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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,263
    edited December 1969

    Rezca said:
    Four minutes of rendering of a well-fed biguana lizard.

    I likes my bellies, I admit it ^_^;


    Indigo =3
    Haha, guess this could be considered a "Pointless and unneeded render drop" of the "Unbiased renderer" variety, sub-class "Om noms Renders" and "Fantasy Reptiles" categorization.


    Am learning more about Indigo's lights though. Seems using the default Reinhard tonemapping type mutes all the colors and lights and they don't process very well. Using a realistic camera model simulation instead produces more accurate results, and the lights work better rather than being all of the same light strength. Murr =3

    *edit* And yus that's Spyro's news studio. I imagine he'd have hoped it would be put to better use than this though XD

    I think creators of content love to see their stuff in use...period. Might even be amused by it.

    Dana

  • RezcaRezca Posts: 3,393
    edited December 1969

    And without the belleh, since that's not everyone's cup of herbal tea ^_^

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  • RezcaRezca Posts: 3,393
    edited December 1969

    DanaTA said:
    Rezca said:
    Four minutes of rendering of a well-fed biguana lizard.

    I likes my bellies, I admit it ^_^;


    Indigo =3
    Haha, guess this could be considered a "Pointless and unneeded render drop" of the "Unbiased renderer" variety, sub-class "Om noms Renders" and "Fantasy Reptiles" categorization.


    Am learning more about Indigo's lights though. Seems using the default Reinhard tonemapping type mutes all the colors and lights and they don't process very well. Using a realistic camera model simulation instead produces more accurate results, and the lights work better rather than being all of the same light strength. Murr =3

    *edit* And yus that's Spyro's news studio. I imagine he'd have hoped it would be put to better use than this though XD

    I think creators of content love to see their stuff in use...period. Might even be amused by it.

    Dana

    I imagine so :)
    I made a quick stomach model for a friend using just splines and then Filter Forge for the textures. Loved seeing it in use X3

    Gives a warm feeling, being able to provide assistance to other artists.

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,263
    edited December 1969

    Rezca said:
    DanaTA said:
    Rezca said:
    Four minutes of rendering of a well-fed biguana lizard.

    I likes my bellies, I admit it ^_^;


    Indigo =3
    Haha, guess this could be considered a "Pointless and unneeded render drop" of the "Unbiased renderer" variety, sub-class "Om noms Renders" and "Fantasy Reptiles" categorization.


    Am learning more about Indigo's lights though. Seems using the default Reinhard tonemapping type mutes all the colors and lights and they don't process very well. Using a realistic camera model simulation instead produces more accurate results, and the lights work better rather than being all of the same light strength. Murr =3

    *edit* And yus that's Spyro's news studio. I imagine he'd have hoped it would be put to better use than this though XD

    I think creators of content love to see their stuff in use...period. Might even be amused by it.

    Dana

    I imagine so :)
    I made a quick stomach model for a friend using just splines and then Filter Forge for the textures. Loved seeing it in use X3

    Gives a warm feeling, being able to provide assistance to other artists.

    I haven't done anything in quite a while, but I did a few texture sets. Some I did as prizes for the Freebie Challenge in the general freepozitory. I have two sets I did on my site. One is a freebie, the other I will sell at $5. They are both textures for the Mil Baby 3's tee shirt and diaper set. there are more options in the pay one. One of the winners did a render with it and I was thrilled to see it! I did some other things that aren't in the store. They have special meaning to those who frequent the challenge. So anyway, I know how if feels to see something you did put to use. I'm hoping to do more once I have the site running more smoothly.

    Dana

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,226
    edited December 1969

    Rezca said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    Rezca said:

    As for the squirrel plotting thing... Honestly, call me naive but I have no idea where all this hype for squirrels, penguins and whatnot came from.
    >_>
    <_<<br /> If any creatures would end up doing so, IMO Corvids would be my best bet.

    ...ohhh, those fuzzy tailed little buggers are extremely devious. Their first (and still primary) method of attack is to dash out in front of cars and force the driver to swerve to miss them usually resulting in a wreck.


    ...and if you ask Socratease, it is cows who will rule the cosmos.

