joanna Love the look, color and texture of 'Exploring'. The softer first image is my fave. And yes, it's a little quiet here. I'm rendering a bit, but the shopping gets in the way of it!
Thank you. I couldn't decide between the too. I like the soft feel of the first one, but the other one feels more like a retro illustration that feels great for steampunk.
To everyone else, please don't be shy!! Just have fun trying stuff out and let's have a look-see!
I'm really happy how much more inspired I've been thanks to this thread and how much more I've been rendering.
I second that! This is a thread that should be alive with many a great renders! New releases get their spotlights in the DO-dedicated threads or the new release thread, so let's put some spotlights on older but still wonderful products!
Llola Lane Won't you at least share your faves from the DAZ+ sale contest entries here too? Not everyone gets the chance to see them over there? But even if you don't, it's just a short while till the contest ends, and you better mozy on over here at that point!
The contest rules state I can't post artwork elsewhere but as soon as the contest is over... I'll share my favs here... Promise... I've been trying to keep up with a render-a-day... I'm doing good so far... 26 posted... ;)
joanna Love the look, color and texture of 'Exploring'. The softer first image is my fave. And yes, it's a little quiet here. I'm rendering a bit, but the shopping gets in the way of it!
Thank you. I couldn't decide between the too. I like the soft feel of the first one, but the other one feels more like a retro illustration that feels great for steampunk.
To everyone else, please don't be shy!! Just have fun trying stuff out and let's have a look-see!
I'm really happy how much more inspired I've been thanks to this thread and how much more I've been rendering.
I second that! This is a thread that should be alive with many a great renders! New releases get their spotlights in the DO-dedicated threads or the new release thread, so let's put some spotlights on older but still wonderful products!
I also used the new PT Brilliant Evolution HDRI Lighting, but I'm not sufficiently confident about my use of lighting kits to list them. I usually use Sun-Sky, but, well, not a lot of sun here.
Llola Lane Won't you at least share your faves from the DAZ+ sale contest entries here too? Not everyone gets the chance to see them over there? But even if you don't, it's just a short while till the contest ends, and you better mozy on over here at that point!
The contest rules state I can't post artwork elsewhere but as soon as the contest is over... I'll share my favs here... Promise... I've been trying to keep up with a render-a-day... I'm doing good so far... 26 posted... ;)
Llola Lane I think the rules are that you may display it elsewhere but not post it in any other contest. And of course, there are no prizes in this thread... But no worries, it's nearly over, so yes do share your favs here after that! (Definitely "Coffee and a good book!" too )
Llola Lane Won't you at least share your faves from the DAZ+ sale contest entries here too? Not everyone gets the chance to see them over there? But even if you don't, it's just a short while till the contest ends, and you better mozy on over here at that point!
The contest rules state I can't post artwork elsewhere but as soon as the contest is over... I'll share my favs here... Promise... I've been trying to keep up with a render-a-day... I'm doing good so far... 26 posted... ;)
Llola Lane I think the rules are that you may display it elsewhere but not post it in any other contest. And of course, there are no prizes in this thread... But no worries, it's nearly over, so yes do share your favs here after that! (Definitely "Coffee and a good book!" too )
kk.. NOT that I think I'll win anything... (sighs)... but I'm not taking any chances... patience dear :) And yes... Coffee is one of my favs ;) thanks
Llola Lane Won't you at least share your faves from the DAZ+ sale contest entries here too? Not everyone gets the chance to see them over there? But even if you don't, it's just a short while till the contest ends, and you better mozy on over here at that point!
The contest rules state I can't post artwork elsewhere but as soon as the contest is over... I'll share my favs here... Promise... I've been trying to keep up with a render-a-day... I'm doing good so far... 26 posted... ;)
The rules state "Images may be displayed elsewhere but aren't allowed to be cross-posted in any other Daz contests."
I'm trying to do more feel good bright and airy renders. Here's a cheerful robit.
New to me - Abandoned home sweet home, foliage maker on the balustrade, also used cyborg gen 8 and what looks like a big gun but is really a rainbow generator.
Llola Lane Won't you at least share your faves from the DAZ+ sale contest entries here too? Not everyone gets the chance to see them over there? But even if you don't, it's just a short while till the contest ends, and you better mozy on over here at that point!
