Back to 3d
So, now that I have a whole year to kill before I have to think about adoption (not that that'll stop me), I have to think about something else. I haven't felt like writing...post-holiday blues and work stress are keeping that avenue blocked at the moment. But I got Vue D'Esprit 6 for christmas, so I've been having a good time getting back into 3d CGI art after setting it aside while I worked on the china dossier.
Maybe this will be the year I finally learn to model a human figure (this one is by E-Frontier). Or model a toon figure that isn't just a blob. I think I'll start with a robot, since it's the organic stuff that's hardest - I'm not bad at furniture and clothes but noses and ears are a bitch.
In the meantime I'm just focusing on playing around with my huge heap of poser figures & other 3d assets, and learning how to light a scene properly - something I've always sucked at. For some reason I find it much easier in Vue than in Cinema 4d, even though they're not all that different. Poser is impossible, thanks to the goofy, horrible light-ball interface and the way every new light starts out some random color of brown. Blech.
This one has two point lights - one set at about 40 with hard shadows and one set at about 10 with soft. Which isn't really GOOD lighting, but I'm pleased with the result.
Maybe this will be the year I finally learn to model a human figure (this one is by E-Frontier). Or model a toon figure that isn't just a blob. I think I'll start with a robot, since it's the organic stuff that's hardest - I'm not bad at furniture and clothes but noses and ears are a bitch.
In the meantime I'm just focusing on playing around with my huge heap of poser figures & other 3d assets, and learning how to light a scene properly - something I've always sucked at. For some reason I find it much easier in Vue than in Cinema 4d, even though they're not all that different. Poser is impossible, thanks to the goofy, horrible light-ball interface and the way every new light starts out some random color of brown. Blech.
This one has two point lights - one set at about 40 with hard shadows and one set at about 10 with soft. Which isn't really GOOD lighting, but I'm pleased with the result.
