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

by Guest Writer 3 Comments

Side by side face comparisons of out-of-the-box Millawa 8 face and skin and multiple tweaked Millawa 8 face and skin.

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

by Guest Writer 3 Comments

Side by side Victoria 8.1 face comparison of Daz Studio's PBR Iray Skin Shader and the Iray Uber Shader..

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.

What Is Daz Studio?

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.

Pre and Post-Work Images – Cute Cat Girls, Fantasy Women Pin-Up Art

by shibashake 3 Comments

Two cute cat girls, one sitting on the floor with red hair and another sitting on a bench with pink hair. Fantasy women pin-up art. Daz Studio Iray image.

Before and after image progression of my Cute Cat Girls Fantasy Pin-Up Art.

Cyborg Girl Fantasy Art and Blending Effects in Photoshop

by shibashake Leave a Comment

Final cyborg girl fantasy image when blending mode is set to Lighter Color.

In this cyborg girl fantasy art tutorial, I use Photoshop blending mode to get different color effects in my image. Original scene created in Daz Studio and rendered in Daz Studio Iray.

How to Save a Daz Studio dForce Frame as a Morph

by shibashake 15 Comments

Girl with pink hair, pink dress, and pink petals blowing in the wind. Daz Studio dForce Iray picture. Fantasy Art.

This tutorial describes how we can save a Daz Studio dForce frame as a morph. Once we have it saved, we can reuse it whenever we want, without having to rerun the dynamic cloth simulation. We can also combine it with other morphs.

Why Is There Noise in My Daz Studio Iray Render and How to Remove It

by shibashake 8 Comments

Sexy Fantasy woman with horns, standing in water, surrounded by skulls. Fantasy art. Daz Studio Iray image render.

One very common question I get about Daz Studio Iray is why is there so much noise in my Iray render and what can I do to remove it? This tutorial explores the source of noise in our Iray images, what type of scenes produce more noise, and how we can reduce this noise without losing image quality.

Daz Studio Dynamic Cloth (dForce) Tutorial for Beginners

by shibashake 23 Comments

Sexy darked haired fantasy woman sitting on the floor with lace dynamic cloth draped around her. Night time fantasy art scene with fireflies.

A beginner’s tutorial on Daz Studio’s new dynamic cloth system – dForce. In this tutorial, I apply dForce to two pieces of V4 clothing, so that it drapes over a Genesis 8 Female figure. With dForce, I can not only use Poser dynamic dresses on Genesis figures, but also older V4 dresses that did not autofit well on Genesis.

Pre and Post-Work Images – Redhead Warrior Woman Fantasy Art

by shibashake 4 Comments

Red head warrior woman with armor and sword looking over her shoulder. Gate and skull mountain in the backdrop.

Before and after image progression of my Redhead Warrior Woman Fantasy Art.

5 Ways to Create ‘Soft Lighting Effects’ in Daz Studio & Photoshop

by shibashake 14 Comments

Blonde fantasy art woman standing in front of a large stone statue with bones strewn on the floor.

Some key techniques that I use to add soft lighting effects to my Daz Studio images. Come see before and after images for each of the soft lighting methods discussed.

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