I should've mentioned that... I think I've got her lips set to 50% on the bump... but I think I need to add more highlight to them to make them look glossier... right now she looks like she could use some chapstick.

Well.. I can at least help with one suggestion... if you don't already have it, go download the urban construction kit by lalverson from the freestuff... it's great... and would make putting together some scenes quick and easy right inside of poser... I'm just learning to model stuff with Rhino, so I doubt that I'd be able to make anything terribly useful... but I'll try to keep an eye out for anything I can help with... :)

I'm only applying the bump map at 25% (I think), when it's set to 100% it's like the grand canyon on her face... it was pretty bad, I laughed when I saw it... but lowering the percentage helped a lot...

Quick question... what figures would you want them based on? And how would you get them all together to be rendered? I doubt that I'd be able to help, but I'd be interested in seeing the outcome.

I have to make the bump map still... that's part 3! :) After the body. I also want to try to make a transmap for the eyebrows... I finally was able to make a usable one for the eyelashes, but the eyebrows are still dcort's transmap that comes with Natalia.

I like altering the ambient skin colors (a trick I picked up from Dmentia's Bobby Sue texture, and her image in the galleries - I can't remember what it's called off the top of my head though), you can get some interesting tone variations.

Oh, I've got loads that I could donate... when do you need them by, and do you need them on blank backgrounds, or should they have a setting behind them? Also... I'm not sure how commercial license issues would apply to this... the artist wouldn't be making money from it... but if you made money from it, would it be violating a non-commercial usage clause? What would you be doing with them after you printed them out? If it's a pamphlet or something like that, would it be possible to get a copy of it if you donated an image? I suppose I could ask all of this in an email to you too, but this way anyone who happens to come across this post will have the answers too... :) K-

:) Thanks Sharen. After I get this one completed I'm going to try texturing Vicky's head again, and then try a darker complexion for Natalia.

and with my face file.

Eeep... I almost gave myself a heart attack... I opened up my texture in photoshop and I was going to adjust the lip highlight layer (the one that puts the lines on it, at Marque's suggestion) and, umm... NO MORE LAYERS!!! I thought I had accidently flattened it and saved it... but for some reason I had a copy of it... so I just had to open the original... whew! But anyway... I didn't have much time to mess with this tonight, but I wanted to make the lines more prominant, since they were hard to see... and I wanted to try it on the Keiko figure, as dcort suggested... I did two pictures... since Keiko has thin lips, the lines were hard to see, my character face setting has fuller lips... so I'll attach the Keiko one to this one, and my face to the next one so you can see... any other input is still appreciated... I'm going to get started on the body probably tomorrow... one question though... do you think I should add any blemish/beauty marks to her face? I kind of like it without them, but they add a little bit of realism... maybe I could just do two different ones... one with, and one without... I already plan on doing a head texture without the pink make-up... though I'm REALLY pleased with how the pink turned out, I'd like it to be versatile so that you can add your own make up to it down the line. :) Thanks again for everyones input. :) K-

I've had the pleasure of checking this arch out early too, and I must say it is stunning... I mean, you hear people talk about how they clean up their edges so that poser will render corners right, but until this model I didn't realize how much work that entailed... this thing renders magnificently. And the textures are just perfect... plus it comes with a few tilable textures to use in making your own. I dunno when it'll be out, but I'm pretty sure it's sometime soon, but it's worth the wait. :)

Ooftah, I've been meaning to make my entry picture... I'm gonna go do that now... :) First I'd better go see what's been submitted already to make sure no one had my idea before I did. :)

That's exactly what I was going to say too... Eowyn, if you managed to morph her face into what more people would consider "beautiful" you could easily sell a package of morphs... it's a pretty open field right now, but I have a feeling a lot of people are thinking the same thing, so best to get your foot in the door now... you have one other thing going for you too though, people already know who you are, and that your work is good, they'd be more comfortable buying a morph pack from you than maybe someone they've never heard of... my two cents.

See... I was thinking wrench too... but then I thought alter... which made me think Altar, but then egaeus beat me to it.

Looking excellent Jim... I don't have SMV, but I keep wanting to pick her up (well... smmv), and I don't have Dina (yet... but she's on my list), and I would almost definitely get SMD if I got Dina.