Making graphics with FF ... my Gallery

Hey guys you are making me crazy here ... I'm not used to all these comments, and I'm not to good at communicating on line. (I don't even know what those funny little smilies and dancing bannas mean. I'm kinda slow and I have been working with computers since 1969 on a Univac 1004)

Carl, I think I led you astray on 3D software. I did some testing earlier tonight and I think the best software for what you want is either Bryce or Poser. Poser has a material room where you can add your own texture and bumps. Bryce is even better but more complicated. Poser is easier but it is not free. But, you don't need a recent version. Mine is an old one that I bought used and Daz is still offering Bryce free for a couple more days.

Morgantao ... I've tried Zbrush as well but it runs as if it was designed by a committee. I have too simple a mind to do complicated.

Mardar ... Thank you very much for your kind words about my tikis. I need weird folks, 'cause that is the only audience I have. (The New York Times article on FF and my tikis generated 500 new hits to my site in one day and it still didn't increase my sales. Not enough weird folks in the world)

Everyone ... Keep playing with Sculptris, but I must warn you it can be harder to kick than heroine.

Mardar ... Don't be sorry about checking in on my thread. It's nice to know there are folks out there having so much fun with graphic software. I have checked our your website and I get the feeling you been loving creating for a very long time, and all your stuff is super fun and creative.

Thanks so much for purchasing my t-shirts. Those were early attempts of making tikis for me. I was told on another forum by a guy who is supposed to be an expert on the subject, that those are not very authenic tikis. The nose is supposed to be flatter and the shape is not quite right. You actually came pretty close to what is called a PNG tiki on your second sculpt. The tongue sticking out is a common trait of both New Guinea and New Zealand natives. It is a way of warriors taunting each other.

If you find a problem with your shirts please let me know. Cafepress is usually really good about their products. I would appreciate feedback though. Thanks again ...... Gene

I used Bryce on the first sphere. It takes a little more work but there are some good tutorials on line on the subject. There are lots of options. I did not resize which may have made things look a little better. How the pattern is laid down depends on the size and resolution of the surface texture. The program makes a bump map based on the image you input. I think you can add your own bump if you need a different depth. I used a pretty harsh overhead sunlight on it.

Gene, I will give you feedback as soon as my t-shirts arrive.

Thank you for the kind words on my sculpted images, they are so fun to make. As I stated in my other post to you, I have loved old sculptures forever. So I am familiar with this sort of thing.

Ghislaine has started a monster thread for us to post in. So I hope you drop in over there and maybe give us a pointer or two. Or just come on over to laugh with us.

Gene, here an example with your Popcorn Stitch Crochet.

I have created also this sphere for Carl. I used a very easy soft to create it. Carl, if you want to apply textures on 3d shapes, I get an easy nice program for that. If you like the result of this sphere, let me know.

Morgantao .... You are right, I don't see a lot of bump in my spheres either. We really need someone who understands this stuff a lot better than I ever will to chime in here. I know more is possible because I have used these types of programs in my work before using built in textures and the results have been really cool. I used your Ball Pit filter as a texture on a box. When I upped the bump I got strange flat plateaus instead of domes as I hoped. I faked it by using Indigo Ray's Fake Surface Snippet filter.

Ok Gene, I will email you something tomorrow. Thanks for your kind words.

OH, this is very beautiful, like how you have used the ball pit texture to make that cube even if it does not have any bump map, I think that in this example looks better without the bumpmap, because it is like a gift wrapping paper.

By the way when looking at your cube this way it reminds me of a box full of Smarties candies

3D TEXTURED BALL WITH INUJIMA´s FILTER

If you want to have a 3D ball wrapped with your own textures without the bump map, you do not need perhaps a 3D software, you can use the very good and well done filter by Inujima Spherical Projection

Here is an example I have made with the Gene popcorn filter and then wrapped to a sphere using the Inujima filter.

Thanks Gene for your examples and help

SpaceRay pointed me to Inujima's Spherical Projection filter. I was surprised I had not found it before. It is fun to use it and see patterns wrapped around the ball, and I found something else I really liked about it. I started with a tile I had created with a program I had written in Visual Basic.

Cool images Gene. I always used Inujima filter for spheres. I never thought to use the unwrap settings.

Those were left handed cigarettes weren't they Gene dude.

Mmmm... a good cigarette and a couple of...

How do you add the bump map in Sculptris?

Carl ... You just passed me by. As I have said, I'm not really any kind of expert in 3D and I think I was not understanding what you were trying to do. I have used Scupltris for a couple of years and had no idea you could do that. I'm going to have to check out those tutorials SpaceRay suggested. Amazing image ... thanks .... Gene

In the filter comments thread Ghislaine produced a wonderful snow scene with my filter. This is more what I had in mind with it. Here is a photo of an island on the Mississippi River in the fall.

This image was inspired my Chachah's DEAR VICTORIA image in the galley thread. Vicky never looked so good. It is very hard to get 3D models to look real. So the the answer to that problem is to stop trying. So I turned Vicky into an impressionist computer pixel painting with my Digital Impressionism filter. The important thing for me was to not abstract too much, so I applied the filter twice at different settings and then fade them back in Photo Shop. Then I added a touch of Daccat's HDR Lighting filter and faded it back as well. Then I shined a flashlight in her face in Photo Shop to make it the center of attention. Not as good as Chachah's but I kinda like it.


My t-shirt shop ... Captured Image Design

Mardar ... Thank you very much for your kind words. I wasn't worrying about the Peace and Love pattern distracting, I just needed it to look different from my cartoons. They do that kind of thing in animation to bring focus to the action. Impressionism is the art I love most. It is very nice to hear that think I'm actually accomplishing what I have been trying to do ......

Here with your filter

Here with your filter. The effects give to the flower a softness

Ghislaine ... I sure like the way you apply my filter. It is easy to over kill the effect, but your images are subtle and don't ruin the original image. Nice work ... I checked out your octopus as well .... you have such an imagination .....

Very realistic looking top and shorts Gene. It really does look like they are crocheted, and I should know because I crochet for real. Great job.

Gene I am one of those attention spam sufferers too. LOL I never know what I am going to get into until I'm hip deep into it.

Watch out for those squirrels Gene. LOL

I see the influence that Glimt has on your art Gene. All that pattern and texture meshed together and yet it makes sense and is appealing to the eye. That is a hard thing to do. Your lady model is great. Your Strings of Color is becoming one of my favorite filters by the way.