The contest rules state I can't post artwork elsewhere but as soon as the contest is over... I'll share my favs here... Promise... I've been trying to keep up with a render-a-day... I'm doing good so far... 26 posted... ;)
The rules state "Images may be displayed elsewhere but aren't allowed to be cross-posted in any other Daz contests."
Thanks barbult... :) I suppose now I... HAVE to post something.. no excuses??? lol. No pressure here...
joanna Love the look, color and texture of 'Exploring'. The softer first image is my fave. And yes, it's a little quiet here. I'm rendering a bit, but the shopping gets in the way of it!
Thank you. I couldn't decide between the too. I like the soft feel of the first one, but the other one feels more like a retro illustration that feels great for steampunk.
To everyone else, please don't be shy!! Just have fun trying stuff out and let's have a look-see!
I'm really happy how much more inspired I've been thanks to this thread and how much more I've been rendering.
I second that! This is a thread that should be alive with many a great renders! New releases get their spotlights in the DO-dedicated threads or the new release thread, so let's put some spotlights on older but still wonderful products!
Here's another vintage 2017 set, the "Secret Underground Base" ...
Llola No pressure. Join whenever you feel like it!
paulawp You manage to use so many new things in one go! That Secret Underground Base is a cool setting. Makes me think of James Bond.
No vintage set experiment from me, since I got AA's Saree today and just had to try it out! It's for G9, but I wanted to know whether it'd work okay with G8. Autofitting with MMX's clones still leaves it with some kinks that remain even after a dForce simulation, but it's not too bad considering the complexity of the outfit. If I'm doing a series of renders, I'd probably just work with G9 to use this. It's lovely!
Wow, that saree has some really nice detail, SapphireBlue. Added to my wishlist!
Here's a few bit's from the Daz+ Sale. I don't even remember getting Magika - she must of been a doorbuster that got me some discounts! But I thought I should try her out.
Lately, I've been buying scripts and some older items since I am not doing G9 much at all. The first of these is a test render including clothing (Practice Sweater & Skirt) from Lady Littlefox's Art of Ballet V4 sets, which I grabbed during Daz Anniversary's V9 Birthday promo for under $4. The clothing was converted with RSSY Generation 4 to G3 Converter, which is wonderful. I then autofitted to my cyberpunk doctor G8F character, Angel al-Isaaq. I got a good fit using only D/S autofit and minimal tweaking with the clothing fit morphs added by the converter scripts.
sid She's looking very cool for her Halloween photo shoot! AND you also have a whole month more to play with your buys from the DAZ+ sale and share those renders.
Speaking of which, I've updated the thread to now include any of the sales in November, alongside the DAZ+ annual sale.
If anyone has any further suggestions for how we continue on with this thread and keep ourselves inspired to use all the stuff we buy, please do share! Do we keep the current format of including buys from the current and previous major sales, or a blanket 'previous 2 months' of buys, or also add something a little additional?
For example, we can have a few special ongoing additional challenges for this thread for when the mood strikes... You can tag your post if you're taking on one of the additional challenges. Depending on what we decide, I'll update the first post with that info too, so we have it all in one place. Here's one idea:
Regular challenge:
#RenderYourBuys Use at least 1 item in your render that you've bought in the current or previous major sale.
Additional challenges:
#4New Use at least 4 things from your libary in your render that you've never used before (regardless of date of purchase)
#AllNew Use only things from your library in your render that you've never used before (regardless of date of purchase) (Mainly goes for characters and sets and clothing etc. If you have one main lighting set that you use for everything, that's no problem.)
Please do share your thoughts, suggestions or ideas here, so we can keep ourselves inspired and keep the renders coming!
sid She's looking very cool for her Halloween photo shoot! AND you also have a whole month more to play with your buys from the DAZ+ sale and share those renders.
Speaking of which, I've updated the thread to now include any of the sales in November, alongside the DAZ+ annual sale.
If anyone has any further suggestions for how we continue on with this thread and keep ourselves inspired to use all the stuff we buy, please do share! Do we keep the current format of including buys from the current and previous major sales, or a blanket 'previous 2 months' of buys, or also add something a little additional?
