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Shiba 3D-Art Contest

Come join this fun 3D-art contest. It is easy to join, there are few restrictions, and we are giving away a bunch of Daz3D gift certificates for prizes. You can enter as many times as you like, and both old or new 3D-renders are welcome.

Poser, Daz Studio, Carrara - Which One Should I Use?

For rendering 3D-pictures and figures we can use Poser, Daz Studio, or Carrara. Poser is the oldest and most mature. However, Daz Studio has many features and new add-ons that are not available on Poser. In addition, it is free. Carrara has some great environment effects and some cool tools such as vertex editing. We consider which one to use for our computer generated pictures.

Daz Studio Iray Tutorial for Beginners

This tutorial describes how I create a simple scene, from start to finish, for the Daz Studio Iray renderer. In particular, I discuss how to assign Iray materials, and how to create simple but realistic lighting in Iray with an image based light (IBL).

Tips and Tricks for Daz Studio Beginners

I started really using Daz Studio a few months ago and wanted to put down some of the most useful functions that I discovered. These are the things that may not be readily apparent (especially to a beginner), but were extremely useful for creating great renders. Following, I will list a set of common issues I encountered, and then discuss useful tips and tricks that I found within Daz Studio, to [...]

How I Light My Daz Studio Iray Scenes

I describe the three main classes of lights that I use in my Daz Studio Iray scenes. These include an image based light, three mesh lights, and a volumetric light.

Recent Art Articles

What Does Our Art Say About Us?

Art is an expression of self. When we listen to our Muse and create a piece of art, the process may carry us to unexpected, surprising, and sometimes scary places. If we are brave enough to look under the surface, we may start to see certain patterns or themes that repeatedly arise in our images. In this way, we see part of our inner-selves.

Making Skin Pop with the Daz Studio Iray Uber Shader - Part 2

This is part 2 of the Making Skin Pop with the Daz Studio Iray Uber Shader tutorial. Here, we address tweaking a chromatic skin. Part 1 provides an introduction to Daz Studio Iray skin shaders as well as how to convert monochromatic to chromatic skin.

Making Skin Pop with the Daz Studio Iray Uber Shader - Part 1

Have you ever been frustrated with skin that looks flat in Daz Studio? Dull and lifeless? Rubbery with a distinct likeness to that of Gumby? Or maybe it just needs a little bit of pop? Most of the time, any of these issues can be attributed to SSS, or subsurface scattering, and there are a couple easy tweaks that can be made to drastically improve the look of skin in Daz.

3D-Art Contest Winners ~ April 2020

Thank you for your support and congratulations to our April 2020 Shiba 3d-art contest winners. Hopefully we will be back soon!

3D-Art Contest Winners ~ March 2020

March 2020 Shiba 3d-art contest winners.

3D-Art Contest Winners ~ February 2020

Kudos to all the February 2020 3d-art contest winners. A big thank you for visiting and participating!

3D-Art Contest Winners ~ January 2020

Shiba 3d-art January 2020 contest winners announced. Some fabulous winning images and entries. Come check them out.

3D-Art Contest Winners ~ December 2019

Some amazing images to start off our new year. Congratulations to the winners and best wishes to all for 2020.

Recent Comments

  • Catwoman sitting on a papasan chair with several cats around her. Moon in the background.How to Save a Single Frame in Daz Studio
    • DV FiSTer
      - 10 years after you posted this, but THANK YOU!!!I don't get why they don't give a simple - save this ...
    • Dan
      - Thank you! This was very helpful
    • rto3d
      - outstanding solution !! thank you so much :-)
  • Side by side face comparisons of out-of-the-box Millawa 8 face and skin and multiple tweaked Millawa 8 face and skin.Making Skin Pop with the Daz Studio Iray Uber Shader – Part 2
    • Andew
      - Thanks, not originally what it was intended for but the advice in these 2 tutorials has also helped me ...
    • Nix
      - Thanks so much for this. Very helpful!
  • Girl with pink hair, pink dress, and pink petals blowing in the wind. Daz Studio dForce Iray picture. Fantasy Art.How to Save a Daz Studio dForce Frame as a Morph
    • Hal
      - Thank you for the great tutorial! I wonder about a variant. I am trying to create a looping animation. ...
  • Warrior woman riding on a tiger while shooting a bow and arrow.How to Combine Multiple Poses in Daz Studio
    • David
      - Very good and important tutorial. This has been up for years and i still keep coming back to it
  • Girl in white dress looking sad because she has to say goodbye to a good friend.Poser, Daz Studio, Carrara – Which One Should I Use?
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      - This is well out of date

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