Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Teeth in renders too bright?

Conniekat8 opened this issue on May 18, 2007 · 33 posts


Conniekat8 posted Sat, 19 May 2007 at 5:20 PM

Quote - Okay, never mind, I guess my characters don't open their mouths much.  (Which makes me wonder why I spend time on teeth!  Hmm, must get lost in the creative process.)

Here's a link to my favorite teeth pic  (and only really good one in my gallery!  IMHO)

Let me know if the teeth suck, I really need to know if I'm overdoing it.

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1302988

(Warning:  NO NUDITY!)

 

Arrghh, okay since you asked (I feel like I'm being a killjoy) really, I don't mean it's no good, but lately we seem to have a trend in trying to perfect things, so I've gotten pickier...  All in the spirit of raising standards... I hope?

I'm looking at her mouth only - Teeth alone don't look bad, but I am noticing some things. For example, with as much light on the teeth, the exposed part of her gums should have as much litght hitting them as the teeth, therefore the ambient light on both should be similar. Her gums look almost black. Was that intended, or accidental?  Perhaps deep red gums would be even more dramatic then black? (of course, it may be just my madness at the moment)  then I look at her tongue, and its brighter then teeth and gums... makes me think, where is that light coming from, and why do I not see it on teeth, and especially not on the gums?
The hue of her teeth... her complexion has a lot of  blues and cool tones, which appears to be due to the light. In this case, the teeth should pick up some of that blue tinge.

Of course, all this is valid only of you were shooting for a certain level of realisam. If things are the way you intended them, then please disregard my babbling here :)  
Sorry, this is kind of tough for me, I see a relly well done piece, and I feel like a poopy killjoy picking it apart :(  Look at it as little details that can turn excellent work into superb!
And, often it's a lot easier said then done.  I do find it harder to do these little things in poser then in some other apps, because of it's lighting system.

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