DAZ 3D Art Freebie Challenge October 2017
"MonsterMash Rehash October 2017"

"Jimmy Plays Monsterey!"

"After all the Jacks are in their boxes and the clowns have all gone to bed..."

After the small concert Jimmy was playing some tunes for his favorite groupie Megan when suddenly in the blink of an eye the temperature dropped, bats appeared and two members of the band that played before Jimmy's, The Vamps, turned out to be nothing but real vampires and attacked poor Megan before she even knew what was happening. "That's alright I still got my guitar, look out now!" Jimmy thought...

Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe (Monterey Pop Festival 1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwhtwqkCfYQ

 
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#01! !Tyrese! for M4 by Sheldon24
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#04! M4 Dress Boots by Cool Tuna Studio
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#05! SOTO's Bandanna for The Freak 4 by Hellboy
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#07! M4 Hands 16 hand Poses by Most Digital Creations (AdamThwaites)
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#35! Rat by by AdamThwaites (Most-Digital-Creations)
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Rendered with DAZ Studio 4.9.4.117
No postwork.
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woes, how much time left?

Almost two weeks!

 

WOW Varsel you just upped the ante 

I am afraid I will not be getting around to this again, still stressful work issues and waiting for my transfer

my life on pause at the moment

Sorry to hear.  Hope it gets better soon!

2!  slightly less panicky
 

tryimg to do more with the cornea and eye moisture, i been doing unexciting transparency
and thinking on Raistlin's hourglass pupils

Finally got my entry ready, and it was not easy. 

 

Time for Trick or Treat

Tommie and Kageto, and their respective siblings, areheading  out Trick or Treating, but Tommie seems more interested in admiring Kageto's costume than actually Trick or Treating. 

Tommie (Scarecrow)

Kageto (Warrior)

Kiriko (Kitsune)

Keiji (Tengu)

Jesse (Wizard)

Die_trying's V4 morphs for Genesis (Tommie, Kageto)*
Pin-up Girl Pack (Tommie)*
Ghastly's General Purpose Anime Team Morphs ( Kageto)*
Ultimate Shader Pack (Chrome shaders—with reflection maps removed—for Tommie's wristwatch and necklace)*
Ella V4 (Tommie's eyes)*
Sandra for V4* (Tommie's skin)*

Akina for A4 (Kiriko)*

Findlay for Genesis (Jesse)*

Mifuyu Hair (Kiriko)*

Satin shaders (Kiriko's and Keiji's costumes, Jesse's sash)*
Super Shine Shader pack (Kageto's, cyberarms)*

HFS EVAN Expansion set (Kageto's cyberarms)*

Two items from Hisayan Image Labs (clothes converted to fit Genesis):
4th down: Kozure_Okami for M3—[converted to fit manually in Hexagon] (Keiji's Hakama)
5th down: Yagyu for M4—[fit via Transfer Utility] (Kageto's kimono, obi, and Tabi)

Geta and Seta for Genesis2M (Keiji)*

Witch Hat (Jesse's hat)

M4H4 Sickle Trench Coat (Jesse's coat)*

Angel Wings (Keiji)

Halloween bag:  (Tommie, Kageto, Keiji, Kiriko, Jesse)*

Dystopia City Blocks 11-20 (sky,road)

Cosplay Costume 7 (Kiriko's costume)*

Foxy Sorceress (Kiriko,s tail and "fox ears")*

Halloween House (haunted house)*

Elven Trench for Mr Trenchcoat (Jesse)*

Building Set 01: (sidewalk and lawn)*

Impractical Rogue for Genesis (Kageto)*

Shamisen (Kiriko)*

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Ryuu International (Kageto, Keiji)
Willow for Genesis 2 Female (Tommie)

Buccaneer Basic for Genesis (Kageto)
No Count Items

Ramwolf's Genesis Morphs (all figures)

Genesis Evolution Head and Body Morphs (all figures)

Journeyer Scout Outfit (Jesse's boots, pants, shirt and sash)

Wildmane Hair (Jesse)

Sallie Mae Hair (Tommie)

Genesis Scarecrow outfit by Dragonbreath (Tommie)

 

ALL LINKS CHECK OUT PLZ MOVE TO ENTRIES THREAD

mod will preserve UVs and morphs (if loaded as morph vertex maps) too, but yes it is a potentially risky operation. You can also, I believe, use dForce Add-Ons to link separate parts though I'm still hazy on the details (there is some information in the dForce Start Here thread).

