the movie has me in an uproar too, was a great set of games. Perhaps a few animation renderings set to some music is to order hehe.

I see what you mean with the focal points for sure. And of course, I see what I can do to make my art more interesting. I will take some tips from you guys and I will see what I can brew up using all of your advise. I will first start with some pre-planning. What do I want to make I will ask myself. What will be the point of the image, what do I want to convey, and how can I do it in poser. Then I will probly just scetch out a scene on a piece of paper in a rough draft, of the charactors, my background, objects that enhance the image to give the feel I want. I will make an object/clothing inventory of what I will need to create the effect and find/make what I need on the net or in my current collection, Mix it all together in poser, make sure to set the expressions in the proper way according to the mood of the scene/charactors, set the lighting in the way that it emphasizes the main point of the image. I will make sure that faces aren't wondering into the abyss as I often do, that they are focused on the person or thing they are reacting with. And I will definatly have them doing some sort of action, not just making it another picture of a girl with nice textures. Perhaps something funny, scary, interactions with other charactors, maybe even a comic of sorts. Once it is done I will clean up the image as good as I can until it is complete, not half done, or shoddy like alot of my post work. Then upon knowing it is something I love, make a great thumbnail of an interesting angle of the picture that will grab attention, think up a witty name, and post it up on here. Thank you ALL for helping me see what I have been missing, because I felt a little in the dark back there. Not really actually talking to other artists, I was just kinda teaching myself, which is OK, but sometimes I need a push in the right direction for ideas to make more interesting artwork/scenes. Always taking more ideas and suggestions, And I am sure you will all find my new work to be a little eye opening in the future, with better structure than before, with an actual point to the image, better structure, and more amazing scenes.

see your point there... could use some more expressions... Would put more life into the images. And I can kill putting my names on there. The image should get the attention more than the name

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Soultaker Said: "First off what is it that you want?" Just what you have given me, some feedback telling me what you think could help inprove the images to a higher standard. And opinions from other artists that know what they are doing really. That's why I take part in renderosity. To inprove my work, to hone my skills and find out the tricks to the trade. The more tips and tricks I learn to make the desired effects and create better images the better. I am always looking at other people's images going... Man, I wish I knew how they did that. Did they do that in post processing? Did they use some special photoshop plugins? Wonder what render settings or material settings they used to create that effect. Also, I want to know when I make an image that is totally borked.. why it is so, what I can do to make it better, and such. I am the kind of guy that learns from critisms. I'm not trying to give off the idea I'm crying about not getting hits. I'm more worried that people find my art soo repulsive that can't bother to comment any critising remarks because they think I am a lost cause, and I don't want to hear it. I love to hear others opinions, I think all artists are. I would rather take a bad review than none whatsoever.

nickedshield said: "You can import then directly, save your figure as an obj." I did that and I get an invalid format error...

Thanks for the helpfull tips :) I am always looking for ways to inprove my art. And I can see what you mean with the back lighting and resolutions. Sometimes I cut out parts of the body to zoom into the texture detail a bit, so they can get the idea of the better quality on the close up. To be honest though, a couple images there are pasted onto backgrounds I made in bryce since I don't have daz studio to actually put the real figures into bryce, and I find that I can't get the same amount of quality out of most backgrounds in poser that I have found. Thanks again. It's refreshing to actually get some feedback other than, nice image, nice idea or whatever. :)