More Non-photorealisitic Renders (NPR II)

mmitchell_houston

Artini said:

Another experiment with robots and the cubed terrain - I just like, how the shader look a like, on the terrain.

There is just something neat and fun about this one! I love all those bands of color. Something about the shape brings to mind a box of crayons. It made me smile.

Headwax

Love lurking in this thread and watching everyone develop their styles.

Carrara render - base is the ambient occlusion pass. I screwed up the lost and found edges because I failed to get an obj pass - not sure why - sonmthing that happenes when you save as tiff sometimes - png lets you save all the passes out as separate files

 

 

 

tkdrobert

I am Ironman

Artini

Thanks a lot, mmitchell_houston.

 

Artini

Nice doggies, Headwax.

Great looking Ironman, tkdrobert.

 

Headwax

thanks Artini, really enjoying your experiments

Artini

Thanks Headwax, watching you having so much fun with Carrara render passes, I came up with the solution of using layers from different filters.

tkdrobert

Chewbacca: R.I.P. Peter Mayhew

3Diva

Headwax_Carrara said:

Love lurking in this thread and watching everyone develop their styles.

Carrara render - base is the ambient occlusion pass. I screwed up the lost and found edges because I failed to get an obj pass - not sure why - sonmthing that happenes when you save as tiff sometimes - png lets you save all the passes out as separate files

 

 

 

I agree, this is one of my favorite threads. I don't often comment but I'm here nearly every day (or whenever there are new posts here) checking out the new renders. I love NPR renders and seeing all the different styles and techniques. :)

This is excellent, by the way! I love the doggies! 

If I had one nit-pick it would be that the sitting dog doesn't look quite "grounded". He looks like he's floating a tiny bit. That's just a silly nit-pick though, all in all the render is amazing! I love the traditional art water-color look of it! :D

3Diva

Oy! These are great! I love the works, guys! Keep 'em coming. I'm really enjoying everyone's styles. :)

jepsonpeteCMT

Wow, there's some great work on this thread. @Headwax_Carrara Those rendered sketches are fantastic. I can see those being suitable for a professional market. Looks like you've got a really nice workflow.

@tkdrobert Your images are very cool. I have no idea how you created the Hulk, but that was seriously impressive. Enjoying your work a lot

@mmitchell_houston Great renders, I like the experimentation with textures and colors. Sometimes you can stumble over a good technique when trying out things. I read your comment on the comic book thread and decided to experiment with a Conan style character (Michael 4 - haven't used that character in ages, but he has some appropriate clothing and poses)

I am going for a sort of painterly, graphic novel style. Rendered out of Daz, one in Iray, one in 3Delight and did all postwork in Photoshop

vrba79

A couple more VSS + Postwork.

Tweaks of Hiro 5 and Hitomi.

The shadowing on her of her breasts did a wierd thing, but other than that I'm happy with how this postwork looks.

tkdrobert

Revenge of the 5th.  Lots of Topaz Filters

raysateofilo

This is my character from a story I'm going to post on instagram. I used the basic shading and I used the medibang.

mmitchell_houston

raysateofilo said:

This is my character from a story I'm going to post on instagram. I used the basic shading and I used the medibang.

raysateofilo said:

Posting a story on Instagram? Cool. I s this something people do there or are you blazing new trails with this as your medium? I ask because I don't "do" Instagram at all.

The basic linework is nice, but I would make a few suggestions (if I may, and hope I'm not coming off as too critical):

• Lines around the Hair: You have a nice, solid line around her body and I love how you added it to her chin. Stylistically, I would expect to see a line around her hair, as well.
• Her breast is poking through her hair. This looks like an easy fix with just a few smudges of color (like a smudge tool in Photoshop).
• If you're going to go with such a strong dot pattern, I would suggest removing the pattern from her dress. The halftone dots and the dress pattern are at odds for our attention.

May I ask why the use of the black dots on just the character? If you're going for an old-time comic book feeling I would expect to see them also in te background. Speaking of that, I do like the simplicity of your background. Very clean and soothing; it works well to convey the mood you set forth with her boy language and expression. Nicely done all around!

mmitchell_houston

tkdrobert said:

Chewbacca: R.I.P. Peter Mayhew

What a nice tribute! Lots of great detail here – love the detail on the hair!

raysateofilo

mmitchell_houston said:

raysateofilo said:

This is my character from a story I'm going to post on instagram. I used the basic shading and I used the medibang.

raysateofilo said:

Posting a story on Instagram? Cool. I s this something people do there or are you blazing new trails with this as your medium? I ask because I don't "do" Instagram at all.

