| Jen/Stunner - FaceApp improvment comparison
 efindel  Original Characters  2022/5/9 13:35
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So, here's an example of what I'm getting with using FaceApp to improve characters I originally created in Daz. I used the face map function to take Jen's face from a render that had a good view of her looking forward (by mapping it onto a simple neutral-expression headshot of the actress I originally modeled her face shape after), then use that as a template to map onto the renders I want to improve. I try face map, morph, and light morph, and see which looks best of the three. I then use the hair style options to add a little volume and wave to the hair, as the neural net generated hair looks more realistic than most Daz/Poser hair. As you can see, it can give a much more natural look!
Unfortunately FaceApp is subscription-based, but the price isn't huge. I do wish they had a PC version, though, so I wouldn't have to move files back and forth between my PC and iPad to do it!  |
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| Resolute 2021
efindel Original Characters 2021/12/27 19:43
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Character I last touched several years ago, and am bringing back out for potential use in an play-by-post forum game of Champions. The original was a Supergirl expy, but I'm thinking about revising her to a "pretty brick", without flight -- more in line with Luke Cage or The Thing, in terms of powers.
Vicky 4, Daz Studio, my own dial turning and deformer work for the character. Hair is Effa hair, top is the V4 courageous tunic with a 3rd-party freebie texture pack I picked up long ago. Gloves are from the Roxana Yaroslavna pack, jeans from the Flower Power set on Renderosity. Rendered in LuxRender with Reality. |
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| Spider-Gwen
efindel Marvel Comics 2022/5/5 12:50
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| Experimenting with some face morphing software. Cosplayer Daniella Claire, mixed with Emma Stone. |
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| Resolute/Stunner - updated again
efindel Original Characters 2021/12/28 18:27
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| Did a bit more work on Resolute... thinking about calling her Stunner in the new game I'm going to play her in. |
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| Sheraln and Son
efindel Fantasy 2019/8/4 20:29
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| A centaur druid and her son, out for his first hunt. Set up to be an illustration in the style of those used in D&D 5e. |
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| Warlock & Pet
efindel Fantasy 2021/4/22 10:57
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Got a sudden impulse to render my World of Warcraft warlock, then put her and her imp into a background from the game. Not perfectly happy with it, but it'll do.
Daz Studio, Victoria 4, "the Light Mage" outfit, Amarseda hair. Composited with imp and background in Photoshop. |
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| Supergirl
efindel DC Comics 2022/5/9 13:18
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More playing with FaceApp, exploring using faces created via morphing characters in Daz Studio with existing photos. Also edited her body a bit in Photoshop.
Cosplayer: Liechee Cosplay
Face: my character Jen, aka Stunner |
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| Resolute
efindel Original Characters 2015/7/15 9:49
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| ... and another pic of my new girl. In-game, she's supposed to have an interest in fashion design, so I'm probably going to be doing quite a few outfits and costumes for her! |
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| Goddess of Love
efindel Fantasy 2014/11/23 16:40
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| Arel, Goddess of Love of my D&D world of Tathir. Color version of what's going to be an illustration in Ebon Gryphon's Aperita Arcana supplement for Monsters & Magic. |
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| Vampire Princess
efindel Original Characters 2015/10/6 15:11
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| Daz Studio, Reality, LuxRender, GIMP. |
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| Beach Day!
efindel DC Comics 2015/7/4 20:32
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| Just a little something I was doing for the heck of it.... |
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| Elven Mage-Knight
efindel Fantasy 2015/9/12 16:17
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| On Patrol
efindel Fantasy 2014/1/26 18:09
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A half-elven knight on aerial patrol...
Character is my Thornele. Poses are my work. Set up in Daz Studio 3, rendered in Reality 2. Background from a photo by Pöllö from Wikimedia Commons. |
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| Her Majesty
efindel Fantasy 2013/8/1 15:24
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| The Queen in my current campaign - she's half-elven, thus her looking that young. |
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| Mermaid Sunning on Rocks
efindel Fantasy 2014/1/7 10:04
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| Just what it says on the tin - a mermaid sunning herself on the rocks. Created in Daz Studio, rendered in LuxRender via Reality, composited with background (taken from NOAA's website) in Seashore. |
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| Victor Ironwolf
efindel Fantasy 2011/2/6 17:04
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| Yet another D&D character... M4, costume is a combination of pieces from different outfits. Face is my own dial-tweaking. Background borrowed from the Internet. |
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| Resolute
efindel Original Characters 2015/6/28 15:38
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| A Supergirl expy for a Mutants & Masterminds campaign I'm about to start up in. Appropriately enough, based on one of my previous Supergirl renders, but with the costume recolored, and the render done in LuxRender. Composited with background and color adjusted in Gimp. |
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| Alyssia - upgraded
efindel Fantasy 2013/4/14 19:19
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Since several people thought the picture needed to be punched up a bit, here's my attempt at doing so. Hope you like!
