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Olo_Ordinaire Looks fantastic! Love the desaturated/monochrome colors.
Thanks! I was trying to make it look like it was taken with an 1870s iPhone
I can't post it here for obvious reasons, but some time back one of my stupider render ideas - and for those of you aware of the general scope of my render ideas, that gives you a sense of how stupid the idea that's coming is - was a lady in a Victorian bedroom trying to take nude selfies of herself in the mirror, using what was probably about an 1870s camera. One of the huge boxes with a concertina front.
That's funny! Can you imagine taking selfies and shuffling those 8x10" glass plates around ?
I was working on a song for a music challenge and wanted to do a space-based visual narrative for the music video. My goal was to use a good number of Stonemason's Sci-Fi environments since they've just been sitting in my runtime, darn it, I need to use them... at least once?! And also work in other never-used-before things as well (along with regular favorites etc.) Even then of course, it's just a small number of things in the face of all the stuff we buy, but I feel good about it.
Here's a bit about the song and video:
In the lyrics, Blue Skies refers to a state of freedom and lightness, free of limits, expectations and destinations. (But also with reverence to Earth's beautiful blue sky.)
The video narrative also relates things back to Earth. I had originally envisioned the narrative in deep space, but the song lyrics and the Artemis 2 mission made me shift the scenes to a 'moonbase' instead, and the quiet solitude of our researcher. Ever present is the forever pull of our blue planet with its blue skies.
Assets used for the first time:
(Only adding hyperlinks to some of the main environments used. I tried to keep track of most things I hadn't used before, but I'm sure I missed some.)
I don't know of any nude selfies**, but the earliest known clothed photography selfies date to the 1830's:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/take-peep-gallery-historic-selfies-180963726/
(**lack of evidence is not evidence of lack, and people being people, I'd be shocked if someone hadn't tried it)
That's lovely! The music and your voice are beautiful.
@SapphireBlue
That really is a very beautiful voice you have there!
Airy and feminine with a mysterious hint of husk about it. I couldn't help but picture a woman in a long dress that touches the stage floor, standing behind a microphone in some classy and exclusive, smoke-filled Art Deco club.
MelanieL and 3DIO Thank you both for listening and for your lovely comments. I appreciate it very much!
Posting this under #RandomTheme since she originally started out as a technical render to show vellus hair. She's the first character I made on my Linux install of Daz Studio, so I suppose I'll call her Luxiana or something like that. I've no dForce set up yet (so she has no hair or clothes), but I think her face suits being presented as ...
A D A R K V I G N E T T E
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Makes me think of Face Value:
It does look kinda similar, but Phil looks like he might be looking to cause a fight, while Luxiana's probably out to cause a fright looking like that :-D
Silent Hill is one of those names I keep seeing a heck of a lot, yet unusually for me, it's one of the few horror franchises I've not seen a single movie from.
I'll have to change that sooner rather than later!
I have found this thread inspiring, and so here I am with my first use ever of some of Stonemason's City Ruins sets. 3D models of that quality should not sit unused on our hard drives, so here is "The Deadly Duo." Rendered in Blender as always with my images.
Lucy is explaining something to Cooper in her ever-cheerful manner; knowing these two it is probably something Cooper doesn't want to hear...
Looks good, but I'm curious, did you convert that to Iray or use it as is?
I almost bought that set, and really wish I had now!
The Fallout image was rendered in Blender using the Cycles render engine. I used the Diffeomorphic script to export from DAZ Studio, then the Diffeomorphic Blender add-on to import into Blender. After that I did manually tweak every Blender material because although Diffeomorphic does a reasonable job I still like to get the best results possible. If the models predate iRay in DAZ Studio I don't think it would be a lot of work to convert the 3D-Lite materials to iRay. Plus you only have to do it once for each model and you can save it to your library for future use.
@FireAngel
I really shouldn't have used the term Iray (I really meant PBR compatible) but I can see you know what I meant. Funny thing is stuff like cement and bricks can often come in looking better as non PBR than when PRB compatible. Thanks for the info. I think I kept it on my wishlist so will likely grab it next time.
Here are the three City Ruins buildings from my Blender library; All the illustrations are straight from Blender Cycles. I keep each file with a rendered image in the library so I have a clear idea what they are even if (as with these) I bought them years ago. I do recommend these if you need wrecked buildings, and any other Stonemason wreckage too. The "Stefan's Delicatessen" sign on City Ruins building 1 is my own addition. I add that sign in sometimes as an oddball tribute to Stonemason, real name Stefan Morell. In an alternative universe he makes really great food instead of 3D models.
Cheers Fire Angel. I saw those in the other thread and will be catching-up on that one.
Also, nice thought to tribute Stefan!
I've been buried in various stuff for a while, but I've found a bit of an opportunity to do some stuff.
Playing the old tunes, putting centaurs in underpants again:
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-ceecee-basics-06-bra-and-panty-for-genesis-9-and-genesis-8-female
https://www.daz3d.com/quiet-garden-corner
https://www.daz3d.com/build-a-street-english-country-village (although it's pretty subtle behind the trees).
