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Llola Lane’s RENDER A MONTH Challenge 2025 (ALL are welcome to join)

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  • SimonJMSimonJM Posts: 6,067
    edited March 20

    A quixk use of UltraSceneryXT, but not that happy with it, for a Found Face:

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  • SimonJMSimonJM Posts: 6,067
    edited March 20

    I finally worked out how to actually get a biome working, so here's a better version:

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  • Llola LaneLlola Lane Posts: 9,620

    Fae3D said:

    I had a really hard time picking just one prompt, I liked so many of them!  But in the end, I went with "animal" (is anyone really surprised?).

    The Confrontation

    The two warriors stood rigid as statues, staring each other down fearlessly. In a moment, the lasers would automatically blink off, no longer sensing movement, and they would have only 3 seconds to get to each other before they lit up again. The determination in their eyes pierced through the darkness between them. This battle would be legendary. For it would decide their fate.

    The winner would get the ham and cheese sandwich the stupid human dropped. 

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    Rendered in Daz Studio Iray.

    Postwork in Pixelmator Pro.

    No AI used.

    Haaa Fae3D ... We have been having a similar senerio at our house... We have a foster cat that keeps staring at our cats through a gate we have put up to separate them... lol.  She even jumped OVER the gate today... but was quickly greeted by our black cat Meenie... Needless to say hubby broke them up before any damage could be done.  She ran back into her 'safe' room the moment he grabbed for her... LOL   Well done!!! 

  • Llola LaneLlola Lane Posts: 9,620

    SimonJM said:

    I finally worked out how to actually get a biome working, so here's a better version:

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    YESSSSSSSSS... much better version.. I agree... the first one was too easy to see the face :)  Love it SimonJM!

  • Llola LaneLlola Lane Posts: 9,620
    edited March 29

    Hi gang.. We still have some time before April gets here... hurry hurry hurry and get your artwork posted...

    Here's mine... I chose SEPTEMBER = Garden for my inspiration this month... ahhhh what a great place to enjoy a coffee and read the paper... a nice courtyard garden.  I just happened to purchase it last week too. 

    "Morning Coffee"

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  • SofaCitizenSofaCitizen Posts: 2,054

    Llola Lane said:

    Hi gang.. We still have some time before April gets here... hurry hurry hurry and get your artwork posted...

    Here's mine... I chose SEPTEMBER = Garden for my inspiration this month... ahhhh what a great place to enjoy a coffee and read the paper... a nice courtyard garden.  I just happened to purchase it last week too. 

    "Morning Coffee"

    That does look like a nice cosy place for a morning coffee! :)  Could have used some of that sun here yesterday but instead it was overcast.

    I see she is favouring the doughnut over the apple for her snack - I do share a similar weakness :P

  • Llola LaneLlola Lane Posts: 9,620

    SofaCitizen said:

    Llola Lane said:

    Hi gang.. We still have some time before April gets here... hurry hurry hurry and get your artwork posted...

    Here's mine... I chose SEPTEMBER = Garden for my inspiration this month... ahhhh what a great place to enjoy a coffee and read the paper... a nice courtyard garden.  I just happened to purchase it last week too. 

    "Morning Coffee"

    That does look like a nice cosy place for a morning coffee! :)  Could have used some of that sun here yesterday but instead it was overcast.

    I see she is favouring the doughnut over the apple for her snack - I do share a similar weakness :P

    Ha... you noticed the donuts!!!  lol.  bah... who needs apples?  I'll send some sun your way... as soon as we git some!  lol

  • ElorElor Posts: 3,133
    edited August 31

    It's sunny enough here in France, but I would not eat my breakfeast outside, considering the current temperatures laugh Nice render though smiley

    I decided for MAY, so Living Landscape, not in the way @SimonJM did (nice one too smiley) so I put living beings in a landscape, as much as I could among the creatures I have in my library.

    'From dusk to dawn…'

    …or was it from dawn to dusk?

    That’s the problem when a new Words of War’s extension is finally live: at one point, you may lose a sense of time, at least if you can immerse fully in it.

    Judging by how many screenshots both Lacey and Victoria had taken, they went all in.

    It started as an fantasy version of my previous render ‘It takes two to be the only one’ (which could also have worked as an entry for the challenge, with the Animal theme though) but it felt a bit too limiting and I didn't see how I could get both of them to have their own mount, so I keep some ideas (a tower on the horizon, lots of bloom, my usual duo, etc.) and started a new scene.

    I scratched my head a bit to light the characters, wanting them in an overall shadowy area but still visible. I'm sure they are some tricks I don't know that can help in such a situation, but I hope you'll like the end result smiley

    As usual, all items should be list in the gallery.

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  • SofaCitizenSofaCitizen Posts: 2,054

    Elor said:

    I decided for MAY, so Living Landscape, not in the way @SimonJM did (nice one too smiley) so I put living beings in a landscape, as much as I could among the creatures I have in my library.