The basic linework is nice, but I would make a few suggestions (if I may, and hope I'm not coming off as too critical):

• Lines around the Hair: You have a nice, solid line around her body and I love how you added it to her chin. Stylistically, I would expect to see a line around her hair, as well.
• Her breast is poking through her hair. This looks like an easy fix with just a few smudges of color (like a smudge tool in Photoshop).
• If you're going to go with such a strong dot pattern, I would suggest removing the pattern from her dress. The halftone dots and the dress pattern are at odds for our attention.

May I ask why the use of the black dots on just the character? If you're going for an old-time comic book feeling I would expect to see them also in te background. Speaking of that, I do like the simplicity of your background. Very clean and soothing; it works well to convey the mood you set forth with her boy language and expression. Nicely done all around!

I just want to make some fun comics. Nothing serious for now. I really enjoyed your tips. Everything I know I learned by reading the forum daz. I'm still a beginner. I use the black dots because I love them. It reminds me of old comics.

3Diva

raysateofilo said:

This is my character from a story I'm going to post on instagram. I used the basic shading and I used the medibang.

 

raysateofilo said:

mmitchell_houston said:

raysateofilo said:

This is my character from a story I'm going to post on instagram. I used the basic shading and I used the medibang.

raysateofilo said:

Posting a story on Instagram? Cool. I s this something people do there or are you blazing new trails with this as your medium? I ask because I don't "do" Instagram at all.

The basic linework is nice, but I would make a few suggestions (if I may, and hope I'm not coming off as too critical):

• Lines around the Hair: You have a nice, solid line around her body and I love how you added it to her chin. Stylistically, I would expect to see a line around her hair, as well.
• Her breast is poking through her hair. This looks like an easy fix with just a few smudges of color (like a smudge tool in Photoshop).
• If you're going to go with such a strong dot pattern, I would suggest removing the pattern from her dress. The halftone dots and the dress pattern are at odds for our attention.

May I ask why the use of the black dots on just the character? If you're going for an old-time comic book feeling I would expect to see them also in te background. Speaking of that, I do like the simplicity of your background. Very clean and soothing; it works well to convey the mood you set forth with her boy language and expression. Nicely done all around!

 

I just want to make some fun comics. Nothing serious for now. I really enjoyed your tips. Everything I know I learned by reading the forum daz. I'm still a beginner. I use the black dots because I love them. It reminds me of old comics.

These are a neat idea. I recommend maybe having the text proof-read for grammar and syntax.

For the first image, I recommend maybe the sentence as "I left my patience at home" (changing the word "mine" to "my").

For the second image, I recommend perhaps "Be the change you want to see in the world" (instead of "Be the change what do you want"). :)

Just a suggestion. :)

raysateofilo

Divamakeup said:

raysateofilo said:

This is my character from a story I'm going to post on instagram. I used the basic shading and I used the medibang.

 

raysateofilo said:

mmitchell_houston said:

raysateofilo said:

This is my character from a story I'm going to post on instagram. I used the basic shading and I used the medibang.

raysateofilo said:

Posting a story on Instagram? Cool. I s this something people do there or are you blazing new trails with this as your medium? I ask because I don't "do" Instagram at all.

The basic linework is nice, but I would make a few suggestions (if I may, and hope I'm not coming off as too critical):

• Lines around the Hair: You have a nice, solid line around her body and I love how you added it to her chin. Stylistically, I would expect to see a line around her hair, as well.
• Her breast is poking through her hair. This looks like an easy fix with just a few smudges of color (like a smudge tool in Photoshop).
• If you're going to go with such a strong dot pattern, I would suggest removing the pattern from her dress. The halftone dots and the dress pattern are at odds for our attention.

May I ask why the use of the black dots on just the character? If you're going for an old-time comic book feeling I would expect to see them also in te background. Speaking of that, I do like the simplicity of your background. Very clean and soothing; it works well to convey the mood you set forth with her boy language and expression. Nicely done all around!

