WIP MEC4D - Creations for Dawn 2 and Dusk 2 , work in progress

[MEC4D]

Oh wow!!! Cath, yes you've indeed been very busy and productive. These shapes you're creating look amazing!! It's very rewarding for me to see what others come up with by pushing the mesh around to see what can be achieved.

The black woman on page 6 reminds me of Zoe Saldana, which is a very attractive look.

Well done.

I was not getting any notices in email that there was anything new going on here. Sure glad I checked it out today. Just amazing work Cath. You have a real talent for this work. It inspires me to keep going and to do more.

Thank you Cath for sharing your talents with us, and for applying it to Dawn 2 and Dusk 2.

Awww, thank you so much Chris,
you inspired me to do that so also huge props for you for the wonderful job on the new digital canvas that allow me to do my job easier.
Please keep up the great work as well
and thanks again for the good words, it's very motivating knowing I am on the right path here.

Cath

 

[MEC4D]

well the first thing that came up for me was "Retirement Benefits Fund" but I don't think that's what you meant lol

I'm thinking more along the lines of "Resting B___h Face"? (and yes I used underscores rather than the word hahaha)

Well the trends changing , what was once beautiful for us is today not so for the new generation. According to some I have RBF as well .. after I say hello, everyone, oh you are so nice .. lol

 

[MEC4D]

Lidia looks beautiful .

Thank you Daniel, I made so many shapes for Dawn but not one quite satisfying me as Lidia , getting already inspired to render her , she's gonna be good for the classy or romantic look and also looking good in jeans with t-shirt + leather jacket or a space suit.. short or long hair, make-up or not.

in short, She's got the look!
I made her while listen to Roxette music .. that maybe why lol

 

[MEC4D]

Not actual textures, just simple color and noises and iray, while loading the morphs for test, now time to sculpt the new body shape for Lidia as she and Buddy gonna be first to finish .

I just love how the nose shape came out

 

[MEC4D]

Some work in progress on the body, not polished yet so surface kinda raw.
As I told you before, I am going for the real body anatomic type , not idealized/stylized

 

[xyer0]

Hi Guys hear some work in progress , this time custom East Asian morph character for Dusk 2.0
it is preview in low geometry.
I hope you like
Cath

I know that guy! This is so cool, Cath!

Here comes the Asian girl ...
not polished yet ..
what you think ?

I loooove her!

Thank you, yes all my first Ethnic characters will arrive with their own skin, hair and clothing/accessories , straight out the box characters. I enjoy to make full dressed characters...

So, you're going to make your own bundles? Whoa, I hope Ken1171 will piggyback gear on some (all?) of these for their debuts!

 

[xyer0]

African male South East of Africa
base morph for Dusk2.0 (test texture)

I hope you like
Cath

What's the opposite of getting chills? I saw this guy and a glow went over my face! You are making people!

Here comes Lidia , think here about young Linda Evangelista/Milla Jovovich kind of type .
Haunted, strong, mysterious ! back then we called it classy model face, today also known as RBF , if you know what I mean lol

Do you approve ?

Stunning!!!

 

[MEC4D]

I know that guy! This is so cool, Cath!

I loooove her!

So, you're going to make your own bundles? Whoa, I hope Ken1171 will piggyback gear on some (all?) of these for their debuts!

What's the opposite of getting chills? I saw this guy and a glow went over my face! You are making people!

Stunning!!!

Thank you , very happy you like it , yes I am going to make my full characters with own clothing .
here some simple test of Lidia , working on the body

 

[xyer0]

Is there anything you can't do? Characters, hair, clothes, shaders (which I use Every Single Day!), hdri's! I can't wait to buy Dusk & Dawn 2 with your characters. I hope other clothing makers will also pitch in to help make Dusk/Dawn 2 a success. If we can get a secret autofit clone for G8F/M, then that will help too. Is anyone lobbying other artists? I PM'd Emma&Jordi, asking them to consider making a head and body morph pack like the one they did for G8F/M.

Anyway, I know you have work to do. I'm so glad you decided to do this!

