Renderosity Contest Winner

I entered three images in the Renderosity Summer Carnival Contest for 2024. The challenge was described as: 

Theme: Pretzel People

Welcome to Pretzel People. In this game challenge, create the craziest, unique, and most creative twisted poses you can come up with. You may submit as many entries as you like, and discuss techniques with each other. Staff will pick the winner at the end of the carnival. You may use pre-made products. No AI.

So, I whipped up three submissions and – huzzah! – I was one of two people to win 4th place. The prize was 5 items from RPublishing. By selecting some bundles, including dinosaurs and military equipment and La Femme 2.0 Pro, that amounted to a bit more than $300 in prizes. The coolest thing is, those are some items that I can definitely use in future projects.

The winning image, by the way, is the battle scene that's not in full (comic book) color.

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As per usual, my workflow includes making two renders in Power 13 and compositing them in Clip Studio Paint. Figures this time include Victoria 4 and Herr Cadaver by the incomparable creator, Cybertenko. The color version was created using  the comic book coloring system from Retro Supply Company.

© 2024 Mike Mitchell
This is the prize winner.

© 2024 Mike Mitchell

© 2024 Mike Mitchell

Renderosity - Staff Picks + Poser Pulse

 The other day someone asked me how often my 3D illustration work had been selected for recognition by Renderosity -- and I wasn't sure. There is a way to search this blog for the proper keywords, but to save time I decided to create a running list on this page. For this list, I'm just going to make a list with a link to the blog post and to the original art as it appears on the Renderosity site (in other words, I won't repost the picture here). Also, for ease of maintenance, I'm going to add the newest items to the top of the list.

Captain America illustration selected by Renderosity

 Awesome news! Another illustration I created was selected by the Renderosity moderators to be included in their Poser Pulse Gallery for August. I think this may have replaced their "Staff picks of the Week" feature.

As you can see, this illustration uses my standard workflow of creating the base renders in Poser (in this case, Poser 13) and then combining them in Clip Studio Paint (in this case, version 3.0). In this case, I also added retro comic book colors with the True Grit comic book color tools.

© 2023 Mike Mitchell
Captain America and Red Skull are TM by Marvel Comics

A link to the image – and my notes on its creation – can be found on Renderosity.

A link to the Poser Pulse gallery can be found here.

Red Sonja - Retro Selected as Renderosity Poser Staff Pick of the Week (Feb 29 - March 6)

 HUZZAH! It's always gratifying when you put in some hard work on something and it garners recognition from your peers! Once more, an illustration I created has been selected by the Renderosity site as a "Poser Staff Pick of the Week." And, if you're counting, this is the eighth illustration to receive this honor. You can see the whole list here.

They selected my "Red Sonja - Retro" illustration, as shown below.

© 2022 Mike Mitchell
Red Sonja TM 2022 by Red Sonja LLC

The moderators of Renderosity's Poser gallery review all the submissions for the week and pick the most outstanding work posted during that time. This week they selected 6 illustrations, which includes some pretty cool work. 

The entire list can be see here: https://www.renderosity.com/forums/threads/2969252/poser-staff-picks-feb-28-thru-march-6#msg4435565

And, once again, I didn't get any money or prizes for this honor. I just got a nice, virtual pat on the back for making something memorable.

Claim Jumper [Galaxy Prime] selected as a Poser Staff Pick of the Week

I did five illustrations for the interior of the upcoming Galaxy Prime: Galaxy Treks rpg supplement. And I'm pleased to say that one of them has been selected by the staff at Renderosity as a "Staff Pick of the Week." In this case, it is the one that gave me the most trouble: Claim Jumper.

© 2020 Mike Mitchell

As before, this is a nice honor to be recognized from among the many great illustrations that are posted to the Renderosity website. This week they selected six illustrations, and as usual, I'm the only one working in b&w. Although this time there was another "artistic" render in the mix, which was rather nice. 

The entire list can be seen here: https://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/?thread_id=2949374

If you'd like to see my illustration at Renderosity, you can find it here: https://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/claim-jumper-galaxy-prime-/2949721/

Cabin Scene - Blue (Updated) Selected Poser Staff Pick of the Week (01-06-2020)

Wow. this is a great way to start of the decade. The very first illustration I posted online at Renderosity was selected as a Poser Staff Pick of the Week.

