I2 Grunge FX by Carl

Wow! Great effects here. Definately rough and rugged and then some.

Youza! Just downloaded! (((I have to admit...

I secretly use your filters and don't tell you how much I luv them~ )))

This one might be my old time favorite you've ever made!

But now I'm bummed...

only 12 presets~

Great job Carl!!!! Stunning filter!!!

I want to do something gothy just to use this filter on it ala Silent Hill style. I need to get back to making pictures and stop fooling around with FF so much.

Yeah, like that will happen.

Yes, very rough, very rugged, and with a nice gothy slant. I think at this rate you and I will be picking out floral china patterns soon.

Jean Claud Van Cheek Nice one!!! Getting back to 'artsy', eh???

WOW!! My new favorite! This filter is excellent. Just beautiful. I like everything about it. It should be editors choice. I dub it 'Ron's choice'.

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ronviers wrote: I dub it 'Ron's choice'

LOL I feel very humble and I'd like to thank........

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ahimsa wrote: Sometimes you are just too cute

Hey Hey I gave you flowers, I feel so used

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ahimsa wrote: Rough and rugged is the way to go.

LMAO

LOL

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ahimsa wrote: My bad

obviously

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ahimsa wrote: My bad

Now wait a minute here. I know I’m slow but I think I get the implication. Is snuggling up to me supposed to be analogous to a kitten getting its head electrocuted? I can bring flowers too but I’m not certain what correct response is to being compared to a lethal discharge of electricity.

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ahimsa wrote: Well, maybe a little bit...

LOL!

But how did you know!

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Hey ahimsa - When you’re selecting a model what do you look for? I know you will want something appropriate for the project but what about your style. What for you makes a model desirable?

If it's an animal model it needs to look like the animal and be able to be posed like the real animal. Some models don't have very good curves and you can see a straight area between points where it should be rounded and that is a major turn off for me. How materials that are applied to the model look is also important.

Realism is important to me, even in the fantasy models. They need to look like they would look if actually real. If I can see the points where a smooth curve should be, I don't want it. If the proportions are wacky, I don't want it. If mats won't apply well or get stretched wrong when you pose the model, I don't want it.

Rawn would be the best person here to talk to about these things as he actually does them. I just use models. I don't know how to make them, only texture them. Speaking of which, some models are a real pain in the butt to texture.

I use PSP to apply the textures to the maps.

The problem with some models is that the way the maps turn out it is very hard to apply the texture to it because it curves all over the place and just makes a mess. I don't really know how to explain this well. Again, this is an area that Rawn is far more qualified to ask. Or you could go to the DAZ forums and talk with loads of people there who make models and do textures. I can't do the really great texture jobs like some people there can.

You're welcome. There are a lot of very helpful and far more knowledgeable people there on this subject. DAZ sold us members Hexagon 2, a modeling program that used to cost 100s for just $1.99, so there are a lot of people who are learning to model.

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Nice post ahimsa

Nice sample pics!!!

Don't blink.....you might miss a quick "cheeky" LOL.....

LOL..... So what's your next ultimate filter masterpiece going to be???

I prefer the scratches to be on, to me it adds a kind of Bohemian or East European feel. Could those have been the Czars dogs? The model has beautiful eyes anyway but I really like the haunting quality the filter adds on 12gr3.jpg - it has the mood of being painted/captured towards the end of a long Russian winter.

Nice work ahimsa and Carl -