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 (28)
Nightwright
Impressive work on her hair! Love your work!!! Big V
ericfarris
Wonderful picture, your hair are amazing as always
twingo
Very nice image, very soft, great hair.
DreamersWish
Beautiful in everyway. That hair is simply to die for. I wish I could make hair look like that. And to those this is dedicated to I hope they get well soon.
shadowsforlorn
WOW..from a fan of angels and winged things....PERFECT:_) I love this image..the lighting ang colors blend beautifully.. A true masterpiece
SeaCrystal
She's very pretty, and I like the way you did her hair. Really nice postwork on your artwork!
dragonheart1965
.......deine bilder sind wirklich super gemacht ,besonders die Farben und Effekte einfach klasse "respekt"..es geflt mir super gut !!!
cliff-dweller
Really breath-taking artwork!! I love her hair and the lovely outfit you've created. She has a beautiful expression, too. A real joy to view this!! {votes}
Risika75
Beautiful character and excellent hair. Lovely scene :D
Eleria
This is absolutely beautiful. You have created many marvellous images in the past, but this one is very special. For me it's your best artwork ever until now! The hair painting is fantastic, as are all those little details on her dress. The pearls, the soft fur... breathtaking. Also the colors - so soft but still so radiant. I love every single pixel of this image. :-)
capelito
Beautiful character and wonderful hair. Great composition.
bluemoon3dart
Awesome!!! Very sweet and magical image :)
RodolfoCiminelli
Splendid scene!!! A excellent and very elaborated postwork!!!
1010
Beautiful..............
manitoba
Oh - shes so beautiful - fantastic work!
ErrantMinion
Excellent work
iamkate101
very beautifully done and her hair is just outstanding!
thesymphonyofthelife
the expression of the face and the eyes are wonderful. it's an excellent composition with a charming atmosphere. the shade of the colors are very good. have a good day
ColdReality
Beautiful!!!
swtmelode
WOW!! This is very beautiful!! Her expression is excellent & your post work is outstanding!!! Excellent in every way!!!
Vampir3Princess
OH BOY! Gorgeous hair and amazing postwork!! Sweet dedication hon! Muah!
Arvanor
Darling,this image is simple said: Beautiful!
seaayre
Lovely soft, dreamy image. Love it. :)
shutterb
Awhhhhhhh the postwork painting is terrific!!!!!!
Axeye
Beautiful image! I love your postwork for this one, and your character is gorgeous! Excellent portrait!
Nuria
Es tan bella que me deja sin palabras. Es de una sensibilidad extraordinaria. Excelente !!!
Blush
What a beautiful image..so glad I ran across this one...also it's nice to meet you and hope you come visit me as well Vote Susan~
irakika
Very nice girl.