    edited August 2022

    Just for Fun - Not an Entry

    Spiky Dragon

    Raw render

    Topaz Adjust, Crisp filter to bring out details

    Filter Forge, Watery Buzz filter for a NPR render

    Final image

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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,924
    edited August 2022

    hi thanks for the kind thoughts about my family - much appreaciated! - everything settling down now fingers crossed - 

    @Bunyip02 that last image is terrific - love the style.

     

    and the dragon skeleton one has beautiful lighting - care to share the technique?

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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,924

    Syezza said:

    I also did 

    Another Dragon's Tale surprise

    modelled all the figures and props in Carrara

    your quirky brilliance never amazes to cease me!!

    err I mean never cease to amaze - characters with character!

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,924

    ed3D said:

    ~  And Then 

    another ,  perhaps the  Title is  " No Smokeing "

    @ed3d - love this one g- great sense of humour!

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,924

    Diomede said:

    Thanks for the comments on my toonish dragon, Bunyip and Headwax.

    Andrew, sending positive vibes to your family.

    Enter the Dragon!

    Bruce Lee seems like an obvious subject.  Simple scene with Genesis 2 Lee 6 and one of the Carrara hairs from the from 5 times a lady product.  I used the 3D paint tool to create opacity maps to try to get the red markings.

    Here is an interesting article on the making of Enter the Dragon.  https://www.slashfilm.com/791736/bruce-lees-enter-the-dragon-wasnt-inspired-by-other-kung-fu-movies/

    @Diomede - classic!!! brilliant lighting as well as pose ;)

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,924

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    I started off doing a Carrara dragon animation but got distracted by Deepdream Generator

    is not an entry so OK

     

    @WendyLuvsCatz - you have been doing beautiful work lately. Another shining carrara talent! I saw somewhere about one of those programs (ten dollars a month one) a chap extrapoleted geiger like image into a 3d model - maybe you posted the video - so much fun so little time 

  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 1,985
    edited August 2022

    Headwax said:

    ed3D said:

    ~  And Then 

    another ,  perhaps the  Title is  " No Smokeing "

    @ed3d - love this one g- great sense of humour!

    Thanx so Kindly   -  ~ 

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 7,701
    edited August 2022

    Headwax said:

    hi thanks for the kind thoughts about my family - much appreaciated! - everything settling down now fingers crossed - 

    @Bunyip02 that last image is terrific - love the style.

    Thanks !!!

    and the dragon skeleton one has beautiful lighting - care to share the technique?

    Thanks again !!! A combination of Tube Light and Spot Light, refer pics

    Tube light had soft shadows effect enabled, radius 10m

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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,924

    Bunyip02 said:

    Headwax said:

    hi thanks for the kind thoughts about my family - much appreaciated! - everything settling down now fingers crossed - 

    @Bunyip02 that last image is terrific - love the style.

    Thanks !!!

    and the dragon skeleton one has beautiful lighting - care to share the technique?

    Thanks again !!! A combination of Tube Light and Spot Light, refer pics

    Tube light had soft shadows effect enabled, radius 10m

    thank you, yes it works wonderfully

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,924
    edited August 2022

    Finally had achance to sit down with carrara

    Dragonfolk - had to use the daz studio plugin to get them into carrara , a character called grim, the spheres on the ground qwere replicated then turned into reall instances so I could move them, lots of lighting via caustics,

    two fogs and some background gemoetry made with an online programe by Andrew Marsh Polyhedra Generator (andrewmarsh.com) - he has a few things worth looking at

    the big sphere behind the two grims is reflecting the sky 

     

     

     

     

     

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  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,191

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    CMS Content Management service installs with DS AFAIK, or at least DIM I really don't know but Carrara uses it for duf, D|S doesn't need to be open but I do always open it first on a new install and import all the metadata to populate the smart content and that seems to help in Carrara even if I don't use smart content there.

    I consider DAZ studio a useful Carrara plugin and it really doesn't take up much space.

    I finally broke down and installed Daz Studio Pro 4.2.  Not (yet) to get DUF files into Carrara, but just to render a product that comes in DS and Poser format.  Neither Poser nor Carrara gave the great quality of renders in the product samples, e.g. the "ELITE" glass sign above the revolving door (see attached).  As always, I floundered around in DS, new to me, but finally got it to do some great renders.  The bad news is it took Iray to do it, about 60 to 90 minutes for a 1280x720 image.  (!)  Not gonna do any animations at that rate, but backgrounds for Carrara animations look promising. 

    Thanks Wendy et al.

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 7,701

    Headwax said:

    Finally had achance to sit down with carrara

    Dragonfolk - had to use the daz studio plugin to get them into carrara , a character called grim, the spheres on the ground qwere replicated then turned into reall instances so I could move them, lots of lighting via caustics,

    two fogs and some background gemoetry made with an online programe by Andrew Marsh Polyhedra Generator (andrewmarsh.com) - he has a few things worth looking at

    the big sphere behind the two grims is reflecting the sky 

     

     

     

     

     

    Wow, love how you think outside the box of traditional imagery, great render !!!

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 7,701

    Steve K said:

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    CMS Content Management service installs with DS AFAIK, or at least DIM I really don't know but Carrara uses it for duf, D|S doesn't need to be open but I do always open it first on a new install and import all the metadata to populate the smart content and that seems to help in Carrara even if I don't use smart content there.

    I consider DAZ studio a useful Carrara plugin and it really doesn't take up much space.

    I finally broke down and installed Daz Studio Pro 4.2.  Not (yet) to get DUF files into Carrara, but just to render a product that comes in DS and Poser format.  Neither Poser nor Carrara gave the great quality of renders in the product samples, e.g. the "ELITE" glass sign above the revolving door (see attached).  As always, I floundered around in DS, new to me, but finally got it to do some great renders.  The bad news is it took Iray to do it, about 60 to 90 minutes for a 1280x720 image.  (!)  Not gonna do any animations at that rate, but backgrounds for Carrara animations look promising. 

    Thanks Wendy et al.

    As a Carrara plugin it does have it's uses !!!

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,924

    thanks Bunyip02 ;)

  • UnifiedBrainUnifiedBrain Posts: 3,588

    Headwax said:

    Finally had achance to sit down with carrara

    Dragonfolk - had to use the daz studio plugin to get them into carrara , a character called grim, the spheres on the ground qwere replicated then turned into reall instances so I could move them, lots of lighting via caustics,

    two fogs and some background gemoetry made with an online programe by Andrew Marsh Polyhedra Generator (andrewmarsh.com) - he has a few things worth looking at

    the big sphere behind the two grims is reflecting the sky 

     

     

    Another great image to add to your long catalog of great images.  yes

    Not sure why you needed DS to load Dragonfolk.  I think it is basically uses Millennium Dragon 1?

    I'm also impressed that you got the dorky flame prop to look so artistic. :)  Awesome overall lighting, reflections, esthetics, and a very creative use of the Polyhedra plugin you mentioned.

    Thanks for reminding us what happens when you use your full power as an artist.  I am way more inspired by this than I am inspired by push-button AI.

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 7,701

    UB are you inspired to do another Challenge render ?

  • UnifiedBrainUnifiedBrain Posts: 3,588

    Yes, sorry for the delay.  I am taking a cue from Diomede and doing a series on a single theme.  All will be done at close to the same time, hopefully.

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