MistyLaraCarrara opened this issue on Jul 20, 2021 ยท 22 posts
MistyLaraCarrara posted Tue, 20 July 2021 at 8:13 PM
i was checking the gallery but there no search for franzetta style, lol
guess i showing my age. liked the fantasy art from 60s 70s 80s
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MistyLaraCarrara posted Tue, 20 July 2021 at 8:49 PM
do you try to follow any of the composition rules, or you just go by instinct?
i don't usually worry too much about the rule of thirds. i just try to make it look balanced.
if i have multiple characters in the scene i try to make look like they're aware of each other.
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WendyLuvsCatz posted Tue, 20 July 2021 at 8:55 PM
I wish I had kept all those John Norman Gor books for the Vallejo covers ?
I used to get so furious reading them ?but could not help myself and kept buying more (second hand) had about 20
the Sharon Green books too.
MistyLaraCarrara posted Wed, 21 July 2021 at 2:51 AM
trying to remember Gor
vaguely remembers the janet morris
the tornor novels. got so angry at the ending i threw the paperback across the room and pouted all day. lol. i was in my teens.
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primorge posted Fri, 23 July 2021 at 5:36 AM
Richard corben was also a favorite, I like all of the artists mentioned above. The Gor series had some great covers... especially being a teenage boy lol. I think I stopped reading the series at like the 10th book. The slave girl stuff was pretty weird. I really liked the Michael Whelan Elric covers also...
MistyLaraCarrara posted Fri, 23 July 2021 at 6:35 AM
was that the trilogy with the soul eating sword? i remember it. i remember the ending
and the white gold wielder series.
before my eye problems i was reading the Death Note manga series.
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primorge posted Sat, 24 July 2021 at 11:17 AM
https://www.blackgate.com/2017/11/24/elric-and-me/
The initial series was 6 books. They're the best of the lot I think. Michael Moorcock's characters Corum (the Swords Trilogy, Chronicals of Corum) and Hawkmoon (numerous books) are also fantastic reads. All of these characters are tied in with the author's concept of the Eternal Champion and the conflict between Law and Chaos. Something that's had a lasting impact on the genre of heroic fantasy in various ways.
If you can find the works, comics artist P Craig Russell's depictions of the stories are beautiful adaptations in his distinctive style. When I was young me and my best friend would often debate over who was superior, Conan or Elric. He was a Howard's Conan fan. Those books had the lovely Frazetta covers that are now classics. Of course Conan was a neanderthal compared to the brooding, doomed sorcerer king and anti hero Elric lol. My opinion of Conan has softened over the years...
Some Russell Elric Images and pages...
MistyLaraCarrara posted Thu, 29 July 2021 at 10:22 AM
this the one stands out in my memory
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MistyLaraCarrara posted Thu, 29 July 2021 at 10:32 AM
the Tanith Lee, white witch series
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Dartanbeck posted Thu, 05 August 2021 at 8:06 PM
I love fantasy art like that! That's what I always have in mind when I'm working on my animations.
This one isn't actually part of a current animation, but concept art I've made for something yet to come, perhaps.
Dartanbeck posted Thu, 05 August 2021 at 8:10 PM
The cloth on the girl (my Rosie) was inspired by this movie, which I really enjoy - and made my first Fan-Edit for:
MistyLaraCarrara posted Thu, 05 August 2021 at 9:58 PM
i love the I AM DRAGON movie.
have dreams about it.
i been dreaming of a I AM DRAGON KING. need a figure with the dream physique to realize a render.
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Dartanbeck posted Thu, 05 August 2021 at 10:17 PM
I collect various full character products and like to mix n' match heads individually from the bodies to come up with custom results. Through most generations of Genesis, for example, the Victoria and Michael lines can quickly introduce some pretty real-world details of the main shape. But then I also like to have all of the shaping collections for more specifics.
As for "I Am Dragon", that dress that she wears through my whole fan edit above has inspired me to do something similar, but much more fantasized.
To do this, I found the Veranil blouse in my runtime and started with that. In Daz Studio, I was able to delete a few polygons under the ties. In DS, the Geometry Editor can delete polygons without destroying the item as a conforming cloth.
Then I used Fit Control to vastly alter the shape of the blouse into a dress.
I work quickly through most of the above process because my ultimate goal happens when I run it through VWD Cloth and Hair to drape and animate the item.
Then I either use the original texture maps or start from scratch (As I've done here) to redesign the materials - in this case, a translucent, dirty white dress that is also damp.
MistyLaraCarrara posted Sat, 07 August 2021 at 7:09 PM
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Dartanbeck posted Sun, 08 August 2021 at 12:50 AM
Dragon Riders of Pern!!! :)
diomede posted Mon, 09 August 2021 at 7:56 PM
This was my entry in the Daz sword and sorcery contest. Fireball of the dead. I tried to check a lot of the Frazetta/Vallejo/Bell fantasy art boxes.
WendyLuvsCatz posted Mon, 09 August 2021 at 8:01 PM
thats an awesome book cover like render Ted, I want to read the book.
Dartanbeck posted Mon, 09 August 2021 at 11:34 PM
Very nice Render, Diomede!!! Awesome!
Dartanbeck posted Mon, 09 August 2021 at 11:35 PM
WendyLuvsCatz posted Mon, 09 August 2021 at 11:56 PM
must be cold in that pool of water ?
diomede posted Wed, 11 August 2021 at 11:46 AM
Thank you, Wendy and Dart; I had fun doing the fantasy art. Dart, love everything about the wolfman and his lady pic, but special praise for the water, the ripples, and the reflections. Great job.
MistyLaraCarrara posted Thu, 19 August 2021 at 3:09 PM
one of my favorite Xanth covers. too many to show em all.
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