Some of Cedar’s earliest memories are of unhappy occasions when people from the village failed to return before nightfall. She cannot recall any one of them who was seen alive again. The Hinterlands are dangerous, especially so at night. The … Continue reading Two Worlds

Now that Cedar has properly been introduced and her world somewhat explained, the narrative will shift away from an omnipotent point of view and zoom in closer to the characters and what is happening to them within the environment. I … Continue reading Empathic Tendencies

While imagining the world where “Sci-Fi Girl” lives, a few things come together quickly. The world is post-civilization and Earthlike, though not necessarily apocalyptic. Perhaps it is Earth in some alternate form. Some cataclysmic sequence of untold events led to … Continue reading Hinterlands Cedar

In my last post, I explained how my ascent up the learning curve has me traveling through the creative use of lighting to improve the quality of renders. I decided to try lighting one scene with various different lighting schemes. … Continue reading Working with Lights (Again)

Like just about anything, these days, volumes of information about Daz studio live on the internet. Finding the gems among the junk can be a challenge. But when those learning gems are uncovered, it feels like time well spent! The … Continue reading Working with Lights

Daz Studio is a powerful tool with an incredibly steep learning curve. The trick for working with Daz is finding inexpensive 3d models to use for learning and experimenting. The Daz store along with other third-party 3d sites (Render Hub … Continue reading Steep Learning Curve