Paint Effects: Maya Software vs. Renderman

I started attempting to customize a brush in Maya Paint Effects. The results were surprisingly lovely! I referenced a texture map as a starting point, and Maya Software handled it very well; it looks natural. Unfortunately when I attempted to render the scene with Renderman, I got a very different result (see below). No amount of brush tweaking has gotten me close to the Maya Software render. While I am much more familiar with Renderman than Maya Software, I may have to use the latter since the resulting renders are so beautiful and paint-like.
More testing is in order.

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In motion, the brush strokes look a bit strange. I seem to be getting some "crawling" textures.
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Cherry blossom models

Working on the branches and flowers.

Subjects

I've decided to focus on two of the most iconic and characteristic subjects in traditional Chinese painting: Plum blossoms and Lotuses.

Zhang Daqian(1899-1983),the great master as famous as Qi Baishi, who was from Sichuan province ,and was good at Chinese paintings, a contemporary art master. He was the professor of Nanjing central art University, later he moved to Taibei. He was recommended as the first contemporary artist by NY world Art association in 1957 and was awarded the golden medal. Many works of his were published ,such as "paintings by Zhang Daqian", "Birds&Flowers collection by Zhang Daqian" and hundred of painting volume . 

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He Yixing, male, born in 1962 in Yangshuo, Guangxi, China. He has adroit hands with both Freehand and Detailed Brushworks. From discerning connoisseurs, fluency in strokes is what makes him stand out. His works are ornamental, sophisticated and well-balanced, popular amongst collectors through-out China.

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The Artist, Chai Rui (pen name Ya Mei), was born in Beijing, China in 1953. He has been an art teacher, a member of the National Chinese Artists Association of China. Now he is a professional painter, residing In Xi’an. For more than 20 years, he has devoted himself to Chinese painting, specializing in the modern methods of depicting flowers and birds.

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Yi Ren  Chinese Painter, 1840-1896

Rèn Yí (任頤, 1840-1896), also known as Ren Bonian, was a painter and son of a rice merchant who supplemented his income by doing portraits. He was born in Zhejiang, but after the death of his father in 1855 he lived in Shanghai. This move placed him in a more urban world that was exposed to Western thinking. In Shanghai he became a member of the Shanghai School which fused popular and traditional styles. He is also sometimes referred to as one of the "Four Rens."

He was noted for his bold brushstrokes and use of color. In his earlier career the Song Dynasty painters influenced him, but later on he favored a freer style influenced by the works of Zhu Da.

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Xin Zhen
Of the Haka miniority and he came from the North East of the Guangdong Province in China.  The painter specialised in brush paintings.

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Hua Ching

Schedule and Production

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Gongbi Paintings

Examples of Gongbi style paintings

Ink on Rice paper

The Artist, Liu Zhuyin was born in Henan province, China in 1967, and then moved to Xi’an with his father in 1978. During childhood, he studied painting to inherit his father’s ambition. With a chance occurrence, he lost his heart to Chinese painting, and now has been practicing over 20 years. He specializes in flowers, animals and figures in fine detailed brushworks.

Liu Zhuyin

Paintings needing translation

1.  Xin Qi (professor says Xin Zhen)
"Plum Blossoms bring five blessings"

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2.  Hua Ching

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3. Zhang Daqian

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4. Yi Ren

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