Jade

Made a new character based on the new Genesis 8 from Daz that i wanted to render.

Secretary

Just a quick character

Character

New character i put together.

Ridiculous Resolution

Just a test render at the silly resolution of 2800x4530 pixels.
Have a few pictures ready to post, just haven't gotten around to it. They might show up during the weekend if i get some time.


 

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.

Amazonia

Such a creative name, right?
Wanted to try to re-create my earlier (like 2 years ago??) Amazon character. Let me know if you think it's better or worse :)

MrHyde

Just wanted everyone to know im still alive. Quick character this time, re-learning my way around things.

More Backgrounds

Another one that didn't make it to the last post :P

Backgrounds

Threw together a few backgrounds that rendered today while it work.
Nothing special but thought i'd post it here anyways :)

The Characters

These are the characters in the coming story.
Most of the scenes are set up and done, renders are in progress so will probably finish it all this weekend (hope to).

Anyways, these are the actors :)

Blademaster

This is a picture i left rendering while a wrote up yet another story.
Story is finished and now im deciding whether i should illustrate it or not.
Problem is i created an enviroment in the story i can't really reproduce (at least not within a reasonable amount of time).
Anyways, here is the lead character in the new story, she doesn't have a name yet so suggestions will be considered :)

Also, the story i mentioned earlier is still rendering :S

Death Knight

Setting up a bunch of characters for Reality atm.

Dea

Meet Dea (character tests)

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!

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 :)

The Amazons

Funny story really, created these and even uploaded them to imagevenue several days ago, but i did forget to post the picture here (realised that yesterday).
Well here it is, a triad of Amazons, out for a stroll in the woods.
Who knows what they might run in to in the future...

The Thinker

Did this for the webpage bg, not sure if it's any good but if someone wants it as a wallpaper here it is.

Pirate!

While waiting for the last 3 renders to finish i thought i could upload an earlier material
experiment.
This was mostly done to learn how the materials work in Maxwell.

Meet Rose

New character, again...
Well this is my first ever uploaded maxwell render.
So far im basically just rendering the scene with default presets, but hopefully i will learn more about the lighting and materials of this rather excellent render engine.

Meet Ziva

New character, first one born in Cinema 4D + Interposer
They are just quick renders and background is just the HDRI image, not meant to fill any function.