It seems many old images are missing from the old imagevenue account, so i made a new one and re-uploaded all the old pictures i had (think 3 or 4 is missing in total).
Gallery Link
Archive Link (zip file)
If someone has a tip on a better/different image hosting service that allows this kind of content i would welcome suggestions as i know of none.
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04 October 2016
01 October 2016
So, 4 years...
4 years is a long time. A lot can happen in such a long time, and a lot has happened. But i guess 3D stuck with me through all this time, nagging me to come back.
So, here i am, lost among all the new features, settings and programs.
I have had a chance to look around at different products, comparing easy of use to results, features etc. After many failures i have settled on exclusively using Daz Studio with Iray, as it is both a competent render and DS has a quick and painless workflow.
So with those things out of the way, i have been busy setting up characters for future stories/works. I'm VERY rusty when it comes to pretty much every aspect of this but here are what i have come up with (that is posting ready at any rate) so far..
Ruby
A lone wanderer, traveling the lands in search of work and, eventually, a place to call home.
Raised in a noble family as a servant she has known both wealth and poverty. She fled her home at the age of 17, when her womanhood became the interest of the Lord of the house.
Her enemies would describe her as a fierce and aggressive adversary, making up for her lack of skill with violence and power.
Sapphire
An engineered soldier, raised by the Tera Federation, Sapphire has never known life outside of the armed forces. Going from mission to mission, always on the move.
Already the most experienced in her battalion at the age of 23, she has encountered numerous aliens, countless pirates and slain more than any one else. Seen as a valuable asset, most of her missions are covert and small scale, often going alone or in teams of three.
So, here i am, lost among all the new features, settings and programs.
I have had a chance to look around at different products, comparing easy of use to results, features etc. After many failures i have settled on exclusively using Daz Studio with Iray, as it is both a competent render and DS has a quick and painless workflow.
So with those things out of the way, i have been busy setting up characters for future stories/works. I'm VERY rusty when it comes to pretty much every aspect of this but here are what i have come up with (that is posting ready at any rate) so far..
Ruby
A lone wanderer, traveling the lands in search of work and, eventually, a place to call home.
Raised in a noble family as a servant she has known both wealth and poverty. She fled her home at the age of 17, when her womanhood became the interest of the Lord of the house.
Her enemies would describe her as a fierce and aggressive adversary, making up for her lack of skill with violence and power.
Sapphire
An engineered soldier, raised by the Tera Federation, Sapphire has never known life outside of the armed forces. Going from mission to mission, always on the move.
Already the most experienced in her battalion at the age of 23, she has encountered numerous aliens, countless pirates and slain more than any one else. Seen as a valuable asset, most of her missions are covert and small scale, often going alone or in teams of three.
30 May 2012
On Deviantart
Just created a deviantart account as well. I will only post the more "soft" images there while still posting everything here.
If any of you use deviantart, feel free to drop by :)
http://rawdarkness.deviantart.com/
If any of you use deviantart, feel free to drop by :)
http://rawdarkness.deviantart.com/
24 October 2011
Story in the works
Last night a spent a few hours writing up a short story while setting up a few illustrations.
Today i have finished setting up the scenes, next step is rendering (will take a while it seems) and re-reading what i wrote yesterday (was tired so probably full of errors).
Hopefully i will have it all up within a few days, mostly depending on render times.
As of now it's 5 images and it seems they need 5h+ each to render (maybe more).
Just wanted you all to know something is in the works, hopefully it will turn out half decent :)
Also the setting im using for the story etc can/might be reused for future stories and illustrations as well, however due to the heave render times i might need to change a few things to cut them down.
Today i have finished setting up the scenes, next step is rendering (will take a while it seems) and re-reading what i wrote yesterday (was tired so probably full of errors).
Hopefully i will have it all up within a few days, mostly depending on render times.
As of now it's 5 images and it seems they need 5h+ each to render (maybe more).
Just wanted you all to know something is in the works, hopefully it will turn out half decent :)
Also the setting im using for the story etc can/might be reused for future stories and illustrations as well, however due to the heave render times i might need to change a few things to cut them down.
20 October 2011
Life, the universe and everything
Couldn't think of a good title :P Anyways, there has not been any updates here for a long time now, which would indicate i am being lazy again and not creating anything. But in reality i am actually creating stuff, only it is not stuff for this site (not pr0n). The bad about this is that it means less updates here, the good however, is that im learning stuff, LOTS of stuff which i can later apply when making stuff here. Most people that come to this blog come here for the pictures and not for my tedious words of "i wish i had time" etc but hopefully the things i learn will make it worth the wait. (just hope im not settings expectations to high now :P) Anyways, i have not forgotten this place, this is my home when it comes to 3D art, this is what motivates me, the response im getting from all of you, the 700k + visitors, the comments, the emails, the followers. THIS is what makes me want to create 3D, so don't think i have forgotten.. Ok, enough words, for now... ;)
21 August 2011
Sidenote The Experiment
This was in no way a planned story, i made 2 images and when i was about to upload one i started typing a short story.