    'From dusk to dawn…'

    …or was it from dawn to dusk?

    That’s the problem when a new Words of War’s extension is finally live: at one point, you may lose a sense of time, at least if you can immerse fully in it.

    Judging by how many screenshots both Lacey and Victoria had taken, they went all in.

    It started as an fantasy version of my previous render ‘It takes two to be the only one’ (which could also have worked as an entry for the challenge, with the Animal theme though) but it felt a bit too limiting and I didn't see how I could get both of them to have their own mount, so I keep some ideas (a tower on the horizon, lots of bloom, my usual duo, etc.) and started a new scene.

    I scratched my head a bit to light the characters, wanting them in an overall shadowy area but still visible. I'm sure they are some tricks I don't know that can help in such a situation, but I hope you'll like the end result smiley

    Really nice scene :) I agree that sometimes it's tough to light your characters when you want a darker or more shadowy look but I'd say you have done a fine job as the characters certainly stand out enough at the centre of the image.

  • Llola LaneLlola Lane Posts: 9,620

    Elor said:

    It's sunny enough here in France, but I would not eat my breakfeast outside, considering the current temperatures laugh Nice render though smiley

    I decided for MAY, so Living Landscape, not in the way @SimonJM did (nice one too smiley) so I put living beings in a landscape, as much as I could among the creatures I have in my library.

    'From dusk to dawn…'

    …or was it from dawn to dusk?

    That’s the problem when a new Words of War’s extension is finally live: at one point, you may lose a sense of time, at least if you can immerse fully in it.

    Judging by how many screenshots both Lacey and Victoria had taken, they went all in.

    It started as an fantasy version of my previous render ‘It takes two to be the only one’ (which could also have worked as an entry for the challenge, with the Animal theme though) but it felt a bit too limiting and I didn't see how I could get both of them to have their own mount, so I keep some ideas (a tower on the horizon, lots of bloom, my usual duo, etc.) and started a new scene.

    I scratched my head a bit to light the characters, wanting them in an overall shadowy area but still visible. I'm sure they are some tricks I don't know that can help in such a situation, but I hope you'll like the end result smiley

    As usual, all items should be list in the gallery.

     Just lovely Elor ... I say the lighting on the characters is JUST RIGHT!  Thanks for sharing.  :)

  • Llola LaneLlola Lane Posts: 9,620
    edited April 1

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    APRIL IS HEEEEEEEEEEEEERE... and we travel back to 2103 with... APR= 2013 (JUST WORDS) https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/27391

    Here is the list if ya wanna quick reference for inspiration... This was the year I started the challenge so the list is small...

    August - Landscapes
    September - History
    October - Sunrise
    November - Superstitions
    December - Umbrella

    I look forward to traveling back with you all and seeing some grand new renders.

    This year is so sad... I was looking back at the artworks and we've lost a LOT of nice peeps since then (sighs)... Sure miss them.  Hugzzzzzzzzz

     

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  • acbacb Posts: 662
    edited April 2

    Initially I was thinking of a historical bard or skald or something to stick to my personal music theme. But there is no need to limit myself and I was more interested in November - Superstitions. So I went with that...

    Out of luck

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  • Llola LaneLlola Lane Posts: 9,620

    WOW.. what a way to start the month acb... THank you... Hope her 7 years of bad luck passes quickly!

    Thanks for starting us off.  :)

  • nattaruknattaruk Posts: 546
    edited April 6

    For 'History'

    Inspired by childhood memories of the WW1 section in an old encyclopedia and later visits to the Tank Museum at Bovington.

    Title: I Surrender

    (3Delight, Gimp & Fotosketcher)

    Hopefully people can see the image now?

    Gallery link

    Thank you Richard.

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 107,869

    The new gallery image links are not persistent, so those of us without a cached copy don't see the image (and can't click through to the gallery page). It would be best to attach to the post and then link to the full gallery page.

  • SimonJMSimonJM Posts: 6,067

    nattaruk said:

    For 'History'

    Inspired by childhood memories of the WW1 section in an old encyclopedia and later visits to the Tank Museum at Bovington.

    Title: I Surrender

    (3Delight, Gimp & Fotosketcher)

    Hopefully people can see the image now?

    Gallery link

    Thank you Richard.

     I really must get by backside back to teh tank museum at Bovington!

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,731
    edited April 9

    History using Carrara smiley

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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,333

    surprise  I wonder how many fuel stops he had to make!

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,333

    Happy Birthday, Llola Lane!

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,731

    DanaTA said:

    surprise  I wonder how many fuel stops he had to make!

    great question... 

    Dick Smith made several fuel stops during his historic solo helicopter flight around the world. One particularly notable refueling took place on the deck of a Norwegian cargo ship, Hoegh Marlin, between Japan and the Aleutian Islands, as he was unable to land in the USSR. His journey covered over 55,000 km in 260 hours of flying, requiring multiple refueling stops along the way.

