Another of Aiko4 with a lot of realism dialed in.

Mixed ancestry, brown eyes and hair from her mother's side. She likes to dance in the nude. Very serious.

::::: Opera :::::

Melody as Lt. M'Ress again. It's the Poserworld dress, which is more authentic but not as well made. I should probably do a better job of blending the pads in with the palm texture. I did it via Photoshop, since I have never figured out how overlays work in Firefly.

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Melody as Lt. M'Ress again. It's the Poserworld dress, which is more authentic but not as well made. I should probably do a better job of blending the pads in with the palm texture. I did it via Photoshop, since I have never figured out how overlays work in Firefly.

Oktober Dayz

randym77 posted at 11:38 AM Fri, 29 October 2021 - #4429568

Melody as Lt. M'Ress again. It's the Poserworld dress, which is more authentic but not as well made. I should probably do a better job of blending the pads in with the palm texture. I did it via Photoshop, since I have never figured out how overlays work in Firefly.

What hair set did you use for her "mane"?  I'm always curious to learn what other people employ.

Happy Halloween

Battle of the planets, Fuerza-G, G-Force, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman

Aiko 3_M3 = https://www.renderosity.com/rr/mod/bcs/?ViewProduct=33463

Aiko 3 Kioki = https://www.daz3d.com/kioki

I'm having way too much fun playing with Melody, her morph pack, and Daio's textures.

I'm having way too much fun playing with Melody, her morph pack, and Daio's textures.

Nice!

The Queen Is Not Amused

Nice. I swear Poser clothing used to be a lot more elaborate than it is now.

ethin posted at 4:00 PM Wed, 3 November 2021 - #4429868

randym77 posted at 4:39 PM Mon, 25 October 2021 - #4429381

Nice. I swear Poser clothing used to be a lot more elaborate than it is now.

I'm learning figure creation with the goal of making clothing for Aiko, and I was wondering if you could elaborate on your comment.

All the layers and poufs and ruffles and lacing. Most new dresses are not that elaborate. Heck, it's hard to find a dress with sleeves these days. Perhaps because so much clothing is dynamic/dForce; I gather it's more difficult to add that kind of detail to a dynamic dress. Don't get me wrong, I love dynamic clothes, but it seems like it tends to be simpler.

Ok, I know what you mean. Even that ^ dress only has detached sleeves, I filled in the gap with a bolero jacket I'm working on.

As for the difference between conforming and dynamic clothing I hear you, I like comparing it to the difference between outfits in anime/manga art and there low budget cosplay. 

I really dislike those detached sleeves that are so popular in Poser-dom. Is it because shoulders are hard to conform or something? I just can't imagine wearing a dress with detached sleeves. How they they stay up?

I think my ideal outfit would be a combination of dynamic and conforming. This outfit (by Hollywood costume designer Robert Blackman), for example. The boots and jumpsuit would be better conforming, but the cape (attached to the wrists) and maybe the sleeves would be better as dynamic. I have no idea if it's possible to do that. I've seen some conforming dresses where the skirt is dynamic, but that's about it.

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"I really dislike those detached sleeves that are so popular in Poser-dom. Is it because shoulders are hard to conform or something? I just can't imagine wearing a dress with detached sleeves. How they they stay up?"

There's a lot of complex things going on in the shoulder/collar region of Poser figures, particularly JCMs and JCMs effecting multiple simultaneous rotations. I wouldn't be surprised if some cut corners to avoid messing with that.

I had some corespondents with a couple of the big names in Aiko3's content a few years ago, one of them stated that a full dress (long, sleeved, puffs, frills, lace, etc.) could take 2-4 times as long to create as something simpler and in most cases they took the shorter route to increase product turn out. I can't fault them trying to making a living.

I don't know much about Poser's dynamics, but with dForce most items are conforming, that way you can do a quick drape after posing or use an animation for a more complex drape. You can still use it on a static props as well. dForce also converts each mat zone into a different dynamic zone allowing for lots of control over how different part of the same item drape (or don't drape). With the outfit in the image randym77 referenced I'll be able to drape just the long lace cuffs at the end of the sleeves if I need to.