Continued on image 2 and then started making a few more images.
All the story elements are written directly into the new post field and i haven't even read through it once after typing it so spelling errors and bad grammar is bound to occur somewhere :P
Anyways, i might try to make a collected document out of all this to make it easier to follow, but im unsure on how to do it so i guess time will tell if i do it or not.
Also i may do a few closeup shots to add in (on JCD's request) but it's no promise, i MAY do it :P
Anyways, i hope you enjoy the short improvised story, i sure did writing it :)
Continued on image 2 and then started making a few more images.
All the story elements are written directly into the new post field and i haven't even read through it once after typing it so spelling errors and bad grammar is bound to occur somewhere :P
Anyways, i might try to make a collected document out of all this to make it easier to follow, but im unsure on how to do it so i guess time will tell if i do it or not.
Also i may do a few closeup shots to add in (on JCD's request) but it's no promise, i MAY do it :P
Anyways, i hope you enjoy the short improvised story, i sure did writing it :)
13 August 2011
A new beginning
Ok, got the new tools, learned to use em, the results for now (below).
Next phase, do some proper work! :)
Problem is just that rendering takes so long, the spartans pic was canceled after 9(!!!) hours and its not even half finished :S
Anyways, stay tuned for more!
Next phase, do some proper work! :)
Problem is just that rendering takes so long, the spartans pic was canceled after 9(!!!) hours and its not even half finished :S
Anyways, stay tuned for more!
12 August 2011
Experiments
Been spending most of the day experimenting with skintextures and production pipelines.
Just as i started getting decent results in Maxwell with skin i realise the production pipe is to unreliable, to many things that doesnt work needs to work.
Right now im looking in to using reality for Daz Studio instead, which has similair features.
Problem is just that i have to start all over again learning the material system etc.
Ah well, have a few days to spend so i guess its not that bad.
Anyways, will post a few of the test renders, not terribly exciting but at least it's not just a bunch of text :)
Just as i started getting decent results in Maxwell with skin i realise the production pipe is to unreliable, to many things that doesnt work needs to work.
Right now im looking in to using reality for Daz Studio instead, which has similair features.
Problem is just that i have to start all over again learning the material system etc.
Ah well, have a few days to spend so i guess its not that bad.
Anyways, will post a few of the test renders, not terribly exciting but at least it's not just a bunch of text :)
30 July 2011
Summer
Instead of having a nice relaxing vacation i have been working pretty much every day (including weekends) all summer, hence the lack of updates.
Now i will soon have a short vacation and after that i hopefully will be back to business.
Noticed some of the banners had broken so redid them.
Been catching up on the poser/daz community most of the day today and have seen some exciting changes in the new Daz studio 4, for those of you interested there are lots of new feature coming in the new version.
Biggest thing is the new Genesis model that will be an all in one model. As of right now there are only a few morphs but i expect that to change the coming months.
Basically this will allow for much more unique and interesting models (read monsters) and a lot more freedom in creating characters.
I have already started experimenting slightly and will post any results here as soon as i get any worth posting.
Anyways, like i always say, hopefully i will be back in posting business soon :)
Now i will soon have a short vacation and after that i hopefully will be back to business.
Noticed some of the banners had broken so redid them.
Been catching up on the poser/daz community most of the day today and have seen some exciting changes in the new Daz studio 4, for those of you interested there are lots of new feature coming in the new version.
Biggest thing is the new Genesis model that will be an all in one model. As of right now there are only a few morphs but i expect that to change the coming months.
Basically this will allow for much more unique and interesting models (read monsters) and a lot more freedom in creating characters.
I have already started experimenting slightly and will post any results here as soon as i get any worth posting.
Anyways, like i always say, hopefully i will be back in posting business soon :)
26 April 2011
Work work
Haven't had much time lately, work takes lots of time and i find the time at my disposal lacking for undertaking any major projects.
Hopefully i will be able to upload something the coming week, but i make no promises.
If only work was not such a big part of life...
Hopefully i will be able to upload something the coming week, but i make no promises.
If only work was not such a big part of life...
01 April 2011
Back from Vacation
Just got back (yesterday) from a well needed vacation so haven't been able to check in lately.
