3D-Art Contest Winners ~ August 2015
Thank you all for participating in August and congratulations to all the winners of the August Vendor Awesomeness Contest!September is Published Artist month at DAZ3D, so we will be celebrating the...
View ArticleHow to Get Wet Skin in Iray
After seeing Dave’s wonderful wet skin image on the Daz Gallery, I was inspired to try creating a wet skin render in Daz Studio Iray.Creating wet skin involves three key steps- 1. Making the...
View Article3D-Art Contest Winners ~ September 2015
Some super great entries this time!September was Premier Artist Festival Month at Daz3D!! In celebration of PA month, we doubled the number of vendors in the September 2015 contest, as well as doubled...
View ArticleTop 5 Fantasy Women Outfits for Daz Studio and Poser
Patron Freebie!!Tier 3+ patrons may download my Iray material presets for these five outfits here.These are my top five fantasy women outfits, that I use time and time again in my artwork. All five...
View Article3D-Art Contest Winners ~ February 2016
January was another busy month at DAZ3D with lots of deals, fun new releases, and over-spending my budget. The biggest news is probably the release of Daz Studio 4.9 and content encryption with Daz...
View Article3D-Art Contest Winners ~ March 2016
The biggest news last month was probably the RDNA merger with Daz. Here is a useful customer FAQ on the nuts and bolts of the merger. As with any real change, it comes with both good and bad. Where one...
View ArticleTop 6 Fantasy Art Environments for Daz Studio
I mainly do figure-based fantasy art, where the humans, animals, and creatures are the main focus of the piece. However, the environment is still important because it needs to complement and support...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Daz Studio Octane
This article and all of the images within were created by the very talented Brian Sains. Copyright © Brian Sains. Check out his gallery here. Why Octane?Why Octane?I started using Daz just under a year...
View Article3D-Art Contest Winners ~ April 2016
Wow! March Madness was just crazy good this year. There were a bunch of great items that I really loved and some terrific deals. We are also beginning to see a bunch of RDNA items appear in the DAZ...
View ArticleHow to Create Realistic Skin in Daz Studio Octane
This article and all of the images within were created by the very talented Brian Sains. Copyright © Brian Sains. Check out his gallery here. We will need a working version of the Daz Octane plugin...
View ArticlePast Patreon Rewards
Evergreen Tier 4+ Patron FreebiesMy Daz Studio Iray light rig and render settingsShiba Glow + Orton EffectScene & PSD Files for Iray Wet Skin TutorialScene & PSD Files for Iray Lighting...
View ArticleHow to Set-Up Camera, Lights, & Displacement in Daz Studio Octane
This article and all of the images within were created by the very talented Brian Sains. Copyright © Brian Sains. Check out his gallery here. What I want to achieve here is to give you the ability to...
View Article3D-Art Contest Winners ~ May 2016
My favorite April item has got to be Mei Lin 7. Luckily, March Madness was extended, so we could get her packages at a pretty good price. I don’t have her HD add-on yet, but I am definitely going to...
View ArticleAdvanced Skin Material Settings for Daz Studio Octane
This article and all of the images within were created by the very talented Brian Sains. Copyright © Brian Sains. Check out his gallery here. Sub-surface scattering (SSS)In the introduction to this...
View Article3D-Art Contest Winners ~ June 2016
How time flies! We started this contest a year ago, and we are so happy with the wonderful entries we get every month. Thank you all for joining in, visiting our contest pages, and sharing your...
View ArticleDaz Studio Lighting – Beginner to Now
I have gone through several big changes in my 3d-art lighting setup. Here, I talk about my Daz Studio lighting journey, from the simple headlamp to what I use in Iray today. I discuss why I made each...
View Article3D-Art Contest Winners ~ June 2015
Many thanks for joining our contest, whether as a participant or just to enjoy the show. There were many great entries in June, and the judges had a blast going through them all. Hope everyone had fun...
View ArticleDaz Victoria 7 – Good, Bad, or Meh
Ever since Victoria 7 was released, there has been a lot of chatter about her. This girl definitely made a big splash. The two key improvements of V7 or the Genesis 3 figure that I am most excited...
View ArticleHow to Insert Inline Images in the Daz3D Forum
Daz3D just updated their forum interface. As with most new things, it took me a while to get used to it, but now, I am getting to like the new interface.One of the first things that I had trouble with,...
View ArticleDaz Studio Iray Tips and Tricks
I am really enjoying the Iray renderer in Daz Studio. It is fast (with an nVidia card), and I like the results that I get. With the release of Victoria 7, there are now some really great Iray skins...
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