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Looking good - hope you get that library sorted !!!
Krakken Attack
Raw render
Post-worked, used Topaz Adjust to bring out the colours & details. Still need to add the splashes !
Splashes added in Paint Shop Pro
Carrara working scene
Starting a Satyr for G2M - Legs
As mentioned above, I plan to create replacements for the legs. I decided not to do a single figure. Instead, I modeled conforming a thigh/knee figure and separate shins/hooves to be parented to the thighs figure.
- the thighs were modeled to G2M in default position
- then posed the thigh and shin to get the characteristic Satyr upper leg position at rest.
- the shin/hooves were modeled to the bent G2M thigh
- I exported the thighs to Daz Studio and used the transfer utility to convert to a conforming figure
- Back in Carrara, I loaded and conformed the thigh figure to G2M, turned visibility off for G2M's shins, feet, and toes, and applied a simple procedural shader to the thighs.
- I bent the G2M thighs and shins to the angle I modeled the hooves at.
- I loaded the hooves and parented them to the G2M shins.
Great work - looking forward to seeing the finished item !!
What time of day/night do the ornamental Gargoyles come alive ?
Jabberwocky
Raw render
Postworked - Topaz Adjust - to bring out the colours and details.
Carrara working scene
Platypus Man - very shy and elusive critter
Raw render
Postworked - Topaz Adjust, to bring out colour & details
Carrara working scene
Finding Banana BigFoot!
edited to add the work scene setup
awesome platypus man you have ther @bunyip02
Will circle back to comment
Update on creating a Satyr with Genesis 2 Male. Lots of hair. Very resource intensive. In addition to legs shown above, I created conforming hair holders for the torso, forearms, beard, hair, and eyebrows. The skullcap that I created for the head includes holes for the horns.
looking fab
+1
Thanks !! Character is by a RobCg over at CGTrader, does some other nice critters as well !
One glimpse of this guy, and I'm never going back to those woods again. I can't decide whether it's the slobber or the intestines that creep me out more. Scary cool!
Bunyip, I love the scrambling on the ship deck in the Kraken pic. You've also reminded me of the Gargoyles cartoon that I loved (wonder if I can find it, great voice actors).
Diomede, the satyr is really coming along! Cool use of hair/fur.
NVIATWAS Normal Vicky in a Treescape with a Satyr.
Needs some touch ups, but I like the basics of it. (NOTE - This is an update from the original I posted here).
Appreciate the comments, Stezza, Bunyip, and CBird.
Catching up
- UB - the mermaid and hippocampus is spectacular. Ethereal feel, wonderful mood. Way to lead us off! Set a very high bar.
- Stezza - Wokadeemus - I don't know what a wokadeemus is, but I'm scared $hitless, which is actually OK because of the toilet paper situation.
Excellent render.
- Bunyip - TyrannoChicken - That is so awesome. Obviously the star of the next remake of Dawn of the Dead. Rooster, dawn,... oh, never mind.
- Headwax - Footprint of Bigfoot? Or TyrranoChicken? Can't wait to see the magic you whip up for that one.
- Bunyip - Krakken, Gargoyles, Jabberwocky, and Platypus Man - the flood gates have opened! You definitley have the best beastiary. Will be hard to choose.
- Stezza - Finding Banana Bigfoot. - your sense of humor sparkles. Jellystone Park has got a big mystery. Do right footed or left footed unipeds steal the bananas?
CBird, you obviously picked a great theme. Looking forward to more renders.
Dragon in Blue...
Wonderful dragon, Varsel. Great use of hair. Hope you are well.
_ + 1 and good rocks _
Thanks folks... Yeah I'm fine. I had the symptoms for about a week... got a sick leave for two weeks, but happily not that serious. Back at work, but no I am only working every second day.
We have had luck, and we have a good healthcare system here in Norway, so we have managed to get the pandemic under control. We are slowly starting to loosen up on restrictions. Some schools are starting up again on Monday. And you can finally get a haircut. But there are some rules and guidelines made for this. And if you break those or if you break the quarantine, you might get 20.000 NOK (around 2000Eur/USD) in fines. Worst case 2 years in prison..... Ther were a guy that was caught four times breaking quarantine - he got 40.000 NOK in fines.
And we have plenty of toilett papers...
Freebie Lake Monster Model - see attached zip
- for my second entry, I thought I would do a lake monster render. Seems like every lake that wants tourism has a legendary cryptid. There is Nessie, Champie, one in Lousiana, etc, etc, etc.
- I modeled and uvmapped a quick lake monster.
- Its not textured or rigged yet, but everyone is welcome to play around with it and get more cryptid renders entered.
Great news!
Modeling the lake monster - I started with cross sections instead of starting with a box or a sphere. I used the "ruled surfaces" function under the Construct menu.
Thank you Cbird, DesertDude, Stezza, HW, Bunyip, and Diomede for the comments on the mermaid render.
An explosion of Cryptids! Not sure I can ever catch up, but here is a selective attempt.
Stezza, I think that your Wokadeema render just won most gruesome award! Some serious entrails there.
I suspect it looks wonderful, but I have to keep shielding my eyes, as I am a sensitive artiste. 
HW, I hope that you resolve your product library issues.
Bunyip, nice work on the Krakken image, and lively postwork. Loved the splashes, as they made a big energy difference. The other renders look great as well.
Diomede, awesome Satyr model. Would also be great for a pinup Challenge. :) And thanks for the freebie lake monster.
Varsel, you have been killing it lately. Terrific use of Carrara hair on the dragon; shadows, textures, etc.. A very realistic render.
Lost Horizon
Another mainstream Cryptid render. The title refers (loosely) to the classic 1937 movie with Ronald Coleman. There was no Yeti in the movie, but there should have been. :)
I got to use some new products. The oriental structure is Matsumoto Castle by sugatak. This was on sale a while back, and I took a chance on it. It is a bit cumbersome to manipulate in the model room, but it ended up filling the need.
The plane is a DC-2, same as in the movie. It was a freebie at sharecg. The Yeti is Abominable for Genesis (the product is a morph without any hair or textures). The starry BG is Dart's freebie texture map applied to a transparent sphere. Carrara processes include terrain, hair. and aura. Carrara is worth the price for the hair room alone.
The GMIC/filter stack was Color>Basic Adjustments, Toon 3, LyleJK, Freaky Details, and Black & White.
No postwork.
Excellent, UB. One of my favorite movies (Ronald Coleman version), and of course I love the NPR style. Really cool that you found the same plane.
I textured the lake monster and stuck it in Dart's Underwater Realm set. Unfortunately, my texture is too close to the colors of the set.
I think I'd rather change the background than change the lake monster. I do have to rig and pose it.
Thanks Diomede. I think that your critter texture is nice as it is, as it looks very native. Another nice thing is seeing Dart's Underwater set in action, done properly. I bought it years ago, but was never able to get it to work.
nice filter on that image.. looking awesome
coming along nicely... I'll have to have a bit of a play with it
pulled some polys and boned the beast!
Nessie