Well, technically this is the second illustration because it's an update of an earlier version; I changed the shading on the cart to lighten it up. In fact, truth be told, I was working on the illustration to take out the cart and replace it with a stump and an ax when I got the news, so I decided to stop the updates and just leave it as is.

Well, sorta. I did fix a problem with the shadows on the cart – they were going the wrong way in the previous version.

So, here it is folks, my last take on this illustration as i move on to other things (like attacking dragons!).

© 2020 Mike Mitchell

For anyone interested, the entire list of 8 images can be found here:
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/?thread_id=2941597

Nite Flyte Cover selected Poser Staff Pick of the Week (10-14-2019)

Well, this was a pleasant surprise. Once more I've had an illustration selected as a "Poser Staff Pick of the Week" by the fine folks over at Renderosity. This time it was for the "rejected" cover I did for Nite Flyte #4.

© 2019 Mike Mitchell

And by "rejected" I mean just that, if I had sufficient time, I would have done it differently.
I guess this just goes to show that it pays never to toss anything out! After all, I was fairly happy with it, I just didn't love it.

If you have a Renderosity account, you can view the entire list of the nine illustrations here: https://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/?thread_id=2938803

Ultra illo selected as a Poser Staff Pick of the week (16-Sep-2019)

Got another surprise today!
My latest illustration, which was a quickie, was selected by Renderosity as a "Staff Pick of the Week." 

Ultra™ made it to the big leagues this week,
being selected a "Staff Pick of the Week" by Renderosity

A total of seven illustrations were selected this week, and the entire list can be seen here: https://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/?thread_id=2937735&page_number=1#msg4362220

I think you need an account to see them, but I could be wrong.

This is the fourth time I've made the list, and once more I'm surprised because I really did this as a quickie. Which makes me wonder, maybe some of my other illustrations are overworked a bit and this quick ones contain more energy? Definitely something to think about!

I made the "Poser Staff Pick of the Week" list again!

I got another virtual pat on the back yesterday!

Once again one of my illustrations was selected as a "Poser Staff Pick of the Week" at the Renderosity online community. Considering there are thousands of Poser-based illustrations posted there each week, this is a pretty big honor (and the second time it's happened, the first being in June 2017 with a Ms. Marvel illustration).

This time it happened for a simpler illustration that is a character design for the the up-coming comics project, "Princess of the Trees 2: Heart of the Forest." Read other posts for more about this project with writer Roger Keel.

Here's this week's pick: Arton + Bow 3

Arton + Bow 3
© 2018 Mike Mitchell

You can see the entire list of illustrations selected here:
https://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/?thread_id=2929461


You'll probably need a Renderosity log-in to see the whole list, but trust me, I'm in some pretty amazing company (in fact, if I'm being completely honest, although I think this is an interesting illustration with a good expression and some decent lighting, this isn't the best thing I've done lately).

And before anyone asks, no: there is not a prize or award. It's just an honor to be recognized by my peers.

Police image chosen as Poser Staff Pick of the Week

Just got some good news! My latest illustration for the story I'm illustrating was selected by the staff at Renderosity to be a "Poser Staff Pick of the Week." You can see the entire list here: https://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/?thread_id=2915631

© 2017 Mike Mitchell

This was one of my early attempts to use Akvis Sketch to create an illustration for publication. Overall, I'm pretty pleased with the results.

Rendersotiy: Ms. Marvel was selected as a "Staff Pick" for the week

I got a surprising honor today – my "Ms. Marvel - Blue" Illustration was selected by Renderosity as a staff pick of the week! I'm blown away, especially since I considered it to be a minor image, really little more than a doodle. I definitely didn't put the usual amount of work into it.

I doubt any of you can see this without a Renderosity account, but here's a link to where it is included in the forums. And, if you do scan the images: https://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/?thread_id=2914383

Interestingly, out of the 13 images selected, I was the only working in (mostly) black & white.