EQ Mage
Ok this is a commissioned piece. I sent it to the person to have them tell me if they like it or not (its actually a gift to someone) so waiting to hear back what they say.
Its a Drakkin Mage from EQ and her air pet.
1280x1024 desktop pic so linked cause of size:
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/9043/castadesktop.jpg
Please don't tell me to redo the pet. ROFL I had a hell of a time trying to make him!
Outfit idea was borrowed from Eve's picture because I loved it so much, and it just screamed mage to me. Don't hate me! :-( I spent a good amount of time on this one. Mainly because I didn't do it in Poser alone. I exported it to Cinema 4D and with the help of Fredy and a lot of tutorials (god I love google!) I was able to figure stuff out. The cloud... was done with pyrocluster tool thingy and not postworked in. I'm like so fricking proud of that. :yay
Sucks cause you can't see the details on the little horn things on her face when she's shrunk. Original render size was 4000x3200.
Credits... hell if I can remember it all.. ROFL I know theres V4 with a VAMP skin and morph tweaked some, Pysche dress, DM staff/chair/table, Daz Mage Tower, Aery Soul body jewels, Cloud hair, umm oh yeah M4, Kurt hair, freebie books and misc things....cant remember the rest.
Eve
16 years ago
Wouldn't dream of telling you to redo the pet, I think he's hella cool! As for borrowing my outfit idea, OMG I HATE YOU! Kidding! *giggle* No big dear, I do that all the time if I see someone put something together I hadn't thought of yet. Fredy is a big inspiration for that kinda thing. The only thing I'm not sure about, are the armbands. It looks like the top set is on top of the sleeve, then the bracers under it. I guess that's possible, but it just seems -off- to me. You did a great job on her tats/markings whatever those are LoL If it was me, I'd just ditch the sleeves and keep the armbands to show off those markings even more. Of course if the customer likes it as is, disregard what I'm saying ;)
ROzbeans
16 years ago
Seriously, the pet looks friggin awesome. Definitely do not change a thing there!
Few things that stood out to me:
Shadow across the floor - where is that coming from?
Shadows (in general) - your girl doesn't seem to have any shadows, making her seem more 2 dimensional and lacking some depth.
Her outfit - is she suppose to be see thru? I can see the smoke from the pet past her skirt, but I can't see her legs. Again there are no shadows and it just looks extremely flat.
She's got the poser armpits - you could either liquify that in photoshop or use the 3dc fix being sold on RMP.
Over all, I gotta say she doesn't really seem to fit in with the background. Were they rendered together or separately? I like the background props, but basically it's a huge room with not a lot in there. What about moving her back some or is it too late for that?
=)
Few things that stood out to me:
Shadow across the floor - where is that coming from?
Shadows (in general) - your girl doesn't seem to have any shadows, making her seem more 2 dimensional and lacking some depth.
Her outfit - is she suppose to be see thru? I can see the smoke from the pet past her skirt, but I can't see her legs. Again there are no shadows and it just looks extremely flat.
She's got the poser armpits - you could either liquify that in photoshop or use the 3dc fix being sold on RMP.
Over all, I gotta say she doesn't really seem to fit in with the background. Were they rendered together or separately? I like the background props, but basically it's a huge room with not a lot in there. What about moving her back some or is it too late for that?
=)
Nianya
16 years ago
It was all rendered together..same scene in Cinema 4D. Lights were turned with shadows so not sure why she doesnt have any. LOL Where do you see smoke through her skirt at? Only thing that is see thru is her sleeves. I also sent Fredy the link to the pic so maybe I can figure out what else I can do in C4D to make her look more like she belongs in there.
edited to add: Is this the fix thing you were talking about? http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/index.php?ViewProduct=70402&vendor=corvas
If so, I can't use it. I still use Poser 6. =\
edited to add: Is this the fix thing you were talking about? http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/index.php?ViewProduct=70402&vendor=corvas
If so, I can't use it. I still use Poser 6. =\
Nianya
16 years ago
Ok so the customer wanted the pet changed some. GAH! lol Luckily only thing I had to change was the hair. They didn't like the flowing look so I went back into Poser and replaced the hair with WetHair then put him back in Cinema4D and did the textures all over again.
I also adjust some lights and I think this render will be better and give her that not so 2d flat look so she fits more into the scene. As well as moved her back so she's close to the desk.
Now for my rant.... Im so pissed. I had it rendering all this moring.. was at 4hrs 6min rendering and almost finished (probably another hour give or take lol) and WHAM the damn power blinked and my PC shut off. :pout So yes, 4hr rendering gone down the drain. But from what I could tell, it looked better than last. LOL
I also adjust some lights and I think this render will be better and give her that not so 2d flat look so she fits more into the scene. As well as moved her back so she's close to the desk.
Now for my rant.... Im so pissed. I had it rendering all this moring.. was at 4hrs 6min rendering and almost finished (probably another hour give or take lol) and WHAM the damn power blinked and my PC shut off. :pout So yes, 4hr rendering gone down the drain. But from what I could tell, it looked better than last. LOL
Adiene
16 years ago
O..M..G..
thats how power people end up dead in a ditch somewhere.....
thats how power people end up dead in a ditch somewhere.....
