Hello :)
As a vendor and customer I also see the lack of things that could be interesting to see...
As Grappo, I also did lot of the things I sell or use in the renders just because they weren´t available as freebies or commercial products.
And I also feel bored of the infinite similar things that never show me a change or even an enhancement in the render settings... there are yet renders without shadows, AO, rim lights, etc...
And the thing about folds and details is another chapter... heads with growing silk ribbons ;)... skirts that break as if done with board... or as Gabe said: 3 inches floating around the body... necklaces that project shadows as if they were levitating over the skin... and more, shadows strong and defined as under a 1000 watts spot, but without melt the skin, blinding the eyes and decolorize the hair and clothings as bleach... I think there are some confussion here and the 3D has some rules... IMHO, just my oppinion.
I don´t have any problem with the fantasy and the NON figurative aspects of the reality and the art. Surrealism is ok, but all the artistic movements respect some details as privative rights of the proper identity of "art".

I agree, again, with Gabe about the morphs... Take me about 1.5 hours to do each one of the FBM that involve all the body parts... and test it in any pose that the normal body supports, and then also see if mixed with others there are poke... and all that work, probably never will be seen because not many people uses V4 with some FBM except Aiko or some breast change...

And about the textures... definately I pull my hat for the texturers.
I am not good at that. I am good at the shaders using alphas and grayscales and developing procedurals... but I would love to be as those that make textures that look as real embroideries or so...

I used to do those mentioned polls and for me worked ok due the closing of the market where I was selling my products before to start here. People told me what they still want and believe me, sometimes to make them happy pulls me to re-do things when in fact I would prefer to make new ones... but well, one of your ears can hear the people and the other can hear your soul :)

I really would love to see NEW things and maybe, more carefully crafted... There are some outstanding products that never get the exposure or the "fame" that IMHO they deserve.
Just my 2 cents... hope this don´t annoy nobody and if I did speech mistakes ( what is a sure thing) please forgive me because my fingers write english but my head thinks in spanish :)

See ya
fabi

Fabi @FKDesign

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