Hello out there! I will try and make this short and to the point. Our family has recently found a cousin that was literally lost to us for over 30 years. I have met him and he seems like a decent enough guy. I won't go into details or mitigating factors in his life but the truth of the matter is that he is in prison. He is serving his time and should be out within a year. He has a great interest in art and he does a great deal of it even getting commisions from other prisoners. He is in the better part of the facility as a trustee but it is no "club fed" sort of state facility. He has no access to the internet and the whole computer revolution has pretty much passed him by. I have been actively encouraging him in his artwork even going so far as to go through the tedious process of helping him to be able to order art supplies from the outside. I keep telling him about computer art and given his thematic interests, fantasy artists, and rather dark goth or vampiric stuff I thought Poser would be a great medium for him to study when he gets out. But its hard to give him an idea of what is possible without examples. Currently I send him pictures printed on cardstock. I would like to be able to send him maybe 4 or 5 examples of works done in Poser 5 WITHOUT postwork from a secondary program. I welcome all recomendations or examples. Any ideas? I was thinking maybe a couple of fantasy scenes including monsters, skeletons and/or dragon, battles, a sci fi, a photorealistic and maybe a few examples of erotic work. I ask in advance because I know there are restrictions with copywrite and all and I want to show him what Poser 5 can do without any touch ups in photoshop and the like. Don't want to overwhelm him making him think he has to master a half dozen programs to make a good render. Any ideas, help, or information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. Cheers, RWB64

Personally, I would suggest putting a hold on encouraging him about computer art seeing he has no access to the files where he is anyway, so all it would do would be to get him eager about something that he has no access to for many months. Keep encouraging him with his art and sending him supplies such as canvas and paints etc. When he's closer to release, or even after he's released, then would be the time to introduce him to computerized graphics, because then he can get into it instead of just wishing and hoping.

Well actually it has been my experience thus far Acadia that something to look forward too, even if it is months away gives him a big pick me up. Different things I have sent him, up to date information we have sent him, etc., have already made him decide that he would like to have a computer when he gets out. Prior to that it was just, a job, a house, a woman that loves him, a truck and a dog. We should all be so lucky. The whole computer revolution just sort of passed him by while he has been away. He earned his HVAC degree while he served his time and now does work for the prison and assists in teaching it. I imagine a job will be something he can get. Also having a supportive family for the first time in 30 odd years will hopefully make a difference. I'm relatively poor being disabled and can't get him the house, woman, truck or dog. But I do have a LOT of spare computer parts and a few people that owe me favours and plan to make sure when he gets out,(he may well be staying with us) he will have a computer, hopefully loaded with Poser 5. I hope I know enough to be able to explain things to him quickly but I know that I will have to teach him the Internet as well. In my experience this requires a whole paradigm shift to get a handle on. Ten years ago it was all greek to me. Then one day something shifted and it made a lot more sense. In his own words prison makes one learn patience. Showing him a few pictures will make it easier for me to explain what I mean. Meanwhile I plan to keep helping him obtain any of the art supplies he needs. I just want to expose him to digital art so he can see that it is not as primitive as he might think nor is it as constrained. Get him thinking about the possibilities. Cheers, RWB64

Feel free to rummage through my gallery....99% of my postwork is either totally obvious (sig, captions), or just an overall lightening of the image. Luck to yr cousin

One in my gallery called "Sorrow" is done in Poser with the exception of the gradient background I put her on, and the frame. The image itself is untouched from the way it turned out in Poser 5.

Very thoughtfull to help out your cousin RWB64! Just a question though, have you found out what kind of art does he do and what he likes?

Thank you for the permissions Freebass. He tells me he used to play guitar and I know he likes hot cars, hot Hogs and hot women. You need to render a girl with a Les Paul strapped to the back of her bike. I have a 1978 Les Paul Custom, black w/ white trim, and it was the first year they offered the silver hardware option! Wish I could get my dobro rendered. It has a maple pattern on its top that makes it pretty enough for furniture. Thanks Acadia I think I WILL send him "Sorrow". Much obliged. markk he is just a regular guy. A few weeks older than I am so he is 41. Sort of classic Rock and Roll with Black Sabbath being his favourite. It follows that his choices in art are often dark, gothic themed. He is a big fan of fantasy art and artists and can rattle the names off of a half dozen of them at the drop of a hat. He does some figure work too. I had sent him printouts of wallpapers I had that I actually think were done in whatever version of Bryce was out at the time. That seemed to open his head up a little when he saw nighttime scenes with ufos and pyramids with glowing glyphs on them! But mostly he likes the dragon, warrior, warrioress, skeleton sort of thing. But I try and send him a variety of media to study as the prison is SUPPOSED to do inter-library loans but he cannot find any books of artwork. Go figure. Thanks all so far that have replied or given their permission. Since this thread has fallen off the front page tell your Poser 5 friends if you would. I am sort of surprised that more folks didn't reply but maybe they think its better that someone in jail has no joy than trying to help him. I dunno. Again thanks! Cheers, RWB64

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Yes&Artist=leather%2Dguy

Well, if all you're seeking is permission to send copies of our pictures to him, then feel free to use any of mine you like for that purpose. My stuff is pretty much pure poser, with just a few moments of tweaking to balance colors or burn in shadows. Take a look at "child is Born" or "Runaways" in my gallery are pretty standard fantasy, and "Obsolescence" is Sci-Fi. See if they or any of the others will serve. Feel free to cut-and-paste my comments, stories, and descriptions also. Cheers!

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Yes&Artist=lindans

Well feel free to send copies from my gallery, Postwork is generally very little, as I am only a hobbyist. Byeee

Feel free to send him copies of the pictures in my gallery. I almost never do postwork. I've been rendering in Vue mostly the last few months, so you might want to skip those. Still, there's over 100 pics in my gallery that are pure Poser 5/6 renders.