Stepping in to post my latest one... I promise I will be back soon and have something to say again... at the moment I am just so super busy with my real life...

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"Being the weapon master of his house, he also had to fight in the arena... to show them that he is their best choice for this position."

I know, the blood could be better... but it could be worse as well and I decided to keep it as it is for now. :)

Now that sound like a good intro to a story. :)

Me too. :)

Meet Yareeva. More of him to come soon. :)

Very unique on this one, Mav- I really like the coloring used with him as well.

Interesting looking character. Looking forward to more of him. :)

Agreed. The tufts and colouring are lovely. Not so sure about the markings on his chin and hand though. I realise they are part of a pattern all over his skin, but in this pose they look kind of out of place.

This was a piece I did as a prize for someone on dART. She wanted a picture of her character Eleanor (who can transform into a raven and visit other worlds) surrounded by ravens. I used Sean's Darkness as a reference for the pose although it isn't exactly the same camera angle.

The ravens are photo stock images which I placed onto planes in the scene with normal, specular and trans maps and then rendered them with the rest of the image. I also did more postwork than usual on this one.
Original render

Like it! Very well done, Dyla.

wow, great job!

Thank you :)

And....I'm slapping a Vic in here just because.  XD  Flight.  Something different...on a few levels.

Thank you!  I hoped it'd be different enough to be interesting, even if it started out as a test.

Cool! I like it.

Gil: Golden Oni



Oh no! Someone threatened Gil or one of the Gotth troop that he lives
with. Gil is normally a pretty mellow soul, but challenges brought out
the monster. I always show him as sweet--here's the flip side for you.

I've talked a bit about my rendition of the Chidimbasi Oni--one of the
Rakshasa nations. Traditional folkloric Oni are often portrayed as
bright red or blue skinned. Some have horns; most have tusks or fangs. I
think: what would the original look like? Well, more human, less flashy
for the most part.

Gil is from the one clan of golden-haired Oni, the Pelu, who have paler skin and eyes than most as well.

Oni males have the extreme (purposefully bred-in) transgenic
characteristic of horns and very tufty ears. The women are not nearly as
tall, and their ears are generally not so tufty. They lack the horns
and have much smaller fangs. Most could pass for Gaian (that's us) on
the street.

Better check on your neighbors. You never know.

Production notes: My M4 character with Grand Master (Young
Knight/Scarred) skin and EZskin2 applied in Poser Pro2012; Surreality's
Fantasy Eyes (RDNA) and Willow Jewels.

I agree. Hadn't noticed the purple eyes before.

surochek said:

Damn. He's usually so cuddly. Tread softly around him.

You couldn't tell from this picture, but the only thing that would put him in a "state" would be a serious threat to his people or his territory. He's a very reasonable fellow otherwise. ;)

Gil is awesomeness, plain and simple.  *Grin* and thank you!  I was rather pleased with it myself, after struggling with the damn pose for an hour and a half.

Ranger

It sure is! :)

Mikhail in armor engaged with a Dinokonda. Scene set up/render in Poser Pro 2010, background set up/rendered in Carrara 8 Pro, post work in Photoshop.

The weapon too! :D

Thank you very much, LT!  How've you been?!

I'm glad you've been busy though- the alternative isn't so grand.  Besides, idle means trouble.  With me, anyway. ;)  Can't wait to see what you're artifying!

Ooo.  I really l like your X-folk images!  As for creativity issues, when I start playing around with new techniques (Example: photomanips) that tends to jump start ideas for new pieces.  Maybe it will do the same for you!