What a Blast!!!
In this episode we dive deep into the catalog of Kara Pitat at Daz 3D, admiring and putting to use these wonderful assets!
And we did this Live with Kara Pitat in the room with us!!! :)
Yeah, these things look great from the outside and are a lot of fun to load and render using nothing more that the provided presets that come in each pack.
But we're going to explore deeper!
I can't wait for this to come out in the Daz 3D store so I can grab my collector's copy! :)
Creative Cart - DAZ Store Highlights
The Creative Cart is a curated exploration on a selection of recommended assets from the DAZ 3D store, designed to inspire, educate, and empower artists and creators of all levels.
Join us as hosts Paul Bussey and Dartanbeck showcase chosen assets that can serve as your building blocks for breathtaking digital art.
“Creative Cart” will provide you with a valuable resource for discovering tools that can bring your artistic ideas into reality. Through themed episodes, we’ll spotlight various genres and assets—be it characters, shaders, environments, scripts, clothing or props—ensuring every creator finds something that resonates with their personal artistic journey.
It’s also about interaction where we include a community section where you can share your favorite finds, and add to the conversation about how these assets have shaped your own creations; we’d love to get your insights and recommendations on assets that have made a difference to your artwork!
Highlighted Assets
Our main feature will drive the genre of the episode
The Featured Highlight will be the main topic for the episode
The Animation Corner
In each episode we'll feature content that directly relates to animation
Animation packs, convertors, scripts or tools - and content designed specifically for animation!
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!!!
The Community Corner
Got a favorite figure, clothing asset, prop, environment or script to share/recommend to the group?
We’ll have a community section in each event where you can share your artwork/technique of using the asset during the session.
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!
Now at Daz 3D!!!
Episode 003 - TangoAlpha Super Sets
Join us for an intuitive 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.
The Creative Cart - Episodes 1-4 Teaser Trailer
A special Thank You to All who have attended, and to those yet to join.
These Free webinars that later become a collectable series through Daz 3D are a real art collaboration experience that I enjoy Very Much! It's such a wonderful thing when we can demonstrate this cool stuff with a live audience who are all invited to join in on the topics and share their art and experiences, ask questions... it's artists hanging out with artists! I Love It!!!
This Show was a Blast!!! Thanks to All Who Came!!!
I truly Love teaching people useful techniques that make their experience easier, better, and a lot more fun. I think I did that today with demonstrating many ways to create our own Iray materials using our Legacy Poser content - using Predatron's amazing legacy catalog to illustrate the instruction.
Lorenzo and Loretta should truly scare No one!
I've shown how easily we can work with them in quick situations without even converting to Iray shaders, later illustrating some of the reasons why it's actually a lot better in the long run to actually use Iray material shaders - for Iray's sake.
It Was Awesome!!!
We had a Great Time exploring the Super Sets of the brilliant artist at Daz 3D - my friend, TangoAlpha!
Many of his products were not only born in Carrara, but include Carrara versions of the product - specifically for Carrara users! I Love That!!!
From ultra-realistic exteriors to imaginative space craft interiors, back to historical urban environments and sets that can truly fit in nearly any genre, TangoAlpha's store at Daz 3D has a Lot to Offer!
It was awesome having TangoAlpha, himself, on the show! He gave us some cool insights to the products and even demonstrated with us a product of his that was yet to be released to the store at the time! It's a Massive... oh... wait. I don't want to spoil the surprise!
Check out the new page exploring some of the products and topics we've explored in the exciting Episode 003 - TangoAlpha Super sets!
TangoAlpha Super Sets Promo
Creative Cart Episode 002 - Pestryakov and the Dragon!
Immortalize this incredible journey within your collection!
Now available at Daz 3D, Pestryakov and the Dragon is Loaded with incredible environment kits along with creative ways to use them in combination with one another!
Episode 002 also demonstrates ways to bring the Millennium SubDragon to Life in today's Iray render engine with an easy-to-manage materials cross over, then making a new Materials preset that allows the corrections to be made, even after applying another legacy texture pack preset - without changing the color maps!
