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Show Us Your Dusk Renders, And Now The New Dusk SE!!

Miss B

Miss B

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Looks nice Lyne. The only thing I noticed is, Dusk is bent over too far. His upper body looks totally parallel to the floor, and I've never seen anyone, man or woman, lean that far over a pool table. It might help to have him standing a little bit further away from the table too.

I know it also depends on the player's height, but Dusk is tall, so shouldn't be a problem. Here's a link to a site which talks about the proper Pool Stance. There are 8 points with photos, and if you scroll down to 07 Looking Like A Pro, you'll see what I mean --> Pool Stance - The Big Secret!

BTW, I looked at some others, and I saw a couple with the hand pose you used, so that's fine. Not everyone can curl their finger around a pool cue that easily. ;)
 
Rae134

Rae134

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I never curled my finger over, must be an Aussie (or newbie) thing because I don't remember seeing anyone else either. I've really only seen the open bridge, like this

I too think he might be leaning a little to far (I only saw girls who were showing off their cleavage bend like that :p).
And I don't remember seeing an almost open hand at the back like that, this is what I remember How To Create The Classic Pool Grip
 
Lyne

Lyne

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Oh nooo... to get Dusk's hand & stick to rest on the table, he had to bend that far... I'd have to start from scratch...groan...hhmmmm...


I DO need to know about the ball colors, please. THANKS... BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD! :)
 
Rae134

Rae134

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This is the Snooker ball colours, a red need to be sunk first before you can sink a colour (which needs to be in order but I can't remember the order, its been nearly 30 years, sorry) but black is always last (and worth the most points).


These are Pool ball colours.


Edited to add:
The further the ball is from the edge, the more you need to lean over to reach, otherwise you don't normally get too low.
 
Miss B

Miss B

Drawing Life 1 Pixel at a Time
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Rae134 said:
Edited to add:
The further the ball is from the edge, the more you need to lean over to reach, otherwise you don't normally get too low.
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Yes, and I suppose someone over 6' tall would probably bend over further, and Rae, that's the same link I put in my post, I just named it differently. ;)

Lyne, I don't think you need to start over from scratch. From what I can see, if you make his waist bend a little less, and lower his arm a little bit more, you can always move the white and red balls a little closer so they look like they're still the same amount of space away from the tip of the cue.
 
Lyne

Lyne

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Hmmm I moved Dusk1 a bit...need to move his balls farther away to give him a reason to bend that much (can you tell- I REALLY do not want to change his pose...invariably all body parts need adjusting when the parts that HAVE to contact with a surface changes....

DuskPoolTest2.jpg

I took a break and set up a Natannie (spell?) Dusk on a chair too... can't see how hard I worked on posing & dressing him, so here is a little portrait...:)

NataniePoolTest.jpg

Now I GOT to go do my "food prep chores" & rest my hands....

OH and thanks so much, Rae, for the colors... can't map w/numbers, but at least I can color them better. :)
 
Alisa

Alisa

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LOL. As always, I'm waaaaay behind. Love the renders, all!!
 
Me195

Me195

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NapalmArsenal said:
Superb renders everyone!! Forgive me if I don't comment on each!!

Happy 4th Of July!!

Poser Custom Char using CG Cube's Sculpted Dusk

Look What I Caught!
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Products Used: Dusk SE, Custom Dusk Char, Sculpted Dusk, Jungle Kids Taji Mats, Poser Crab, Ron Diviney's Water brushes, Cloud brushes created in PS, BG image is from Photoshop Creative stock images
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That is a fantastic composition. It's all blended so perfectly.

Lyne said:
I don't play pool...and am converting the V4 pose for Dusk...is it right? I had the L hand index finger curling around the cue stick, but it would NOT light right, so chose this hand "stance" I saw on Google... (his neck tendons look odd so would fix that in post) but overall is this Ok?
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took HOURS to get his feet flush w/ the floor...but I'm a stickler for that sort of thing :)

Oh and All the cue balls in this set were white, so I had to color them...is this right? hit a white one to get the red in the pocket, or should that be a black ball??
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The render looks outstanding. I love your artstyle. I do have to agree with Miss B on the pose though.
 
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