Carl's Corner :)

lol... um that's more than Maya!

well have bookmarked the website for that software will download when I have figured out the list of software am playing with at the moment

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Beliria wrote: my first Daz studio scene

Wow! You really hit the ground running with Daz. How did you do that? What are the basic steps required to put something like that together?

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Beliria wrote: week2 Bryce lesson

What does this lesson cover?

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StevieJ wrote: bastard went back into hiding again

Carl must be working on his upcoming 'Muskrat Love' filter series.

Each description will begin with:

Nibbling on bacon, chewin' on cheese
Sammy says to Susie "Honey, would you please be my missus?"
And she say yes
With her kisses

And will end with a different quote from Bob Costas.

I hear FF is going to send them out in their 'Adorable' filter pack.

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StevieJ wrote: I think he has run into internet problems.

No. It's definitely working on the filter pack. He's desperate to catch up to my grunge filter in downloads. The ISP thing is just a coverstory.

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StevieJ wrote: doesn't Carl live in "Cheekiville, Queensland

I think he lives on the nearby Island of 'Pen'.
I just realized that with Carl distracted with his Muskrat filters we can say whatever we want about him.

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ronviers wrote: How did you do that? What are the basic steps required to put something like that together?

Um that would have been Daz having a sale on.. although am going broke with it. Only had so much money in my second life account and think have very little of that left in my paypal now , and it's only day 4 of the one day sales!!

She was one of the products I purchased but I used a hair style I already had from the Akio 3 character, plus used a back ground scene I got for $0.94 in the October sales, and added a few trees. Then used one of the poses for Victoria 4.

this is the elf girl
http://www.daz3d.com/i/3d-models/-/el...ta=rl&_m=d

but you don't get the hair with her just the shape, clothing, some props, skin's eye colours etc.. I so need to buy up hair! lol but they cost a bit so I need to hold out and keep an eye out for the hair styles I want just in case they get added to the sale.

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ronviers wrote: What does this lesson cover?

um had about 3 hours sleep last night, so fell asleep after lunch , will read up on that in a little while and let you know, think its mountains and things at first glance though.

Maya smooth mesh

photoshop painting

I notice in the description it says – 'Brimming with details and morph targets'. Are the targets only for facial expressions or are you able to morph other things as well? Plus – it says – 'and MAT poses for both Poser and DAZ Studio'. What are MAT poses?

you must had the figures from last week

Disregard that previous post. There is another, seldom discussed, statistic called UD (usage density). And while it may eventually be determined that your grunge filter has more downloads than mine, my filter's UD rating is not only the highest of all the FF filters but it is more than double the nearest competitor.

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ronviers wrote: Hey! Shut up sock puppet user!

No you! And your avatar sucks!

LMAO..... Children, behave yourselves!!! LOL.....

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Kraellin wrote: maya smooth mesh is impressive

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Kraellin wrote: and that painting in photoshop

It's not as difficult as you might think. The smooth mesh was done using a low polygon proxy, so easy it's almost trivial, and the painting in PS is almost all pieced together photographs of rocks. The real trick is in the compositing.

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Carl wrote: you must had the figures from last week

Ahh that figures...

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Carl wrote: LOL don't you start

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That's why I prefer to remain humbled and EP-less

(i suppose that's one way to justify it ) (of course, i dont have any either, so dont mind me ).

A key thing these two images make clear is how important it is for artists to use their imagination throughout the entire process.

It would be easy to write off the model as low quality.



Before seeing it with textures.

The app in the image is zbrush but it was imported from Maya. Here is the complete breakdown.

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Beliria wrote: think its mountains and things at first glance

How are the mountains coming along?

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Carl wrote: Wind

Same here. This is one of the windiest parts of the States. Wind farms are going up all over the place. Sometimes it's better to just go with it and capture the blur but that will not work with textures. It would be nice to have one of those super heavy duty tripods from B&H but they cost way too much.

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Carl wrote: interesting site

Toward the top of the page there is a link to the podcast that interviews the artist - Alt Altiner. I know podcasts are not for everyone but I enjoy them.

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Carl wrote: cold does it get

Not very. it will get down to 10C once or twice per year. The record low is -26C but that has only happened once in my life. I used to live in Minneapolis MN and it got much colder. I remember it at -50C. Have you ever experienced cold like that? It really is something.