Darwins Mishap has some tattoo packages that might work. https://www.daz3d.com/lie-tattoo-presets-2-for-genesis-3-and-8-male and at least one other.

Depending on how comfortable you are dealing with textures directly, Orestes Graphics has a few sets of Photoshop Brushes that might also work.

Sevrin said:

Had been planning to do postwork, but Orestes decided I shouldn't use canvasses.

I love that image, it is great! Could you tell me what that bag is? I like it! And I like that jacket + shirt ♥_♥

Even tho I really love this set the viewport's so laggy with it 

It's Along the Prom with Orestes Starry Night 

Very nice, I like that. You've perfectley caught the mood.

Even tho I really love this set the viewport's so laggy with it 

It's Along the Prom with Orestes Starry Night 

Had been planning to do postwork, but Orestes decided I shouldn't use canvasses.

 

Out of curiosity: What postwork would you do? Looks quite good already to me.

I had separated the lights, the character and the hair and was going to balance them a bit differently, but yeah, it turned out not so bad.  I wasn't playing super close attention to the rendering, because I'm playing the New World preview, otherwise I'd have noticed early on and restarted.

Had been planning to do postwork, but Orestes decided I shouldn't use canvasses.

Had been planning to do postwork, but Orestes decided I shouldn't use canvasses.

Surely Stonemason can recognise his own crates ;), but it's only one promo picture that hints that those are right crates: https://www.daz3d.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/0/0/003-the-streets-of-the-wild-west.jpg

PrettiA mentioned https://www.daz3d.com/orestes-barrels-n-crates - theese are really close but not quite same. Crates with gaps are 4 slats high, but ones you are looking for and Stonemasons are 3 slats high.

Still, someone could give quick renders with Stonemasons crates close-up - I don't have that product.

Older ones;

https://www.daz3d.com/orestes-barrels-n-crates

Found one in DIM which isn't 100% correct and could possibly cause problems if folks are searching for an obvious word such as Eventide.  The Orestes Iray HDRI Skydomes Vol 1- Eventide  does not have Eventide in the title in DIM. 

I used Along the Prom for the environment and had to hide a few things off camera 

I tried staying as true to the characters as possible but in a more realistic style 

I really like this environment and will test it with Orestes Starry Night. I'm using it here but you can't see the sky and I used a volumetric ray from Ghost Light's 3 Volumetric Plus since I'm trying for a moon beam effect 

Since we're having fun with HDRIs and what you can and can't use as an HDRI, I dug up the PNG file from when I made an HDRI with Stonemason's Urban Sprawl 3 and Orestes' Vanilla Skydome, and made a couple of renders with one using the HDR file I got from converting the EXR file as HDRI and one using that PNG as the HDRI.   The exposure in the HDR isn't identical to what I got from the original render, because I was going for evening lighting, but it's sort of similar.

In both cases, the IBL is the only light in the scene.  You can use a standard image for lighting, but, by comparison, it will look kind of crap.  But kwannie's issue is the blurriness, not light quality.  I use some DOF in almost all my renders, so I'm usually fine with 4k.  In this case, the lack of crispness is due to the lowish resolution, not to "blurrriness"

The HDR (4k)

The PNG (also 4k, obv)

Sometimes during building the scene . Other times when switching from Textured shade to Nvidia iray or adding HDRI like: https://www.daz3d.com/orestes-iray-hdri-skydomes--vanilla-evening

Im using the latest Nvidia studio drivers

Daz 4.12.1 pro AMD 7 3700x, 2070 RTX super, 32GB

Also set rendering optimization to Memory as suggested in the manual.

Everything else is working like a charm.

Any idea where to look to solve this issue? 

Portrait Rendering (Expressions and Lighting)

Guardian of the Moon​

2944 iterations
Rendering Time: 22 minutes 13.6 seconds

Character: Loomie La Fee G8 
Morphs Body: Young Generation Girls, Beauties for G8F and EJ Body Shape And Detail Morphs
Morphs Ears: SY 200 Morphs for Genesis 8 Head and Body
Skin Surface: ShaderPlan Glitter
Lips Surface: LIE Make-up Set 2, just shine purple
Nails: Hand Salon with Finger Jewelery Indian Inspiration

Hair: Calista Tail, Lashes Utilities
Clothing: Warrior of Dusk G8

Prop: Technomancer Sphere

Skydome: Orestes Iray HDRI Skies - Fantasy Moon

Filter rendering: Fast Production Lights

No bright spot. Emissive ambient light only. No photoshop.

I hope I have achieved the objective of the topic.
All tips and observations are welcome!