I assume you meant 'modo'? (thanks for that tip). As for being risky, any radical change on one part logically has to have an impact on the other, so that's not surprising. In fact, keeping it all intact is the impressive accomplishment!

I saw sickle-yield's video on mapping/painting for dforce, but have not seen anything regarding your mentioned 'Add-Ons'. I'll go look at the 'Start-Here' thread you mentioned (thanks). Maybe this can all be done in place (DS) now... That would be quite handy!

cheers,

--ms

I've been a member here since 2005 and I don't ever remember having to phsically agree to anything before I'm allowed to get to my content.  Seems this part of being strongarmed into it is new.  Believe me, I'd remember if someone blocked access to my content over the years unless I 'signed' something.

If I read the agreement correctly and I'm not an attorney, it seems like we're unable to sell our images that we've created with purchased content. 1.0 General License Agreement.

That's not what I see:

Two Dimensional Works. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, User may (i) access, use, copy and modify the Content in the creation and presentation of two-dimensional animations and renderings, (ii) incorporate two dimensional images (including two dimensional images that simulate motion of three dimensional objects) derived by User from the Content in User’s other works, and (iii) publish, market, distribute, transfer, sell or sublicense User’s two-dimensional animations, renderings and other works; provided that User may not in any case publish, market, distribute, transfer, sell or sublicense any renderings, animations, software applications, data or any other product from which any Content, or any part thereof, or any substantially similar version of the Content can be separately exported, extracted or de-compiled into any re-distributable form or format.

as long as the original data is not extractable (e.g. a render of a plane with a texture attached) then you can use the images or animations as you wish (with a limited exception for the Anne Marie Goddard Digital Clone for Victoria 3).

woes, how much time left?

Almost two weeks!

WOW Varsel you just upped the ante 

I am afraid I will not be getting around to this again, still stressful work issues and waiting for my transfer

my life on pause at the moment

Sorry to hear.  Hope it gets better soon!

Yep, this has a video and it works exactly the same:

https://www.daz3d.com/sy-universal-breast-helpers-genesis-genesis-2-and-genesis-3-female-s

EDIT: the short version is, conform clothes to the figure, then dial the morph from the Actor/Chest section of G8F.  They have their own heading in that section.

Subject Index (some topics appear more than once)

​

In October 2017 I started to use dForce. I shared my first tutorial, thinking it was a one-time effort, but then I kept discovering new things and this thread is the result. The tutorials are accessible within this thread as well as in downloadable PDF files and videos in the Daz store. I hope these help you learn how to better use dForce.

TUTORIALS IN PDF FORMAT

This collection of tutorials is available in PDF format. It is now split into parts as it was too large to upload to the forum.

     Part 1 - Sections   1 to 25  -  91 pages

     Part 2 - Sections 26 to 50  -  94 pages    

     Part 3 - Sections 51 to 75  -  92 pages       

TUTORIALS IN VIDEO FORMAT

In late 2018 Digital Art Live invited me to do a dForce webinar and since then two more. Videos from these webinars are available in the Daz store. Although many of the examples are similar to what's been posted here, there are documents and examples exclusive to the videos. These will be helpful for those who learn better by seeing than just reading.

     Video 1: Powerful dForce Discoveries and Solutions

     Video 2: New dForce Discoveries

     Video 3: dForce Tutorial Set : Fantastic Voyage!

ACCESSING THE ONLINE TUTORIALS

     Table of Content (sequential listing of tutorials as they were published)

     Subject Index (found in next post)

• Using dForce to Create Objects or Effects
• Creating/Using Clothing
• Simulation Parameters & Tools
• Weight Nodes and Map
• Surface Properties
• Helper Objects
• dForce Add-on Modifier
• UI Tips
• Other Daz Studio Tools

