Crux-related images by Jucundus

[jucundus]

Two variants of another crux image. I cannot decide which one I like better. Both look a bit fake, like photomanipulations; I tried hard, but for some reason I was not able to convincingly integrate the background. Artistic limitations...

 

[crumera]

Love the pics.. like the blonde expression just a bit better
Love the new angle on the crucified latina too!

As for background intergration a few ideas to consider
With the shadows present it looks like the sun is directly above the scene, maybe angle the sun to get more dynamic shadows?
Slightly rotating some of the bodies of the crowd while keeping their eyes fixed on the cross could help to.
Having some crowdmembers interact with each other could also help (clustering) sitting or standing.
Variation of any property of the crowdmembers will help too.
Lenght bodytype, hair, different cloth and shoes. well really anything..
What was each one doing before they began watching the crucified?
Carrying stuff returning from market or the aquaduct for example.

Or leave the crowd out if the picture is better without them

Quite hard to make an interesting crowd from scratch.

Hope I have given you some ideas...
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Good luck with your creative processes!

 

[Apostate]

And here another view of the same model from a different angle:

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Jucundus, for some unsettling reason I find the victim squeezing her eyes shut and baring her teeth to be ridiculously erotic. Your latina has taken her place next to Jedakk’s barbarian slave in my folder labeled "Zappers."

Thanks. Lots.

 

[Cuervo]

And here another view of the same model from a different angle:

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All of them are excellent, as usual. You are a master of expression.

 

[Apostate]

Jucundus, another thing, there is a susbset of crux pervs who get off on unshaven armpits, who even as I type are getting off on these.

 

[Cuervo]

Jucundus, another thing, there is a susbset of crux pervs who get off on unshaven armpits, who even as I type are getting off on these.

For realism's sake I think unshaven is the way to go. I used to not like unshaven armpits, but have acquired a taste for it, particularly if it doesn't look like a forest. The first time I found an unshaven armpit attractive I was 17 (eons ago). We were in Paris (the only time I have been) taking a tour of Notre Dame, the tour guide was a beautiful red head, I did not notice the hair on her armpits until she raised her arm to point at something (she had a sleeveless dress on). At first I was taken aback, but after a while I said hmmmm, maybe this is not so bad after all. Then I went back to my hairless armpit thing until recently. The same thing with bush, I do not really go for the totally hairless pubic area. It reminds me too much of little girls and my crucified females should all be grownup women.

 

[Cruxgirl Hiliary]

WOW!!!
Impressive

 

[JackPott]

Just perfect as all of them ))

 

[Cuervo]

Jucundus said :"Both look a bit fake, like photomanipulations. . ." I think part of the problem that you find with them has to do with the hair color. If I compare the darker haired woman with the blonde I find the darker haired version more real. The other thing may be the crowd, it looks too thin. I realize it is difficult to build a crowd of spectators and make it look convincing. Maybe you could just place a couple of centurions lounging around the cross, playing dice or something like that while one of them spits on her and mocks her. Also a more barren landscape with the sunlight really scintillating from stones and sand. Just my two cents.

 

[algabal]

crumera's hints on getting a more convincing crows are spot on, but really ...

... these are already great as they are, and the background crowd is just that, background. Maybe future versions of 3D software will support a 'fill space with random people' function?

 

[mp5stab]

One way to cheat the crowd problem is to use images from Madosi’s stash. There are plenty of images for photo manipulation that will blends right in. No need to render them in 3d if they are going to be blurry in the background. Set them up in the scene as a plane, and keep the dof where you have it.

 

[Cella]

I'll use this thread as a place to post my future crux-related images. I don't really do "commissions", but from time to time I am surely open to suggestions. You are welcome to voice them here as a source of inspiration (just don't expect me to follow up on all of them at once, I need to feed all of my many fetishes...)

Let me start with these two. I tried to make them according to preferences expressed by @mp5stab: Hair, nails & a touch of latina.

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Judging by the number of likes, you are feeding this crowd very well indeed. These are excellent! The body positions, muscle tension, and facial expressions seem totally real. Would you consider a a multiple crux image? Two or three cruxed? Maybe add a crucified guy too. I love the drama of men and women crucified together.

(You don't show nails driven all the way in. Is this more of a fetish detail? Showing them as you do emphasizes the horrifying size and shape. You wouldn't get that from just seeing the nail head. Driving them all the way in might better secure the condemned to her cross. Just curious.)

 

[phlebas]

Two variants of another crux image. I cannot decide which one I like better. Both look a bit fake, like photomanipulations; I tried hard, but for some reason I was not able to convincingly integrate the background. Artistic limitations...

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Lovely work Jucundus.

I think the body angle is more interesting in the first one, and her expression is one of resignation, face turned away and hiding in her arm. The second has a more pained expression, we are drawn to it. Really I love both women, they each offer something different, showing how small variations make a whole new picture.

I echo Cuervo and Apostate on the body hair. Underarm hair is not common in renders, great to see some here, and yes I much prefer my women to look like women, with something down below too. Pubic hair signifies an adult body, and signposts the interesting bit! I feel it makes a woman more naked, not less.

The first time I found an unshaven armpit attractive I was 17 (eons ago). We were in Paris (the only time I have been) taking a tour of Notre Dame, the tour guide was a beautiful red head, I did not notice the hair on her armpits until she raised her arm to point at something (she had a sleeveless dress on). At first I was taken aback, but after a while I said hmmmm, maybe this is not so bad after all. Then I went back to my hairless armpit thing until recently. The same thing with bush, I do not really go for the totally hairless pubic area. It reminds me too much of little girls and my crucified females should all be grownup women.