 

I like your posing and the camera angle.  You have some interesting shadows on her face.  I think you were smart to use a lighter colour palette with her hair, makeup and elements in her outfit.

I like the shot of blue from the orb but it does have a tendency to draw my eye...but then the moon behind her head tends to draw it back.

Thank you! I'm really happy with your observation! You have a surgically artistic look! There is no better description!

Portrait Rendering (Expressions and Lighting)

Guardian of the Moon​

2944 iterations
Rendering Time: 22 minutes 13.6 seconds

Character: Loomie La Fee G8 
Morphs Body: Young Generation Girls, Beauties for G8F and EJ Body Shape And Detail Morphs
Morphs Ears: SY 200 Morphs for Genesis 8 Head and Body
Skin Surface: ShaderPlan Glitter
Lips Surface: LIE Make-up Set 2, just shine purple
Nails: Hand Salon with Finger Jewelery Indian Inspiration

Hair: Calista Tail, Lashes Utilities
Clothing: Warrior of Dusk G8

Prop: Technomancer Sphere

Skydome: Orestes Iray HDRI Skies - Fantasy Moon

Filter rendering: Fast Production Lights

No bright spot. Emissive ambient light only. No photoshop.

I hope I have achieved the objective of the topic.
All tips and observations are welcome!

 

I like your posing and the camera angle.  You have some interesting shadows on her face.  I think you were smart to use a lighter colour palette with her hair, makeup and elements in her outfit.

I like the shot of blue from the orb but it does have a tendency to draw my eye...but then the moon behind her head tends to draw it back.

Portrait Rendering (Expressions and Lighting)

Guardian of the Moon​

2944 iterations
Rendering Time: 22 minutes 13.6 seconds

Character: Loomie La Fee G8 
Morphs Body: Young Generation Girls, Beauties for G8F and EJ Body Shape And Detail Morphs
Morphs Ears: SY 200 Morphs for Genesis 8 Head and Body
Skin Surface: ShaderPlan Glitter
Lips Surface: LIE Make-up Set 2, just shine purple
Nails: Hand Salon with Finger Jewelery Indian Inspiration

Hair: Calista Tail, Lashes Utilities
Clothing: Warrior of Dusk G8

Prop: Technomancer Sphere

Skydome: Orestes Iray HDRI Skies - Fantasy Moon

Filter rendering: Fast Production Lights

No bright spot. Emissive ambient light only. No photoshop.

I hope I have achieved the objective of the topic.
All tips and observations are welcome!

Installing: 71015-1 : dForce Cimmerian Outfit for Genesis 8 Male(s)
Could not extract file: C:/Users/Public/Documents/My DAZ 3D Library/Runtime/Textures/SadeMoonscape/CimmerianOutfit/4/boots/1001_BaseColor.jpg
Install Failed: dForce Cimmerian Outfit for Genesis 8 Male(s)
Installing: 2290-1 : Pteranodon
Could not extract file: C:/Users/Public/Documents/My DAZ 3D Library/Runtime/Textures/SilverKey3d/Animals/PteranodonTexture1.jpg
Install Failed: Pteranodon
Installing: 14993-1 : Skull Rock DS
Could not extract file: C:/Users/Public/Documents/My DAZ 3D Library/Runtime/Textures/AntFarm/SkullRock/AFSRchains_BHI.jpg
Install Failed: Skull Rock DS
Installing: 8010-1 : The Cistern
Could not extract file: C:/Users/Public/Documents/My DAZ 3D Library/Runtime/Textures/!Orestes/cstrn/OGCT_clmn_bump.jpg
Install Failed: The Cistern
Install Queue Finished: 0 min 2.8 sec

Won't install. No security other than the same ad blocker I've had for over a year now. Windows 64. What's odd is it installed the Orestes Witches Twighlight but nothing else. I have changed nothing to my computer settings or the install programs.

Hi everyone,

I can't agree more with those in this thread on how much fun and addictive playing with this script can be. Here is my latest render using a height map snapshot from Tangram Heightmapper at github. I was excited that I was able to recreate a favorite place that I would frequently visit while out riding my pony. If you're interested in a full listing of everything I used in the image, please visit my gallery.

Trish

When I re-logged in, the thread opened here and your image took my breath away. So beautiful.

I love those HDRIs Orestes does too. 

Hi @memcneil70

I'm glad you like the image. I think UltraScenery and Orestes HDRIs are a winning combination. Here is one more using an Orestes HDRI.

Trish

Gorgeous renders, Trish! 

Thank you @Divamakeup!