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3D-Art Contest Winners ~ May 2016

June 2, 2016 by shibashake 14 Comments

Qualifying items: Wolf 2.0 by AM, RPC Volume 1: Fallen Trees

Lots of extra winners in May because of the amazing artwork submitted. You do not want to miss this!

Filed Under: 3D Art, Art Contest Tagged With: 3d-art, 3d-art-contest, 3d-art-winners, contest, contest-winners, digital-art, digital-art contest, vendor-contest, winners

How to Set-Up Camera, Lights, & Displacement in Daz Studio Octane

May 25, 2016 by Guest Writer 4 Comments

Screenshot of the Environment Map interface in Daz Studio Octane.

Beginner’s tutorial on how to set up simple lights, camera, and displacement maps in Daz Studio Octane.

Filed Under: Daz Studio Tagged With: camera, daz studio, daz studio octane, daz studio octane tutorial, daz studio tutorial, displacement map, light, octane, octane camera, octane displacement, octane hdri, octane lights, octane renderer, octane shader, tutorial

Past Patreon Rewards

May 19, 2016 by shibashake 2 Comments

April 2016 reward art and scenes for ShibaShake Patreon

List of my Tier 4 rewards at Patreon from the beginning until now.

Filed Under: 3D Art Tagged With: gifts, monthly rewards, patreon, patreon shibashake, patron, patron gifts, patron rewards, rewards

How to Create Realistic Skin in Daz Studio Octane

May 8, 2016 by Guest Writer 4 Comments

Asian woman portrait with realistic Octane skin shader. Rendered in Daz Studio Octane.

One big challenge in 3d-art is to capture the complexity of human skin and make it look more organic and less synthetic. Here, we take a deep look on how to set-up realistic looking human skin in Daz Studio Octane.

Filed Under: Daz Studio Tagged With: daz studio, daz studio octane, daz studio octane tutorial, daz studio tutorial, octane, octane material, octane renderer, octane shader, octane skin, octane skin material, skin material, skin shader, tutorial

3D-Art Contest Winners ~ April 2016

May 5, 2016 by shibashake 17 Comments

Qualifying Item: Star from RDNA

Some excellent artwork in this month’s 3d-art contest for DzFire, RuntimeDNA, and Stonemason. There is fantasy, whimsy, warriors, swordsmen, mech girls, and more.

Filed Under: 3D Art, Art Contest Tagged With: 3d-art, 3d-art-contest, 3d-art-winners, contest, contest-winners, digital-art, digital-art contest, vendor-contest, winners

An Introduction to Daz Studio Octane

April 26, 2016 by Guest Writer 3 Comments

Fantasy art of a woman head to head and growling at a tiger.

The Octane renderer is fast and can produce great looking renders. Here, we give an overview of using Octane from within Daz Studio, along with the tools and settings you will need.

Filed Under: Daz Studio Tagged With: daz studio, daz studio octane, daz studio octane tutorial, daz studio tutorial, octane, octane renderer, tutorial

Top 6 Fantasy Art Environments for Daz Studio

April 9, 2016 by shibashake 12 Comments

White haired fantasy girl being embraced from behind by a smiling horned Devil. Red portal with glowing letters in the background.

My top six picks of fantasy art environments for Daz Studio. Come check out the many magical scenes that we can create with these fantastic figures and props for Daz Studio.

Filed Under: Daz Studio, Iray Tagged With: art daz studio, fantasy, fantasy art, fantasy art daz studio, fantasy art environments, fantasy art scenes, fantasy women, fantasy women art, top fantasy environments

3D-Art Contest Winners ~ March 2016

April 2, 2016 by shibashake 13 Comments

Qualifying items: Ronya HD for Victoria 7 DecoStrings for Genesis 3 Female(s) Marble Shaders for Iray

Our March contest winners are in and there are some gorgeous images. Drop by to see who won, and which vendor products were most frequently used.

Filed Under: 3D Art, Art Contest Tagged With: 3d-art, 3d-art-contest, 3d-art-winners, contest, contest-winners, digital-art, digital-art contest, vendor-contest, winners

3D-Art Contest Winners ~ February 2016

March 3, 2016 by shibashake 10 Comments

Qualifying item used Dandelions by Predatron

Some amazing 3d-art entries in February! Come see who the winners are, and how they used their favorite vendor items to tell fabulous stories.

Filed Under: 3D Art, Art Contest Tagged With: 3d-art, 3d-art-contest, 3d-art-winners, contest, contest-winners, vendor-contest, winners

Top 5 Fantasy Women Outfits for Daz Studio and Poser

February 23, 2016 by shibashake 6 Comments

Fantasy angel in bone armor, with red wings, standing and looking up, while the wind blows.

My top five fantasy women outfits. These are the outfits that I use time and time again in my fantasy renders and artwork. Here, we focus on outfits made for Victoria 4, but that still works well with Genesis 2, Genesis 3, and Daz Studio Iray.

Filed Under: Daz Studio, Iray Tagged With: fantasy, fantasy armor, fantasy art, fantasy outfit, fantasy warrior, fantasy women, fantasy women art, fantasy women outfits, girl gun, top outfits

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