Novica & Forum Members Tips & Product Reviews Pt 8
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but it only happens with your very first post in the thread. The others that I tried seem to work ok.
Those are both screwing up, so I just put the full URL. So please folks, check your links. This is stupid, and not the first time it happened. I was so upset, when I checked either thread 6 or 7, an entire post full of links was NO GOOD. All that work for nothing, going to wrong posts. And I mean at least a week's worth of work down the drain. So I don't do that much anymore, with the exception of the character thread.
Jaki- the sexy skinz one still doesn't work for me, but I just put the entire URL there.
Hmm the sexy skinz link I posted works for me when I click it. How strange. Although this IS dazland and strange things are known to happen. LOL.
Sheesh, I'm going through my January purchases in the product library to see which are my 3 faves...and while I have faves, it doesn't necessarily mean I have actually used them. LOL.
Okay, got the Sexy Skinz to work by totally deleting the title and typing it over by scratch. Before, I had highlighted the title I already had typed out, and redid the link. That didn't work, it was still somehow locked on the original URL (which was correct, but acting up.) Thanks Jaki, I'm just going to remember I have to start all over, including retyping the linked words.
You still have a day to render what you think your favorite might be lol.
I didn't understand a clear answer to this question. I'm not asking about 1 product per render (I understand that rule), I'm asking about 1 render per favorite product. Above I linked 3 renders for my number 1 product of the month. Is that OK, or do I have to eliminate two of the links and use only 1 link for that product.
Sorry I am being so dense today.
If you don't understand it, others won't either. I'll add in the guidelines- YOU MAY SHOW MORE THAN ONE RENDER FOR A FAVORITE PRODUCT. In my example, I posted two for the Clown Hair. Your links so far are fine! I did mine as "Example 2" but your link link link is fine too.
Thank you for clarifying. I'm supposed to use the name of the product for the link, according to the guidelines. So maybe I will change the "link link link" to be more like yours with the product name for the first link and example 2, example 3 for the other two.
(It still seems strange to me that we are not providing a link to the product in the store, because people will see our renders and may want to buy that product. You always link to products on other posts, so I'm kind of puzzled why not in the top 3 posting. My densness continues.)
I originally misunderstood (before I reread the updated guidelines) and thought I had to pick my top three from the month from things I BOUGHT that month. But really it is just things I RENDERED that month. I will be able to selecte a favorite 2 and 3 now that I understand that.
Jakiblue's Top 5 Picks for January:
I didn't purchase a lot during January, but I did pick up a few things that I'm really really happy I did. In no particular order, they are:
Wait. I thought it WAS products we had actually BOUGHT this month. Not just images we had rendered this month that we really liked?
Wait. I thought it WAS products we had actually BOUGHT this month. Not just images we had rendered this month that we really liked?
Trying to keep it simple. Since the majority of renders won't be within my thread, it would be hard to have a link to the product, and a link to the render. If people like what they see, the render link (which is the product name) tells them exactly what to find in the store.
The Guidelines say "What have you rendered this month which are your favorites? Show us your renders and top picks!". I interpreted that to mean that it didn't have to be purchased in January. Novica better come and clarify again.
Correct, it gives you more options- that's why it also says oldies and goodies can be included. It's anything you RENDERED this month.
COOL! I'll let mine stand cos I did render those this month, as well as purchase the products this month, but that makes next month even easier. :D
Jakiblue- you can do up to FIVE. So if you want to add or change, you have until tomorrow evening. If there's two more you want to show us, go ahead!
Why only until tomorrow evening? The guidelines say SUBMIT FROM JAN 30TH through FEB 7th, Daz midnight time.
Do you mean the cutoff for rendering is tomorrow evening, but the cutoff for posting is Feb 7?
Done! Added two more images that I was really happy with, with their products.
Ice Dragon Art's Top 5 For January
Not in any particular order here is the Water Dragon
The BOSS light set that came out today - the next three of my choices were all rendered using these lights as well.
Darwins Mishaps Damon for G3M wearing his fey skin.
