Great image, lovely work on all the elements...!!..super piece of storytelling, looking forward to the next installment..!!

Thank you for the encouragement! =)

Molly

Well done Molly. Sorry cant help any with lighting in Poser. I think it turned out quite nice though. Best wishes

I'm glad the lighting didn't seem too dim for you. I'm delighted that you enjoyed the picture and story! =)

Molly

Another great scene :) All the characters here just fit together. At least the dragon didn't try to come in. LOL

Heh. Yeah, I like the dragon and it's killing him to have to stay outside. Thanks for the comment, my dear! =)

Molly

Something tells me Cat-girl and the dragon are to become good friends. Imagine the offspring....:) Keep it coming Miss Molly.

Offspring?!? =D

They're just friends!! XD

Hey, thanks for leaving a comment that made me giggle, JD. <3

Molly

Jori totally looks like he's giving the wizard a "presentation" of his case! Cute side conversation between Cat Girl and the dragon, with a nice bit of reflection in the window! The wizard's abode has some suitably creepy creatures, I see. Love the story and the little glimpses we're getting of how Jori and Cat Girl first met :-)

Thanks, Amy. These characters seem to want their story told, so for the moment I'm going to obey. Building a fantasy world turns out to be really challenging. =) It really pleases me that someone who I view as having a good handle on this sort of imagery and storytelling is offering me encouragement! <3

Molly

Wonderful posing and storytelling!

Thank you so much for the encouragement, my dear! =)

Molly

Great scene, full of engaging details.

I wonder if a little fill light might help it though, or brighter light in from the windows, as even on high res its a little hard to make out (not being familiar with poser I'm not sure how possible that is? ...in iray I've worked round dim interior scenes by upping the emission from candles, fireplaces etc)

Thanks, Joe. Those are all excellent suggestions and your comment confirms for me that I have to work with dim lighting. XD I didn't have enough interior sources of light like the candles to have upping their emission solve the problem but a fill light or two is probably the answer. Portal lighting has also been mentioned and I did some of that, but maybe a bit more would help.

So much to learn and try! =)

You thoughtful comment is VERY much appreciated!

Molly

A thought on lighting...

A portal light...could be the answer, essentially gives a boost to the GI around small openings.

If you have a room which is being illuminated by a window, it's fairly hard for the GI to find the light source. the reason for this is that rays are fired in random directions at each pixel on a surface, and only a small proportion of those rays are going to find the small window and the environment behind it. So this means that renders are likely to be noisy or blotchy unless a vast amount of rays are fired.

A portal light fires extra rays in one particular space. So if it is placed near or over a small source like both windows in your scene of indirect light it will greatly increase the cleanliness of the render and reach the corners of the room

Obviously only if you have something like this or similar, like joe i don't use poser...

Hmm. I did place light sources outside the windows (now I know to call that a "portal light") but maybe I could have boosted their illumination? I also got the suggestion to do some fill lighting (a cheat used in Hollywood lighting a lot, I guess).

I like understanding nuts and bolts and our explanation for why effective deployment of portal lights might have helped is so good! I love such thoughtful and supportive explanations. Thank you, my dear!!

No matter what rendering engine I use, these basic principles and techniques of lighting will be valid. =)

Molly

you never fail to amaze us with your amazing imagery. setting and lighting is spot on Molly.

Thank you for such a lovely, encouraging comment, Steve! <3

Molly

Steve is right, all your images and storys behind are all first class (don't blush now)!!!

Oh thank you, Ute! =)

Molly

nice continuation of the story, Molly, and another fine scene. I've tried to emulate light coming in through the windows as if it is a sunny day and found a powerful spotlight is better than choosing infinite for the light. Start at 300% and increase it, making sure you don't washout the figures. Alternatively, you could try a large sphere out of sight and give it an emissive cycles value, as that would provide some general background light internally, he is a wizard after all, so could have a bunch of glow worms or something :).

Heh. I haven't tried the spotlight... I'm not quite following about the sphere but I'll try messing with that. Regular Poser lights will reflect in the windows even though the primary source is not visible, so using fill lights or points without an actual light present in the scene was out. I think I like the glow worms the best! XD

Thanks for making me smile AND giving me ideas about how to manage dimly sit scenes better, Pau! <3

Molly

The natural and candle light generate a very mystic mood. Well done!

Thank you so much for the comment, Anne. I worry a lot about whether or not people can see what's going on in dimly lit scenes like this. Your feedback really helps me! <3

Molly

What wonderfully storytelling! And I see a meowl !

You do! You DO see a Meowl!! <-- imitating Tweetie Bird from WB cartoons

Thank you, my dear! =)

Molly