Discover the Super Sets of Tim Arnot (TangoAlpha)
Join us for an interactive walkthrough of sets designed by Tim Arnot, a DAZ 3D published artist known by his call sign, TangoAlpha. Tim is an avid aviation enthusiast and private pilot since 2005, Tim’s passion for flight simulations sparked his initial foray into digital design, beginning with scenery creation for flight simulators using GMax.
Transitioning from crafting digital environments for flight simulators to mastering 3D modeling, Tim now uses Blender and Substance Painter to produce a wide array of highly detailed super sets and assets for DAZ Studio. His work spans from dynamic vehicle designs, like the Enzo Vision Formula and the Mercury Coupe, to expansive environments such as Medieval Hall and Gardens, the Country Ford, the Old Railway Cutting and Gate 43. Each creation reflects realism, careful set design and an imaginative approach to digital environments, catering to storytellers and artists alike!
In this Creative Cart episode, Dartanbeck will talk with TangoAlpha as they explore some of his most popular sets.
I'll be walking us through some of these wonderful kits but there's a bit more to it than that - we'll have TangoAlpha, himself in the room with us - so maybe we can get views from the artist himself?!!! ;) We shall see what unfolds. Certainly no pressure - I'm just happy that he can take the time to be with us! :)
This is Going to Be Fun!!! ;)
What a Fantastic place to learn, share and absorb anything and everything Art!
Led by Paul Bussey, this fantastic place has a beautiful forum with an endless supply of topics - and we can join courses and training, or just hang out with the group and discuss and enjoy art!
Expansive Scenery
Loaded with details, made efficient through the use of instances placed via Ultra-Scatter, immerse yourself in the beauty of the great outdoors!
Historical Crime Show
Interesting stories deserve interesting scenery created through interesting history!
Adventures in Space
In the depths of space, it helps to have some sort of vessel to keep us from just... floating around aimlessly among the void! In these kits, stories from outer space abound! Details galore and plenty to explore! Hey! Turn the artificial gravity booster back on!!!
Fleet Ops: Admiral's Suite
Admiral's Bridge, Ready Room, and Cabin all come together to form the Admiral's Suite - preset loader comes in the Admiral's Cabin Kit. Let's take a look!
...and There's Always More to the Story
Sometimes we just need to get from here to there, have a little fun along the way, perhaps a bite to eat and... oh... what was that?!!!
Ultra-Realism
Now let's have a look at some of Tim's incredible Ultra-Realism in Nature!
depicts a large, marshy pond at the bottom of a wooded hill within the incredible realism of an Iray environment.
Also included is a wonderful variety of props for building our own landscape settings.
Fantastic!!!
UltraScenery
It was inevitable - TangoAlpha and Howie Farkes team up to put their magic together into UltraScenery's Amazing ability to recreate nature into our Daz Studio experience!
Don't have UltraScenery?
Here you go!
UltraScenery is an advanced solution for creating highly detailed landscapes in DAZ Studio. UltraScenery builds upon the instancing technology of DAZ Studio to place 1000s of trees, plants, stones, etc - giving lifelike foliage or ground cover density without the overhead of needing millions of polygons.
UltraScenery creates landscapes upon a terrain mesh measuring 64 x 64 meters - large enough to give a sense of space and scale but small enough to enable adding the required density of instanced vegetation to portray realism.
UltraScenery uses a simple 4 step process to create scenes that will be familiar to users of UltraTrees.
1. Create a heightmap for the terrain
2. Choose a landscape feature (road, stream, pond, etc)
3. Choose an Ecology (the plants and other elements)
4. Build the Scene.
Randomize the terrain and the ecology, turn on or off different vegetation layers or adjust the water settings to create a landscape that is uniquely yours. UltraScenery - Realistic Landscape System helps you build your very own world!
Ongoing FREE Digital Art Live Events
Keep an eye out for upcoming events - each is Free and will include a special sub forum at the Digital Art Live Studio forum as well as a dedicated page here, at Dartanbeck.com where you'll find links and information pertaining to each episode!
This is going to be a Blast!!!
What a Fantastic place to learn, share and absorb anything and everything Art!
Led by Paul Bussey, this fantastic place has a beautiful forum with an endless supply of topics - and we can join courses and training, or just hang out with the group and discuss and enjoy art!