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What Is Daz Studio?

November 19, 2018 by shibashake 11 Comments

Blonde haired sci-fi elf girl with sword, standing next to an owl robot. Fantasy sci-fi woman art. Daz Studio Iray image.

I highly recommend Daz Studio and use it to create all of my fantasy women art images. Why? Daz Studio is free and no drawing skills are needed. It is also a lot of fun and very addictive.

Filed Under: 3D Art, Daz Studio, Daz3D Tagged With: 3d art, 3d art beginner, 3d image beginner, art daz studio, daz, daz studio, daz studio beginner, daz studio iray, daz studio pose, daz studio tips, daz studio tutorial, daz3d, fantasy art, fantasy art beginner, fantasy art daz studio

How to Insert Inline Images in the Daz3D Forum

July 29, 2015 by shibashake 1 Comment

Woman angel with black wings and black armor, holding a white sword. Her right hand is out, in invitation to the viewer.

This mini-tutorial gives step-by-step instructions on how to insert an image into a post, on the new Daz3D forums.

Filed Under: 3D Art, Daz3D Tagged With: daz forum, daz3d, daz3d forum, forum image, inline image, insert image

Daz Victoria 7 – Good, Bad, or Meh

July 11, 2015 by shibashake 5 Comments

Victoria7 smiling and in a pin-up pose, with pink petals in the wind.

Victoria 7 and Genesis 3 Females just got released recently by Daz3D. Since then, there have been lots of heated discussions about her. Here, I talk about my own experiences with Victoria 7, the good, the bad, and whether she is worth the extra bucks.

Filed Under: 3D Art, Daz3D Tagged With: 3d-art, daz, daz3d, figure, g3f, genesis3, v7, vicky7, victoria7

Shiba 3D-Art Contest

May 24, 2015 by shibashake 140 Comments

Knight in armor shooting a steampunk gun at a dragon. Night scene.

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.

Filed Under: 3D Art, Art Contest Tagged With: 3d-art, 3d-art-contest, art, art-contest, contest, daz, daz studio, daz-contest, daz3d, featured-article, vendor-contest

Daz Studio Iray Tutorial for Beginners

May 23, 2015 by shibashake 55 Comments

Realistic looking girl with a dragon tattoo on her back.

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).

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3D Art with Daz Studio, Reality, and LuxRender

February 3, 2015 by shibashake 8 Comments

Dark angel standing with black wings and goggles.

This article talks about creating 3d art using Daz Studio, the Reality plugin, and LuxRender. In particular, we compare the quality of renders made with Reality + Lux, with those rendered only in Daz Studio. We also discuss how Reality changes our 3d art creation process, and what additional steps we may need to take.

Filed Under: Daz Studio Tagged With: 3dart, 3delight, biased, daz studio, daz3d, lux, luxrender, reality, render, render engine, unbiased

How to Create Fantasy Art in Daz Studio (for Beginners)

February 11, 2014 by shibashake 15 Comments

Lady with long hair sitting on a Siberian Tiger.

I have always loved fantasy art. I am not trained as an artist, but even as a Daz Studio beginner, I can use it to create cool looking art that I previously would never be able to produce. Here, I talk about my early experiences with Daz Studio, how I add fantasy figures and environments, how I set up some simple lights, and ultimately make my imagination real.

Filed Under: Daz Studio Tagged With: 3d art, 3d art beginner, 3d image beginner, daz, daz studio, daz studio beginner, daz3d, fantasy art, fantasy art beginner

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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!
    • MILT51
      - Wow!!! You are truly a very talented (gifted) artist. I love these tutorials #1 & #2, I never thought ...
    • Adil
      - Hi,I hope everything is good at your end. Please if you can help me with light scene duf file for ...
  • 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
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    • how me
      - This is well out of date

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