Jetamio
16 years ago
4hours of rendering o.O Holy crap, my longest one ever was like 45 mins lol.
Nianya
16 years ago
Ok now I'm really beginning to dislike my PC and Cinema4D rendring.... Last night I hit render, turned off the monitor and went to bed thinking I'd wake up to a nice, rendered picture. NOPE! Woke up to a 4000x3200 picture that stopped rendering at 9hrs 3min 16sec .. it was locked up! :bang
Not only that, she turned into a souless bitch with black eyes. Learning new programs are the suck!
Anyway, here is the result of 9hrs wasted....
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7465/messup1.jpg
Despite the parts that didnt render and her souless eyes..Does it look better than the original? Does she look more like part of the scene and not so flat? No postwork or anything, but my main thing was trying to make her look more a part of the scene for now and fix the pets hair.
I had to remove her earrings because they didnt like to render, and since it keeps messing up during rendering on the area of her neck where her necklaces were, I'm gonna have to go back and remove the big pearl necklace (haha she doesn't like pearl necklaces :lol ) in hopes that will help render times.
Maybe I should just do this whole thing in Poser and save myself the headaches. LOL
Not only that, she turned into a souless bitch with black eyes. Learning new programs are the suck!
Anyway, here is the result of 9hrs wasted....
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7465/messup1.jpg
Despite the parts that didnt render and her souless eyes..Does it look better than the original? Does she look more like part of the scene and not so flat? No postwork or anything, but my main thing was trying to make her look more a part of the scene for now and fix the pets hair.
I had to remove her earrings because they didnt like to render, and since it keeps messing up during rendering on the area of her neck where her necklaces were, I'm gonna have to go back and remove the big pearl necklace (haha she doesn't like pearl necklaces :lol ) in hopes that will help render times.
Maybe I should just do this whole thing in Poser and save myself the headaches. LOL
Lessa
16 years ago
wow why are you rendering so huge? I think my computer would come after me while I slept if I did that ><
I think if it were mine I might turn the pet so that he were looking at what she is, cause he seems distracted, and shes awfully dark, but aside from that, I thik its a much better render, Shes definately more part of the scene than the previous, and she looks more touchable, I guess hehe, more 3d :)
I think if it were mine I might turn the pet so that he were looking at what she is, cause he seems distracted, and shes awfully dark, but aside from that, I thik its a much better render, Shes definately more part of the scene than the previous, and she looks more touchable, I guess hehe, more 3d :)
Nianya
16 years ago
I'm rendering it it twice the size I need for the final pic (1280x1024) so when I do postwork (add the tattoos and drakkin horn things) it makes it easier for me to do that. Just my own preference. I do that for all pictures.
As for the darkness, that will be fixed via photoshop via screen or curves or something. Maybe another layer filled a plae brown set to soft light. I had to use a soft blue light in order to lighten her up some in the scene (the light pale orange-brown colored light wasnt working and made her too dark). I can't seem to figure out how to fix the soft blue light.. if I turn the intensity up too much, it cancels the shadows created by the fireplace light and candle. :-?
I don't want to make the scene too bright though. Its only (visable) light sources are the fireplace and candle. Theres moonlight coming from the windows (which are there but not in the scene). It's getting frustrating. LOL
As for the darkness, that will be fixed via photoshop via screen or curves or something. Maybe another layer filled a plae brown set to soft light. I had to use a soft blue light in order to lighten her up some in the scene (the light pale orange-brown colored light wasnt working and made her too dark). I can't seem to figure out how to fix the soft blue light.. if I turn the intensity up too much, it cancels the shadows created by the fireplace light and candle. :-?
I don't want to make the scene too bright though. Its only (visable) light sources are the fireplace and candle. Theres moonlight coming from the windows (which are there but not in the scene). It's getting frustrating. LOL
Eve
16 years ago
First off, the scene is meshing much better now, and I really like the slicked back hair better on the pet, too. As for lighting, I'm clueless how C4D works, but other than her face being a bit too dark for my tastes, the rest looks fine. Maybe a low intensity, very low, point light right in front of her with a low distance, would add just enough subtle light on her without overpowering the rest of the lighting in the scene. As for the size of your render, check your math hon ;) Twice the size of a 1280x1024 would be 2560x2048. Not sure what the specs of your puter are, but Fredy's always bragging about his quick render times, so I'm not real sure why C4D is going so slow for you. Might wanna ask mister guru about that. Good luck! New programs can be a pita. I've got Vue 7 on the way, and looks like my ZBrush 3 can be upgraded free now to 3.5, so I'll be trying my hand at some new stuff soon too :D Maybe we can make a wig with all the hair we pull out LoL
Nianya
16 years ago
Oh yeah.. my math sucks. LOL I got Zbrush as well. Haven't touched it though. Im banging my head trying to learn C4D... I don't need added stress of figuring out Zbrush too. ROFL
Ok here another version... I even remembered to liquidfy the armpits! LOL
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7168/redover02.jpg
I emailed this to the commish'ee.. awaiting their response.
Ok here another version... I even remembered to liquidfy the armpits! LOL
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7168/redover02.jpg
I emailed this to the commish'ee.. awaiting their response.