One of my earliest memories of "noticing" was an art teacher at school, who wore sleeveless tops and no bra. This was the 70s and she was "arty", but plenty on show for inquisitive teenage eyes.

The crowd does lack reality, I think this is what you are noticing Jucundus. They have an out of the box feel, no real individuality, and their hand waving is not convincing. In the second pic I do like the blond woman in the background on the left, this crowd is less blurred and she comes through clearer, looking with shock, with interest at the crucified blond. I like to imagine what is going through her mind at this time; pity, cruelty, curiosity? A crowd benefits from having some figures in it that we might identify with or wonder about, it makes them more a part of the scene.

One way to cheat the crowd problem is to use images from Madosi’s stash. There are plenty of images for photo manipulation that will blends right in. No need to render them in 3d if they are going to be blurry in the background. Set them up in the scene as a plane, and keep the dof where you have it.

Nice idea

 

[Crucifyer]

Judging by the number of likes, you are feeding this crowd very well indeed. These are excellent! The body positions, muscle tension, and facial expressions seem totally real. Would you consider a a multiple crux image? Two or three cruxed? Maybe add a crucified guy too. I love the drama of men and women crucified together.

(You don't show nails driven all the way in. Is this more of a fetish detail? Showing them as you do emphasizes the horrifying size and shape. You wouldn't get that from just seeing the nail head. Driving them all the way in might better secure the condemned to her cross. Just curious.)

She looks pathetic

 

[jucundus]

Thanks so much for you comments! Often I am not so good with prompt responses, I apologize. I make pictures instead.

Some of your observations are really helpful. @crumera, I had a look at some of your images, and I think the difference is that you actually construct scenes with interacting people, while I just put a crucified girl in the center and surround it with background. And all of you who have observed that the spectators look unconvincing: This is because I was lazy, these figures are not even 3d, just images of rendered people stuck onto a plane (a ready-made product to create crowds). Obviously not quite convincing.

@Apostate, I actually share your fetish on facial expressions, clenched teeth and eyes squeezed shut, fighting against something to big to fight. So we two should get along esthetically in this respect. As for armpits: I love them, both with and without hair (armpit hair is a pain in 3d, always grows out of the triceps brachii instead of the armpit...)

Would you consider a a multiple crux image?

I might eventually, but I am lazy. Actually, I always admire the forum banner on the top of the page. Does anybody (probably everybody but me) know the picture it is based upon?

And finally yet another version of the scene above, modified according to a request by a cruxforum member (sorry again for the fake crowd)

 

[Cella]

I always admire the forum banner on the top of the page. Does anybody (probably everybody but me) know the picture it is based upon?

Thanks so much for you comments! Often I am not so good with prompt responses, I apologize. I make pictures instead.

Some of your observations are really helpful. @crumera, I had a look at some of your images, and I think the difference is that you actually construct scenes with interacting people, while I just put a crucified girl in the center and surround it with background. And all of you who have observed that the spectators look unconvincing: This is because I was lazy, these figures are not even 3d, just images of rendered people stuck onto a plane (a ready-made product to create crowds). Obviously not quite convincing.

@Apostate, I actually share your fetish on facial expressions, clenched teeth and eyes squeezed shut, fighting against something to big to fight. So we two should get along esthetically in this respect. As for armpits: I love them, both with and without hair (armpit hair is a pain in 3d, always grows out of the triceps brachii instead of the armpit...)



I might eventually, but I am lazy. Actually, I always admire the forum banner on the top of the page. Does anybody (probably everybody but me) know the picture it is based upon?

And finally yet another version of the scene above, modified according to a request by a cruxforum member (sorry again for the fake crowd)

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Great series of images!

The image on the forum banner is from an artist named Arcimboldo. See more here.

His images are in the forum. Search his name.

 

[mp5stab]

I do approaching that banner, but maybe it’s time for a change? It depicts crux simplex and arm-over crux, but not the most common crosses. And there are so many good artists here with so many good interpretations for a crucifixion, maybe we could have a rotating roster of banner images to highlight the talented folk we have in this kink of ours? Like, the ultimate praise you could give to a work of art would be to nominate it to be one of the banner images.

 

[Apostate]

I always admire the forum banner on the top of the page. Does anybody (probably everybody but me) know the picture it is based upon?



Great series of images!

View attachment 864854 The image on the forum banner is from an artist named Arcimboldo. See more here.

His images are in the forum. Search his name.

"Fugitiva" and "Fugitivus" are among my favorite Arcimboldo renders, especially the latter, to which he appended the comment "It was unusual for a slave to escape with the intent of being caught."

 

[jucundus]

As it so happens, I just finished another picture. I think the interaction with the bystander works somewhat better here. I am actually not quite clear about the interaction myself. Is our aristocratic spectator painfully pinching the other girls's clit, or just checking if dancing on the crux makes her wet..?
(interestingly, I am also not sure which one of the two I drool over more)

 

[mp5stab]

With regards too the thumb position, you have total freedom. I tried to get the “nerve damage claw” looking right for a while, but after a few goes, I decided to keep the hands more expressive. I think it’s actually a really cool detail if you can get it looking right but it’s a real pain if you love some of the emotion of the scrunched hands.

Anyway....

This is one of the best crux images I have ever seen. That’s all.