Alright, so let's see - who is Michelle? My full name is Michelle Natascha and I am quite a usual 28-year old Chihuahua mommy from Germany. I suppose that this sounds as if I really like dogs - and yes, that is true. Little Tico is even climbing over my keyboard and myself as I am writing this.
I've been drawing, painting and trying out all sorts of creative things for as long as I can remember, but my true love in all of this is writing. Being a P&P role-player has made me write quite a lot - starting from my own fantasy worlds to short stories and whole books. And it is really funny, that all of this has introduced me into the 3D World in the end.
It was back in 2003, when I first got in contact with Poser and I remember throwing it away into the next far away corner in frustration, where it had to take a long rest before I bothered to touch it again.
But then copyrights became a serious issue and I - becoming aware of the problem - had to find a way to supply the users of my own forums with avatars. So what was the best way for it? Yes, digging out my long lost Poser and installing it again.
It was a pain to get used to the whole thing and I remember very strange, skinless but bluish colored figures with ugly handpainted hair. I think you would call them faeries or sea creatures.
I am still keeping one of them somewhere to show frustrated beginners that they are far better than me when I was just starting - but ok, someday I had to realize, that you just need to put some skin textures on the figures to make them look better - oh, and suddenly a whole new world was there, waiting to be explored. No more smearing stinky oil paint on a canvas (don't get me wrong, I love it. I just don't get along well with the turpentine but that's another story) and nice new ways to illustrate web sites (another passion of mine).
I can't remember why I started to try out texturing. It was a just for fun thing and I did the first texture for the Mediterranean Dress, I think. It didn't look too good - an ugly, bluish-grey colored thing, but I kept on learning more about it and soon I came up with my first texture set for the MFD and the following ones before I switched to photorealistic characters.
It was a really fascinating experience to build a skin from photographs and it became even better, when I finally got my copy of Zbrush last year. I loved doing custom morphs and I always wanted to try out 3D modelling.
But Zbrush had eaten up a lot of my money for those things and I didn't think that I would ever be able to model anything at all, remembering that my Mom had to help me with the silly perfume bottle we had to sculpt at school in my arts class. So it was not really a good idea to put a lot of money into it.
But then Hexagon 2 came into my life - and I can't tell you if I love or hate it. It must be the first thing, as I can't bring myself to abandon it for another modelling application. Let's just call it a love-hate relationship.
And it finally made me try out something I always wanted to do, ever since the first days of trying to find free hairmodels in the web - yes, hair modelling. Don't ask me why - I just like hair. Painting it, modelling it - all of it.
And after all, after quitting my studies of art history, I am earning my money as a content creator for Poser - and even though it's not always easy, I really enjoy what I am doing and I wouldn't want to change this for any other job.
So this is where I am. And you see, I'm always talking too much, so I'll just leave it at that before you're getting really bored and throw some tomatoes at me.
And if you're from Germany, you could be interested in visiting me and some friends at:
visual.dreamshards.de
Comments (29)
thesymphonyofthelife
the tatoo is very good and discreet. i like the shade od the colors and the expression of the face. the mix between the background and the character is great. have a good day
Merlin2000
Wow great image vor the Entry !!! Excellent Artwork and Render !! Excellent and vote !!! Good Luck vor the Contest !!!!
Pisces80
Wow! Great work!
Vik9740
well done! and the best of luck with your entry
prog
I saw this on the contest page, and I just love it!! she's one of my favorite characters, and the posing of the snakes is wonderful!!!! Excellent work, and thanks for entering!!!
Arvanor
A gorgeous image and i like those snakes so much.kissThats one of your best images so far honey.
bluemoon3dart
Impressive image, is fantastic, congratulations :-)
Forevernyt
Now, that's a beautiful image. Damn that's good. I love the hair and the BG. The poses are perfect! Congrats, you're probably the winner! VOTE!
Bernado
Caged beauties? I just see a beauty here. Let me take her off the cage and leave those creepy-crawlers in! Wonderful composition. Beautiful character, pose and expression -yes, the girl-. Awesome with her hair. Good luck!
Solomen
Great work ;)
Bez
Fantastic work, love how you have posed those snakes, excellent postwork as well, good luck in the comp
ZARATUSTRA
WOOOW!! Wonderful work!!! Excellent image!! ;) I like hair! Good luck!!
Zephre
Great Job with the snakes and the Pose on the figure. The Background is excellent.. Well Done!!
Angel1
You get my vote - this is amazing!!!
Rhiannon Online Now!
Awesome image, I love it, especially that hair! :-) HUGS
fracturedmoon
This is beautiful Valea. I love the pose and the hair is fantastic! :)
Butterfly_ca
Excellent! Hope You win! It is very beautiful! Vote!
Tiari
Exceptional sultry image. Though, I would like to see her feet flat on the ground without heels on.
Orionboy
Beautiful image, Fantastic hair painting !!!! Excellent work ^_^
Eleria
Beautiful and sweet, but at the same time with that somewhat mystical fantasy athmosphere. Excellent postwork too! In fact, everything in this image is excellent... so guess my ranking gg :-D
Fogge
Beautiful woman and most impressive hair. Excellent work!
stormsong
love the protective snake!! :) excellent pose.
jwdell
Awesome entry!! Good luck in the contest!!!
Cyve
WOW Michelle ... ANother beautiful picture ... It's very perfect ...this woman, these colors and realization ... Great idea ... very very well done ... I love this one and I vote !!!
BlueLotus7
Lovely to look at and delightful to squeeze! So saith the serpent! LOL Fantastic rendering! Good Luck!
ariaans
It's beautiful!! Love the combination of the warm and cold colors!! Lovely character and hair! :)
romanceworks
Oh, this is luscious! Fantastic entry. :o) CC
german-witch
Sehr sche Scene und wundervoll umgesetzt! Sehr sch, geflt mir super!
irakika
Very nice rendering.