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Space Crimes - Cover ideas

junkjunk Posts: 1,367
edited January 29 in Art Studio

I keep adding to the amazing "SCI-FI Celebration" by the incredibly talented tkdrobert... check out their work, it’s always amazing and on point!  Not everything about the SC images involve sci-fi other than what the name implies so it seemed time to create a separate thread to contain them.  Thank you for having me Robert and I'll still be posting there as I create other Sci-Fi.

While working on a longer form Space Crimes novel, I’ve been creating comic cover-style images that double as chapters or moments from the story. These upcoming posts are just ideas.  Not everything will end up in the book.  I’m just building a living, breathing universe full of villains, happy moments and anything else where John Forester and Madeline Price can exist and thrive.

This first one is for Nash!  Love you buddy.

The Simple Things
Space Crimes - The Simple Things

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  • junkjunk Posts: 1,367
    edited January 29

    The Magician
    Space Crimes - The Magician

    LONG story in the link above if you are interested. 

    This is the first image I created in 26 days. It's of course for the general comic bad guy named, "The Magician".

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  • David RDavid R Posts: 325

    You've been playing with these characters for so many years, I'm glad you're creating a substantial piece of work with them.  Have you considered making it a graphic novel?  

  • junkjunk Posts: 1,367
    edited February 19

    David R said:

    You've been playing with these characters for so many years, I'm glad you're creating a substantial piece of work with them.  Have you considered making it a graphic novel?  

    Hey thank you very much David!  Yes, many years, many very short stories and now it's time to try to aim higher.  I looked at different "book" style and, while I did consider the graphic novel with a collection of shorter stories in a larger book, decided to try and tie it all together.  This has proven easy in a couple of aspects but so difficult in most all others.  I will continue to hammer away at it until I get something working... just hoping it doesn't suck.

    Hey by the way David your Charlotte's Magic Life is pretty dang cool!  Great work on this!

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  • junkjunk Posts: 1,367

    Day at the Office (Part 1 and Part 2)
    Space Crimes - Day at the Office

    Space Crimes - Day at the Office Part 2

    I really was just trying to capture them at work on a case at the office.  But started to create an unexpected visitor, or visitors, moment.  Also put an alternate version into slot #3.

  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 5,921

    Love the way they jumped up on the desk to avoid the overgrown 'mice'. Very amusing.

    Massive level of detail. Couldn't think of anything I might foolishly wish to alter.

    Regards,

    Richard

  • junkjunk Posts: 1,367

    richardandtracy said:

    Love the way they jumped up on the desk to avoid the overgrown 'mice'. Very amusing.

    Massive level of detail. Couldn't think of anything I might foolishly wish to alter.

    Regards,

    Richard

    Thank you very much for saying Richard.  Side question: I've always wondered, do you both render in Daz?  And if so, do you sometimes list which person rendered the particular image? 

    I hope I'm not alone in this but I find that when I look at a render I created, I see only the problems.  So in the second image, I see that I left a light as visible at the top right next to the light.  I see that her shirt is strange like I need to redo the dforce on it.  Their hands were never completed as they were supposed to be hand in hand.  Instead I just got them close and left it as is.  I wanted to improve their stances too but just gave up with the limited time I had.  -We're always our worst critic I believe.  :)

  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 5,921

    Actually the boss (Tracy) doesn't touch DS, not something that interests her. The username for both of us started in the late 1990's when we first got on the internet and used joint user names for all things. Still being very fond of her, I've kept it up since, even though Tracy tends not to these days.

    As for seeing the problems with ones own images, yes I know. Can't see any problems with your ones though. Once you pointed out the hand pose, and only then did I see it. Not something to be concerned about given how difficult to see.

    Regards, Richard.

  • 3Diva3Diva Posts: 11,743

    Such amazing attention to detail. OUTSTANDING work!

  • Griffin AvidGriffin Avid Posts: 3,777

     I see only the problems.

    I think you need to do the technical thing and the creative thing.

    I zoom in super close and scan every inch of a render looking for issues. I've said this should be a natural part of a workflow.

    I now know to check for many things that I never noticed when I first started using Daz.

    This is my default of list to check for every render.

    - floating characters, usually hovering an slight amount above the ground.

    - hands and butts stopping right at the point of contact instead of allowing room for some squishing.

    - eyes not looking at anything specific.

    - Poke through, poke through, poke through. STILL happens no matter how much I look for it.

    - Hair strands poking through arms and chests...

    - neutral facial expressions or ones that do not match the situation.(sometimes I forget to change the facial expressions between shots lolz)

    - I do comics, so fingers holding things is still a HUGE problem.

    From a creative perspective, man I want to see more of your stuff. I been waiting for more of that cabin story. I kinda just want to read a comic done in this style.

    But it's up to you to push till (your own sense) of perfection. There's no deadline that I'm aware of, so take the extra time until you get it *right*.

  • junkjunk Posts: 1,367

    Griffin Avid said:

     I see only the problems.

    I think you need to do the technical thing and the creative thing.

    I zoom in super close and scan every inch of a render looking for issues. I've said this should be a natural part of a workflow.

    I now know to check for many things that I never noticed when I first started using Daz.

    This is my default of list to check for every render.

    - floating characters, usually hovering an slight amount above the ground.

    - hands and butts stopping right at the point of contact instead of allowing room for some squishing.

    - eyes not looking at anything specific.

    - Poke through, poke through, poke through. STILL happens no matter how much I look for it.

    - Hair strands poking through arms and chests...

    - neutral facial expressions or ones that do not match the situation.(sometimes I forget to change the facial expressions between shots lolz)

    - I do comics, so fingers holding things is still a HUGE problem.

    From a creative perspective, man I want to see more of your stuff. I been waiting for more of that cabin story. I kinda just want to read a comic done in this style.

    But it's up to you to push till (your own sense) of perfection. There's no deadline that I'm aware of, so take the extra time until you get it *right*.

    It's always an honor when I see one of your comments!  I know the high quality of work you  create in your comic and am ALWAYS amazed by it.  Love the checklist too!  I find that when I'm rendering at about 5000x5000, I am looking around the scene for many of these items you talk about.  So pretty cool to know I am on the same wavelength here.

    Thank you so immensely for your time and chiming in Griffin Avid! 

  • junkjunk Posts: 1,367

    Louboutin Red - Space Crimes
    Space Crimes - Louboutin Red

    Long ass story in the link above.  The banter between these two is something that I hope to keep throughout the book.

    Thank you everyone for looking and hope you're not all sick of these two yet.

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