Iray Super HDRI For HOT Outdoor Female Renders If you’ve been trying to create nice looking outdoor female renders in DAZ Studio using HDRI maps, then you’ve probably ran into one or two issues: – Renders look way too dark in the shadows, creating very high contrast, which is not something females like (or look […]
The Secret To Great Fashion Renders So, you’re posing your favorite character in a studio setting, and you’re hoping to get a cool looking fashion scene. If you’re like most artists, you’ll most likely get stuck with lighting. Sure, there’s plenty of cool HDR backgrounds you can use in DAZ Studio with the Iray render […]
Save Money, Speed Up Rendering + Get Maximum Creativity Most artists spend a lot of money on new props. With new props emerging each day, it’s hard not to. We artsits love diversity. But, what if there was a way to actually get the cookie, without the side effects? There is such a way, more […]
5 Dirty Secrets To Hot b/w Female 3D Renders When it comes to creating stunning, gorgeous and beautiful black & white female renders, there’s a few things that will either make or break your 3D art. With my background as a professional camera man for 15+ years, travelling California and Europe, capturing hundreds of real […]
Without Good Textures, no Mercy! Deco Lobby (image courtesy of DAZ) http://www.daz3d.com/deco-lobby Textures? For more than a year now, there been a huge change in the way we design things for 3D… In the past, things were simple. When you wanted to do a texture for your character or your prop, you only had to […]
If You Were God?! I’m kidding !!! Of course, you are not “God”!! But, the cool thing with 3D characters is that you can create as many different people as you want!! I just saw a new product this week dedicated to Breast shapes and for a long time I have wanted to write about another amazing […]
Want to Feel the Sound of Silence? Noise and stress…… We are all a little overwhelmed by them… Sometimes, we dreaming of large spaces, nice colors, places where imagination can begin to flow… There is a place in the world full of silence where no one can hear you…..Space. Just browse your internet and type “space” […]
Does Gamma and Saturation Influence your Mood? To be perfectly honest, I’m no doctor…. I just love to play with all DAZ options….and Iray has a lot of settings….. Giving the right mood to an image is always a challenge. Even if you get the right set of lights, you want to achieve something special […]
The Shades of Grey Inspiration can come from anywhere. Sometimes, I’m struggling to get the right color aspect, the right camera angle, spending time to test and see if everything looks good only to discover that the whole thing isn’t worth a dime….. And I remember those classy old fashioned photographs, full of atmosphere, of […]
Are Eyes Really the Mirror of Our Soul? Ever wonder why your character looks flat and lifeless? You did the work, set your camera, your lights, adjusted the shader and rendered…..yet, the result is just a 3D image… You did your best but yet something is still missing… Your character doesn’t somehow come alive… The Secret…It’s All […]
