Me and My Shadow, Richard Lyall (3D)

[Opat]

Very good modeling and cool lighting :) can you show her wireframe ? :)

[craftycurate]

Here is a lit wireframe view.

http://craftycurate.blogs.com/Blog_Pics/Jessi1Wireframe.jpg

[living_for_cg]

Cool job...i like it .:thumbsup:

[Xtra]

Very realistic. In my opinion, portraits like this benefit from missing colors, just because it's quite difficult to create a realistic looking skin shader. I also like the shadows. Actually it deserves four stars, but since you used a Poser model - three and a half star. ;)

[Arcanox]

Reminds me of my darkroom days, good job :)

[Junkdata]

thats poser model...so cant really give good points. :cry:

[jhuasdas87bd]

this is really amazing! why it's not in choice gallery! congratulations

[craftycurate]

Thanks for comments. I was pleased with the final result.

For those whose comments it relates to, I hope an image would always be judged on by the final result, and not the fact that it used a Poser model. I am a keen amateur, and am gradually learning 3D craft, and I will use what's available within my budget and skill to get the result I'm after ;)

Maybe one day I'll graduate to the 3Ds Max\Vray\Photoshop level?

Craftycurate

[phlewp]

Thanks for comments. I was pleased with the final result.

For those whose comments it relates to, I hope an image would always be judged on by the final result, and not the fact that it used a Poser model. I am a keen amateur, and am gradually learning 3D craft, and I will use what's available within my budget and skill to get the result I'm after ;)

Maybe one day I'll graduate to the 3Ds Max\Vray\Photoshop level?

Craftycurate

I think that a lot of it simply that using Poser or some such removes a lot of the art of creation. While a piece done with Poser could be an excellent art piece, I think it loses a lot simply because the artist didn't create the model themselves. In 3D, the art is as much in the process to me as it is the final piece. That's why if I saw two images, that looked exactly the same when rendered, but one with a much cleaner mesh, I would find the cleaner mesh one to be a better overall piece.

Anyway, just my two cents.

[GinoLatino]

...wow...she is so nice...i think to love her!
:love:

Very good job!

[craftycurate]

Yes, it would be great to be able to create my own characters, but for now, I have to rely on working with other people's meshes, and personalising them as much as I can.

How would I go about creating a realistic human figure mesh anyway, the way you might model other objects from scratch?

Thanks
Richard

[MavenArt]

Craftycurate,

I like Poser, too. I think it's a great tool among others for creating art work.
To me, the end result of the art is more important than the tool and how the artist uses the tool (the process), but here at CG Talk I realize it's not the case. People here are mostly craftsmen of 3D, and they value the process more than the end result. It's like the difference between the director and the CG people working for movies or games -- the former cares much more about the end result, while the latter pride themselves on and care more about their crafts.

I would give this work a 4 star, but decided not to put in my rating, as I found that whenever I gave a posting 4 star, it would be followed by a couple of 2 star ratings from other members just to pull the overall rating scores down.

Very strange site to me indeed!

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