The Pharaohs of the Sun Dress Children of Aten 2 texture for V4 this is on my deviant art account it has very moderate nudity. Nothing is uncovered but it is a bit see through so its no longer posted here.
Forest Daphni for V4
Yes- it's January Renders. I want to give people the chance to look through what they rendered. Not everyone has a thread, and their renders may be scattered throughout the galleries, forums, etc. I'll add a few words to it (like submit your January renders from..) Thanks for asking questions, it helps with stating things clearly.
Moderators, can you tell the web team to get these links fixed? It took SIX TIMES to link to Ice Dragon Art's post. You can get through to them faster than I can. REPORT THIS PLEASE!!!!!
That's a bit ridiculous. Wow. Hope they fix it soon!
Divamakeup's Top Five Picks for January:
1) Urban Sprawl2 The Big City - This is a fantastic city set. It's MASSIVE, highly detailed, and just a fun set to render with for modern day renders. I've purchased it recently and was hesitant to buy it, considering it's age. I didn't know how well it would render in Iray - but, imo, it does render quite well in Iray. :) It's an amazingly large set with a great amount of detail - definitely my favorite modern set.
2) Gwennili HD for Victoria 7 - This character is one of my all time favorite characters that I've purchased. She has an incredible amount of detail and is just a beautiful figure. Here I mixed her with two other characters to create my FAVORITE new character! :D
3 & 4) Star 2.0 and SF Ball Joint Doll for Genesis 3 Female(s) - (second and third render in that post) - Those two figures make for great toon type characters, but also make great "doll" characters. I'm using Star 2.0's shape and Ball Joint Doll's shape combined to create a "rag doll" type character. I've also used Star and Ball Joint Doll's shapes to create some Non-Photorealistic Renders: here and here.
5) Minnie Bow Hair and here (second render) - I've recently purchased this hair (about a month ago) and rendered the hair quite a bit this month (adjusted with shaders). It's such a beautiful and timeless hair with feminine grace and lots of lovely loose hair locks available with the included morphs. I really love how detailed this hair is with it's stray tendrils and how it comes with 26 adjustment morphs and style morphs. I'm so glad I purchased it!
Love these lists! Divamakeup, just checked yours and it added without any problems. Appreciate the extra effort you folks are making to participate, I know it will help people when they shop or wishlist items. Hopefully some of these will be offered during March Madness.
Hey Sonja- would you mind putting Ice Dragon Art's Top 5 For January as the title? (perhaps bold and pick a color. We've all used red but you don't have to) Some of these links, when clicked on, almost drop people down so far they wonder which link it is. I hate that. I want it to be clear which post they are surfing into.
Thanks!
RGcincy's Top 4 Picks for January:
1. Iray Ghost Light Kit: I really like these lights for interior scenes. Took me a while to figure out how to best light Sacrament but it turned out well.
2. Tithe Barn: Great rustic interior (shown) but also complete exterior
3. Step Van Bundle: A workhorse vehicle for city scenes. Comes in a variety of paint schemes and styles with supporting props. Own your own taco truck!
4. Peaceful House: Enjoy relaxing vistas and outdoor living
I want those rag doll texture!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D
It's doing it AGAIN. I can't link to RGcincy's. It's going to the post above this one, to Jakiblue's comment about the rag doll texture.
Same here. :( I just tried it.
Ok. I even went to RGincy's profile, clicked "view member's posts" and then clicked on the first one that came up which is the top picks. And it still took me to MY post just above.
It just worked for me, and I didn't do a darn thing to change it. If the moderators helped by reporting it, thanks. If not, they need to report this behavior and expedite attention to the problem. People's links may be going bad all over the forum (good one minute, bad the next, or bad then good...but do they stay that way?) Everyone doesn't check their links after they post them, you assume when you do a copy/paste into the link textbox that it works. I posted over in Commons about the problem as the Art Studio posts may not be seen as quickly as over there.
I will definitely check each link I do- if you guys find one that isn't working, it means it's flipped to bad after I checked it.
Going to get some sleep- if anyone has questions about participating, just ask, anyone who understands the way it works can help you. I simplified the Guidelines (in the first post of the thread) too. It's 1:45am here, so see you in the morning!