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CARRARA CHALLENGE #63: There be Dragons..... WIP

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,200

    I was thinking the dragon can also be an analogy for many things

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,987
    edited July 2022

    here's a quickie from me back tomorrow to comment on the fantastamagorical work

    The Dragon Gate

     

    The Untainted Work

     

     

    The Fiddled with Work

     

     

     

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  • shlomi laszloshlomi laszlo Posts: 250

    with forest primeEVIL plants

    and just the carrara stuff for the landscape

     

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,585

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    I was thinking the dragon can also be an analogy for many things

    Hello Wendy - participants are welcome to think outside of the box, do you have time for a couple of non-entries ?

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,585

    Headwax said:

    here's a quickie from me back tomorrow to comment on the fantastamagorical work

    The Dragon Gate

     

    The Untainted Work

     

     

    The Fiddled with Work

     

    Very nice !!!

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,585

    shlomi laszlo said:

    with forest primeEVIL plants

    and just the carrara stuff for the landscape

    Great looking scene - I took the liberty of making the image larger, hope that is okay !

  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,234

    Looks like a lot of good work going on here.  I'm still tied up on another project, but a loose neuron snapped back into place and said "You did something like this a while back".  And amazingly I found it, a 2006, 25 second video using some DAZ Dragon (I've lost track) and the great Veronica Year 3 outfit from Uzilite (2004).  Just for grins:

     

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,050
    edited July 2022

    be careful where you use your yoyo!

    dragons are fascinated by them!

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,585

    Steve K said:

    Looks like a lot of good work going on here.  I'm still tied up on another project, but a loose neuron snapped back into place and said "You did something like this a while back".  And amazingly I found it, a 2006, 25 second video using some DAZ Dragon (I've lost track) and the great Veronica Year 3 outfit from Uzilite (2004).  Just for grins:

    Nice !!! Have you got time for a quickie animation ?

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,585

    Stezza said:

    be careful where you use your yoyo!

    dragons are fascinated by them!

    Another superb Dragon Stezza !!!

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,585
    edited July 2022

    I am looking at using Dart's Dragon animation freebie for an animation.

    Anyone else looking at doing an animation ?

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,585
    edited July 2022

    Dart's animation cobbled together in Carrara.

    Will do the animation rendering this weekend.

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  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,234

    Bunyip02 said:

    Steve K said:

    Looks like a lot of good work going on here.  I'm still tied up on another project, but a loose neuron snapped back into place and said "You did something like this a while back".  And amazingly I found it, a 2006, 25 second video using some DAZ Dragon (I've lost track) and the great Veronica Year 3 outfit from Uzilite (2004).  Just for grins:

    Nice !!! Have you got time for a quickie animation ?

    Thanks.  No, I'm pretty wrapped up in another project, but thanks.

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,165

    Stezza said:

    The Herculoids 

    revamped file from one I did 2013 when Carrara was v8  wink
    changed the dragon style using 3DU dragon for dragon3 added foliage, props and added Tara ( Zandor's wife ) who wasn't in my original file.

    I loved the Herculoids growing up.  These 3D models are top notch.  

    If anyone is not familiar with the classic show, see this clip to see what a great job Syezza did.

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,165

    Bunyip02 said:

    Postwork

    First of all used Topaz Adjust with the Crisp filter to bring out the details.

    Next used Topaz Adjust Color Blast filter to bring out the colour.

    Then into Filter Forge and applied the Aquarelle filter for a NPR look.

    Back into PSP and adjusted the Filter Forge layer to 65% transperancy so the filter look did not overpower the image.

    Final postworked image.

    Cool image, Bunyip.  Thanks for posting your workflow.  The methods to enhance the details get a thumbs up.  And I always enjoy seeing the great results for older figures like Aiko.    

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,165

    Stezza said:

    Thanks Carrara'ists ... I posted the DownUnder Dragon for anyone who may find it useful for the challenge yes

    Herculoids was one of my favs heart

    Thanks for the dragon!  And as I mentioned above, Herculoids was one of my favs as well.

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,165

    Stezza said:

    I made use of the dragon smiley

    Fantasy Garden Party

    Willy Gruen went to a garden party
    and much to his surprise
    there was singing crows
    and onion breath
    and lots of dragon flies

    everything except the background picture I modelled in Carrara yes

    Another demonstration of superior modeling skills.  You do show the possibilities of the Carrara modeler.  I am thinking of a way to use your dragon for one of my four entries.  Hmmm.  Thinking cap on.

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,165

    Headwax said:

    here's a quickie from me back tomorrow to comment on the fantastamagorical work

    The Dragon Gate

     

    The Untainted Work

     

     

    The Fiddled with Work

     

     

    Wow, gives me an Inquisition vibe.  Complete mastery of light and shadow, as per usual Andrew standards.  yes

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,165

    shlomi laszlo said:

    with forest primeEVIL plants

    and just the carrara stuff for the landscape

    Glad the dino is not looking toward me for its next meal.  Well done on the landscape and populating with plants.  I think the Carrara built in landscape tool is one of its best features.

