My CG Experiments 3

My pursuit of celshaded look in Poser

Generated and Rigged Female figure

from MB-Lab, an add-on for Blender3D

which I adapted as a stylised figure in Poser Pro 11

Comparing Characters for L'Homme

Made a sphere of my 360 render

I modelled a 3D game-style text box

Example of use of my game-style text box

I experimented with Extreme Camera Angles and Settings

My pursuit of celshaded look in Poser Pt 2

Poser's Graphical Styles

Non-coloured NPR images:

Coloured NPR Images:

Other dramatic graphical styles possible inside Poser

Comparison of render styles in Poser Pro 11.

Anime-stye Pauline 2 with my Cycles celshaders

My pursuit of celshaded look in Poser Pt 3

My results are shown in My CG Experiments Annex A.

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My pursuit of celshaded look in Poser

This is a 2020 attempt to get a celshaded render look for my clothes and the L Homme figure. I used Cycles Shaders with NPR (non-Photorealistic) shader trees, in Poser Pro software.

I had some issues when experimenting with refraction node (call me crazy), and I abandoned that shader development. I returned to a flat-shaded look.

Clothing modelled by me using Shade3D with textures created using Clip Studio Paint EX. Background 360 image created by me.

I consider as partially successful only.

Generated and Rigged Female figure

from MB-Lab, an add-on for Blender3D

which I adapted as a stylised figure in Poser Pro 11

MB-Lab is a figure generator which can produce 3D CG humanoid figures in Blender3D. The geometry and rig can be exported as an FBX and then imported into Poser Pro 11. Here I show how I created a stylised anime female figure, and how I adapted her for use inside Poser software.

MB-L generated stylised female figure posed by me in Poser software.

Comparison of MB-L anime female (right) with L'Homme figure (left), inside Poser software.

MB-L stylised female figure in Poser with Non-Photorealism shaders by me. (Hair also by me)

Non-photoreal skin and makeup by me.

So, this is what she looks like in a scene render. Dress and Hair modelled by me using Shade3D. Dress textures created by me using Clip Studio Paint EX.

(360 background by European Southern Observatory)

Comparing Characters for L'Homme

I used my customised face of the Poser L'Homme figure, and applied 3rd-party character textures, including those for La Femme, as well as my own Non-Photoreal shaders. I wanted to compare the rendered looks.

Made a sphere of my 360 render

I rendered a 360 image using the Sperical camera lense in DAz Studio Pro, then I made it into a sphere using GIMP.

JUST FOR A LARK.

I suppose I could apply it to an IBL light or to the Background node in Poser Pro 11 but I have not tried...

I modelled a 3D game-style text box

I used Inkscape to create the SVG vector image, then processed it in Shade3D to convert spline to geometry (I expect I could also do this in Blender3D but have not tried). I used it inside Poser Pro 11 with a figure jsut to see how it would look. I did not pursue this project further. Soemone at my former account at DeviantArt asked why I did not simply use a 2D plane, but I wanted the 3D look and also to be able to have the camera actually capture it as a 3D object in the scene (weird reason, but it has a purpose).

Example of use of my game-style text box

(BELOW) Well, here is my NPR (Non-Photorealistic Render) version showing how my text box may be used inside Poser software.

I have distributed the text box as a freebie prop for Poser use. It is available at my ShareCG webpage

(For an example of a different design which I have not distributed, see this place in my website.)

I experimented with Extreme Camera Angles and Settings

So I fiddled with the settings for Poser cameras and tried to get some extreme perspectives.

I used 3rd-party assets for these renders in Poser Pro 11.

My pursuit of celshaded look in Poser Pt 2

Poser's Graphical Styles

There are several ways to get the graphical, non-photorealistic appearance in a render

Non-coloured NPR images:

NPR = Non-Photorealistic Rendering

We can do this without resorting to post-render editing in an external software: by using FireFly renderer, with Toon Outline selected in the Render Settings, and/or also selecting Geometric Edge Lines, and/or selecting Comic Book Colour or B&W options.

Coloured NPR Images:

After researching Cycles Celshaded shaders in the Blender3D universe, I created my own Cycles Celshaded shaders for use in Poser Pro 11. (These can of couse be modify to produce grey-toned NPR renders.) I rendered using SuperFly engine.

I do not like the Top Left, Top Centre and Bottom Right results. These are not what I intend. I want the image to be flat celshaded, like in Top Right and Bottom Left. There is no post-render editing in an external graphics software here.

Other dramatic graphical styles possible inside Poser

With adjustments to the NPR shader settings, I was able to render some other graphical styles using SuperFly.

At Left: The centre image was rendered using Poser Pro 11's Sketch render function. Right Image rendered with Superfly, Left Image rendered with FireFly and NPR render options.

At Left: Just SuperFly render and my own NPR Cycles celshaders. Not perfect yet because the diffuse shadows are stil too much 3D style., but if one is looking for a hybrid semi-realistic style - maybe can do.

My hair geometry created by me using Shade3D.

Sharingan-style and cyber iris textures from 3rd-party product, incorporated into my Cycles celshader shader.

Below: Hair geometries created by me. Cycles NPR shaders by me.

Below: Best used as overlays ?? Purely rendered inside Poser using its NPR capabilities

At Left: I should have changed the Cycles NPR shader to make light and shadow skin tones closer on the pallette.

Anyway, this shows a Superfly render with Cycles celshaded shaders (NPR shaders), without any postwork in an external graphics software.

Comparison of render styles in Poser Pro 11.

Left : Superfly photorealistic render.

Centre and Right : Superfly with Cycles NPR shaders

Anime-stye Pauline 2 with my Cycles celshaders

Below: I show how the Pauline 2 figure appears with my celshaders applied to her and her accessories. I also show a comparison between a colour celshaded style and a toon black and white style. Rendered in Poser. I created her hair and clothes. I am using my custom anime face for her.

The shaders are dicussed in this section of this website.

My pursuit of celshaded look in Poser Pt 3

I used the head from my anime-style figure created using Design Doll, and put it on the body of an imported rigged Vroid anime body inside Poser. I experimented with palette and celshader styles using Cycles renderer.