Black Is Beautiful II

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  • maatausetmaatauset Posts: 33
    edited December 1969

    SSAfam1 said:
    Auset said:
    I'm loving all the renders. I want to play, too.

    Here's my contribution: Lady of the Two Lands.


    Absolutely STUNNING!

    Thank you so much.

  • LJWMLJWM Posts: 126
    edited December 2012

    I found some great hair called Frizzed head by AprilYSH. The colors don't look that great and I couldn't tell if the "purple" color is actually "black" but I think this product would work for this thread as well.

    http://www.daz3d.com/shop/frizzed-head

    Here's one more. Not sure if these are already in the thread.

    http://www.daz3d.com/shop/modacuts-atoe

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  • vwranglervwrangler Posts: 4,880
    edited December 1969

    LJWM said:
    Here's one more. Not sure if these are already in the thread.

    http://www.daz3d.com/shop/modacuts-atoe

    Be aware that Moda Cuts are dynamic hair for Carrara only -- though maybe Poser users can work with it. Not Studio, alas.

  • LJWMLJWM Posts: 126
    edited December 1969

    Opps, that's right. I meant to indicate that, Thanks

  • anikadanikad Posts: 1,919
    edited December 2012
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  • ZamuelNowZamuelNow Posts: 753
    edited December 1969

    Sorry for the delay but updated the first page with hair, characters, and props/scenery. fabiana's Swilly be added whenever she goes from preview to regular sale. Let me know if you see anything missing.

  • wancowwancow Posts: 2,708
    edited December 1969

    I"m lusting after Swilly.... the textures look like they're multi-racial... I don't have the girl, so... hmmm... should I?

  • ZamuelNowZamuelNow Posts: 753
    edited December 1969

    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewreply/194667/
    http://shop.aprilsvanity.com/-free-items/ciri-hair/prod_133.html

    New hair in Daz's holiday giveaways. Not putting it on the front page since I'm not sure how long it'll be available.

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  • ZamuelNowZamuelNow Posts: 753
    edited December 1969

    New character Maxi over at Rendorosity currently having a 50% off debut price.

  • LJWMLJWM Posts: 126
    edited December 1969

    Here's a render I did for fun. I wish there was more light on her face but I do like it. I hope you all do too.

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  • ZamuelNowZamuelNow Posts: 753
    edited December 1969

    Having her face shadowed probably helps the mood. At the same time, you could potentially add a point light near her face.

  • LJWMLJWM Posts: 126
    edited December 2012

    Hey my friend Zam,
    I hope you know I added this render just to get a chance to speak with you again. LOL. There are linear point lights at her breasts, and both her hands but I thought I could have raised the LPL closer to her face just to highlight the eyes. But I love the mood because she's getting ready to light someone's fire, pardon the pun.

    I just saw a commerical with sparks and flash and I'm going to do a new render to see if I can make that part of the render better.
    It is great to hear from you.

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  • vwranglervwrangler Posts: 4,880
    edited December 2012

    Savannah for V4.2 on sale for half price today only, with the rest of Mariny's store

    EDIT: If you were thinking about trying it, her head and face don't come across with GenX.

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  • ZamuelNowZamuelNow Posts: 753
    edited December 1969

    Anyone here use the Warm'NSoul lights yet? I'm assuming they would need to be in the Resources and Other section along with some other things.

  • KickAir 8PKickAir 8P Posts: 1,865
    edited December 1969

    Used the Candace texture again. I was going to use Paul Hair on her, but something went wonky and since I did this for a contest I didn't have time to trouble-shoot -- having a hair-version of the texture included in the product was a really helpful fallback. DS4.5Pro render, prework & postwork in GIMP. Larger version in my deviantART gallery here.

