I’m back!

voltairetorso

I’m finally back up and running, and this is the first test image to come out 🙂  I’m quite pleased with the textures.  Voltaire’s torso, the displacement turned out perfectly.  This was rendered in Daz/3Delight.  Lux is not installed yet, and Lux does not do anything with displacement maps, at least not that I’ve seen.  That is the one thing I have against it at the moment, I cannot use it on any veined/scarred/branded/tattooed characters.  I’m still back and forth on rendering.  I love both engines for different reasons and really wish I could just merge the two sometimes.  Anyway, just wanted to let everyone know I am back up and running and I should be back to work on more images (still installing the dreaded content again)

Sunrise

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Owarell’s alter Vamp self better be careful.  He cannot enjoy too much of the sunrise.

Owarell-Vampire

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Practice run of Owarell as a Vampire, because I had a dream that he was one.  Not too far off from a Wraith really 🙂  Still need to make some minor tweaks, but I like what I have so far.

Let there be light….beams

CAPS LOCK BITCHES! I MADE MOTHERFUCKING LIGHT BEAMS

Ok, now that I got that out of the way…. you sure you heard me right? I made light beams.  Yes I did. Look , here’s proof.  Granted, it’s not a finished render, it’s rather noisy, but I DID IT! and guess what, I’m proud of myself 🙂

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This makes me extremely happy, as I’ve been wanting to make them for a long time now, I’ve had grand ideas that, well, I just couldn’t do for lack of knowledge and understanding of how things work in Lux.  Slowly bit by bit I am learning.  Sure, it makes me mad, I quit for a week or two, swear I’m never touching that software again, I cuss at it, I am in a foul mood, etc.  When all that is over though, just the freedom to push beyond the borders of Daz makes me try again.  The ability to turn virtually anything into a light.  The ability to make light rays.  I do need to find a way to get around the colored light hurdle that plagues me, but have been told that I could possibly put up a colored glass plane…. and have the light shine through that.  I may try that after I figure a few other things out.  I can also add color post work, but I like having the color rendered in, it just looks more natural.

Anyway, that’s all I wanted to say… was… I made lightbeams, and I’m happy as hell about it 🙂