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IS Daz studio the right choice for my mobile app project's graphics?

heisdavesjunk_077ddf219eheisdavesjunk_077ddf219e Posts: 3
edited December 2016 in New Users

HI, i am new to daz. I am working on a mobile app that will include a bunch of chracters that  interact w.  the user.

Currently I send images of real life people to a graphic artist who cartoonizes them and poses them as I ask.

I think daz poser would allow me alot more flexibility but I need to understand the costs and work involved.

I assume the daz free platform will allow me to access some basic characters.

Assuming i can find body types I like, I'd need  to find someone skilled with the platform to take real life faces and map them on the chracters for me.

I could then pose the characters and take screenshots for my app.

If i am correct with my assumptions so far, is there a marketplace to find contractors to help with daz projects?

And can anyone give me a ballpart figure for building a character's face? (at a cartoonized level of detail)

Thanks

 

 

 

 

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  • ShelLuserShelLuser Posts: 749
    heisdavesjunk_077ddf219e said:

    Currently I send images of real life people to a graphic artist who cartoonizes them and poses them as I ask.

    I think daz poser would allow me alot more flexibility but I need to understand the costs and work involved.

    First of all: Poser is a 3D modelling program but not directly related to the Daz company, it's made by another group. Daz is known for Daz Studio, Carrara, Bryce and Hexagon. However... Daz Studio ("DS") is compatible with the Poser format, so if you have Poser material then you can easily use that within Daz Studio as well.

    Daz Studio itself is "Freemium" software. The software itself is fully free of charge (it does require a registration on the Daz website) and it comes with several base figures which you can use in your own setups. Most notably are all three generations of the Genesis figures (Genesis, Genesis 2 male/female and Genesis 3 male/female). These are provided through Starter Essential packs. These packs are limited, but do provide you with solid material to get started, but it's not an extreme amount of different options to choose from. For example: A male & female basic character, one hair style per character, several poses to use (most likely not interesting for you since you'll be focussing on the head), and several props.

    So if you want to get more then your best option is to check the Daz shop for some starter packs (or some specific materials if you know up front what you're looking for). This can be a bit tricky when you just get started, but the positive side here is that you get to carefully build your own starter kit this way. Personally I always preferred this option a lot over the more common approaches (you buy one library with all sorts of stuff) because you can finetune your selection to your needs or interests. Example: when I started out with Daz I focussed on Manga & Fantasy.

    heisdavesjunk_077ddf219e said:

    I assume the daz free platform will allow me to access some basic characters.

    Assuming i can find body types I like, I'd need  to find someone skilled with the platform to take real life faces and map them on the chracters for me.

    I could then pose the characters and take screenshots for my app.

    I'm not sure how well that is doable, so I can't comment here. But considering the massive amount of tweaking which the platform allows I also can't help wonder if it might be an idea to come up with your own characters instead? Making & applying facial changes doesn't have to be extremely hard. And because some characters are build from the same base model (Genesis for example) it's also often possible to combine features from different characters. Especially when morphs are being used (morph: an option to change the shape of a base model (such as Genesis), usually manifests itself as a slider in the model properties).

    Hope I could at least answer some of your questions.

     

  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,753
    edited December 2016

    You don't say how much the avatars are made to look like 'cartoons'. If they lean more to stylized 3D caricatures then DAZ Studio or Poser is better. If they lean toward highly stylized 2D cartoon caricatures then probably Moho (formerly Anime Studio) is better. I'd bet there is a good chance the artist you are paying is using Moho to do your requested character work anyway already.

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  • heisdavesjunk_077ddf219eheisdavesjunk_077ddf219e Posts: 3

    hi, thanks for the help

    Actually given the level of realism, I think moho would work for me... 2 additional questions

    I want a bunch of character to do a synchronized dance, does moho have this level of flexibility?

    And the other question, I will still need someone to make the faces look like my charcaters, is there a  contractor site to find moho experts, like upwork?

  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,753

    Yes, Moho, can do animated dance scenes.

    I'm unsure of where to ask to find Moho artists that free lance except at the ContentParadise.com or SmithMicro.com websites in their forums or only a help ticket and ask them directly.

    I should tell you that you can do the Moho tutorial in two days and have a good grasp how Moho works. It is really well written PDF.

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