In Animation Corner, we explore the wonderful collection of Millennium Subdragon aniBlocks by MysticShard and SimonWM!
Add the Creative Cart Episode 002 - Pestryakov and the Dragon to Your Library Today!!! :)
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!
Creative Cart - Episode 001 - Sc-Fi Marcoor
Now available at Daz 3D as a keepsake video to add to your collection!
I don't know about you, but I Love watching this sort of thing multiple times - especially when I'm in the mood for a little extra Inspiration!
By design, Digital Art Live and Dartanbeck are offering these at incredibly low prices just to make them more accessible to everyone - mainly just covering the costs of production.
Creative Cart 001 - Sci-Fi Marcoor is an Amazing journey, exploring the entirety of Ravnheart's impressive SS Marcoor series along with DzFire's Cyborg Generation 8
In Animation Corner, we adventure across the Sci-Fi Moves Genesis series, by Reisormocap, which has a bit of something for every star voyage's needs!
Check out the Creative Cart - Episode 001 Support Page Here, at Dartanbeck.com
A Digital Art Live Experience
Now Available at Daz 3d - a Special new educational course that I've been anxious to share with everyone.
Paul Bussey, from Digital Art Live, offered an amazing opportunity for me to tell my story of how I've unlocked the key to a super-easy approach to animating in Daz Studio - something that a majority of animators consider to be nearly impossible, and for good reason. Daz Studio is set up differently than traditional animating software, making it feeling clunky, even unfriendly to folks who are used to animating.
Well such a thing is difficult to tell in a few words or even a single article here on the site. It's something that needs to be seen, worked through, demonstrated.
Paul's offer is just that. He loves seeing other artist's work and he has a wonderful drive at helping artists learn new skills to better themselves at what they want to do. In that, we are both incredibly similar, for those are my goals as well!
So we've got together in several video conferences and built a solid idea on how to go about this beneficial workflow.
The result is a course that takes us from a full animation workflow from start to end, followed by individual tutorials related to the techniques used within the workflow.
Let's get focused on mastering “aniMate 2” in DAZ Studio! AniMate 2 combines a user-friendly interface with sophisticated features, making it a valuable and core tool for animating your visual stories.
Dartanbeck uses AniMate 2 at the heart of his workflow and reveals in this tutorial set how to make the most of this and other hyper-useful tools such as LimbStick, Bone Minion and Mixamo for effective animation storytelling in DAZ Studio.
This tutorial set by Dartanbeck is for you if...
You're interested in uncovering the hidden and often overlooked powerful features of aniMate2, enhancing your animation capabilities in DAZ Studio.
You want to learn how to efficiently use aniBlocks, including advanced techniques like trimming, blending, and customizing motion paths for more dynamic animations.
You're keen on exploring the vast potential of aniBlock packs, cross-generation animation conversion, and integrating unique movements for characters and vehicles.
This is for you if you want to accomplish:
Making the most of aniMate2, ensuring a solid foundation for creating professional and intricate animations in DAZ Studio.
Expanding your creative horizons by learning how to modify and combine aniBlocks, achieving impressive new motions and animations.
Gaining expertise in leveraging specialized tools and resources like Motion Captured Animations, LimbStick, Bone Minion and more, to elevate your animation projects
Paul and I are at it again! We thought it would be a Great idea to demonstrate ways to Really perform some Cool Magic with your Daz Studio work, whether it's animated or still.
This is one session you won't want to miss!
There are many ways to build, save and render our Daz 3D scenes.
In Movie Magic we’ll explore workflows for creating specific, separate renders that are purposely made to be melded together into a single, final image.
Whether for you’re making still images OR animations, these practices add Magic by allowing us total freedom over the look of Every element within the scene.
You’ll see how much Faster we can work – how much more we can get done with an efficient workflow.
The additional tools and elements demonstrated are not essential to the course, but shown to inspire creativity in using them. The main things that we will take away from all of this can be achieved with your own library of content assets.
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!