rdf opened this issue on Jan 04, 2003 ยท 39 posts
rdf posted Sat, 04 January 2003 at 8:53 PM
Attached Link: same ol' link as last time i posted
I don't want to offend anyone, and what I am about to say certainly does *not* apply to many of the artists represented here on renderosity, but I'm wondering ... As cool as Poser is, it seems to me that most of the Poser-assisted artwork I've seen around the web is not really what I'd call 'professional grade.' Of course I realize such judgments are all very subjective, and there is great room for disagreement about what looks professional and what doesn't, but the figures often tend to look plastic to me, and stiff, and so forth. Frankly, an awlfully lot of this artwork would benefit enormously if the artists had the patience to do some significant postwork in PhotoShop or some similar program, and even some of the best of it could benefit by just a little more postwork. One of the things I am wondering, then, is how many actually use Poser professionally (i.e., doing illustration for which you are paid) and frequently? And do you generally find that significant postwork is needed to get truly professional grade results? I am thinking I will probably use Poser in my work, but I am also beginning to think it may serve me better to think of a rendering as a very high quality 'layout' rather than as a final product, i.e., I am thinking that to get truly professional results I am probably going to, typically, still have to put in a few to several hours of postwork. Am I right? Are my standards too high (doubtful), or is my understanding of what is truly possible with Poser (given adequate work and study) simply too low? I'm very much a newbie with Poser, so please keep that in mind. And, again, there is some very fine work posted here at renderosity, so please don't think my aim is to bash any of the artists represented here. Thanks in advance for the feedback.