The thread that was the beginning of the Zenosfusion series i had on twitter (20220404-20220412)

please enjoy ~

Starter GPose: Lighting 101 - GPose controls

It's hard to overstate how important lighting is for photography in general- and the same applies to gpose shots.

This is a huge topic, so let's start with the basics!

GPose Controls

There are 3 different kinds of lighting control available when in gpose: Global, Character, and Points.

Global illumination is controlled by the manual brightness adjustment slider. This is equivalent, in real-life photography, to exposure. Character lightning has no real-life equivalent, but may be thought of as a brightness control that only influences characters and similar entities (minions, NPCs, and enemies, for example.)

GPose also gives you 3 point light sources that can be used to emulate the 3-point lighting traditional method for illuminating a subject.

Positioning a source isn't exactly intuitive: A source is placed exactly where the camera is at the moment it is toggled. So to place it you need to move the camera to the desired position, and then enable it by toggling its button.

Oddly enough, these points do NOT project shadows. (in fact, a great deal of 'glowy' elements don't, like weapons and armor.) But you can use this fact for great effects!

You can, for example, create shots with perfect dark backgrounds by strategically placing gpose light points behind objects that do not block the emitted light. You can learn more about this technique here:

Ok, so where was I? Oh, right- lighting!

Let's play around with what we just learned then. Here's a default setup for a scene: Notice that the ceiling light *do* project shadows, but it's kinda low-res. So let's set ambient light to zero and control the shades ourselves.

Some rotation and gshade filters from Neneko Colors for better luminance, color, and model shades. It's better - but still looks pretty flat.

We want to pop the character out, so let's add some highlights and rim lights. First, the hair: let's give it a lustrous shine. Camera up top and a slightly bluish point.

Now the weapon. Remember that the item itself doesn't emit light? so let's place another point with the same tone as the weapon to illuminate Louise. To her left and behind her, slightly distant so as to project on her legs as well.

And finally, a directional key light to help illuminate her face.

Her model is still too dark, so let's use the character lighting control to help with that.

Now let's make the whole scene a bit brighter. Change the brightness adjustment slider to manual mode, and bring it up as needed.

This should be a good point to compare the initial setup with our results so far, showing how much basic gpose lighting can enhance a shot.

Now that you know how it's done, it's easy to see how some of my poses were set up! Here's one with a yellow source top-right, an orange source bottom-right, and a dim white source to the left of Louise:

Or this one: A very bright white source to the left (and a bit to the front), and a dim bluish/purplish source to the bottom right. Notice how much Louise pops out of the scene.

Next, I'll talk about exterior shots, fixture light sources, and other neat things.

(This guide is part of a series that I'm migrating from Twitter since Tumblr offers much better options for formatting and editing, and taking the opportunity to also update images and references. Let me know if you have any questions!)

Commission for a Amaurot style apartment

Plot Size: Medium

Light / Lich / Goblet / W 24 / P 49

20221016

i know this is a post that already exists, i cant find the reblog again, but if you had One video game you wished you could start over again from the beginning, like, fresh out of the box, blind about whatever you experienced before, which game would that be???

i'll start, mines would have to be super mario odyssey

Dragon Quest V.

My favorite in the series by a tremendous margin-- the story of three generations of the same family. The protagonist travels with his father-- his single father, mind you-- who is looking for a legendary set of armor and sword that can smite all evil, who then finds the armor after he grows up, only to find that he can't use it himself, and he defeats being alone at first by showing mercy to and recruiting monsters, then eventually gets married, has kids, and after long enough, you find out your SON is the legendary hero who CAN use the equipment your father was looking for all his life.

There were so many charming moments throughout the story and the music is memorable as are the characters. I'm not alone in my love for this game in the series-- it's the iteration of Dragon Quest that they MADE A MOVIE ABOUT, and they went and made Bianca absolutely dreamy.

(wistful sigh)

There was a lot options that sprang to my mind as there has been a good number of games that have left its mark on me and are very dear to me. But the one game that keeps coming back to me is FFXIV — specifically the Shadowbringers and Endwalker expansions.

What a masterpiece and an unforgettable experience.

Not that I expect this to reach many people, but I’m really interested in following more FFXIV blogs - particularly those that focus on fanfiction, screenshots, and character development. Character-specific blogs are a plus! If you’re one of those - or you’re just proud of your blog and would like a follow, like or reblog this and I’ll give you a follow. ^.^

Grandma… It’s me, Anastasia!

I will always reblog this when I see it

Howdy newbies and welcome to Tumblr, it takes a bit of setup to get this site running well so here’s what works for me. One of the neat things about this site is that its a different experience for everyone, so tailor these settings towards what you want from this site. 

New XKit 

Minor edit to this post: aparently New XKit isn’t being updated. The extensions I listed still work for the time being, I’ve been using them for the past few years BUT if you want the current verion of XKit, use XKit Rewritten (firefox link). Thank you to everyone who spoke up in the notes  💙 🦈

Hey there! Do you like answering questions about your ocs? Do you like ask memes? Well, I have the deal for you! I like sending ask memes to learn about peoples’ characters.

I used to do this activity all the time on my old blog (see here), but the basic premise is you like/reblog this post, I come onto your blog and send you a question about your OC(s). Sometimes these can be deep, world-building questions; other times I’ll ask what they had for breakfast. It’s all a bit of fun, I reblog the questions back here, and it lets me meet and learn more about various characters! If you don’t want a question but want to still support the project, just note that in the tags. :)

Since this is a new blog and it’s been a hell of a time since I did this, I’m going to tag @mooglemeet for a bit of traction. (I’m not sure if the others are active, sorry!)

sunder.

The Crystal Tower

Its on Tumblr so it's different

Yusuke Mogi’s artworks for Shadowbringers ;

FFXIV Patch 6.3

Treasure Hunt, Gold Saucer, Housing, UI Improvements, Miscelaneous Updates.

FFXIV Patch 6.3

Island Sanctuary Updates!