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"Spin to Win" Render Challenge! - CLOSED!
- Thread starter Miss B
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Cool!I legit whooped out loud when I saw the newsletter in my email box, so you can be sure I'll be playing.
Mustakettu85
Motivated
*waves back to Michele*
And Michele's renders made me wonder... does the final render need to be a full-body shot?
And Michele's renders made me wonder... does the final render need to be a full-body shot?
Okay, folks. There are a couple of things that happened here. We had a mixup when moving the first post of this thread from a private forum to the public one and we lost the post in both places. We had to recreate it from an offline copy that was not the most current. In the rush to get the newsletter out and wrap up Friday things before the weekend we missed some things.
I am looking over this today and will correct the first post in this thread and then we can go from there.
Thank you for your patience.
I am looking over this today and will correct the first post in this thread and then we can go from there.
Thank you for your patience.
No worries, Miss B. It wasn't just you. I had my share of 'oops' in losing the original post.
We went through our private discussions and pulled out the details that we had all agreed upon for this Render Challenge. The first post has been updated to reflect that.
Get those dials spinning and show us what you've got!
We went through our private discussions and pulled out the details that we had all agreed upon for this Render Challenge. The first post has been updated to reflect that.
Get those dials spinning and show us what you've got!
Mustakettu85
Motivated
So if a dial is supplied in the 0-100% range only, would it be OK for this challenge to edit the limits and use a negative value?
Can I use my own lighting?
Michele
Eager
Thanks! Fairy girl's face is a lot rounder and shorter than the Dawn SE base. I'd still love to see a few more dials for mid- and lower-facial depth. Maybe for the new Dawn?
I don't see why folks couldn't use negative morphs even if it requires unlocking a dial. I've been using negative values for years and always considered that just part of the whole dial spinning thing. Also don't think a full body render is necessary as people could choose to only do a face dial spin. If the body is part of the overall character's "personality" I think it would be nice to see.
I do have a question: what about using morphs created for one character that the user converts for use with another? It's not hard to do -- just kinda tedious -- and I did that with a bunch of free Dawn morphs so I could use some of them on Dusk. I'd understand though if that was considered outside the parameters of the rules.
I don't see why folks couldn't use negative morphs even if it requires unlocking a dial. I've been using negative values for years and always considered that just part of the whole dial spinning thing. Also don't think a full body render is necessary as people could choose to only do a face dial spin. If the body is part of the overall character's "personality" I think it would be nice to see.
I do have a question: what about using morphs created for one character that the user converts for use with another? It's not hard to do -- just kinda tedious -- and I did that with a bunch of free Dawn morphs so I could use some of them on Dusk. I'd understand though if that was considered outside the parameters of the rules.
Michele
Eager
Okay, so I opted not to enter the fairy for Dawn and decided to go for something a bit different. I want to do entries for all three HW figures, so only one for Dawn.
Final Entry: Carol for Dawn, aka "What did you just say about my romance novel?!"
She uses the Dawn Starter Morphs, Dawn Head Shapes, Dawn Body Shapes, Head Morph Resource Kit for Dawn, and a couple free morphs by Almostperfekt, including a bit of a face from 23 Faces for Dawn & More and an eye morph from one of the two other face morph sets (I'm not sure which one it was from originally.)
Carol's texture is Birkitta from here at Hivewire.
I wanted to do this one because I rediscovered this fantastic retro hair dryer in my content.
Final Entry: Carol for Dawn, aka "What did you just say about my romance novel?!"
She uses the Dawn Starter Morphs, Dawn Head Shapes, Dawn Body Shapes, Head Morph Resource Kit for Dawn, and a couple free morphs by Almostperfekt, including a bit of a face from 23 Faces for Dawn & More and an eye morph from one of the two other face morph sets (I'm not sure which one it was from originally.)
Carol's texture is Birkitta from here at Hivewire.
I wanted to do this one because I rediscovered this fantastic retro hair dryer in my content.
Use whatever lighting (your own or a purchased set) you want and are comfortable with. The focus should be on your character, but whether you chose to feature your character alone in a scene or interacting with props, inside or outside, portrait or full body is up to you. However, if your character includes body morphs, you might want a render of the full body.