Table of Content

1. Creating and Draping a Blanket Over a Figure
2. dForce Global Environment and Duration Settings (Gravity, Air Resistance, Stabilization Time, Negative Air Resistance)
3. Cast Off Blanket
4. Adding a Smoothing Modifier
5. Using dForce Surface Smoothing Settings (Velocity Smoothing and Velocity Smoothing Iterations)
6.  Draping Clothes on Furniture
7. Friction
8. Creating a Clothes Pile
9. Various Methods to Correct Poke Through (including Push Modifiers)
10. Getting a Figure’s Head to Sink into a Pillow
11. Hanging Towel (introduces use of dForce influence weight map)
12. Wind Node
13. dForce Surface Parameter Tests
14. Creating a Foot Stool
15. Animated Posing for the Foot Stool
16. Head Scarf and Telephone Wires
17. Creating Blowing Curtains
18. Creating a Tablecloth and Napkin
19. Exploring Influence Weight Maps
20. Short-cut Key to Clear Simulation on Selected Item(s)
21. Dropped Papers
22. Banner Flag
23. Effect of Surface Properties Using Simple Sheet Drop - Part 1
24. Effect of Surface Properties Using Simple Sheet Drop – Part 2
25. Effect of Surface Properties Using dForce Primitive Flag Test
26. Dropping an Object onto a Surface
27. Creating a Kite from Primitives  - Part 1   Part 2
28. Creating a Bag of Fruit
29. Deflated Soccer Ball
30. Explorations of a Half Sphere
31. Creating a Round Floor Cushion with Negative Gravity
32. Footsteps in the Snow, Sand, or Mud
33. More Footprints
34. Sand Trap (footprints)
35. Creating Icicles
36. Creating a Cape
37. Mummy Wrappings
38. Create a Skirt from a Cone
39. Create a Bandeau from a Cylinder
40. Create a Dress with Gathered Waist
41. How Resolution Affects Simulation Results
42. Using Silo 2.5 to Create a Shirt
43. Another Shirt Made with Silo
44. Flying Cape
45. Cylinder Helpers - Creating a Shawl
46. Cylinder Helpers - Part 2
47. Spherical Helper - Pulling a Cloth through a Ring
48. Cylinder Rigidity
49. Rotating Cylinder Helper - Wrap Up a Rope
50. Creating a Necklace     Creating a V in the Necklace Chain
51. Dog Leash
52. Effect of Density on Rotating and Horizontal Ropes
53. Effect of Density on a Rotating Cloth
54. Tie a String
55. Using a Dynamic Surface Add-on
56. Finding Vertex Coordinates within Daz Studio
57. Button and Collar Add-ons
58. Creating a Seat Belt
59. Polyline Add-On
60. Script to Quickly Add Dynamic Modifier to an Object
61. dForce Menu Addition   (Updated Version)
62. More About Pillows
63. Momentum Transfer
64. Chair Cushions
65. Men's Underwear
66. Shorts and Swim Trunks
67. More Momentum Transfer
68. Loose and Rumpled Clothing
69. dForce Magnets
70. Making Caves
71. Fantastic Voyage: Making Artery and Blood Cells
72. Skin Indentation
73. Blindfold
74. Making a Breast Helper for Clothing
75. Skin Indentation: Punch to Face
76. Socks
77. Puffy Sleeves
78. Creating Mountains
79. Creating Rocks
80. Adding Wrinkles to Couch Cushions
81. Plowed Field
82. dForce Companion
83. Making a Sash for a Dress
84. The Problem with Buttons
85. Sphere to Shirt
86. Making Waves
87.  Another Look at Waves
88. Making Waves 3 - Rings
89. Making Mountains 2
90. Rigid Follow Nodes
91. Cling Wrap
92. Putting Goggle Straps On Over Hair
93. Putting a Hat Over Hair
94. Creating and Using a Face Mask
95. New!  A Veil Covering the Face and Hair

It's in the title did you try :

either https://www.daz3d.com/sixus1-mentoring-witchery-pt1-tandem-morph-creation

or https://www.daz3d.com/sixus1-mentoring-witchery-pt2-fibermesh-hair-creation ?

I wishlisted both but would like to know what you think about it.

How long are the videos for example?

Thank you.

WOW Varsel you just upped the ante 

I am afraid I will not be getting around to this again, still stressful work issues and waiting for my transfer

my life on pause at the moment

I also haven't used Monique 6 or 7 enough, at least from the shape/morph perspective. I get more mileage out of facial morphs, in general, rather than specific characters.

If I buy Monique 8 (and who am I kidding? I'll buy her), it'll be first for the skin texture. I preferred the Genesis 2 versions over Genesis 3, to be honest... between IG's Iray settings and my own preferences in Iray settings.

As for messing up skin textures? It varies so much between artists. Every artist seems to have a different set of translucency settings (which I think causes a lot of the orange skin), and that's why I pretty much always pick up the Beautful Skin product from Sickleyield & Fuseling (although others might recommend other solutions). The main reason is to even out the skin settings across the different artists' preferred settings.

Finally got my entry ready, and it was not easy. 

Time for Trick or Treat

Tommie and Kageto, and their respective siblings, areheading  out Trick or Treating, but Tommie seems more interested in admiring Kageto's costume than actually Trick or Treating. 