    XD

    Honestly, around here most of the folks I know just plow 'em down and don't bother swerving. It's dogs and cats that we skid to a halt or swerve to miss =)


    Haha well I'm thinking more of the world as we know it and less of the great cosmos :)
    I think reptiles and crows/ravens will take over quite nicely when we finally leave. Reptiles are a lot smarter than most give them credit for. They even know how to play :D
    My money is on the cockroaches. :)

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    tjohn said:
    Rezca said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    Rezca said:

    As for the squirrel plotting thing... Honestly, call me naive but I have no idea where all this hype for squirrels, penguins and whatnot came from.
    >_>
    <_<<br /> If any creatures would end up doing so, IMO Corvids would be my best bet.

    ...ohhh, those fuzzy tailed little buggers are extremely devious. Their first (and still primary) method of attack is to dash out in front of cars and force the driver to swerve to miss them usually resulting in a wreck.


    ...and if you ask Socratease, it is cows who will rule the cosmos.

    XD

    Honestly, around here most of the folks I know just plow 'em down and don't bother swerving. It's dogs and cats that we skid to a halt or swerve to miss =)


    Haha well I'm thinking more of the world as we know it and less of the great cosmos :)
    I think reptiles and crows/ravens will take over quite nicely when we finally leave. Reptiles are a lot smarter than most give them credit for. They even know how to play :D
    My money is on the cockroaches. :)


    cack-a-roaches = world domination

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,550
    edited December 1969

    Yesterday was a busy day. We went to a muesum which was fun

  • RezcaRezca Posts: 3,393
    edited December 1969

    Let this one go for two hours. Also some sight postwork.

    I added the texture on the roof after it rendered in post via a Vanishing Point filter.


    Also drew a friend's dragon after eating his dinner, then rolling about wanting to play :)

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  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    1-2 inches of snow predicted for tomorrow.

    the sci con is usually April/May at Stony Brook. i'd have to rent a car.

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,263
    edited December 1969

    More snow expected here tomorrow, too. Tomorrow night into Tuesday he said. I'll see if it changes tonight. It's New England, so it does change often.

    Damn snow! >:-(

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,263
    edited December 1969

    Rezca said:
    Let this one go for two hours. Also some sight postwork.

    I added the texture on the roof after it rendered in post via a Vanishing Point filter.

    Looks good...but what's that extra shadow at it's rear right leg?

    Dana

  • RezcaRezca Posts: 3,393
    edited December 1969

    DanaTA said:
    Rezca said:
    Let this one go for two hours. Also some sight postwork.

    I added the texture on the roof after it rendered in post via a Vanishing Point filter.

    Looks good...but what's that extra shadow at it's rear right leg?

    Dana

    That's the shadow coming from his left foreleg ;)

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,245
    edited December 1969

    tjohn said:
    Rezca said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    Rezca said:

    As for the squirrel plotting thing... Honestly, call me naive but I have no idea where all this hype for squirrels, penguins and whatnot came from.
    >_>
    <_<<br /> If any creatures would end up doing so, IMO Corvids would be my best bet.

    ...ohhh, those fuzzy tailed little buggers are extremely devious. Their first (and still primary) method of attack is to dash out in front of cars and force the driver to swerve to miss them usually resulting in a wreck.


    ...and if you ask Socratease, it is cows who will rule the cosmos.

    XD

    Honestly, around here most of the folks I know just plow 'em down and don't bother swerving. It's dogs and cats that we skid to a halt or swerve to miss =)


    Haha well I'm thinking more of the world as we know it and less of the great cosmos :)
    I think reptiles and crows/ravens will take over quite nicely when we finally leave. Reptiles are a lot smarter than most give them credit for. They even know how to play :D
    My money is on the cockroaches. :)
    ...the buggers were found to survive incredibly hostile conditions including those similar to the conditions on Mars.

    All those sci fi stories about intelligent bugs (Starship Toopers excluded) may have a ring of truth to them.


    ...I've just been down the gullet of an interstellar cockroach. That's one of a hundred memories I don't want.
    -K

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,263
    edited December 1969

    Rezca said:
    DanaTA said:
    Rezca said:
    Let this one go for two hours. Also some sight postwork.

    I added the texture on the roof after it rendered in post via a Vanishing Point filter.

    Looks good...but what's that extra shadow at it's rear right leg?

    Dana

    That's the shadow coming from his left foreleg ;)

    Oh, I see it now. :red:

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,263
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    tjohn said:
    Rezca said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    Rezca said:

    As for the squirrel plotting thing... Honestly, call me naive but I have no idea where all this hype for squirrels, penguins and whatnot came from.
    >_>
    <_<<br /> If any creatures would end up doing so, IMO Corvids would be my best bet.