Rendering was done in Luxrender via Reality (as was the previous one - forgot to say), posing in Daz Studio 3. This time around, I rendered the character and the area she's in separately from the magic effects - both were done in Reality, but doing the effects without anything else but lights in the scene made it possible for them to appear more evenly lit, without any shadows from anything - and also for them not to cast shadows on anything else, since Reality is a physically-based rendered.
The two were merged in Photoshop, and a background added in as well instead of the default "sky" that Reality creates. I also used Photoshop to add blurring to the magic effects, adjust coloring, and touch up a few bits that I didn't like the "realistic" version of (i.e., adding a glint to her and her dragon's eyes, lightening up the gem on the pommel of her sword, and making the inlay in her sword more blue.
Lastly, I played with it a little in Preview on my Mac, because I like its tools for adjusting exposure, color temperature, and other things.
Hope you guys like it! |
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| Her Majesty - Skimpier
efindel Fantasy 2013/8/1 15:26
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| ... and here's the same character, in a much skimpier outfit. |
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| Alyssia
efindel Fantasy 2013/4/11 21:22
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D&D character illustration - female half-elven swordmage.
Victoria 4 + Millenium Dragon 2. Clothing pieces from "The Light Mage" at Runtime DNA and "Rapscallion" at Daz. Freebie sword. Morph settings on Alyssia my work. |
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| The Lizard King
efindel Fantasy 2009/4/15 13:16
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| A female rogue, looting an ancient temple, encounters a remaining guardian.... |
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| Lucy
efindel Original Characters 2008/3/7 6:04
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Basic idea is: what if Lucy from Dracula survived and became a vampire hunter?
Character body and texture is "Van Elsa" from "The Hunter and the Hunted" for Aiko 3 at Renderosity. Stake and cross are from the same set. Graveyard is a freebie called "Cemetery of the Rejected"; I don't remember where I found it. Hair is "Nora Bob Hair", also available at Renderosity.
Pose and expression are my own work. Enjoy! |
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| Century Girl
efindel Original Characters 2011/2/14 17:59
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| Character for a Mutants & Masterminds game I'm playing in.... |
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| Thornele
efindel Original Characters 2011/1/9 19:15
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| The female half-elven paladin I'm playing in a D&D 4e game right now... character done in DAZ Studio, background taken from a set of free desktop wallpapers, slight postwork to change the tone of the character to be bluer (to match the background) and add a very slight mist effect in front of her. |
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| Artemis
efindel Fantasy 2009/4/9 12:25
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| A little something I had to do after I saw how nice this leather armor top looked with the white dress... and with a background, for a change! |
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| Warrior Maiden
efindel Fantasy 2009/3/19 11:49
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| A young female warrior. Done as a character illustration for a WoW character. |
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| Fireblaze
efindel Original Characters 2008/2/8 12:53
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This is my first "real" (i.e., not a test) render, of a heroine I've used in RPGs in the past. The model is DAZ's Aiko3, with Mitsu hair (with my own texture), the Aiko body armor chestpiece, the sailor suit skirt, Lynx boots, the hooded cloak (masked to get rid of the hood), and a fire trail from the Throwz pack. The background is just generic sky.
Thanks for looking! |
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| A Well-Prepared Enchantress
efindel Fantasy 2013/9/19 16:53
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| V4, pieces from four different outfits, rendered with LuxRender via Reality, after setup in Daz Studio 3.1. And a lot of work with d-formers to get things to hit together that well. More details on request. One "sun" light, and a shadow bowl. |
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| Troll Attack
efindel Fantasy 2009/4/9 15:01
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| Female paladin vs. Troll. Updated to brighten the image a bit. |
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| Morgana
efindel Fantasy 2011/2/19 14:46
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A sorceress contemplates for a few moments. Rendered in Daz Studio. Postwork used to get rid of light artifacts on the candle and bottles and brighten some parts of the image.
Model is Victoria 4; morph used is my own Cady for V4++, available at ShareCG. Hair is Amarseda Hair, with custom specularity settings. Dress is the Pharoah dress from Daz, with a free texture from Chohole. Room is from Danie and Marfoe's "Chronicles" set on Renderosity. Lighting customized from the lighting that came with the set. |
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