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Hi there I'm Nikki Rane and we are here with an exclusive interview with one of the Authors for the Robot City Series. He has just released his first volume out - Sands of Gliese. Congratulations.


Author - Thank you so much, both my brother and I have poured our heart and soul to this book. I hope that it will entertain you all.


Nikki - So tell us about this book of yours.


Author - Let me give you a little background to put this story into context. ROBOT CITY is one of the most happening cities in the planet Gliese 667Cc, as the Imperium of Man has begun expanding for resources. It has begun its conquest after surviving a nightmare state of apocalyptic proportion for hundreds of years. The old boundaries drawn by each country for sovereign rule is no more as the holocaust wiped them out. After many years in the feudal system of man, a gifted individual changed the whole landscape. Unwilling to be idolised as the Emperor of Mankind, he decided to play the role of a shepard and guide man on how to survive. Thus he took on the title of Guardian Supreme.


Nikki - OK and the story is set sometime within the time line of the Apocalyptic Imperium?


Author - Precisely, and it is like a branch in the storyline. A spin off as you might call it on TV.


Nikki - OK yes and please tell us what this first volume entails and what we can expect from the stories to come.


Author - It has all... Romance, Comedy, Action and a dash of Mystery n Intrigue. It is a multi-character driven story that you can follow along to see progress of each of these characters. Be it the odd-ball Bowen brothers or the detective Nolan and his interaction with his harem of suitors. And of course no book will be complete without a little sprinkle of vengeance. As you can clearly see, this is the first of many to come. People you will want to hate... and people you hope will survive the upcoming ordeal. The second book will be more Action and Passion. And if you like mysticism... the 2nd book will have it!


Nikki - Tell us more about the Robot City series and perhaps what's next?


Author - Well to be honest, I have already prepared 10 titles for this RobotCIty Series. And each of these books will also contain exclusive Artwork for the chapters. Glossary and Character list so you can all follow along. Once I complete the Robot City Series... I might write this complex story of the Apocalyptic Imperium. But until then, I hope that you will all enjoy this first book that I dedicated to you all.


Nikki - O wow it is true... under Dedication you actually mentioned tothose who watch your work both in Artstation and DA. You left us with a short video too?

20230403 060648543 iOS

Author - Ahh it is a little promo-skit and hopy you all like it.

NIKKI- Soif you wish to purchase this book, you can head down to this link

https://books2read.com/u/mZ0n5l


Author - I know that it may appear like I am asking for too much, but the book is going for only $2.99 and in it I have spun a really fun sci-fi story. So Please support my work and help me by notonly buying this book but also leaving a comment/review. Thank you so much.


Nikki - And thank you for being here with us for this interview.


Author - No, thank you for having me here. I really do appreciate it.


Nikki - And that is all we have time for this interview with Nikki. Be sure to join us when we do a live .... (screen goes blank)


JUST... hope you guys can support me by buying my book and leaving review comment for this book. It would mean the world. - Yaz

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Hi All,


Watchers and Soon to be Watchers...(hopefully) and fellow opinion/comment contributors who helped me get this book out finally, I just hope that you can all make just one more effort to purchase my book and leave a comment in any one of the Libraries you decide to get from. I will have a link below to access these shops.


I know that it may appear like I am asking for too much, but the book is going for only $2.99 and init I have spun a really fun sci-fi story. It has both Romance, Comedy, Action and a dash of Mystery n Intrigue. It is a multi-character driven story that you can follow along to see progress of each of these characters. Be it the odd-ball Bowen brothers or the detective Nolan and his interaction with his harem of suitors. And of course no book will be complete without a little sprinkle of vengeance. As you can clearly see, this is the first of many to come. People you will want to hate... and people you hope will survive the upcoming ordeal.


I have already prepared 10 titles for this RobotCIty Series. And each of these books will also contain exclusive Artwork for the chapters. Glossary and Character list so you can all follow along.

SOG ARTWORK -CHAPTER1_THE CARGO
SOG-ARTWORK CHAPTER 3 - SUCKER PUNCH...
SOG-ARTWORK CHAPTER 10 - SOLACE...