    Warning in the Mirror

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  • SnowSultanSnowSultan Posts: 3,591
    edited December 1969

    Posted this on my dA page yesterday, my character Smacky and her family. Elite Marie, Beautiful Black Hairstyles, lots and lots of DAZ stuff as usual. :)

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  • ZamuelNowZamuelNow Posts: 753
    edited December 1969

    I need a little more practice with point lights. This picture is decent but not quite what I want since the lighting is off.

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  • Scott LivingstonScott Livingston Posts: 4,340
    edited January 2013

    I was experimenting with mixing Young Teen Julie with Candace for S5, and she turned out so well that I decided to make a couple of friends for her, too. All three use Julie at half-strength.

    Left: Julie and Candace for S5, Candace skin, Paul Hair, Kenzi Outfit
    Center: Julie, V5, Keira, Benjamin, and Ethnicity; Chablis skin, Wild Dreads hair, Mall Girl
    Right: Julie V5, Addison, and Ethnicity; Elite Marie skin; Pure Hair Bubblegum; Summer Dress

    The Wild Dreads hair is one of those products whose Poser mats don't load perfectly in DS. I had to apply the bump and displacement maps manually, and set appropriate levels for them. I think it turned out rather well. Paul Hair took forever to render, but I think the results are stunning. This render uses a lighting preset from Zahir's Palace (that's the set, also), and it's basic, non-Uber lights only I rendered it using UE2 also, but I think I prefer this one. No postwork.

    Edit: Oh, forgot to mention: SnowSultan, I think that's my favorite Smacky image yet! Great job! :)

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  • KickAir 8PKickAir 8P Posts: 1,865
    edited December 1969

    Just got RawArt's Adham in the 40%-off sale. DS4.5Pro render, prework & postwork in GIMP. Larger version in my deviantART gallery here.

    Straight Shooters

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  • KickAir 8PKickAir 8P Posts: 1,865
    edited August 2013

    Bit of a resource post: thanks to the previous render somebody asked me what I thought of the detail of Adham's palms and feet, so I wound up test-rendering my five darkest Genesis skin-textures from DAZ: Raw VooDoo, Adham, TyreseM5, Candace, and Benjamin. These were done in DS4.5Pro using an array of distance lights, one on deep shadow map. I always used the default eyes and the plain texture (not the Human Skin Surface or the Sub-surface Scattering ones, although I did do the hair options on most) and this was just the textures, not the morphs. No postwork other than typing the names on.

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  • ZamuelNowZamuelNow Posts: 753
    edited December 1969

    Thanks, that's actually quite useful. Wish more promos would show the palms and soles of characters.

  • JohnDelaquioxJohnDelaquiox Posts: 1,195
    edited December 1969

    I am working on a new character render and I would like to know how old would you say this character is.

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  • MJ007MJ007 Posts: 1,683
    edited December 1969

    He looks young adult-ish. I would give him between 18 - 21.

    -MJ

  • JohnDelaquioxJohnDelaquiox Posts: 1,195
    edited December 1969

    Awesome so I am on the right track

    He is pretty much good to go so now I have to make another one a few years younger

    Does anyone have any tips?

  • RawArtRawArt Posts: 5,882
    edited January 2013

    Awesome so I am on the right track

    He is pretty much good to go so now I have to make another one a few years younger

    Does anyone have any tips?

    less muscle.
    Keep him "toned" but more lean and lanky. and soften up the chiseled facial features.
    Rawn

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  • JohnDelaquioxJohnDelaquiox Posts: 1,195
    edited December 1969

    Awesome Rawart, thanks

  • ZamuelNowZamuelNow Posts: 753
    edited December 1969

    Anyone know of anything recently released in the past month or so that the list is missing? I keep thinking I'm forgetting something.

  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,403
    edited December 1969
  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,403
    edited December 1969

    This is Freak 5 and the Derek character, done using the new light set By Candlelight

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  • ZamuelNowZamuelNow Posts: 753
    edited December 1969

    Actually, I had the feeling I was missing something that's been out for a while but I could just be feeling off. Went ahead and added it along with a freebie I discovered. Nice image, BTW.

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