Peace and Love by RubyTuesday70
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Sometimes I am able to put artwork together in an hour or two, they just come together and I don't even know how. Other times it takes forever.
This project started a few weeks ago, I fell in love with that front tied shirt the minute I saw it. Since I had managed to successfully convert some G8 clothing to dynamic I thought I would give it a shot. But right away I started having trouble with the knot that kept coming untied. No matter what I tried it wouldn't work, I'm not even that good with dynamics clothing yet to begin with. So I put the project on hold. Then a few days ago I decide to ask my fellow artist friend Cassandra if she knew of a way to fix the problem (I call her the Guru of dynamic clothing). Indeed, she fixed it within minutes and thanks to her I was able to fix it too.
At that point one would think that things went smoothly after that, but absolutely not. I have been arguing with the shirt since saturday, it would work with some poses not others, then I'd forget to parent it, then I'd forget to save and poser would crash. Ugh. On top of that I decided to retexture everything, that part too can be both fun and messy. Anyway, all is well that ends well, and I guess when you work on a render for a long time the satisfaction in seeing it complete is priceless. I hope the background isn't too dark, I tried so many hippie backgrounds but always kept coming back to this one.
One last note, I tried purchasing the new script for Poser 12 which allows you to easily convert duf products so they can be used in Poser. Unfortunately it does NOT work in Mac (I kind of assumed it did because I had seen a positive review from another mac user on another script of Ken's). Luckily both vendor and staff were very understanding and I was able to return the product. So sadly now it's back to the more complex way of converting things by exporting the obj's directly from Daz. Ken's script is much much faster however, just drag & drop. If any Mac users manage to figure out how to use it I will definitely purchase it again.
Anyhoo, after this never-ending monologue, I wish you a good afternoon/night. Peace & Love to all!
Comments (9)
mazzam
Cute character and scene.
RubyTuesday70
Thank you!!
perpetualrevision
All your hard work paid off b/c this turned out so well! She's very cute, esp. with the gap between her teeth and her tinted sunglasses, and her pose and outfit are hippie-perfect (right down to the clogs, although maybe not the high heel part of them!) I'm so glad Cassie was able to help you with the mysteriously untying knot! I've used the cloth room more for other kinds of cloth than for clothing, and there's a lot to learn. The big drawback to dynamic clothing, for me, is that I'm always tweaking poses, based on various other elements of a scene as I'm working on it, and it's such a pain to have to run the dynamic simulation over and over again! But a big advantage is that you can use clothing made for other figures, as you did here! Awesome :-)
BTW, you can export clothing and hair out of DAZ Studio into CR2 format. But if what you're wanting is a prop for use in the cloth room, then an OBJ export is the way to go. I tend to do these exports in batches, so that the process gets streamlined as I go, but it's definitely rather tedious! I use a Mac and don't yet have Poser 12, but it's too bad that script won't work on a Mac :-(
RubyTuesday70
Thank you so much for your detailed response, I really appreciate the feedback! And I'm so sorry for the delayed reply, this has been a hectic week and I don't like rushing when I respond to comments. I am so glad you liked her (little gap and all, I seem to love characters that have teeth gaps, lol). Regarding the clogs, it was hard to find the exact style I needed, and I have to say that goes for a lot of the hippie stuff that is available. As for the dynamic clothing, I am exactly the same with the poses! I often try different poses, and even if I do decide on one pose, I end up tweaking it constantly. That is indeed one of the biggest drawbacks of dynamic clothing. Also, if you are doing a portrait it's one thing, if you are doing a bigger scene where you have the character sitting in a different part of the room it's another. I guess as with all things practice makes perfect, so I will just keep trying and trying til it becomes easier.
The most annoying thing for me when it comes to exporting obj's or other files is that I have Daz on a different computer so I have to put the files on a pen drive, turn on other computer, etc etc. I can't remember why but I had issues installing Daz on the new computer with Poser 12 and I actually prefer keeping this one rather light anyways since it's my work computer. But yeah, Ken's scripts are pretty amazing and it really sucks that they won't work on Mac. :(
CassandraNorth Online Now!
Oh, this came out absolutely fantastic!
The thing with dynamic clothes is that it can be a regular pain but the feeling when it just come together and leave you with realistic clothes... Indescribable 😁
RubyTuesday70
Thank you!!! You are so right about the way the clothing looks! But I am lucky that you are there to help me when I have trouble or I would give up so easily, lol!!
elleque
It's a modern hippie style. Very nice character making!
RubyTuesday70
Thank you so much!!! Hippies should never go out of style, lol!
gaius
We all need peace and love...along with some good music from this era ! Superb image.
RubyTuesday70
Definitely, and nothing will beat this era when it comes to music! Thank you so much for stopping by!
rocdan
VERY COOL HIPPIE EXCELLENT
RubyTuesday70
Thank you!!!
MollyFootman
Heh. Takes me back to High School and early college years.
I feel your pain with dynamic clothing. It looks so good when it works but I haven't figured out a decent work flow for it yet. This final product is worth the work, though. Thank you for sharing!
Molly
RubyTuesday70
Thank you so much for stopping by Mollz! I struggle so much with dynamic clothing, sometimes I get it right on the first try, other times I just want to throw something at the screen, lol. It doesn't help that I was working with converted clothing here (although there have been times where I had no issues with converted items). One thing is certain, you can't always get away with a few basic clicks, sometimes you need to delve deeper in the more complicated functions. That is where Cassie comes in, lol!!! (She is so much more patient than I am!)
UteBigSmile
Bella immagine: Pace e Amore, che tutto ciò di cui abbiamo bisogno, niente più guerre, ne avevamo già tanto in passato!
RubyTuesday70
Grazie tanto Ute, speriamo proprio che un giorno il messaggio di pace venga accolto!!!
hashdoc
The good old 60s/70s!
RubyTuesday70
oh so good!!! Thank you for stopping by!