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New Plug-ins for Blender and Daz Studio: Smoother Workflows, Faster Results
Two powerful new plug-ins are now available to bridge the gap between Blender and Daz Studio – whether you’re bringing original assets into Daz Studio or exporting your favorite Daz characters into Blender for animation and editing.
Daz Artist Interview Series: Predatron
A household name in the Daz community, Predatron has been creating assets for the Daz store since 2004 — a whopping 19 years! All of us at Daz commend Predatron for all the years of incredible work and look forward to many years more. Predatron took time out of his schedule to share more aboutContinue reading “Daz Artist Interview Series: Predatron”
Preparing Your Daz 3D Model for 3D Printing From Blender
Daz Studio is a free software that anyone can use, whether they have 3D sculpting experience or not, to create custom models for everything from video game development and animated movies to 3D printing. Once you create the model you want to print, it’s easy to transfer to Blender to add the finishing touches. NeedContinue reading “Preparing Your Daz 3D Model for 3D Printing From Blender”
Back to Basics: Modeling a Blanket and Pillow Using Cloth Simulations in Blender
We have a lot of cool props and items you can find in our Daz store, many of which feature lifelike wrinkles and flowing cloth materials. But sometimes, we want to take the difficult path of modeling props ourselves. If you want to improve your basic skills as a 3D modeler, learning more about physicsContinue reading “Back to Basics: Modeling a Blanket and Pillow Using Cloth Simulations in Blender”
Create Your Own 3D Hair With Daz Studio and Blender
Don’t pull your own hair out in frustration when you can’t get your 3D model’s hair to look just right! We’ve said it before and it’s worth saying again: working with hair in 3D is tough. Even experienced veterans of 3D art are known to get frustrated over woes around creating 3D hair for theirContinue reading “Create Your Own 3D Hair With Daz Studio and Blender”
How to Make a Weapon in Blender: Making Awesome Fantasy Swords
If you’ve ever played an RPG, tabletop or digital, or love to read epic fantasy books, or even watch fantasy movies, then you’ve probably thought once or twice about epic fantasy swords and weapons. Maybe you’ve even contemplated creating one. While making your first 3D models can seem like an almost impossible task, we areContinue reading “How to Make a Weapon in Blender: Making Awesome Fantasy Swords”
How to Retopologize Human Faces Like a Pro
You’ve just finished sculpting your latest 3D character and you couldn’t be happier about how it turned out. Maybe it’s a suave-looking human or even an alien creature completely out of this world. Regardless, there is a good chance that all the perfect detail contained within your model’s face amounts to a very high polygonContinue reading “How to Retopologize Human Faces Like a Pro”
Using 3D Model Wings to Bring Your Fairy Tale Scene to Life
So you’ve almost finished your fairy tale-esque character design and environment, but maybe you feel like something is still lacking. 3D model wings are one element that just might give you that magical finishing touch. When it comes to fairy tale scenes and magical creatures, humanoid or not, only your imagination is the limit. Fortunately,Continue reading “Using 3D Model Wings to Bring Your Fairy Tale Scene to Life”
Using the Mesh Grabber Add-on in Daz Studio
A common problem within Daz Studio that many users encounter is the occasional misfit of an item or article of clothing on a certain figure or morph. Understandably, within a modular system allowing hundreds of possible morphs and changes users can make, not to mention user-generated content being created daily, it is only natural thatContinue reading “Using the Mesh Grabber Add-on in Daz Studio”