With Poser's dynamics, you can set up different dynamic groups to control the way different parts behave, so it can look like different types of fabric. You can also drape parts of conforming clothing. The problem with that is you need to set up each body part separately.  Poser also doesn't do well with layers on the same object. On rendym77's dress, the overskirt would need to be a separate item as well as the bodice and there might be issues with the laces, depending on how they were made. I have done dynamic laces that would so they can be done, but they have to be all one piece.

Yes, I had expected that that was part of the problem. Prices have dropped so much, I can understand vendors not wanting to spend a lot of time making an item. Buyers aren't willing to pay extra for the detail.

Gave my little Mimmzy a bit of an update and made her a friend while I was at it.

Oh, man, that's adorable.

Oh, man, that's adorable.

Maddelirium's Olivia converted to Aiko.

Wow, neat trick.  How did you manage that?

Wow, neat trick.  How did you manage that?

Why do I buy characters and customize them when I could be making custom characters and selling them? lol {shakes head}

Fantasy texture from RPD's Draakena.

P3D's Carmen converted to Aiko.

Why do I buy characters and customize them when I could be making custom characters and selling them? lol {shakes head}

Fantasy texture from RPD's Draakena.

I'm sure they'd sell!

DAZ is having a $1 sale on some older "DAZ originals." Not a lot of Aiko stuff, but there's this: Snow Bride by Littlefox. The textures can probably use some adjusting, but for $1, I'm not complaining.

"She's a maneater, Watch out boy she'll chew you up..."

There's probably a lame joke in there somewhere too 'cause she a cougar.

Some more Aiko 3.  I hope I can set aside enough time to get back into creating Art.   (couldn't get the forum picture resize feature to work)

trying to get that anime look on A4. I have to confess that I don't actively watch anime videos but I think the look is awesome.

@FightingWolf and @ghostship2 woah 😍😍

3DSublime's Lilly for Aiko3, or what's left of her anyway.

3DSublime's Lilly for Aiko3, or what's left of her anyway.

ethin posted at 2:00 AM Mon, 10 January 2022 - #4433058

3DSublime's Lilly for Aiko3, or what's left of her anyway.

Woow 😍

Not sure if I have already posted this picture here or not

1. Eva (Lobo75)
2. Brielle (Thorne & Sarsa)
3. Liana (HandspanStudios)
4. Sydni (Thorne & Sarsa)
5. Alleycat (renapd)
6. Miette (Thorne & Sarsa)
7. Mila (Thorne & Sarsa)
8. Neelam (Syltermermaid)
9. Nya (Rhiannon)
10. Salome (Thorne & Sarsa)
11. Zoraide (Syltermermaid)

@Y-Phil    Nice line up!

@Y-Phil    Nice line up!

I'm really getting to appreciate Aiko 3. I was not interested in toony stuff at all back when she first came out.

In case anyone's interested...DAZ is having a legacy sale today, with some stuff going for $1 or $2. There's a few AIko 3 items included.

I'm really getting to appreciate Aiko 3.

Akina.

Just another random Aiko 3 OC.

Akina.

Just another random Aiko 3 OC.

Woah 😍

@Ethin Nice! What hair piece is that?

Y-Phil posted at 1:55 PM Wed, 26 January 2022 - #4433823

Woah 😍

ghostship2 posted at 2:35 PM Wed, 26 January 2022 - #4433824

@Ethin Nice! What hair piece is that?

@ghostship2  Its Matilda Hair from DAZ.

That is a phenomenally nice Bob hair piece though. Getting it into Poser as a prop, copying over the morphs, and fitting it aren't a gigantic issue but man that's a steep price tag. Very high quality though. I'll have to keep an eye on that maybe eventually will go on sale hopefully. Thanks for the heads up on that.

Inspired by all the great images here I finally rendered A3 in Superfly.   This is one of my favorite A3 characters, Lany run through EZSkin.   Materials and lights by ghostship2. 

Inspired by all the great images here I finally rendered A3 in Superfly.   This is one of my favorite A3 characters, Lany run through EZSkin.   Materials and lights by ghostship2. 

😍

Very nice portrait.

That is a phenomenally nice Bob hair piece though. Getting it into Poser as a prop, copying over the morphs, and fitting it aren't a gigantic issue but man that's a steep price tag. Very high quality though. I'll have to keep an eye on that maybe eventually will go on sale hopefully. Thanks for the heads up on that.