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  • Apr 4
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Thanks for watching ^^
Bannier by LaMuserie  

Did a test of your goosebumps freebe.  Works great.  I also created a .dsf file that allowed them to be used like tattoos (one click) if you are interested.  I would be happy to share the template - might be more effort than its worth though: G3 and 8F versions; torso, arms, legs; standard and soft; that's 12 .dsf files to edit.  But you could create a product-like delivery. 

If you won't be offended I could send you an image of my test.  Has larger breasts and as you mention creates some scale challenges.  I am curious how you deal with that.  I am imagining masks and a reduced scale/increased density over the breast area of the torso bump map in this case but I am thinking there might be seems.  
Oh, I'm very interested to see your creations! That'd be great! :)

Deviant named SmidA460 already created this: Goosebumps for G3F+G8F by SmidA+TestRender which offers some sort of one click solution to all of this. 
But if you feel like sharing yours, please go ahead and do so. I don't mind. :)

Large boobs and extreme poses are an issue for sure.
I'd mask out the breasts and recreate the area from the dotmaps in better scale. Then go over the seams and make them look nice. 
Gimp 2.10 brought us this excellent tool called Warp Brush. You can use that to fine tune the scale. The seams may come visible here and there, but the pattern is usually random enough to hide small crimes like that.
Breasts in the torso map take quite small area anyway, so it probably takes something like ten minutes to go over the edges of the masked area and remove/add individual bumps where ever the seam is too obvious. 

Clone brushing more bumps to the breast area might also be viable option. It takes some time for sure, but it's often faster than one might think. 

Hope this helps, Have fun! :)
G8F GooseBumps 2 by sjgregory TestR,
Thanks for the response.  This image was rendered on an older machine and used the CPU: took 40 hours.  You'll notice the breasts need some work and I'll have a go with your suggestions, thanks, later next week.  I'll let you know how I get on.

As for the approach undertaken by SmidA, it's way cooler than mine.  I hadn't considered doing the arms, legs and torso all at once.  I am not that good at JSON/DSON yet: pesky braces/brackets and the trial and error nature of it for me anyways makes it a bit difficult. 

Always seems there is much more to learn.  Guess that makes it fun.  Best.

SJG
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