ABSOLUTELY! That camera angle definitely captures his energy.
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Nataani for Dusk
- Thread starter Seliah (Childe of Fyre)
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Thanks, Miss B.
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This is very close now. The mane is ALMOST where I want it. I still have a couple of rough spots to fix, but this is very close to done now. And I discovered that if I *only* take the transmap off and leave the underlying texture of the hair on the mane, it does make it a little bit easier to see what I'm moving and where it's going in relation to everything around it... d'uh me! LOL
Anyway - current state - mane is almost, almost where it needs to be!
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This is very close now. The mane is ALMOST where I want it. I still have a couple of rough spots to fix, but this is very close to done now.
And I discovered that if I *only* take the transmap off and leave the underlying texture of the hair on the mane, it does make it a little bit easier to see what I'm moving and where it's going in relation to everything around it... d'uh me! LOLAnyway - current state - mane is almost, almost where it needs to be!
Yeah, having the visual of hair strands, but no opacity map... it makes a big difference on how easy or hard it is to pose the mane.
Okay... I think this is really the best I'll be able to get the mane working on this one. I'm hoping that the more I work with him, the better I'll be able to pose that long mane of Harry's. For now, though, I think this is just going to have to do as it is. It's definitely an improvement over what was there earlier today. There's still rough spots at the top of the head that I'm not happy with, but I've spent most of today fussing with Harry's mane... added in with yesterday's work, I think I've spent just a little over 18 hours working on the mane alone. I think it's time to call it good and just save it out.
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What Lorraine said.
Sometimes, you have to say "enough". And sometimes it's hard to know when to say it. 18 hours sounds about when
Yep, that's exactly what I did. I saved it out to the library already. LOL
Working on the last pose.
Hoping to be able to get more work done on the last pose today. I have been out all morning, and we have to go back out again this afternoon if we want to eat for the week. LOL
Probably once we get back from that annoying little real life errand, I will be able to get this last pose finished off. I'll post a preview render at that point, as I haven't actually done any renders of it just yet here.
Once the 10th one is finished, it's just a matter of saving out all the partials, and then doing thumbnails for the poses.
Probably once we get back from that annoying little real life errand, I will be able to get this last pose finished off. I'll post a preview render at that point, as I haven't actually done any renders of it just yet here.
Once the 10th one is finished, it's just a matter of saving out all the partials, and then doing thumbnails for the poses.
Slowly but surely, yes. Just the last bits to do with poses and their thumbnails. All the rest of his package is done, saved, and thumbnailed.
I will have to re-read all the seller documentation again regarding read-me files and such, but I've taken to packing even my DS freebies according to how HW likes their zip structure... mostly to get myself comfy with that, as I used to set my zip files up a little differently, and well.. habits become habit, so if I got into the habit of using this zip structure, I won't have to worry about fudging up the zip structure on a product. LOL
Okay - we're headed out to get groceries. Back later.
I will have to re-read all the seller documentation again regarding read-me files and such, but I've taken to packing even my DS freebies according to how HW likes their zip structure... mostly to get myself comfy with that, as I used to set my zip files up a little differently, and well.. habits become habit, so if I got into the habit of using this zip structure, I won't have to worry about fudging up the zip structure on a product. LOL
Okay - we're headed out to get groceries. Back later.
A very good idea Seliah. Get used to doing it the way "the boss" wants it, and you'll never have to worry about it again.
Don't worry too much about the ReadMe. To be honest, I redo most of the ReadMes anyway. I create the file list just before I pack since things often change, even a bit, during the QAV process, and I have a specific way I want them to look.
The most important part of the ReadMe is the Important Information section. I redo much of this as well, putting things from the product page after I create it. What I want to see from the CA is any information they want their customers to have: Tips & suggestions, special instructions, resourses used, etc.