    ...ohhh, those fuzzy tailed little buggers are extremely devious. Their first (and still primary) method of attack is to dash out in front of cars and force the driver to swerve to miss them usually resulting in a wreck.


    ...and if you ask Socratease, it is cows who will rule the cosmos.

    XD

    Honestly, around here most of the folks I know just plow 'em down and don't bother swerving. It's dogs and cats that we skid to a halt or swerve to miss =)


    Haha well I'm thinking more of the world as we know it and less of the great cosmos :)
    I think reptiles and crows/ravens will take over quite nicely when we finally leave. Reptiles are a lot smarter than most give them credit for. They even know how to play :D


    My money is on the cockroaches. :)
    ...the buggers were found to survive incredibly hostile conditions including those similar to the conditions on Mars.

    All those sci fi stories about intelligent bugs (Starship Toopers excluded) may have a ring of truth to them.


    ...I've just been down the gullet of an interstellar cockroach. That's one of a hundred memories I don't want.
    -K

    I don't think that says anything about their intelligence, only their adaptability to survive. Now, those giant roaches down in places like Florida may be a little more intelligent. After all, they've convinced people to call them Palmetto Bugs! My niece lived near Disney for a while and she told me about them. The name makes you want to let them live, it sounds prettier. So maybe they have bigger brains. :lol:

    Dana

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    sigh, my whole place is only 2 1/2 rooms, can't find my Pern books. well, found Dragonquest, but i really wanted White Dragon. i musta bought that book like 5 times in the last 25 years. it's written in 3rd person, i need it to put my head in 3rd person mode.

    Myth-Ing Persons - 1st person. Bloody Bones - 1st person. Falco mysteries - 1st person. Demon Wales - 1st person.

    all these novels has blurbs made me buy the book. Blurbs is tricky to write. when a Star Trek novel is blurb the ole planet plague, i skip it.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,245
    edited December 1969

    ...sometimes I still question the intellectual advancement many of "homo sapiens" as well.


    ...especially when in the presence of their feline masters.

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,263
    edited March 2013

    Kyoto Kid said:
    ...sometimes I still question the intellectual advancement many of "homo sapiens" as well.


    ...especially when in the presence of their feline masters.

    Well, one thing I think I should trademark that I often say...Sense is not common!

    I especially get annoyed when I see Divorce Court coming on when I'm flicking. "She's infused with common sense!" the announcer says. If sense were common, they wouldn't have a show! I've watched a few and it's always the same...morons and imbeciles! And it's made worse by the fact that they are willing to show their true colors on national TV! If you think sense is common, take a look at the listing for court shows (not dramas, real court shows). There are a lot of them and they're all the same. Divorce Court, Judge Judy, Judge Joe Jackson (or something similar), Judge Alex, People's Court, Judge Mills Lane, and I'm sure there's more...the list goes on and on!

    If sense were common, people wouldn't put hot coffee in a flimsy cup in the lap and drive. And the court wouldn't have found in favor of that idiot and awarded millions of dollars to him.

    I got a book about stupid criminals and their crimes. You wouldn't believe some of these things. One group in the UK, aptly called "The Hole in the Ground Gang", broke into a fireworks factory, through a steel door, with an acetaline torch! Yup, you guessed it...BOOM! And elsewhere there was a story of someone who bought a Winnebago with cruise control. He was on the road, engaged cruise control, went in the back to make a pot of coffee (there's that coffee again - trouble making drink it is), and of course the thing went off the road, down an embankment or worse (can't remember exactly) and he was of course injured. he sued Winnebago, and won! He was the idiot who thought cruise control was auto-pilot, but he was awarded millions of dollars!

    I'm surprised we've made it this far!

    Dana

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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Morning. Sunny today :)

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,263
    edited December 1969

    ps1borg said:
    Morning. Sunny today :)

    Yes, it was. It's going down now, though. Tomorrow night, more snow. :shut:

    Dana

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited March 2013

    yep. snow. christmas cookie baking tomorrow.


    chilly. a night to curl up in the covers with a horror story. Bloody Bones gonna getcha, rawrr. teehee

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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Whoa sounds cold. WE had big storms but is getting hot again :)

  • RezcaRezca Posts: 3,393
    edited December 1969

    A drawing I did of one of mah friend's dragons after being fed some fish and stuff o3o

    They rarely attack unprovoked, and they're very social and sweet. Playful too!
    If you meet one, just be cautious and respectful. As long as you don't act like food, they won't treat you as such. Trust is important too. If you don't trust them, they won't trust you.

