Cranked

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Isn't it obvious I'm feeling better? Click, as always, to enlarge. This one I'll call Nikki.

This was a study in lighting effects iusing the same textures. I'll never be as good at posing as some people I know, but I do have the patience and the computing power to try out things I am good at, such as lighting and texturing. While the facial expression never chaings, and only the eyes move, it's possible to create different moods with how light and shadow interact with the face. This is why women take so long to put on makeup and all that...it's the same process, using light and shadow to bring out a good effect in the widest array of environmental lighting. I have the same goal.

I really am gonna have to write a post on how all this works someday.

But enough about that. Let's put Nikki and Valerie together.

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No, you can't see the rest of the pic. Well, maybe later. Depends. Anyway, you can see that both models have different skin tones nad textures...one is very pale, the other has seen some digital sun. The task is to illuminate both subjects, but without washing out the pale or leaving the other too dark. These two pics are just samples of can be tried.

I wish Poser would build itself a better renderer or I could get my hands on a Poser to 3DS Max converter..then I could do some serious lighting and model integration. But not just yet...sigh. Then Nikki and Valerie can have martinis and wave Glocks around the virutal bar. But..I'm getting there.

Keep in mind all this stuff is done much quicker and much more expertly with 3D animators like the fpolks who did Shrek or Finding Nemo...but then they had hardware and softwarethat far outstrips my own, and teams of people to do one little part, like texture a fin or fingernail, and that's ALL HE DOES. I gotta put everything right, and hope for the best.

Okay, tired, bed now.