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The image in this tutorial was created using the following products from MetaCreations:
Bryce
Painter
Poser
Ray
Dream Studio
KPT
All images copyright Martin Murphy, 1999
The hands (above) and
the arms (below), before and after smoothing the Poser figure's joints.
Painting the
Figure
I don't have problems using any software I have to get the best
image possible. For me, it's all about what the image needs.
Obviously, if this was a specific 3D image, I would only use 3D software,
but because this was an illustration with no constraints I could go
HOG WILD!
That being said, I couldn't wait to drag the rendered Bryce image into
Painter. Zygote's figures for Poser are stunning, but sometimes a little
help is needed with Painter to fix the crumpling of the joints that
occur during the actual posing process.
I start by using the Just Add Water brush and push the surrounding color
into the crumples to cover them up. Touch up with a little airbrush
then back to the Just Add Water brush to smooth out any brush strokes.
That's usually it.
I also smooth out all shadow lines. I like to keep the skin as smooth
as possible.
I always add a little
shine to the nose. A John Singer Sargent trait.
The eyes were actually painted Painter shapes which were converted to floaters, airbrushed, then duplicated. This way I could nudge them around with the cursor keys until they were looking right at the viewer.
proceed to THE FINAL IMAGE
