One of the most time-consuming tasks when making a visual novel is gathering its artwork. As the name visual novel implies, the visual component of the work plays a major role in its construction. There are two basic types of artwork needed in a visual novel: character sprites and screen backgrounds. Other pieces of art... Continue Reading →
I'm overdue on posting to my blog. To remedy that, I'm posting my latest "fake" book cover art rendered in DAZ Studio. This is cover art for a book that doesn't exist. I'm practicing for when I want to do the covers for my own novels, which are still in progress, btw. For this project,... Continue Reading →
DAZ Studio enables artists to create animations as well as still images. I've been experimenting with seamlessly looping animations for a while, and wanted to share my latest effort. I call it "Kari Dance." The image below is a 225x225 animated GIF file consisting of 120 frames. It is 2.16 MB in size. When I... Continue Reading →
What's the #1 rule of being a superhero? I created a graphic for it, to help all you superheroes-in-training out there remember this most important rule. The consequences of forgetting it can be devastating, not only to you but to anyone with significance in your life. Print out this image. Post it on your closet... Continue Reading →
The new DAZ Studio 4.8 Pro is officially released. It comes with a new rendering engine called Iray. This rendering engine is intended for use in creating photo-realistic images. That is, you're supposed to think you're looking at a photo when you look at the image. See what you think. Here's a render of the... Continue Reading →
Did you know you can make manga-style and sketch-style renders with Daz Studio? Compare the first below image with the ones in my previous post. They are renders of the same scene, but this one uses the Toony Camera Pro and a scripted 3Delight rendering engine. Of course, there are many variables you can play... Continue Reading →
Just wanted to post some of my latest renders. The images below are copyright ©2015 by Michael K. Eidson. These images use the Alani character for the new Callie 6 figure. Both images are rendered in DAZ Studio with no postwork. This first one uses the standard 3Delight renderer. The second one uses the Luxus... Continue Reading →
I've been under the weather for several days, which hasn't made it easy to be creative. But I was able to set up some scenes in DAZ Studio 4.7 Pro and let them render. I've been curious about the effects of different lighting in digital art, not only with regards to how lighting affects appearance... Continue Reading →
Happy Holidays From the Troll Mystic. Image copyrighted ©2014 by Eposic. All Rights Reserved. Rendered using DAZ Studio 4.7 Pro. Happy holidays all! (If you're wondering why the Troll Mystic looks the way he does, just remember that he's half elf. He's technically a trolf, not a troll, but most people don't understand... Continue Reading →
An elven wizard summons a fire elemental. Image copyrighted ©2014 by Eposic. All Rights Reserved. Rendered using DAZ Studio 4.7 Pro. No postwork. Click on the image for a larger version. In this installment of Khayd’haik the Troll Mystic’s series on elementals, he discusses how elementals can move between dimensions, including when they... Continue Reading →
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