For example, we can have a few special ongoing additional challenges for this thread for when the mood strikes... You can tag your post if you're taking on one of the additional challenges. Depending on what we decide, I'll update the first post with that info too, so we have it all in one place. Here's one idea:
Regular challenge:
#RenderYourBuys Use at least 1 item in your render that you've bought in the current or previous major sale.
Additional challenges:
#4New Use at least 4 things from your libary in your render that you've never used before (regardless of date of purchase)
#AllNew Use only things from your library in your render that you've never used before (regardless of date of purchase) (Mainly goes for characters and sets and clothing etc. If you have one main lighting set that you use for everything, that's no problem.)
Please do share your thoughts, suggestions or ideas here, so we can keep ourselves inspired and keep the renders coming!
Please do share your thoughts, suggestions or ideas here, so we can keep ourselves inspired and keep the renders coming!
If I'm looking for inspiration I open smart content in products view, all products selected then enter three random letters in the search box. Then I render one of the items that shows up.
#RenderYourBuys Use at least 1 item in your render that you've bought in the current or previous major sale.
Additional challenges:
#4New Use at least 4 things from your libary in your render that you've never used before (regardless of date of purchase)
#AllNew Use only things from your library in your render that you've never used before (regardless of date of purchase) (Mainly goes for characters and sets and clothing etc. If you have one main lighting set that you use for everything, that's no problem.)
Please do share your thoughts, suggestions or ideas here, so we can keep ourselves inspired and keep the renders coming!
I love the idea of those challenges.
Have no idea how to tag posts however.
miladyderyni_173d399f47 It'd just be 'pretend tagging'. We could just put the 'tag' at the top of our post in bold as a way to mention what we're doing. I might add these to the first post for anyone interested in doing them, otherwise we can continue with our regular challenge of rendering our latest sale buys...
Please do share your thoughts, suggestions or ideas here, so we can keep ourselves inspired and keep the renders coming!
If I'm looking for inspiration I open smart content in products view, all products selected then enter three random letters in the search box. Then I render one of the items that shows up.
That's a fun way of finding inspiration oddbob. Have you seen the RRRR render contest thread in Art Studio? It sounds like fun, where you pull 4 random things from your runtime and render them. A little too random for me, but otherwise a nice approach!
Please do share your thoughts, suggestions or ideas here, so we can keep ourselves inspired and keep the renders coming!
If I'm looking for inspiration I open smart content in products view, all products selected then enter three random letters in the search box. Then I render one of the items that shows up.
That's a fun way of finding inspiration oddbob. Have you seen the RRRR render contest thread in Art Studio? It sounds like fun, where you pull 4 random things from your runtime and render them. A little too random for me, but otherwise a nice approach!
What I've been doing, given a mountain of unexplored new things to test and render, is that I'll load something specific, like a new hair, and then i'll go look under Wardrobe or Poses using a few letters from that first thing, just to find something at random.
Please do share your thoughts, suggestions or ideas here, so we can keep ourselves inspired and keep the renders coming!
If I'm looking for inspiration I open smart content in products view, all products selected then enter three random letters in the search box. Then I render one of the items that shows up.
That's a fun way of finding inspiration oddbob. Have you seen the RRRR render contest thread in Art Studio? It sounds like fun, where you pull 4 random things from your runtime and render them. A little too random for me, but otherwise a nice approach!
What I've been doing, given a mountain of unexplored new things to test and render, is that I'll load something specific, like a new hair, and then i'll go look under Wardrobe or Poses using a few letters from that first thing, just to find something at random.
All I've been doing the last month has been picking a day I bought something (almost every day!) and trying to work the items I got into 1 artwork... lol. Makes for an interesting challenge!
Please do share your thoughts, suggestions or ideas here, so we can keep ourselves inspired and keep the renders coming!
If I'm looking for inspiration I open smart content in products view, all products selected then enter three random letters in the search box. Then I render one of the items that shows up.
That's a fun way of finding inspiration oddbob. Have you seen the RRRR render contest thread in Art Studio? It sounds like fun, where you pull 4 random things from your runtime and render them. A little too random for me, but otherwise a nice approach!
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Most recent one with products bought during this sales (the terrain, the clothes and the mooki ).
'No Chaperon!'
Thank you. I couldn't decide between the too. I like the soft feel of the first one, but the other one feels more like a retro illustration that feels great for steampunk.