I've posted in the CV discussion asking what others think about negative values. I also use negative values a lot with my own characters.
I too would like to see more mid-and lower-facial depth morphs with Dawn 2.0.
In the character creation contests I've participated in, the limit referred to the number of characters entered, with multiple renders (like front, back, sides) submitted. But, I'm honestly not sure if 3 entries refers to the characters entered or the renders entered! I'll ask for clarification of that too.
I've posted in the CV discussion asking what others think about negative values. I also use negative values a lot with my own characters.
I too would like to see more mid-and lower-facial depth morphs with Dawn 2.0.
In the character creation contests I've participated in, the limit referred to the number of characters entered, with multiple renders (like front, back, sides) submitted. But, I'm honestly not sure if 3 entries refers to the characters entered or the renders entered! I'll ask for clarification of that too.
She so does not look comfortable with the guy sitting behind her.
I agree the hair salon was the better choice as you were able to get closer in to your character. I absolutely love the closeups of her face.
I agree the hair salon was the better choice as you were able to get closer in to your character. I absolutely love the closeups of her face.
Mustakettu85
Motivated
And one more thing: is it correct to assume we could use whatever content in the scene (clothing, props and all), regardless of what store/freebie it comes from? And would it be okay if the clothing and hair on the Hivewire character were converted from items originally released for other figures?
can i use Sora morphs in Dawn Se?
or She is considered as a character and not a morph set?
or She is considered as a character and not a morph set?
I think Sora, Alexis, Axel, and Diva are considered characters rather than morph products. However, you can use Sora's skin texture.
Clothing, hair, skin texture, and props do not need to be from HiveWire or for HiveWire figures. They can even be your own modeled/created content. However, free content probably needs to allow commercial or contest use since there are prizes.
Clothing, hair, skin texture, and props do not need to be from HiveWire or for HiveWire figures. They can even be your own modeled/created content. However, free content probably needs to allow commercial or contest use since there are prizes.
thank you!
FINAL RENDER (Entry 01 for me)
Title: "Short-tempered? Who You Callin' 'Short', Tiny?"
HiveWire Figure Used: Dusk
Morph Resources Used:
Sculpted Dusk - A CG Cubed Creation at HiveWire 3D
Dusk Starter Morphs - A HiveWire 3D Creation by Christopher Creek Art and CG Cubed
Dusk's Expressions & Visemes - A HiveWire 3D Creation by CGCubed and Christopher Creek Art
Dusk's Body Shapes - A HiveWire 3D Creation by CGCubed and Christopher Creek Art
Dusk's Head Shapes - A HiveWire 3D Creation by Christopher Creek Art and CGCubed
Textures Used:
Dusk Special Edition - - A HiveWire 3D Creation by CGCubed, Christopher Creek Art, and Virtual World
HiveWire Gorilla for Dusk - A HiveWire 3D Creation by Christopher Creek Art, CGCubed, and Virtual World
Here are my morph dial settings:
EDIT: Forgot to put the Sculpted Dusk settings in here, but I think I used that at about 100%.
Title: "Short-tempered? Who You Callin' 'Short', Tiny?"
HiveWire Figure Used: Dusk
Morph Resources Used:
Sculpted Dusk - A CG Cubed Creation at HiveWire 3D
Dusk Starter Morphs - A HiveWire 3D Creation by Christopher Creek Art and CG Cubed
Dusk's Expressions & Visemes - A HiveWire 3D Creation by CGCubed and Christopher Creek Art
Dusk's Body Shapes - A HiveWire 3D Creation by CGCubed and Christopher Creek Art
Dusk's Head Shapes - A HiveWire 3D Creation by Christopher Creek Art and CGCubed
Textures Used:
Dusk Special Edition - - A HiveWire 3D Creation by CGCubed, Christopher Creek Art, and Virtual World
HiveWire Gorilla for Dusk - A HiveWire 3D Creation by Christopher Creek Art, CGCubed, and Virtual World
Here are my morph dial settings:
EDIT: Forgot to put the Sculpted Dusk settings in here, but I think I used that at about 100%.
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