ashley9803 opened this issue on Jun 11, 2007 · 93 posts
Darboshanski posted Tue, 12 June 2007 at 6:55 AM
Quote - I actually HATE the word "postwork". Why? Postwork is a general term slapped on any artist that uses poser for any reason....... so what i do is classified as postwork? Postwork?? Er...... no. I really find insult a lot of times in someone saying i am trying to "unposerify" an image, when i used poser only as a basic structure sketch and spent two months airbrushing, in yes, photoshop with a wacom.
People actually argue with me saying I can't call it "painting" because it has a poser "core". And because by some technical aspect, photoshop doesn't have physical "paint".
Some can actually get beautiful straight up renders out of poser. Kudos to them! However, oh, a good 80 percent can't. There are some images I see, where i wish ...... yes wish, that they WOULD postwork.
Do I use photoshop effects? Yes. Do I use poser? Yes. Do I try to hide its "poserness"....... well..... yes and no.
I use poser for what it was actually ....... deep breath deep breath MADE FOR! As a model when there is lack of a LIVE MODEL. Thats what its made for. But now, if you use it, you aren't a painter anymore....... sheesh.
I will continue to postwork images within an inch of their life..... (I know you didnt mean me specifically pjz99 lol, just the same fitting phrase), if thats what digital painting is called these days :)
For me I see nothing wrong with this at all. As I said back in the day, and some of the older folks here will agree, we didn't have all the wonderful clothing, hair, props, etc like we have now and we didn't have the powerful programs or computers to run them on. It was common place to bring your basic poser render into a paint program and go to town on it to get a decent finished image. My fear is postworking will become a lost art and to some degree you are seeing that now. But it is what the artist chooses to do some don't mind postworking and others really don't want to be tied down with it either. Then there is the everyday hobbist that just wants to make a nice image without all the other hassels. To each his/her own is what I say ; )