FifthView
Vala
One thing I like to do is create character models for a WIP. Mostly this is how I visualize a character plus keep that image in mind for reference. I plug the images into character folders on Scrivener for easy access.
I am not much of a visual artist, so I use 3D rendering software to do this, mostly Daz Studio. This is something of a cheat for me. I have massive respect for anyone with a talent for drawing and painting by hand, but that's not me. (Technically, I can doodle abstract images fine and love to do it, but drawing characters? Nope.)
I'm still very much a novice with Daz Studio. I find that with visual art, I'm incredibly impatient, and even when using a shortcut like DS ... well, I don't have the patient eye of a true visual artist who pays a lot of attention to detail. But I'm getting better.
I thought I'd share one of my latest models for my current WIP.
This is the hero of my revenge novel, the character who'll be out for blood from the very beginning. I try to build a small scene that will encapsulate something about each character, although I'm somewhat limited by the actual models I have available to me. Due to my generally impatient nature with art, I've only recently started working in more post work, in this case with Gimp. In this image, everything is from DS except for what I hope doesn't come off as odd looking, ill-fitting "magic." Still learning the ropes.
I am not much of a visual artist, so I use 3D rendering software to do this, mostly Daz Studio. This is something of a cheat for me. I have massive respect for anyone with a talent for drawing and painting by hand, but that's not me. (Technically, I can doodle abstract images fine and love to do it, but drawing characters? Nope.)
I'm still very much a novice with Daz Studio. I find that with visual art, I'm incredibly impatient, and even when using a shortcut like DS ... well, I don't have the patient eye of a true visual artist who pays a lot of attention to detail. But I'm getting better.
I thought I'd share one of my latest models for my current WIP.
This is the hero of my revenge novel, the character who'll be out for blood from the very beginning. I try to build a small scene that will encapsulate something about each character, although I'm somewhat limited by the actual models I have available to me. Due to my generally impatient nature with art, I've only recently started working in more post work, in this case with Gimp. In this image, everything is from DS except for what I hope doesn't come off as odd looking, ill-fitting "magic." Still learning the ropes.