    His adventure was filled with challenges, including extreme weather conditions, exhaustion, and even being mysteriously shot at over Alaska, with bullets hitting his helicopter’s reserve fuel tank! surprise

    Happy Birthday Llola laugh

     

  • Fae3DFae3D Posts: 2,834
    edited April 16

    I didn't know it was your birthday, Llola!  Happy birthday, I hope it's been a great one ^_^ 

    Here's my picture for the month, I chose "landscapes".

    Beautiful View

    Autumn is my absolute favorite time of year. The temperature is usually mild (at least where I am), and then there are the colors. I LOVE the colors! It’s awe-inspiring to see all the various shades of red, orange, yellow and even some purple. 

    Here, a young centaur takes a moment to appreciate the colors of autumn in the warm light of the sunset. 

    Rendered in Daz Studio Iray.

    Postwork in Pixelmator Pro.

    No AI used.

     

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  • SimonJMSimonJM Posts: 6,067
    edited April 16

    Happy (belated) Birthday, Llola!

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  • Llola LaneLlola Lane Posts: 9,620

    Hi Gang.. sorry I've been gone for a while.. I needed to get a new C drive for my computer... For some reason not ALL of my manifest files for Daz are not where they are supposed to be so i'm back installing about 6,000 (must have been on old C drive???) of my 20,000+ files.  Weird thing is.. If I open Daz all 20,000+ items are there... but I need to find each one manually... No metadata working.  I'm trying to get things sorted but it is taking a while.  Hopefully I can submit something for this challenge soon. Having to look content up manually is proving a tedious task to compose a great render.  :(

    Thank you all for the birthday wishes!  I had a great rainy cold 68th birthday :)  lol.

  • Llola LaneLlola Lane Posts: 9,620

    nattaruk said:

    For 'History'

    Inspired by childhood memories of the WW1 section in an old encyclopedia and later visits to the Tank Museum at Bovington.

    Title: I Surrender

    ---

    (3Delight, Gimp & Fotosketcher)

    Hopefully people can see the image now?

    Gallery link

    Thank you Richard.

    That is wonderful nattaruk... Hubby and I have been watching a lot of documentaries lately.  You portrayed the surrender quite well... Thanks for sharing with us.

  • Llola LaneLlola Lane Posts: 9,620

    Stezza said:

    History using Carrara smiley

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    WOW Stezza... You always surprise me with wonderful artworks from Carrara.  Since I had to get a new C drive on my computer I may not reinstall Carrara since I haven't used it since it came out.  I will have to enjoy it through YOUR eyes :)  Well done.. and thank you for sharing :)

  • Llola LaneLlola Lane Posts: 9,620

    Fae3D said:

    I didn't know it was your birthday, Llola!  Happy birthday, I hope it's been a great one ^_^ 

    Here's my picture for the month, I chose "landscapes".

    Beautiful View

    Autumn is my absolute favorite time of year. The temperature is usually mild (at least where I am), and then there are the colors. I LOVE the colors! It’s awe-inspiring to see all the various shades of red, orange, yellow and even some purple. 

    Here, a young centaur takes a moment to appreciate the colors of autumn in the warm light of the sunset. 

    ---

    Rendered in Daz Studio Iray.

    Postwork in Pixelmator Pro.

    No AI used.

    Hi Fae3D... Autumn/Fall is my favorite time also... You forgot to mention the smells... WOW.. I can 'smell' your landscape in my mind.  Spring is here in Ohio though so I have to wait several months to enjoy those colors :)  Well done.. thanks for the birthday wishes and sharing your artwork.

  • Llola LaneLlola Lane Posts: 9,620

    I think I am caught up... Still working on my Daz files... I'll post something soon (fingers crossed)  Be well one and all... hugzzzzzzzzz

  • SofaCitizenSofaCitizen Posts: 2,054
    edited April 22

    Still struggling to find some time to properly sit down and come up with a purposeful render. However, I did have a few hours last night to play around with Ultrascenery again and managed to make a scene with it which would hopefully count as "Landscape" for this month. Not particularly interesting but it does have a nice warm colour and an air of quiet and relaxation to it :)

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  • SapphireBlueSapphireBlue Posts: 1,363
    edited April 23

    Whenever I get back to the Art Studio forums after some time away, I always check in on all the wonderful entries, with good intentions to add one too... but time gets away. But last night, I decided to start a quick scene for the "Umbrella" category. Tried out an outfit and pose set by Breeze that had an umbrella in it!

    Colors in the Rain

    A Belated Happy Birthday Llola! heartHope you're making progress in getting your DAZ library sorted. I'm also supposed to be moving my files across to another drive so I can install all my buys from this year - but imma procrastinating on it... 

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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,333

    Very nice image, SapphireBlue!  I can almost feel the breeze and the rain!

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