Tag: 3d rendering

Conan Obsession…?

After a period of self-imposed austerity measures, I finally got hold of this awesome ‘Altas‘ morph and texture pack from Renderosity.  I’ve been duly making Conans with it ever since.  This one was rendered in Poser Pro 2012. Growing up, I loved Robert E Howard’s tales of Conan, the quintessential barbarian hero, and I read…

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Unexpected Benevolence

Well, after I gave Daz’s Victoria3 a bit of a whirl after a long absence the other night, it seemed only fair to brush the dust off Michael3 and breathe some life back into him too. I’ve used the EZ Skin script on one of the MOTY textures, and also experimented with my own 3-point…

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Poser Lights 2: HDR Lighting

Here’s my latest collection of tips, this time on HDR lighting in Poser. Topics covered: Adding HDR Lights Tweaking HDR Lights Adjusting brightness on HDR Lights

Poser Lighting Part 1

Here’s a lighting tutorial for Poser using just a single spotlight. Topics Covered: Creating a Spotlight Adding Soft shadows Attenuation Volumetric Lights and Fog

Postwork Hints and Tips

What you do to your render when it comes out of the render engine may be what sets your image apart from all the rest. It’s where you define your style. Take command of your post-processing tools and make it pop! This is a selection of hints and tips for using Photoshop to edit your images….

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Dynamic Cloth in Poser

Here’s a quick-start guide for setting up dynamic cloth in Poser. It covers clothifying objects, and how to drape them over other objects.

Detailed Skin for Poser

Here’s a quick tutorial giving some ideas on adding detail to dull skin textures in Poser. It covers adding bump and specularity, and using HDR lighting to improve your renders.

Interview with 3D Art Direct

I did an interview with 3D Art Direct this month: How to create digital character art with impact. The Podcast is available here.

Liquify Tutorial

Did you ever spend ages setting up a picture, then wait hours for it to render in your favourite software, only to find when it comes out the other end that it’s not quite how you wanted it? Photoshop’s Liquify filter is a quick and easy way to sort it out (as featured on Renderosity).