 

[MEC4D]

Is there anything you can't do? Characters, hair, clothes, shaders (which I use Every Single Day!), hdri's! I can't wait to buy Dusk & Dawn 2 with your characters. I hope other clothing makers will also pitch in to help make Dusk/Dawn 2 a success. If we can get a secret autofit clone for G8F/M, then that will help too. Is anyone lobbying other artists? I PM'd Emma&Jordi, asking them to consider making a head and body morph pack like the one they did for G8F/M.

Anyway, I know you have work to do. I'm so glad you decided to do this!

Thank you, after almost 23 years , you are learning something on the way, I hate routines so I like to switch between stuff, it was a long time ago that I made characters for the community here so enjoying it again .

I am sure other artists will pick up D2 and create some extra stuff to support it , but most important is the community, without its support there is nothing. I hope my very serious customers outside of our community pick up D2 as well, the reason also why I am doing the characters too. I have a long to do list so one day at a time or I get burned out too fast .



Thank you for your support and kind words, I love your energy and enthusiasm ,

that's the way !

 

[Alisa]

If we can get a secret autofit clone for G8F/M, then that will help too.

People can create their own, but that can't be done because it would violate copyrights...

 

[MEC4D]

People can create their own, but that can't be done because it would violate copyrights...

That's a good point Alisa , we don't want troubles ..

 

[xyer0]

People can create their own, but that can't be done because it would violate copyrights...

That's why it's a secret, Ms. Alisa, shhhh, we don't talk about it. Sorry for breaking the code.

 

[Alisa]

LOL!

 

[xyer0]

Would you consider packaging your Sigourney Northern Hemisphere & Viking Northern Hemisphere head morphs together for sale rather than just setting them aside?

 

[MEC4D]

Would you consider packaging your Sigourney Northern Hemisphere & Viking Northern Hemisphere head morphs together for sale rather than just setting them aside?

That are full head morphs for future full dressed characters, not for morph packs . I have unlimited resources , maybe in the future when I get bored I will make some morph sets, but for now I need to focus on full characters so other people can see what they can do with D2, it is more for promotional cases. I plan to release both characters at the same time from each ethnic group or style. I just hope Da2 and Du2 get released not far from each other.
I have my plan set up already,
I am going to do some good job with it , you will see.
Modeling new shapes is quick job for me , but setting everything up take the most time as I have to do it all by myself, and since Da2&Du2 are not fully finished yet in alpha stage (rigging) I have to wait for the HW team to do their job so I can continue.
I am going to work on the body for Buddy today , once I have established the all 4 base ethnicity couple characters, I can create variations shapes for their individual faces in the future and create future morph packs.

 

[xyer0]

Thanks, Cath. With all that you are creating, I just didn't want those two other models to get left out. After five years of purchasing your works from daz3d & mec4d.com, I should know to trust your judgment. Maybe your life path number is 1, since you have to innovate & work alone/all one (add up the day, month, & full year of your birthdate; keep adding 'til you have a single digit).

 

[MEC4D]

Thanks, Cath. With all that you are creating, I just didn't want those two other models to get left out. After five years of purchasing your works from daz3d & mec4d.com, I should know to trust your judgment. Maybe your life path number is 1, since you have to innovate & work alone/all one (add up the day, month, & full year of your birthdate; keep adding 'til you have a single digit).

Definitely nothing gonna get lost I posted here so far , I want to finish it as fast I can.
working now on the main body anatomy , arm and feet still not finished, Zbrush is freezing on me need to wait until it unfreeze lol coffee break !
Just work in progress, I will need to make displacement maps because the legs have less poly to work on the fine details as I want it to looks organic.
here is low base resolution not subdivided or polished . Head is :Buddy:

 

[MEC4D]

Oh , I lost the shape above ... Zbrush did not made a crash copy or saved any progress as it always do, after the last 2 updates things getting weird ... let's start everything over again
this was a nice warming up I guess lol

 

[MEC4D]

I got second crash again but thankfully saved before that. Still way to go , just raw shape
preview in low resolution base. But I think it getting in the good direction already

ah and played a little bit with the facial hair , head shape is Buddy