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Nature's Wonders Sneak Peek Thread
- Thread starter Ken Gilliland
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To be fair, most scene/backgrounds are really not designed for close inspection. I'm sure "Through the Woods" was designed for human renders and not the ant crawling on the human's shoe. It's frustrating for me to load a bush or tree for one of my creatures and it look all blurry. I'm sure the PA never thought one of its branches would be the perching spot for one of my birds, let alone a 5 cm frog or a line of ants. Again, that's why I created those habitat sets, macro shots are welcome.
I decided to poke my head up again from working on the Shorebirds update. The update has been proving much more challenging than I thought it would be-- I guess that's to be expected when overhauling 4 different models that emulate over 100 different species of shorebird. For the last few weeks, I've thought I've stabilized a model only to find some joint parameters or obscure morph is tearing it apart. No worries though... I'm slowing stumbling towards getting the final versions of the models right.
Here's the new WF6 (Small Heron) model and one of the three "stinky" fish models I'm working on. The fish and tin models have provided a diversion for me on days I can't wrap my head around the latest shorebird issue. I foresee three fish (herring, sardine and anchovy) and a tin with a peel/roll back lid as a Nature's Wonders release. The fish set will be able to be used in human renders as food or with any of my fish loving birds.
Here's the new WF6 (Small Heron) model and one of the three "stinky" fish models I'm working on. The fish and tin models have provided a diversion for me on days I can't wrap my head around the latest shorebird issue. I foresee three fish (herring, sardine and anchovy) and a tin with a peel/roll back lid as a Nature's Wonders release. The fish set will be able to be used in human renders as food or with any of my fish loving birds.
wow!
Fantastic!
Hey Ken! You just got mentioned in the latest issue of "Digital Art Live" in the Editor's column:
"One could mention a number of other outstanding Poser/DAZ creature artists, not least of whom is the amazing Ken Gilliland —who has done so much for Poser. "
Yay Ken!
"One could mention a number of other outstanding Poser/DAZ creature artists, not least of whom is the amazing Ken Gilliland —who has done so much for Poser. "
Yay Ken!
I was unfamiliar with "Digital Art Live"... thank-you for pointing it out though I'm not sure I deserve that much praise... I guess I'll have to work harder to measure up to it
Looking great, and yes the fish, and fish tin, will come in handy in everyday renders. I'm not into sardines nor anchovies, but I do like herring, especially the pickled kind.
I love fish but Sardines, Anchovies and Herring are not my favorites (hence my title, "Stinky Fish Collection), I'm more a salmon, sea bass, mahi mahi, ahi lover. I do use "stinky fish" occassionally because they are essential in some recipes.
Oh I love salmon as well, but I have to say my favorite fish is swordfish, though I don't usually cook it myself as there's a restaurant a few blocks from here that does a top notch job.
I acquired a taste for the pickled herring when I was younger, because my mother always had it in the house, though I haven't had it in years.
Oh, I forgot about our kitties, as I'm sure they AND the birds, will have fun with the fishes.
Hmmm, I hope they don't get into snapping at each other, as the birds do on the Fruit Feeder, when we "lay out the fish" for dinner. Now THAT would make quite a render.
I can't eat Ritz crackers without sardines or anchovies.
Individual fish, as the herring shown above, are fully rigged with additional morphs. I'll probably make the packed fish in the tin a prop though.
That makes sense Ken, as there won't be much you can do as far as posing them while they're in the tin can.