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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited March 2013

    Rezca said:
    A drawing I did of one of mah friend's dragons after being fed some fish and stuff o3o

    They rarely attack unprovoked, and they're very social and sweet. Playful too!
    If you meet one, just be cautious and respectful. As long as you don't act like food, they won't treat you as such. Trust is important too. If you don't trust them, they won't trust you.

    Nice drawing Rezca :)

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,245
    edited December 1969

    DanaTA said:

    I got a book about stupid criminals and their crimes. You wouldn't believe some of these things. One group in the UK, aptly called "The Hole in the Ground Gang", broke into a fireworks factory, through a steel door, with an acetaline torch! Yup, you guessed it...BOOM! And elsewhere there was a story of someone who bought a Winnebago with cruise control. He was on the road, engaged cruise control, went in the back to make a pot of coffee (there's that coffee again - trouble making drink it is), and of course the thing went off the road, down an embankment or worse (can't remember exactly) and he was of course injured. he sued Winnebago, and won! He was the idiot who thought cruise control was auto-pilot, but he was awarded millions of dollars!

    I'm surprised we've made it this far!

    Dana


    ...I used to watch Max-X and those police chase shows. I like to call them "Stupid Criminal Tricks" shows.
  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,263
    edited March 2013

    Kyoto Kid said:

    ...I used to watch Max-X and those police chase shows. I like to call them "Stupid Criminal Tricks" shows.

    Yeah, years ago I used to watch a Fox show, America's something Police Chases, can't remember the exact name. For a long time I watched Cops, too, and America's Most Wanted.

    For a while I was watching a show in the OnDemand line-up, Steven Segal, Lawman or something like that. He is an actual deputy sheriff in Louisiana, I forget which parish.

    Dana

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,245
    edited March 2013

    ..well tonight I've been watching pretty much nothing but FF "loading loops" ad infinitum. Once again, my connectivity has gone totally down the loo. For the last twenty to twenty five minutes I've been having to stop, log off, disconnect, reconnect log on stop, log off disconnect, reconnect, start log on over and over and over again. I have never experienced anything as bad as this. I keep getting Server not found" and "Unable to connect" errors when I am connected. GMail tells me I am "disconnected" when my service says I am connected.

    This is beginning to suck rocks bigger than the asteroid that passed by Earth recently.

    I can't afford a cable Internet plan as they make you purchase a full bundle with phone & television (neither of which I have or want to have). I also don't ant to end up getting stuck in some multi year contract that I have to pay a penalty for it I want out of it during which they can raise the rates whenever they feel like it.

    There are times I really miss`"Ma Bell". At least she'd give me good basic service at a good price.


    -----


    ...and, as expected, when I submitted this I got a "Connection Reset" error.


    -----

    ...and when I tried to log off DA, I was hit with a "Connection Interrupted" followed by a Timeout error after which it just kept spinning in connecting mode. One again the device status indicated I was "connected".

    ...yanked the bloody thing out and damn well nearly threw it across the room.


    I could have been to bed more than forty five minutes ago now.


    Goodnight all. (hopefully the stupid thing lets me sign out of my email without any more errors)

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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,263
    edited December 1969

    KK, could it be your modem is in its final throws? Is it a USB modem? If so, have you tried a different USB port? A different USB cable? A different telephone cable? A different telephone jack?

    Just trying to help. I know, you probably have tried these things already.

    Dana

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    WiFi Drone fever here, don't know what happens to them if the connection resets :lol:

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  • WoolyloachWoolyloach Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    I'm pretty sure what we call intelligence is in fact a fancy slow self-destruction mechanism. Just because we're not swinging from the trees any more doesn't mean most people have figured out how to use their neural mass for anything except holding their ears apart! :blank:

    I'm supposedly smart and I do blazingly stupid things more often than I have any right to. Ugh. :blank:

    Anyway, happy day! :) Cool and windy in Austin, it was 36f when I work up.. brr! Looks like Winter came back after Spring Break! :bug:

    Wrote all weekend, very happy with my productivity. :) I have about half the basic plot outline for the first book in a fantasy trilogy, hopefully I can polish it off in a few more days. Then the hard work begins! I'll have to make sure I have plenty of coffee available at my place. There's that darn coffee again! :gulp:

    Blech, back to work. :down: :down:

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