TigerAnne plays with DAZ 3d.

[tigeranne]

So maybe I can't draw or paint... But that's okay, because there are other ways of creating pictures! With a lot of patient help from sammyfrog, I've started learning how to do 3d art.




The whole family of models had a day at the beach. Here are some of their younger members, posing for the camera. They're all made from the same figure, the Genesis 1, which morphs from child to adult, and from female to male. Ignore that the middle kid is floating, I'm a noob novice.

The teaser picture shows all the currently released Genesis female bases, that were free with the program. From left to right are G8, G3, G2 and G1. For some reason, the numbering jumps straight from 3 to 8.


Later on, the kids explored some ruins nearby. Yeah, the kid on the left is pretending to be a real model.


Then it must have gotten too cold for her, and only the two younger kids were left. They're wondering if there are ghosts in the ruin.


Little Sally thought it was a lot of fun to stay out past bedtime.


Genesis 8 and 3 look almost exactly the same. I've started interpreting them as twins.


That's a really uncomfortable pose, if I ever saw one. Almost Simblr-worthy.


Here are the G8 and G3 dudes, No-name and Eddie. I've nicknamed G8 "Gil," because he reminds me of one of my OCs with that name. He's got a slight problem, because his eyes won't show up in renders. O_O He looks like something right out of Village of the Damned.


He looks very cute asleep, but he can't go through life with his eyes closed. :( I'll have to find some different eye-textures for him, but it's his defaults that are glitching out, so I don't know what's up with him.


Finally, just a couple of test-renders of G8 lady, I'mma call her Hailey, with her settings optimized for Iray, the realism add-on.


And here's how she looks when she's not optimized, a little more dollish and matte.


Also, here's how the first image looked in the scene builder.


That's all for tonight, folks! Sims to follow... suddenly!

Comments

[sammyfrog.livejournal.com]

You'll get better at it than I've managed, because you'll probably be smart and learn the proper ways to do things. I take the lazy approach. No time to learn the proper ways! Shortcuts! Which is a really dumb way to do things, but oh well. It's not like I'm trying to be a professional artist.

The Iray render with "Hailey" looks great! Iray seems to be a good competitor for Reality. Maybe someday I'll get back into this stuff and want to have a go with the newfangled things.

[tigerannesims2.livejournal.com]

Pfffff, I'm so not learning this the "proper" way! I'm just messing around, discovering what works and not. The program has probably become a lot more user-friendly in the past decade, so it's easier for newbies to pick up.

I'm not sure Reality is supported anymore, since I only see notes mention "textures for Iray," and "textures for 3DL." Many downloads come with both sets. You can choose settings, though. Reality should still work with your older stuff.

Deep down, you know you wanna try this again. ;-)

[sammyfrog.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I can't really comment on how user-friendly DAZ Studio has always been, because when I started using it, I already had some experience with Poser. I remember liking it instantly, though. It was a lot less resource-heavy for my poor old computer of the time, although that poor thing came to the point where I couldn't render anything with shadows anymore. X) It was the computer that used to frustrate the heck out of me, and therefore received nicknames like Bucket of Bolts, Tower of Power, and Mein Comp.

Reality is a third-party plugin that you buy separately, and it has a version for Poser as well. I'm not sure if it's still a thing; I went through that long bout of depression and lost interest in everything. Then Sims started filling up my time. X) But I've barely used the version of Reality that I have, so I refuse to upgrade to anything until I feel like I got my money's worth! I do still need to make portraits of my characters, especially the FF guys. They're all ready, it's just a matter of finding time.