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,165

    Stezza said:

    be careful where you use your yoyo!

    dragons are fascinated by them!

    Black cat is bad luck!  And with a dragon sneaking up, looks like really bad luck!

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,165

    Bunyip02 said:

    I am looking at using Dart's Dragon animation freebie for an animation.

    Anyone else looking at doing an animation ?

    You are off to a good start.  I may do an animation but it is my lowest priority.  I have a couple of single-image ideas I want to do, one of which requires brushing up on another software.  So I am behind, but I hope I catch on quickly.  For one of my projects, as a Tolkien fan, I plan on modeling the 'Dragon Helm of Dor Lomin' in a sculpting program and texture it in a painting program.  I find if I haven't used a program in a while, I forget the basics, like how to navigate in the viewport.  If I progress relatively quickly, I do plan on doing an animation, but only if I progress quickly.

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,165
    edited July 2022

    Apologies if I missed anyone, and for the multiple posts of the Herculoids video link.  My connection to the forum has been acting all strange recently.  See this screenshot for an example of another recurring problem.

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,165
    edited July 2022

    False start.

    RE: Dragon Helm of Dor Lomin.  I had started modeling something in Carrara and got this far.  But I plan to start over.  Seems like a good project to use as a tutorial for a sculpting program and painting program.  So even though I am posting this Work in Progress, and I could finish the modeling project in Carrara, I prefer to use this as a learning opportunity.  Sculpting programs can make normal maps from two versions of a mesh.  So here is a false start Carrara WIP using Carrara's vertex modeler. 

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,585
    edited July 2022

    Diomede said:

    Bunyip02 said:

    I am looking at using Dart's Dragon animation freebie for an animation.

    Anyone else looking at doing an animation ?

    You are off to a good start.  I may do an animation but it is my lowest priority.  I have a couple of single-image ideas I want to do, one of which requires brushing up on another software.  So I am behind, but I hope I catch on quickly.  For one of my projects, as a Tolkien fan, I plan on modeling the 'Dragon Helm of Dor Lomin' in a sculpting program and texture it in a painting program.  I find if I haven't used a program in a while, I forget the basics, like how to navigate in the viewport.  If I progress relatively quickly, I do plan on doing an animation, but only if I progress quickly.

    In future Challenges I am going to try and get at least one entry as an animation, time permitting !!!

    I must confess that I have watched the tutorials for Silo and 3DCoat & Hexagon more than once..... Yet to get the Stezza bug where I model something new every day !!!

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,585

    Diomede said:

    Apologies if I missed anyone, and for the multiple posts of the Herculoids video link.  My connection to the forum has been acting all strange recently.  See this screenshot for an example of another recurring problem.

    The dreaded 504 and it's evil cousin 502 I have been getting lots of.....

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,585

    Diomede said:

    False start.

    RE: Dragon Helm of Dor Lomin.  I had started modeling something in Carrara and got this far.  But I plan to start over.  Seems like a good project to use as a tutorial for a sculpting program and painting program.  So even though I am posting this Work in Progress, and I could finish the modeling project in Carrara, I prefer to use this as a learning opportunity.  Sculpting programs can make normal maps from two versions of a mesh.  So here is a false start Carrara WIP using Carrara's vertex modeler. 

    Looking good !!!

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,585

    DAZ3D has approved the Challenge, sponsorship details have been updated !!! Thanks DAZ3D !

    Get those entries started !!!!!!!!!!!

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,165
    edited July 2022

    Yay, thank you, Daz, for continued support.

    I picked up the new Paris city center and am thinking of ways to give it a go.  Here I have a bunch of dragons being defeated by the French at night.  Replicated the falling dragon on a cylinder I put around the tower.  Inserted a starry sky in the backdrop.  Played with a background bigradient to get the yellow reflection for the tower at night.  Tried a dome of distant lights set to only light the dragons in an attempt at a rim light but I think it just made the image even more flat.  Still experimenting with this idea.

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  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,050

    Diomede said:

    Yay, thank you, Daz, for continued support.

    I picked up the new Paris city center and am thinking of ways to give it a go.  Here I have a bunch of dragons being defeated by the French at night.  Replicated the falling dragon on a cylinder I put around the tower.  Inserted a starry sky in the backdrop.  Played with a background bigradient to get the yellow reflection for the tower at night.  Tried a dome of distant lights set to only light the dragons in an attempt at a rim light but I think it just made the image even more flat.  Still experimenting with this idea.

    looks great.. great camera angle

    was thinking of getting the tower but thought it may not load in Carrara but good to see it has... was the loading time very long? 

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,050

    Diomede said:

    Stezza said:

    The Herculoids 

    revamped file from one I did 2013 when Carrara was v8  wink
    changed the dragon style using 3DU dragon for dragon3 added foliage, props and added Tara ( Zandor's wife ) who wasn't in my original file.

    I loved the Herculoids growing up.  These 3D models are top notch.  

    If anyone is not familiar with the classic show, see this clip to see what a great job Syezza did.

    thanks @diomede

    I shall honour you by changing my user name during the course of the challenge wink 

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