I second that! This is a thread that should be alive with many a great renders! New releases get their spotlights in the DO-dedicated threads or the new release thread, so let's put some spotlights on older but still wonderful products!
Moxing EG Moxing for Genesis 9 | Daz 3D
The contest rules state I can't post artwork elsewhere but as soon as the contest is over... I'll share my favs here... Promise... I've been trying to keep up with a render-a-day... I'm doing good so far... 26 posted... ;)
OK, Bellissimo Corridoio dates to 2017 ...
https://www.daz3d.com/bellissimo-corridoio
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-charming-ever-after-outfit-for-genesis-81-males
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-charming-ever-after-outfit-textures
https://www.daz3d.com/charming-poses-for-genesis-81-male
https://www.daz3d.com/hs-gentle-stream-hair-for-genesis-9-and-8
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-wishful-princess-outfit-dress-for-genesis-8-and-81-females
https://www.daz3d.com/eveline-medieval-tavern-maid-hair-for-genesis-9-81-and-8-females
I also used the new PT Brilliant Evolution HDRI Lighting, but I'm not sufficiently confident about my use of lighting kits to list them. I usually use Sun-Sky, but, well, not a lot of sun here.
Llola Lane I think the rules are that you may display it elsewhere but not post it in any other contest. And of course, there are no prizes in this thread... But no worries, it's nearly over, so yes do share your favs here after that! (Definitely "Coffee and a good book!" too )
kk.. NOT that I think I'll win anything... (sighs)... but I'm not taking any chances... patience dear :) And yes... Coffee is one of my favs ;) thanks
The rules state "Images may be displayed elsewhere but aren't allowed to be cross-posted in any other Daz contests."
I'm trying to do more feel good bright and airy renders. Here's a cheerful robit.
New to me - Abandoned home sweet home, foliage maker on the balustrade, also used cyborg gen 8 and what looks like a big gun but is really a rainbow generator.
Thanks barbult... :) I suppose now I... HAVE to post something.. no excuses??? lol. No pressure here...
Here's another vintage 2017 set, the "Secret Underground Base" ...
https://www.daz3d.com/secret-underground-base-and-submarine
https://www.daz3d.com/secret-underground-props
https://www.daz3d.com/secret-underground-train
https://www.daz3d.com/sitric-hair-for-genesis-8
https://www.daz3d.com/dystopian-hd-outfit-textures-for-genesis-8-and-81-males
https://www.daz3d.com/hs-whispering-waves-hair-for-genesis-9-8-and-81
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-urban-military-outfit-for-genesis-9-81-and-8
Nice to see so many new renders!
Llola No pressure. Join whenever you feel like it!
paulawp You manage to use so many new things in one go! That Secret Underground Base is a cool setting. Makes me think of James Bond.
No vintage set experiment from me, since I got AA's Saree today and just had to try it out! It's for G9, but I wanted to know whether it'd work okay with G8. Autofitting with MMX's clones still leaves it with some kinks that remain even after a dForce simulation, but it's not too bad considering the complexity of the outfit. If I'm doing a series of renders, I'd probably just work with G9 to use this. It's lovely!
Bejeweled
Wow, that saree has some really nice detail, SapphireBlue. Added to my wishlist!
Here's a few bit's from the Daz+ Sale. I don't even remember getting Magika - she must of been a doorbuster that got me some discounts! But I thought I should try her out.
https://www.daz3d.com/hlme3d-magika-hd-for-genesis-9 (I decreased breast size and added a bend morph - cute tattoos, I wish I had a way to weather them into the skin in Daz instead of Photoshop)
https://www.daz3d.com/cybernetic-dreamland - decreased dome intensity
https://www.daz3d.com/holoflow-for-genesis-3-female-s - just the glove rendered here - cute outfit but doesn't sit well on Gen9 with autofit
https://www.daz3d.com/button-up-2-outfit-for-genesis-3-female-s - with a borrowed shader
https://www.daz3d.com/tg-hair-for-genesis-8-females - love the hair texture, but there's no way to pose it
https://www.daz3d.com/sy-confetti-and-nature-effects-iray
Great renders, everyone! Keep them coming!
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I'm still in a Halloween mood. (reposted from Daz+ forum)
Ooopsie!
A little witch is getting in trouble again... New items used: dForce Iray Cobweb Kit, CJ Sonja for Genesis 9, Witchykin Outfit for Genesis 8 Female from this sale, and Gala Bob Hair from Joan Bundle from the previous sale.
