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I went for monofocals, both lenses set at -2. They allow me to see near and intermediate distance, I will need glasses for distance. I had one eye done 5 months ago and the other is to be done in two weeks. There was a delay due to my developing a foggy lense requiring laser surgery to correct. I'm enjoying the vision with the new lens but because I'm highly myopic in the other eye I have a bit of double vision right now. I'm functioning really well other than the computer and the TV being slightly difficult to see. Even with my glasses I could never see this well, DAZ Studio is now readable.
It seems like many people need that laser correction a few months after getting the new lens. It sounds like you are making excellent progress.
Yes, and reassuring since I wll need that in the foreseeable (so to speak) futue.
I Want to Join the Posse
Before Richard got far, he realized that if the posse men had any decent eyesight, they could probably tell he was a cat. So he decided he needed to hide more fur and his paws. He went back and put on the onesie pajamas that Lola gave him for Christmas - the newborn to 3 months size with footies and hand covers. He headed off again to town. When he arrived, he found one of the posse men sitting outside. Richard pulled his hat down over his eyes to hide his face the best he could.
Richard: I'm new in town. I want to join the posse and do my part to keep this town safe.
Posse man: Well, I don't know. What are your qualifications?
Richard: I have my own horse and I am an excellent marksman. I left my weapon at home, though.
Posse man: I'll have to talk to the boss and get back to you...
If I thought making a vest for a cat was hard, I had no idea how hard it would be to make pajamas. I do think they turned out to be "the cat's pajamas", though!
you did an awesome job fitting the clothes
I have tried without success on all the cats that are not already semi anthropomorphic ie Catoon
Thanks, Wendy. It took me three days in Marvelous Designer. I made them to fit that pose. I couldn't figure out how make them generically to become rigged clothes. The trick I finally came up with to get the clothes to fit over the fur, was to use a push modifier on Richard to make him bigger, close to the size of where his fur ends. Then I exported that to use as an avatar in Marvelous Designer. There was a lot of trial and error involved in this whole process. The pattern I ended up with for the "pants" and "Shirt" look very little like patterns for humans. After I got them stitched up in Marvelous Designer, they were too loose, so I used the Weft scaling to shrink them down. Then I exported them as an OBJ. I smoothed out a few areas with Blender. Then I just parented the OBJ to Richard in DS and applied a shader to them.
ah bespoke clothing
Nice disguise, but I suspect the horse is giving me side-eye anyway. Still, it's the humans that get the votes.
That is reassuring.
A Runaway?
Posse Man 1: Hey, Boss, there's a dude outside who wants to join the posse. He has a horse and says he's good with a gun, but left it home. I seen the horse and it seems not skittish at all. The guy is terrible short and the horse is puny, too - maybe a pony. You know I ain't got good eyesight, but I could swear he was wearing jammies.
Boss: Did he look young?
Posse Man 1: His hat was tipped down. Couldn't see his face good.
Boss: Probably a runaway kid hiding a bad case of acne. All our guys are getting on in years. Half can't see and the other half can't hear. Some young blood could be good. We might give him a chance, but we have to be sure of his motives. Tell the guys to be on the alert. We can't accept an infiltrator who'll find out our secrets.
Hmmm, I am on tenterhooks (as well as a sceptical horse).
What?
A game of telephone is underway. How will it end...
Posse Man 1 to Floyd: There's a little dude outside who wants to join us. Boss says we have to be sure he isn't an Infidel. Pass the word.
Floyd to Tennessee: There's a shrimp out front who wants in. Boss says we have to be sure he's affable before we let him in the posse. Pass the word.
Tennessee to Jeb: We're having shrimp for lunch. Boss says we have to make sure the guy out front isn't allergic.
Jeb: I'll go out and check...
Ahhhh, the potential this offers for fotering clarity and mutual undrstanding. Or not.
Well, my intentions bgan as honourable - Lola has been a bit worried about the impact of AI on her job so I suggested she explore the possibility of moving to a consultancy - that was why I was at Miss Kitty's (I thought maybe a relative would be a good place to start making enquiries).
Oh, so you and Miss Kitty are related, huh. She must carry the Ginger gene. I hear it is passed down from the mother. That is why her litter looks suspiciously like you. Or at least that is the excuse you can use. I'm certainly willing to believe the honorable intent story --- and honorable follow through, too.
Are You Algerian?
Jeb grabs his cane and toddles out to check on the guy out front. Even though Jeb's cataracts are getting worse, he can still see light and dark and general shapes. He spots the little guy near the steps.
Jeb: Hey, there. The Boss needs to know if you are Algerian.
Richard: No, I'm Ginger.
Jeb: OK, then, I'll tell him there is nothing to worry about.
Richard thinks to himself, "Well, I guess that went well." The Horse remains as skeptical as ever.
Good job he didn't ask if I was an allergen.
Oh, I missed an opportunity there.
Well, I've left poor Richard in limbo while I got swallowed up by Marvelous Designer again. I decided I needed to make him "new" pajamas the "right way", so they fit and will pose with him. Before, I just tried to kludge something together for a quick scene, I'm not sure why I go down these rabbit holes. When, after this story, will I ever need cat pajamas again?
any time you need to illustrate or allude to the phrase "the cat's pyjamas" - surely a frequent occurence in scenes set in certain places or eras.
Perhaps after wearing this snazzy outfit, you won't want to go around with just your fur coat anymore. Or maybe you find these clothes too constraining. My husband thinks you won't be able to get it off when nature calls. He was quite concerned for you.
Hmm, still good against the cold - a difficult balancing act, but cats are excellent at balancing.
I am wondering how Richard got the suit on...
I'm sure he is an excellent clothing donner.
Maybe a little flap door in the pertinent area below the tail?
These type of onsie outfits for adult/teen females always make me wonder what they do in public toilets where there are gaps on both sides of the door and no real privacy.
Mary
@Greybro I'm so glad you like the images. According to the times on intermediate scenes versions that I saved along the way, I spent 8 hours on this particular scene. I'd say half of that was setting up the scene, and the other half was tweaking things after the basic scene was setup. Lighting was a challenge and getting it to fit in my GPU was a challenge. I kept deleting unseen parts of the Inn props and removing other props not important to the story. The woman coming down the stairs is a LowPi. The three characters at the bar a set to base resolution and parts under clothes are hidden. I often try many changes and camera angles before settling on a final image to post. I'm retired. I have the time to play.
@memcneil70 Oh, Mary, you made me think! This is supposed to be a baby onesie. There must be snaps on the entire length of the inner legs. We just can't see them. Problem solved! What a relief. I hope Richard can deal with snaps. Is he an excellent snapist??