Monday, May 9, 2016

Poser & Daz Comic Links

A while back, I enjoyed a great online Webinar about using 3D tools to create comics. It was really one of the most informative Webinars I've ever attended.

Another blogger has gone through it and written up 10 tips from the show, and they can be found here: http://www.jurn.org/dazposer/?p=5496 and you can find a link to the Webinar here: http://www.jurn.org/dazposer/?p=5482

A link to the actual presentation can be found here (but it has lousy audio, whereas the live event had good audio): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql9OOKgeCII
I think this is a longer version of the same show, with still-bad audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ub1CKSKN6U
Slightly better audio on the Concrete Park segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ub1CKSKN6U

Here's another link to a tutorial by Brian Haberlin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqDY9_dYOVY
And yet another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heSn6iVB__M

Another one on coloring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCNn0dqjDMc

A different tutorial on coloring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yix6u5K9MKg

Finally, some links to training videos for Poser and Daz Studio.
Poser: http://www.jurn.org/dazposer/?page_id=56
Daz Studio: http://www.jurn.org/dazposer/?page_id=204

Sunday, May 1, 2016

Whooo Goes There?

It's been a long time since I've done an update. I'm still busy with my "day job," so my fun-time projects have really fallen behind schedule. Still, I've managed to work in a little bit of fun here ant there. This illustration is one thing I managed to get done a week or so ago.

Abandoned. Desolate. Shunned... All fancy ways to say "Feared." A child's mind is blissfully uncluttered by concepts of equity, potential and renovation. A child knows when you should just stay away and leave it to the guardians of the night. Listen to the children, listen to midnight warning of the owl on its perch. Just move on, grown-ups. Just move on.

This was a render of Ken Gilliand's Owls of the World vol. 1 that I purchased at the annual Audubon charity sale over at Hivewire3D.com. The render was created in Daz Studio 4.9 with the Iray render engine. This was a quickie, but it was still a nice showcase for the owl figure.

As you might guess from a previous post, I've got owls on the brain right now. So, as I finally wrap up the Ultra reprint project, I'll be adding some new comics fun to my schedule.

Look for some new and exciting posts to come soon.