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Who are your favorite non-rockstars?

PetercatPetercat Posts: 2,322
in The Commons

Everyone recognizes the Rock Stars, but who are your favorite less-famous artists, and why?

I'm not sure if Maclean counts as less-famous, but I rarely see them mentioned in the "Favorite PA" threads. They're one of my favorites because their products are so useful that I couldn't create without them. There's something from the "Everyday Morphing Primitives" or the "Everyday" lines in just about every scene I create. Plus, Maclean is one of the PAs who comes on the forums and communicates with the users.

Then there are Demian and Yura, who create such great Sci-Fi outffits and texture add-on packs for them.

Code 66, great props and useful scripts for all occasions. Did I mention their useful scripts?

So, who has a less-famous favorite or two to mention?

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  • mwokeemwokee Posts: 1,275
    Ron's Photoshop brushes by Deviney. I can create effects no one else can copy or duplicate easily.
  • OdaaOdaa Posts: 1,548

    Seconding Maclean and Deviney. Maclean's Pizzeria with some stuff hidden was my preferred medieval/biblical/rustic set for years. I don't do as much postworking anymore (and my preferred Photoshop brush converter, abr viewer, is no longer compatible with brushes made for the latest versions of PSP), but deviney's brushes were my go-to when I did do that stuff.

    Alot of the "old school" PAs who are no longer creating new products here continue to pay dividends: Valea and the 3Dream/Mairy team went in for very exotic, imaginative hairstyles that in many cases still hold up today with fresh shaders on them; Questor, who made a bunch of cool firearms back in the day; Silverkey (just converted their donkey to Iray recently); the gentleman behind Songbird Remix, whose name I can't think of right now. 

    In terms of people who are active now who maybe don't get the recognition they deserve: the Danie/Marforno team make great set/prop/pose combos; Toyen and Oskarsson work separately but both have a gift for looking outside the box when it comes to creating new outfits, especially dforce; Mada, Lyrra Madril and Anna Benjamin are also very imaginative in the way they approach clothing-they may not be obscure, but I feel like they are taken for granted at times; Lyoness makes women with alot of personality and great skins/materials; Parrotdolphin is my go-to for clothing shaders.

  • SummerhorseSummerhorse Posts: 684

    I love kitbashing and shader sets, so my favorite rarely mentioned PA s are Parrotdolphin and Destinysgarden. I was really hoping one of them would come out with an East Asian themed shader pack with Kayla.

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,852

    Nirvy and Kaleya at Renderosity for their great Dforce items

    Arryn at Rendo and here for their heels, hose and jewelry

    3feetwolf and meipe for their 3rd party gens (renderotica) which I can't do without.

    Aako for the amazing environments

    Anain and Akasha for their great characters, especially the mothers and daughters one for GF3 and the new one for GF8

    Prefox for their heels, keep them coming!

    Porsimo for their weapons and poses

    Shimuzu for the amazing pose sets

  • DestinysGardenDestinysGarden Posts: 2,553
    edited June 2019
    Summerhorse said:

    I love kitbashing and shader sets, so my favorite rarely mentioned PA s are Parrotdolphin and Destinysgarden. I was really hoping one of them would come out with an East Asian themed shader pack with Kayla.

    Working on it! Thanks for the shout out.

     

    Post edited by DestinysGarden on
  • Lyrra MadrilLyrra Madril Posts: 282

    Go DG! We don't rock! *lol*

  • TotteTotte Posts: 14,941
    Petercat said:

    Code 66, great props and useful scripts for all occasions. Did I mention their useful scripts?

     

    Thank you for the kind words!

    / Totte aka Code 66 

  • OdaaOdaa Posts: 1,548
    Lyrra Madril said:

    Go DG! We don't rock! *lol*

    Um, I did say you weren't obscure, just taken for granted :P

  • macleanmaclean Posts: 2,438

    I've never thought of myself as a 'rock-star' PA (like, say, Stonemason). I think of myself as the guy who 'makes the pots and pans' of 3D.

    I mean, hey.... everyone needs pots and pans, so someone has to provide them, right?

    But a big thanks for the kind words!! Knowing people use my products keeps me going.

  • ALLIEKATBLUEALLIEKATBLUE Posts: 2,983

    TwiztedMetal, Belladzines just to name 2.  TwiztedMetal for the unusual faces and Belladzines for the beautiful bodies and skins.

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,668
    maclean said:

    I've never thought of myself as a 'rock-star' PA (like, say, Stonemason). I think of myself as the guy who 'makes the pots and pans' of 3D.

    I mean, hey.... everyone needs pots and pans, so someone has to provide them, right?

    But a big thanks for the kind words!! Knowing people use my products keeps me going.

    They fit in a lot of scenes and fill a lot of empty niches. Thanks.

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,668

    Howie Farkes - I love, love, love UltraScatter products.

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,668

    V3Digitimes - Scene Optimizer, A Touch of Dirt, Super Save, Pose Mixer, etc. Very useful scripts. I bet I use one or more of her scripts on almost every render.

    Riversoft Art - Look at Me Pose Control. Again, used in almost every render with any figure with eyes.

  • ALLIEKATBLUEALLIEKATBLUE Posts: 2,983
    Lully at Rendo got me started using dforce
  • Philippi_ChildPhilippi_Child Posts: 665
    maclean said:

    Ok I've never thought of myself as a 'rock-star' PA (like, say, Stonemason). I think of myself as the guy who 'makes the pots and pans' of 3D.

    I mean, hey.... everyone needs pots and pans, so someone has to provide them, right?

