Many thanks for selecting my image this week! There are so many talented artists here at Renderosity that it is such a thrill when one of my images is noticed. Cheers to all.

Thank you so much for selecting two of my images. I feel like I have learned so much since I started with Poser and it's the support of the Renderosity community that has made all the difference.

Thank you for taking the time to look at all the new art that comes in, and thanks for selecting my image this week!

This is such sad news. My sincere condolences to Joanna's family and friends; may your good memories help you through this terrible time of sorrow.

Thanks so much for choosing one of my images for this staff pick posting. It is incredibly encouraging and very much appreciated. Cheers!

Thanks all!

Just a quick note to say thanks to artbyphil and MNartist for your questions and responses about my attempts to improve my texturing - all help is greatly appreciated and I will start experimenting with displacement asap. Enjoy the Dinoraul sale!

Hey Dino fans, just wanted to give you a heads up that while surfing around the Published Artist sale over at Daz I noticed that artist RawArt has included some texture packs for prehistoric creatures that some of you might want to check out... They are 50% off at the moment.

Quote - > Quote - I am always looking for ways to increase the realism of scaling and rough skin textures. Any suggestions?

Welcome to the forum! Are you looking at creating your own textures, or increasing realism through rendering? What softwares are you using?

The short answer to that is... both! I would love to know how to get the most out of existing textures through render settings (I am self-taught and have never used "bump" which I suspect may be important) and I would also love to create my own textures since I always have specific ideas of what I want scales and rough skin to look like (as I'm sure we all do). I am using Poser 9 and Photoshop cs5 extended. Though I did take advantage of the free software downloads offered at Daz3D of Hexagon, Bryce and Daz Studio I haven't delved into them as of yet.

Just a quick note to the lovers of all things dino... thanks for sharing your enthusiasm! I have found in my explorations of various galleries that most images created featuring prehistoric times and/or dinosaurs have a few things in common: meticulous attention to detail, realistic creature posing and fabulous textures.

As a Poser user and self-professed dragon geek, I am always looking for ways to increase the realism of scaling and rough skin textures. Any suggestions?

Oh I second that proposal. There is a staff by DM in one of their sets that has 3 different options for flame effect colouration that I love, and greater availability of interchangable staffs would be marvelous. As a secondary addition to that suggestion, it would be good to see some of the seriously unique and fantastic blades often found in fantasy based gaming available as props... if they are of a scale that looks as though a character could actually lift it without having arms the size of tree trunks =)

Egad, thanks for this pick! The support I have recieved here at Renderosity from staff and artists alike has been phenomenal and so encouraging. Cheers!