A little background:

ROBOT CITY is one of the most happening cities in the planet Gliese 667Cc, as the Imperium of Man has begun expanding for resources. It has begun its conquest after surviving a nightmare state of apocalyptic proportion for hundreds of years. The old boundaries drawn by each country for sovereign rule is no more as the holocaust wiped them out. After many years in the feudal system of man, a gifted individual changed the whole landscape. Unwilling to be idolised as the Emperor of Mankind, he decided to play the role of a shepard and guide man on how to survive. Thus he took on the title of Guardian Supreme.


Once I complete the Robot City Series... I might write this complex story of the Apocalyptic Imperium. But until then, I hope that you will all enjoy this first book that I dedicated to you all.

20230403 060648543 iOS

TO ACCESS the BOOKSHOPS... CLICK BELOW.

https://books2read.com/u/mZ0n5l

See Interview with Nikki Rane...

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ROBOT DREAMS-Base Render

Hi,


There were a few of you who were curious about how I did this artwork. And it is for you guys that I am taking some time from my studies and work that I am dedicating to.


This here is the base render I did in I-ray inside Daz Studio. I will not be explaining much about how I set up this render... suffice to say that I like to experiment alot.


I usually start from the theme of the artwork and I sort of design the character with the help of assets I have purchased in Daz Studio or Renderosity and create the pose I want to portray in the scene. The props are also weighed in and lots of morphs n testing with textures to lighting take place.


Once the ideal set up is ready, I do 2 types of render, the base first, character via canvas.

ROBOT DREAMS-added robot layer3
ROBOT DREAMS-added robot layer4
ROBOT DREAMS-added robot layer5

I make another 3 canvas renders of different robot bodies in the same pose to be used later in layers in Photoshop. Other than that a render of the hair separately too. I then set up all my layers in Photoshop. I first work on the shadow to fix lighting errors in a new layer.

ROBOT DREAMS-with Shadow
ROBOT DREAMS-Shadow

The artwork on the left is after correction of shadows.

The render was pretty good; so there were hardly anything to fix.

However, when layering diff body types, as in the robot bodies, there may be some sections sticking out and I needed to ensure all were tucked in. So I made a mask of the original character canvas.

ROBOT DREAMS-added robot layer3
ROBOT DREAMS-added robot layer4
ROBOT DREAMS-added robot layer5

It is not perfect so you may wish to fix it by masking those that creep to close to the skin boundary as they are not going to be too visible.


Before I lay on the canvas of the original character over the robot layers. I work on selecting the gloves and make a copy. This will be useful later. Here are the layers within Photoshop.

Layers

Notice also I edited the robot layer to show only the ones I wanted to appear via masks.

ROBOT DREAMS-added Skin with 45% fill
ROBOT DREAMS-added Skin copy with 95% fill

This first skin layer used is with only 45% Fill. The second Skin layer is with 95% Fill. This allows you to see a hint of the machinery within the skin layer. But now notice that the gloves and hair look too translucent. This is where I add on the hair and glove layer created goes over these layers. Also, I work on the mask to try and expose a bit more of the robot frame.

ROBOT DREAMS-With all layers
ROBOT DREAMS-Layers and Iris Blur

Finally a combined layer on the Left... on the right, I added a layer of dust and worked on the highlights on the hair and proceeded to use Iris Blur to ensure focus on the main character. Finally I work on the file using filters to get a dramatic effect.

ROBOT DREAMS-Final Topaz Filter
ROBOT DREAMS-Different % fill

Later I add on the text to make a pseudo-book with TITLE and Author's name. I hope you enjoyed the input.


Regards

Yaswin Rai

Robot Dreams by Asimov

SEE FINAL PICT

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Jill Valentine is making an impact in Daz... it is nice to see it doing kinda well in DAZ. It's Gallery is really a very cliquey group I seem to find and to get noticed is quite an achievement. As for me, I can say that it is great to see her up there for a short time as I never see my work anywhere close to getting the attention it is receiving at the moment. But also being my entry to the monthly contest... I hope she will achieve much more. Thank you all for faving and liking my work. It is truly an honor and brings a nice smile to my face... in these dark times.

~Yaz

Daz Render Competition - Cold Blue Steel
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