Currently im in the progress of rendering my latest series of images that was completet quite a while back.
I did draft renders at small res back when i completed the project but wanted a better background and resolution so now i need to re-render all 15 pieces at about 45-60minutes per image so hopefully i can post the whole batch sometime tomorrow.
Currently im in the progress of rendering my latest series of images that was completet quite a while back.
I did draft renders at small res back when i completed the project but wanted a better background and resolution so now i need to re-render all 15 pieces at about 45-60minutes per image so hopefully i can post the whole batch sometime tomorrow.
10 March 2011
A bit of statistics
Just for fun i thought i would share some statistics, now these are from google stats which is not entirely accurate since it wasn't active when i first started this page, but they should be accurate since may 2010 (blog is actually from december 2008).
For me these numbers are really quite exciting as i do this only for fun when i get some time over from normal life.
So i guess a big thank you to all of you who visit and keeps visiting my page is well in order :)
Thank you! :)
Pageviews all time history 245,941
Pageviews by Countries(top 10):
United States 63,132
Germany 33,408
Russia 25,348
France 11,657
United Kingdom 10,304
Canada 9,331
Ukraine 3,475
Australia 3,256
Poland 3,224
Italy 3,034
Pageviews by Browsers
Firefox 130,398 (53%)
Internet Explorer 56,683 (23%)
Chrome 23,961 (9%)
Opera 21,222 (8%)
Safari 9,562 (3%)
SearchToolbar 535 (<1%)
Ubuntu 255 (<1%)
(Palemoon 178 (<1%)
chromeframe 178 (<1%)
PBSTB 158 (<1%)
Pageviews by Operating Systems
Windows 226,391 (92%)
Macintosh 11,606 (4%)
Other Unix 3,947 (1%)
Windows NT 6.1 1,380 (<1%)
PLAYSTATION 3 652 (<1%)
iPhone 562 (<1%)
iPod 264 (<1%)
Linux 246 (<1%)
iPad 217 (<1%)
PlayStation Portable 58 (<1%)
For me these numbers are really quite exciting as i do this only for fun when i get some time over from normal life.
So i guess a big thank you to all of you who visit and keeps visiting my page is well in order :)
Thank you! :)
Pageviews all time history 245,941
Pageviews by Countries(top 10):
United States 63,132
Germany 33,408
Russia 25,348
France 11,657
United Kingdom 10,304
Canada 9,331
Ukraine 3,475
Australia 3,256
Poland 3,224
Italy 3,034
Pageviews by Browsers
Firefox 130,398 (53%)
Internet Explorer 56,683 (23%)
Chrome 23,961 (9%)
Opera 21,222 (8%)
Safari 9,562 (3%)
SearchToolbar 535 (<1%)
Ubuntu 255 (<1%)
(Palemoon 178 (<1%)
chromeframe 178 (<1%)
PBSTB 158 (<1%)
Pageviews by Operating Systems
Windows 226,391 (92%)
Macintosh 11,606 (4%)
Other Unix 3,947 (1%)
Windows NT 6.1 1,380 (<1%)
PLAYSTATION 3 652 (<1%)
iPhone 562 (<1%)
iPod 264 (<1%)
Linux 246 (<1%)
iPad 217 (<1%)
PlayStation Portable 58 (<1%)
08 March 2011
New Banner again
Well, dunno about this one either but it will do for now...
Been working quite a lot today with a small series of pictures which i intent to write a short story to go with.
Right now i'm at picutre 10 out of what i plan to be about 15.
Not all of them have been rendered and the ones that have been are all quite low res (1000x800).
I might re-render them later at a higher res, but as it takes 25min/image at the current res i will have to see about that.
Been working quite a lot today with a small series of pictures which i intent to write a short story to go with.
Right now i'm at picutre 10 out of what i plan to be about 15.
Not all of them have been rendered and the ones that have been are all quite low res (1000x800).
I might re-render them later at a higher res, but as it takes 25min/image at the current res i will have to see about that.
28 February 2011
Updates, soon...
No updates today but i am working on something rather major, and at the same time i am experimenting with loads of different 3d apps.
Last few days i have tried several different production pipes between apps to get a result i like while not taking to long.
Right now it seems it will be Cinema 4D and Daz Studio that will be my nearest future.
Last few days i have tried several different production pipes between apps to get a result i like while not taking to long.
Right now it seems it will be Cinema 4D and Daz Studio that will be my nearest future.
25 February 2011
New banner!
Tried a few options, not sure if this is better or worse then the old one, so feedback please! :)
07 February 2011
FOH Forum (link recommendation)
Just wanted to post a link to a really great page.
