Workflow

[thelufias]

Oh yeh.....   

[Aelin]

It's because you're at the step 0   the sort

[thelufias]

Me Too

[Jherrith]

Step 1 always seems to take me the longest

[sidherose]

Ugh...12 hours is a long time to be at work and extremely wearing - so we appreciate you taking a little time to get back to us.

I think you'll find that there are only certain people here who will respond to threads, but with some gusto. ;) I'm sure more will be said here, eventually.

Composition is a great topic to address. Even if it's a very simple render/image, there still has to be some composition considered to give it interest. Looking forward to it.

Now you get some rest! 

[JVRenderer]

I had to work 12 hours today. Got home late. I see that this thread slowed down a little.

We can continue this thread if you have more to add.
But I will start the next thread.

We are going into composition.
I am in the process of starting a render, maybe I can have you participate through out the process.

I have to work a few hours Thursday. so bear with me.

[sidherose]

I just went through a period of MAS. My usual tactic is to 'flog' her back to work by forcing myself to play around mostly in Photoshop and Poser and sometimes something will click and get her going again. Then again, I also write, so sometimes will do that instead of art.

Getting new stuff to play with helps sometimes.

But yes, others do often provide inspirations.

[JVRenderer]

We all have our way of doing things. Some are straightforward, some like Rad's have more drama. 

Similarly to Rad, I do look at others for inspiration, especially when I am stuck or suffering from MAS  (Muse Abandonment Syndrome).

[sidherose]

Rad. That was great :)

[sidherose]

My workflow is pretty much the same as yours, save that I don't write it down unless it's something for later...so I don't forget. I don't do any sketches because most of the time what I want to do is in my head fairly graphically. And I have a very good memory. But, what's in my head isn't always what comes out. Probably 85% of the time, yes. But the other 15%, sometimes characters get a mind of their own and show me something different 'they' want to do. Often, it works better than what I had in mind in the first place, so I go with that.

"How" I do a scene depends on the complexity of it though and how many characters/how much stuff is in it. Then my workflow changes somewhat based on that.

Unfortunately (as far as rendering goes) I spend a whole lot of time in Poser doing thumbs, Promos (ugh) and tweaking morphs (rendering and rerendering) and skin textures, saving and editing textures, etc. Therefore, don't always have a lot of energy to do more complex scenes because they'll sometimes take hours.

Getting the lighting just right is often the biggest thing.