December Show Off Thread 2022

[Agent0013]

Unfortunately, there are a lot of such idiots!


Dana

That is so true! Would be nice to see some of them get some smarts for a change!

[Saphirewild]

That is so true! Would be nice to see some of them get some smarts for a change!

Most of them have more money then brains so the reality is that they will never be smart just Asses!!!

[Saphirewild]

Dana, I meant in the Daz community post... Here it is here they mention the garland in the description on the top line.

Yes I used The so called Garland!!!
I am so sorry about the confusion in this render.
Most of what was used except the garland was gotten over the last few years of the PA Christmas giveaways!

[Saphirewild]

It was an honest question.  I don't see the items that were posted in that image as free gifts, and I would like to know about them if I'm missing them.


Dana

Like I said to Kathryns post It is only the garland that is in the render from this years PA Christmas giveaway.
The rest were gifts from yester years of PA giveaways!!
I would give you links to them but there is nothing when I click on view products!

[DanaTA]

Yes I used The so called Garland!!!
I am so sorry about the confusion in this render.
Most of what was used except the garland was gotten over the last few years of the PA Christmas giveaways!

Thank you!  I'll try to look for the things with the lights on the edges.


Yeah, someone doesn't know what a garland is! 


Dana

[Agent0013]

Garland is a long string of frill that looks pretty, usually used the decorated a Christmas Tree or feature of a house. At least that's what I think. I do recall when we decorated, we put garland on our tree. This tree has none. -->

[Llola Lane]

You are correct Agent... Garland is long and froofy... lol.  I would have called the free gift CHRISTMAS BELLS... but... I know in other parts of they world they call things different... so it's very confusing sometimes.  Just like in England they call a sweater a jumper and a truck is a lorry. 

[Kathryn]

Season's Greetings....

[Llola Lane]

Season's Greetings....

aweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee... Merry Christmas to you also Kathryn... and to one and all!   Hugzzzzzzzz

[Agent0013]

Palace of the Mighty Oak
As a boy, my father introduced me to the exquisite creature that was the Nymph of the Mighty Oak. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever looked upon. After I grew up I revisited the place I had met her at, and found her tree had been cut down. I carried her to find a new one. At that time I was 25 years old. I am now 90, and I still climb trees, using my father's wisdom to choose which trees are safe to climb. It is something I have always loved doing. Of course at 90, I cannot climb as vigorously as I could when I was much younger.
A couple of months ago I started having dreams about the Nymph of the Mighty Oak. I was having several each night. The dreams  seemed so real, that when I was having one, I wished to stay in it. In my waking hours, I could not get the dreams out of my head, remembering every detail vividly. It became obvious that I would have to revisit the new tree I had brought the Nymph to. I made my plans for the trip, and soon I embarked upon it.
I arrived at the location of the field that the cut down tree had laid in, and walked to its location. It had not completely rotted away, but the process was almost complete. It had been 65 years since my last visit. That was because life had taken me to other parts of the world, where I pretty much had pushed the memories to the back of my mind. I just had so many other things to think about. From the downed tree I was able to recall the path to where I had taken the Nymph, and I followed it.
Upon reaching the tree I had brought her to, I looked up into the 'larger than I remembered' canopy of it, and could see something odd. Whatever it was was in the crotch of the five branches, and it did not look natural.
Well I had planned to climb the tree anyway, so I started my climb. The trunk was far taller than it had been 65 years ago, and it proved to be a particularly difficult climb for an old man. But I am not any old man, and I was determined to reach my goal, no matter what. It took me an hour and twenty minutes to make it to the crotch of the branches.
To my surprise, I found a tiny palace had been built there. It looked too small for the Nymph to occupy. I wondered who it might be that had taken over her tree. Did she leave and go to another one? Had something invaded her tree and ended her life? Or did she just decide to give it up to whomever was the current occupants?
The Palace was quite beautiful for architecture. I studied it, marvelling at how intricate yet not too cluttered it was. I also wondered if I might be attacked by the current occupants. I thought I might not survive.
A familiar sensation moved up and down my spine, like the first time I sensed she was watching me. Like that time, I turned to look, and there she was, still as beautiful as ever. She came to me, a look of curiosity on her face. She reached out to my face, and traced the wrinkles in it with her tiny fingers. Like before, I could feel energy flowing into my face where she was touching me, and it was doing something to me. I began feeling young again, as she was making my wrinkles disappear.
I had noted some odd rings that floated in the air over certain parts of the Palace, and now she was pointing to one of them. I looked into her eyes, and she into mine. Somehow I was able to understand her unspoken wishes. I looked at the ring she had indicated, and was able to know it was a device that would make me small enough to actually enter the Palace. I then decided I should transfer my belongings and my riches to my family before doing what she was asking me to do. I would have to go to a place where I could contact my family, and make the transfer.
When I reached the nearby town I looked in the mirror at myself, to ask myself if I should really do it. As I looked at my reflection I noted that I now looked much younger than I had looked just a few hours earlier. I knew it was meant to be, though it had me in awe.                                                                             
Now the transfer of my estate has been done, and I shall soon return to the tree and climb it once more. There I will begin a new life with her in the Palace of the Mighty Oak.


This is the sequel to an image I did, and its story, which I wrote in 2014, titled "Nymph of the Mighty Oak".


Credits:
Backdrop - Forrest photo
Tree Frame - Modeled in Wings3D, and textured using Bryce Materials Bark - Artist - Agent 0013
Tree Canopy - From the Bryce Objects Library, 3 instances
Palace - Organodron City - Artist - Hermineo Nieves
Lighting - Bryce Skylab Sunlight, 1 Point Light from the Create Menu Bar
Camera - Default Bryce Camera translated toward the Palace for close up view.
Rendered in Bryce 7.1 Pro