This is by no means porn, not even softcore, it's just a forum thread with images of beautiful naked women.
The first few pages might have broken links since the thread is over 1500 (!!) pages long with over 27,433,127 views and 22,759 replies (of with more the half are pictures).
Linky!
This is by no means porn, not even softcore, it's just a forum thread with images of beautiful naked women.
The first few pages might have broken links since the thread is over 1500 (!!) pages long with over 27,433,127 views and 22,759 replies (of with more the half are pictures).
Linky!
03 February 2011
New Design! For real!
After a few hours of adding labels and re-uploading images i have now added the new design.
I don't really know how it looks on lower resolutions since i have only tested it on 1920x1080 and in windowed mode, so if it looks strange please report it so i can do something about it.
Obviously that goes for all bugs you might find, all feedback is very much appreciated! :)
My current issue is with the background, as it does not really show behind the posts, so i will be looking at doing something about it.
Also, please vote to the right so i know what you think about the design even if you don't comment.
I don't really know how it looks on lower resolutions since i have only tested it on 1920x1080 and in windowed mode, so if it looks strange please report it so i can do something about it.
Obviously that goes for all bugs you might find, all feedback is very much appreciated! :)
My current issue is with the background, as it does not really show behind the posts, so i will be looking at doing something about it.
Also, please vote to the right so i know what you think about the design even if you don't comment.
02 February 2011
New design preview
Ok after a few hours of doodling with blogger templates and a quick bg render for the page this is what i have got so far.
Any suggestions or comments are more then welcome.
Personally i think it's a lot better then my current page, but i am slightly biased :P
Next stage is to somehow organize all my current images, which will take a while i imagine.
But remember, this is what i have after only a few hours, this is nothing final or set in stone, so please leave suggestions if you have any :)
Any suggestions or comments are more then welcome.
Personally i think it's a lot better then my current page, but i am slightly biased :P
Next stage is to somehow organize all my current images, which will take a while i imagine.
But remember, this is what i have after only a few hours, this is nothing final or set in stone, so please leave suggestions if you have any :)
New Design!
As all of you are painfully aware this blog is getting worse and worse in terms of layout and usability.
I have wanted to remake it for a long time but since i don't know much about webdesign i haven't dared try it.
My plan right now is to first make a few small improvements making it easier to navigate. This i will do using only the built in blogger tools.
After that my plan is to create a completely new page myself, but this will take some time due to the fact that i need to learn everything from scratch. Last time i did webdesign was in gymnasium and it was just one basic class so i have a lot to learn.
Hopefully i will be able to make the first adjustments within a week or two, but i can't promise anything since i have a great lack of time for this.
After that i will start learning webdesign and make a few testpages that will never see the light of the web. Hopefully i will learn enough to be able to create something decent for you all.
Now this is the plan for now, only time will tell how far i will actually get with this...
I have wanted to remake it for a long time but since i don't know much about webdesign i haven't dared try it.
My plan right now is to first make a few small improvements making it easier to navigate. This i will do using only the built in blogger tools.
After that my plan is to create a completely new page myself, but this will take some time due to the fact that i need to learn everything from scratch. Last time i did webdesign was in gymnasium and it was just one basic class so i have a lot to learn.
Hopefully i will be able to make the first adjustments within a week or two, but i can't promise anything since i have a great lack of time for this.
After that i will start learning webdesign and make a few testpages that will never see the light of the web. Hopefully i will learn enough to be able to create something decent for you all.
Now this is the plan for now, only time will tell how far i will actually get with this...
03 November 2010
Fixing
With all the broken posts on this blog i am trying to decide what to do to fix it.
As i don't know anything (as apparent by this site) about web design, i can't really take the time needed and build the page myself.
I have been looking for good gallery plugins for blogger but haven't found any yet.
For now i have created a gallery with everything in on imagevenue, it's not permanent or even a very good solution but it will have to do for now.
I will try to upload all new images to this gallery so it should always be up to date. I also checked that all previous images are in this gallery so it should be complete.
http://img252.imagevenue.com/gallery/loc410/262_1669_ArtofRawDarkness.php
As i don't know anything (as apparent by this site) about web design, i can't really take the time needed and build the page myself.
I have been looking for good gallery plugins for blogger but haven't found any yet.
For now i have created a gallery with everything in on imagevenue, it's not permanent or even a very good solution but it will have to do for now.
I will try to upload all new images to this gallery so it should always be up to date. I also checked that all previous images are in this gallery so it should be complete.
http://img252.imagevenue.com/gallery/loc410/262_1669_ArtofRawDarkness.php
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