 

I just want to make some fun comics. Nothing serious for now. I really enjoyed your tips. Everything I know I learned by reading the forum daz. I'm still a beginner. I use the black dots because I love them. It reminds me of old comics.

These are a neat idea. I recommend maybe having the text proof-read for grammar and syntax.

For the first image, I recommend maybe the sentence as "I left my patience at home" (changing the word "mine" to "my").

For the second image, I recommend perhaps "Be the change you want to see in the world" (instead of "Be the change what do you want"). :)

Just a suggestion. :)

My English is very bad. Sorry

tkdrobert

Nothing special here, just playing around,.  Inspired by a new Blade-Runner comic coming out this July by Titan Comics.

mmitchell_houston

tkdrobert said:

Nothing special here, just playing around,.  Inspired by a new Blade-Runner comic coming out this July by Titan Comics.

This one is a lot of fun. Great lighting and glow effects. There's a few composition issues, but overall this is a neat little illustration with a lot going on – and you balanced it very well! nice job.

3Diva

raysateofilo said:

Divamakeup said:

raysateofilo said:

This is my character from a story I'm going to post on instagram. I used the basic shading and I used the medibang.

 

raysateofilo said:

mmitchell_houston said:

raysateofilo said:

This is my character from a story I'm going to post on instagram. I used the basic shading and I used the medibang.

raysateofilo said:

Posting a story on Instagram? Cool. I s this something people do there or are you blazing new trails with this as your medium? I ask because I don't "do" Instagram at all.

The basic linework is nice, but I would make a few suggestions (if I may, and hope I'm not coming off as too critical):

• Lines around the Hair: You have a nice, solid line around her body and I love how you added it to her chin. Stylistically, I would expect to see a line around her hair, as well.
• Her breast is poking through her hair. This looks like an easy fix with just a few smudges of color (like a smudge tool in Photoshop).
• If you're going to go with such a strong dot pattern, I would suggest removing the pattern from her dress. The halftone dots and the dress pattern are at odds for our attention.

May I ask why the use of the black dots on just the character? If you're going for an old-time comic book feeling I would expect to see them also in te background. Speaking of that, I do like the simplicity of your background. Very clean and soothing; it works well to convey the mood you set forth with her boy language and expression. Nicely done all around!

 

I just want to make some fun comics. Nothing serious for now. I really enjoyed your tips. Everything I know I learned by reading the forum daz. I'm still a beginner. I use the black dots because I love them. It reminds me of old comics.

These are a neat idea. I recommend maybe having the text proof-read for grammar and syntax.

For the first image, I recommend maybe the sentence as "I left my patience at home" (changing the word "mine" to "my").

For the second image, I recommend perhaps "Be the change you want to see in the world" (instead of "Be the change what do you want"). :)

Just a suggestion. :)

 

My English is very bad. Sorry

No need to apologize, there's nothing wrong with not being able to speak English well - as long as you can speak whatever language your family and friends speak, that's what counts right? heheh :)

I'm only suggesting that if you're going to use English text that it might be good to have someone proof-read the text for you first before you post them and Instagram. That way you can get your messages across more clearly. :)

tkdrobert

Captain Rex

Artini

Another nice one,  tkdrobert.

 

vrba79

A couple more VSS + Postwork.

Tweaks of Hiro 5 and Hitomi.

 

tkdrobert said:

Captain Rex

The best clone trooper.

mmitchell_houston

tkdrobert said:

Captain Rex

I'm not getting a strong NPR vibe from this, my friend. Although a great image, it looks a lot like 3Delight or a standard raytrace. Did you run it through Topaz to simplify the colors and textures?

tkdrobert

mmitchell_houston said:

tkdrobert said:

Captain Rex

I'm not getting a strong NPR vibe from this, my friend. Although a great image, it looks a lot like 3Delight or a standard raytrace. Did you run it through Topaz to simplify the colors and textures?

Yes, I applied several Topaz filters to it.

tkdrobert

mmitchell_houston

tkdrobert said:

Maybe it's the lettering, but I'm TOTALLY getting "80s-era video game box art" from this one! Love it!

Maybe a little more motion blur or faint white motion lines?

mmitchell_houston

Been a while since I've posted anything, but I'm almost completed with the sci-fi anthology I have been working on. Here's the version of the art, both with and without the text.

This is still in the proof process: We need to add the publisher's logo, bar code and price to the bottom of the back cover.