Today someting horrific, helpless woman beset by demons.
Tess, pudgy, popcorn, divan, su one piece, louise hair, click and render pop IBL.
So lucky, free bottlebrush this week! https://www.daz3d.com/australian-bottle-brush-bushes
https://www.daz3d.com/hellenic-agora-1 - there's five great mini sets in there
https://www.daz3d.com/jepes-masculine-body-hair-project-for-genesis-9 - very nice body hair
Rendered with Dain 9 who has borrowed RY Brion's mustache
(Opps and https://www.daz3d.com/easy-days-poses-for-genesis-9)
Well done sid... I think the body hair (I got it too) gives your guy a more RL look :)
Eternal love
new item used:
Halloween Forest
The new neighbors. Dain 9 emaciated with Death 9 apocalypse texture on the left.
Immediate response is RUN Bunny RUN!
Lately, I've been buying scripts and some older items since I am not doing G9 much at all. The first of these is a test render including clothing (Practice Sweater & Skirt) from Lady Littlefox's Art of Ballet V4 sets, which I grabbed during Daz Anniversary's V9 Birthday promo for under $4. The clothing was converted with RSSY Generation 4 to G3 Converter, which is wonderful. I then autofitted to my cyberpunk doctor G8F character, Angel al-Isaaq. I got a good fit using only D/S autofit and minimal tweaking with the clothing fit morphs added by the converter scripts.
The second render, which is a full WIP, I tried out 1 of Riversoft Art's Bone Minions, https://www.daz3d.com/bone-minion-for-genesis-3-poses-for-genesis-8-and-81. Here the good doc is on a date which seems to be going well. Her date is https://www.daz3d.com/awan-hd-for-michael-7 (PA sale), mixed with Lee7. I had to tweak just a hand after posing Angel with the Bone Minion. Awan/Lee's clothing is https://www.daz3d.com/hardcore-m4 converted, which also didn't need much tweaking.
One last render from the sales!
https://www.daz3d.com/lancaster-graveyard - retextured with some shaders I picked up in the sale as well, and some extra tree-ness with https://www.daz3d.com/tanglewood-stumpery--fairy-tale-tree-stumps-dead-and-fallen-trees
And eye paint - https://www.daz3d.com/eye-of-the-lotus-genesis-9-eye-makeup-builder
sid She's looking very cool for her Halloween photo shoot! AND you also have a whole month more to play with your buys from the DAZ+ sale and share those renders.
Speaking of which, I've updated the thread to now include any of the sales in November, alongside the DAZ+ annual sale.
If anyone has any further suggestions for how we continue on with this thread and keep ourselves inspired to use all the stuff we buy, please do share! Do we keep the current format of including buys from the current and previous major sales, or a blanket 'previous 2 months' of buys, or also add something a little additional?
For example, we can have a few special ongoing additional challenges for this thread for when the mood strikes... You can tag your post if you're taking on one of the additional challenges. Depending on what we decide, I'll update the first post with that info too, so we have it all in one place. Here's one idea:
Please do share your thoughts, suggestions or ideas here, so we can keep ourselves inspired and keep the renders coming!
I love the idea of those challenges.
Have no idea how to tag posts however.
If I'm looking for inspiration I open smart content in products view, all products selected then enter three random letters in the search box. Then I render one of the items that shows up.
miladyderyni_173d399f47 It'd just be 'pretend tagging'. We could just put the 'tag' at the top of our post in bold as a way to mention what we're doing. I might add these to the first post for anyone interested in doing them, otherwise we can continue with our regular challenge of rendering our latest sale buys...
That's a fun way of finding inspiration oddbob. Have you seen the RRRR render contest thread in Art Studio? It sounds like fun, where you pull 4 random things from your runtime and render them. A little too random for me, but otherwise a nice approach!
What I've been doing, given a mountain of unexplored new things to test and render, is that I'll load something specific, like a new hair, and then i'll go look under Wardrobe or Poses using a few letters from that first thing, just to find something at random.
All I've been doing the last month has been picking a day I bought something (almost every day!) and trying to work the items I got into 1 artwork... lol. Makes for an interesting challenge!
I'll take a look, thanks, I quite like random.