    But a big thanks for the kind words!! Knowing people use my products keeps me going.

    Well your “pots and pans” and all your inside sets have served me well for many a year. 

    My inductees are OOT, DM, stonemason.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,161

    ....at the "other site" Conflek Gnorg, Some of the best cyber and post apocalyptic content I've seen. 

  • SempieSempie Posts: 659

    I'd like to mention a few of the non commercial artists that left a big impression over the years: Kozaburo, Jan19, Bagginsbill, Snarlygribbly, skipper25, DarthJ, Chohole, Birdman, Wilmap. They are rockstars in my book....

  • PetercatPetercat Posts: 2,322
    edited June 2019

    Oooh, if we're going over to the Other Side (Rendo), there's Deva3D for female characters with beautiful skins and makeup, and Applejack for dystopian, ruined, old and new interiors and environments.

    Full-body makeup in many cases!

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  • PetercatPetercat Posts: 2,322
    maclean said:

    I've never thought of myself as a 'rock-star' PA (like, say, Stonemason). I think of myself as the guy who 'makes the pots and pans' of 3D.

    I mean, hey.... everyone needs pots and pans, so someone has to provide them, right?

    But a big thanks for the kind words!! Knowing people use my products keeps me going.

    Now I'm picturing you in a really cool medieval outfit pushing a Tinker's cart down some sunny back road in old England.

  • OdaaOdaa Posts: 1,548
    kyoto kid said:

    ....at the "other site" Conflek Gnorg, Some of the best cyber and post apocalyptic content I've seen. 

    Yes, I have some cool retro future sets by him too. And I'd like to plug cybertenko (Halo Props for Religious Art! In every style known to man or woman!) also from Rendo, and xurge3d from his own site. Of the freebie makers, I like the handiwork of Chohole, jan19, dyald (whose tutorial taught me how dformers worked), Rosemaryr (Poser dynamics that often cooperate with dforce) and many others.

  • StoicStoic Posts: 157

    Of the freebie makers, I like the handiwork of Chohole, jan19, dyald (whose tutorial taught me how dformers worked), Rosemaryr (Poser dynamics that often cooperate with dforce) and many others.

     

    AllenArt's freebies were also always excellent, they will be missed.

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 26,668
    Stoic said:

    Of the freebie makers, I like the handiwork of Chohole, jan19, dyald (whose tutorial taught me how dformers worked), Rosemaryr (Poser dynamics that often cooperate with dforce) and many others.

     

    AllenArt's freebies were also always excellent, they will be missed.

    Yes, Laurie made some of the best free jewelry, shaders and props around. I hope she gets her mojo back and takes up the hobby again someday. It is a shame to waste skill like hers.

  • xyer0xyer0 Posts: 6,415
    edited June 2019

    Cake One / Bob Callawah UltraHD series is a high-end lighting and sky solution

    Chungdan distinctive stylish footwear, though they've departed from that in the past year

    DzFire hard-edged vehicles and environments

    FirstBastion environments so essential that they should have competitors but oddly do not

    TruForm excellent environments and vehicles at Renderosity

    Sarah Payne killer hairs which only need more morphs

    SamSil black hairs and clothes which only need more morphs

    JavierMicheal distinctive male morphs that instantaneously add personality

    Shox-Design texture maven

    Mada the queen

    Nikisatez underappreciated couture, exquisite environments

    Mely3D niche environments & clothing collaborator

    RedzStudio nuff said

    Smay Velikiy

    Slide3D ultra-realistic footwear

    Sareth vehicle Stonemason

    I hadn't heard about AllenArt's work stoppage. I've got tons of knick knacks from her.

    Post edited by xyer0 on
  • Deadly BudaDeadly Buda Posts: 155

    No one has mentioned Kindred Arts yet? Where have y'all been?

  • Deadly BudaDeadly Buda Posts: 155
    kyoto kid said:

    ....at the "other site" Conflek Gnorg, Some of the best cyber and post apocalyptic content I've seen. 

    Yeah Sci-Fi Metro is a classic! I also own the brass knuckles prop! :-D

  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,848

    If we are talking most helpful to me in making my own renders WilmaP (Pusey Designs) & AllenArt (Allen Art).

  • xyer0xyer0 Posts: 6,415
    Deadly Buda said:

    No one has mentioned Kindred Arts yet? Where have y'all been?

    I considered Kindred Arts a rockstar. That is why I did not include him in my list.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 42,161
    Deadly Buda said:
    kyoto kid said:

    ....at the "other site" Conflek Gnorg, Some of the best cyber and post apocalyptic content I've seen. 

    Yeah Sci-Fi Metro is a classic! I also own the brass knuckles prop! :-D

    ...I have pretty much all of the Razor Rider series as well as the Post Apocalyptic Bar. Perfect props and gritty settings for my Cyber Future illustrations.

  • Patrick TynerPatrick Tyner Posts: 640
    edited June 2019
    I am a HUGE Chris Schell fan!!!! He used to have his own store but due to life circumstances has had to slide into the background for a while. He has done a ton of WW1 & 2 stuff and then some manga/anime vehicles, some of it closer to the actual anime and some more inspired by. He still has some of his stuff available over at Rendo though Vanishing Point, and it is on that store page as well. If you are into transforming fighter jets like those from Robotech he aimed to put a more realistic look to his. And he created his own invasion force craft inspired by the Zentradi. He also has some great freebies as well!
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  • MendomanMendoman Posts: 404
    edited June 2019

    I really like Raya's characters and especially love Perfectly Imperfect skin. I wish s/he'd make more of same quality skins

    Post edited by Mendoman on
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