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Fluffy wuff boy, now with even more fluff
🕑 Added 2019-04-22 21:22:08 +0000 UTCSo in the last post where I said I had hit the limits of my ram, I guess that wasn't strictly true... I was in the high-90% range of my ram usage while trying to render him, so I assumed that was about all I would be able to get, but as I kept adding more it kept working. I kept pushing the amount of fur until I started getting 'out of memory' errors, and then dialed the setting back just a tiny bit until I could get it to work. As a result, I can just barely add fur to an entire character. Around 50% of the time when I try to render I get an out of memory error, and about 25% of the time it just straight crashes, but with a bit of persistence I got him all fluffed up.
This is obviously impractical for animation purposes until I get some more ram (bought some today and it's on the way!) but at least I've been able to finally get a real sense for how to best approach fur. I was having some real problems with hairs floating off the body or moving really strangely early on, but I'm getting it now!
There are areas here that still need some work, the longer fur on his feet isn't quite what I want, hands need some tweaking, general body fur might be a bit too short, stuff like that, but with how hard a time my computer is having rendering this guy now I think I'll just wait until the ram get here to finish him up. Still, it's nice to know that I can add fur to the fellow and make it not look too totally terrible... maybe it is possible to add actual fluff to a 3D model and not make it look horrifying after all.
So yeah, he's not perfect, but I think I'm gonna switch over to Syandene and see if I can give her some better hair, and maybe start adding some fluff. In the meantime, I hope you like the fluffy wuff. :P
Comments
Ruaidri
I'm a bit slow to respond to this 'cause I suck, but I had to come by and say thanks for this comment. :D I figure that there's not much point in making smut with ugly characters so I'm doing my best to make them look good to the best of my abilities. It's definitely making a lot of time but it'll be worth it if I can get them into a good place, I think!
Ztpia
He's so fluffy I'm gonna die!
Bloudin Ruo
Glad we got to see this boy in his full glory! I like the longer head and neck fur but I agree that the legs could use a bit of toning back, and plus that will save you some rendering resources! The big thing I want to point out for consideration is lighting. He's all black or very dark colors, and so he gets lost a bit in the contrast and shadow--especially for people with 'theatrical' monitors not meant for digital art work. I can move the image from one monitor to another on my setup and see a notable difference in the detail that I can see in the model just due to lighting. Just wanted to point that out there to help you keep in mind to make his lighting just that much brighter so that it doesn't cause anyone trouble! Either way, great work as always! He definitely looks like he's just about read to have some fun!
Kyrian
This is really amazing for someone just trying this out for the first time. That fuzz looks perfectly nuzzle-able!
AlterKitten
Wuff... This boy looks amazing. The effort you put in is incredible! I really admire that you didn't cut corners for simplicity's sake, and instead produced a fine and luxurious model. It looks fantastic and I'm so excited to see more!
Reyu Zenfold
Yes! This is awesome. I can't wait to see more!
Ruaidri
That may be the most indirect compliment I've ever gotten, and I love it. x3 Thanks!
minoan
> he's not perfect Citation needed.
Waxwing
Omg i love him x3