A really flipping time consuming scene, because it took me ages to fill out the shelves and table (which while it's not my first use of it is adapted from https://www.daz3d.com/after-the-war ) to make it look like a wargaming store.
https://www.daz3d.com/svms-rider-outfit-for-genesis-9-81-and-8-female
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-su-fashion-long-jeans-for-genesis-9-81-and-8-female
https://www.daz3d.com/construction-worker-outfit-for-genesis-2-and-genesis-3-male-s (while a little rough around the edges, notable for being the only tape measure I could find in my collection that actually had an option to unreel it)
https://www.daz3d.com/lorez-statues-i
https://www.daz3d.com/jet-bike
https://www.daz3d.com/everyday-display-cases
https://www.daz3d.com/lowpi-formations-extension
https://www.daz3d.com/lowpoly-crowd-creator-expansion-medieval-army
https://www.daz3d.com/heavy-assault-mech-zeus-m1
https://www.daz3d.com/tank-mrt
https://www.daz3d.com/jigsaw-puzzle (albeit retextured as model boxes in the background)
No store page for it any more, but "Tabletop Dice Christmas Freebie" (2023) from GCJellyfish
And arguably more suited for the "test your buys" thread, but rather than kicking off two posts for it:
This is me ignoring the instructions on https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-rql-varsity-cheer-girl-outfit-genesis-8-and-81-female and using some of my clothing conversion tricks to put it on a Genesis 9 figure (auto-fit and most converters will quite badly break clothing posing morphs - this is just using their ready made pose morphs, no dForce of my own.).
Been trying to think where I'd seen the name Matt Castle before, and then I realised, it was during the end credits of a film:
M A T T C A S T L E ............ Centaur Wardrobe Assistant
#AnythingGoes -- BOM: G9F Amari, Conquerors Outfit for G9, Akira Hair
Maybe this isn't the right thread for this image? Oh, well. If it isn't, please feel free to delete.
Cheers!
3DIO A Dark Vignette - Love the render and style! The assymetrical mouth adds so much to the realism.
Fire Angel Great that you were inspired by the thread and put Stonemason's City Ruins sets to use!
Matt_Castle Populating all the shelves and that table top! Oof, that's an insane amount of effort and detail!
csaa She's lovely! And very sweetly expressive in her pose.
Thanks! I had to re-upload as the original figure didn't have her eyebrows added to the scene.
Luxiana tells me you can expect her to appear at the end of your bed tonight, but not to worry, it's just a friendly haunting to say thanks!
I tried making a 'cinematic short' to pair with a simple soundtrack for a music contest over the past week or so. I wanted to use more stuff I hadn't yet, and try out some new approaches as well for the look and the video. Fun, and wow, DAZ feels like magic every time!
In the literal view, the story's about a doll waking up to life. But figuratively, there are many ways to interpret the visual story, symbolism and paired lyrics. I tried to sing with a quieter 'doll-like' voice, so that the lyrics would seems to come from her thoughts.
Assets used for the first time:
CB Etta HD Character, Clothing, Texture Expansion, and Makeup Bundle | Daz 3D
Wooden Puppet Bundle | Daz 3D
SY dForce Ropes, Vines and Tubes | Daz 3D
Elisabetta La Rein Magical Headdress (no longer in the store)
Various props from sets, including:
KuJ Alchemy Lab | Daz 3D
Creepy Curios | Daz 3D
Santa's Toy Workshop | Daz 3D
Pose packs:
Marionette Poses for Genesis 8 Female | Daz 3D
String Doll Poses for Genesis 9 and Genesis 8 Female & Male | Daz 3D
The Ledge - Poses and Props for Genesis 8 Female | Daz 3D
Z Tired and Exhausted Utility Pose Collection for Genesis 8 and 8.1 | Daz 3D
Z Hanging and Climbing Utility Pose Mega Set for Genesis 8 and 8.1 | Daz 3D
Z Pure Mystery Mix and Match Expressions for Genesis 9 | Daz 3D
I love CB's bundles, but this may be the first time I'm properly putting one of them to use! Thrilled about that.
SY's ropes set was really neat and useful, especially once I started to use the Active Pose tool with them.
The pose sets made this project work go so much quicker. It makes perfect sense why I keep getting so many of those!
Fortunately, the LowPi formations script did the job of providing a couple of groups I could rescale and reorient onto many of the shelves, but even with that it did still take a long time to get the scene full enough to look like a complete wargames store, particularly as all of the stuff on the table needed more careful manual positioning.
One of those ideas where once you start it you realise how much of a slog it's going to be to actually finish...
I wish.
@SapphireBlue
Beautiful voice as usual, and everything seems to fit with what you're showing with it!
Has a sort of Tim Burton blended Vintage vibe to it as well.
@MattCastle
lol
3DIO Thank you very much!
Yes, I went for some vintage vibes, with a little nod to silent movies and the old hand-made dolls and puppets used in stop motion animation. I love that we can do so many styles and genres with our DAZ renders. It's mind-blowing! 