Tommie (Scarecrow)

Kageto (Warrior)

Kiriko (Kitsune)

Keiji (Tengu)

Jesse (Wizard)

Die_trying's V4 morphs for Genesis (Tommie, Kageto)*
Pin-up Girl Pack (Tommie)*
Ghastly's General Purpose Anime Team Morphs ( Kageto)*
Ultimate Shader Pack (Chrome shaders—with reflection maps removed—for Tommie's wristwatch and necklace)*
Ella V4 (Tommie's eyes)*
Sandra for V4* (Tommie's skin)*

Akina for A4 (Kiriko)*

Findlay for Genesis (Jesse)*

Mifuyu Hair (Kiriko)*

Satin shaders (Kiriko's and Keiji's costumes, Jesse's sash)*
Super Shine Shader pack (Kageto's, cyberarms)*

HFS EVAN Expansion set (Kageto's cyberarms)*

Two items from Hisayan Image Labs (clothes converted to fit Genesis):
4th down: Kozure_Okami for M3—[converted to fit manually in Hexagon] (Keiji's Hakama)
5th down: Yagyu for M4—[fit via Transfer Utility] (Kageto's kimono, obi, and Tabi)

Geta and Seta for Genesis2M (Keiji)*

Witch Hat (Jesse's hat)

M4H4 Sickle Trench Coat (Jesse's coat)*

Angel Wings (Keiji)

Halloween bag:  (Tommie, Kageto, Keiji, Kiriko, Jesse)*

Dystopia City Blocks 11-20 (sky,road)

Cosplay Costume 7 (Kiriko's costume)*

Foxy Sorceress (Kiriko,s tail and "fox ears")*

Halloween House (haunted house)*

Elven Trench for Mr Trenchcoat (Jesse)*

Building Set 01: (sidewalk and lawn)*

Impractical Rogue for Genesis (Kageto)*

Shamisen (Kiriko)*

Paid For Items

Ryuu International (Kageto, Keiji)
Willow for Genesis 2 Female (Tommie)

Buccaneer Basic for Genesis (Kageto)
No Count Items

Ramwolf's Genesis Morphs (all figures)

Genesis Evolution Head and Body Morphs (all figures)

Journeyer Scout Outfit (Jesse's boots, pants, shirt and sash)

Wildmane Hair (Jesse)

Sallie Mae Hair (Tommie)

Genesis Scarecrow outfit by Dragonbreath (Tommie)

This image has been resized to fit in the page. Click to enlarge.

So here's a Victoria 8 and Iray conversion of Enchanted Dreams, with a morph conversion of G1's Mina morph for the face.  Boss Pro Light Set.

Note that the skirt had to be loaded without the autofit, then parented in place.  When I tried auto fit, somehow it connected to the movement of her arms, and warped.

I used Allen Art's free gemstone materials - they really are beautiful. 

Well then, it boils down to what you personally like.  With a nearly 50 year history, she's been drawn "just about every which way".  The only thing I might recommend are upswept, almond shaped eyes (thus hinting at a predatory animal) accented with thick border of "goth" eyeliner and mascera.  The atrist who drew her most for the original Warren Magazin run, Jose Gonzalez, usually gave her a "triangular" face, her high cheekbones leading to a delicate chin.

I hope you don't mind a personal example.  Here's what I did using Aiko 3 with Thorne & Sarsa's "Mila" morph enhanced by various dials from Beth Capsces' "Kioki for A3" set.  the "bikini" is actually a texture using transparency and displacement maps made by sam Therapy.

Sincerely,

Bill

I have these two products. Is it possible to make them work on a Genesis 8 characters? 

https://www.daz3d.com/sporty-ponytail-hair-and-oot-hairblending-2-0-for-genesis-3-female-s

https://www.daz3d.com/everyday-updo-hair-and-oot-hairblending-2-0-for-genesis-3-female-s

They seem to lose all the morph presets?

Thank you for any advice.

Assuming you have the correct licenses you'd probably want to do soemthing fairly simple like use a modeller or UV editor to move entire blocks around (say scale to 33% centred on the origin and then move by 33% or 66% to arange them in a single square), then you coudl do the same to the textures in an image editor to make a combined map that would fit. More elaborate schemes might be more efficient, but woudl be fiddlier. A complete remap loaded as a UV set and then using Map Transfer to covnert the maps would be more awkward.

Hi Mat :)

the process of attaching rigging to a mesh in every program i've used,. creates an "area of influence" (for the mesh defomation) ,.around the bones,. automagically..

if the user then want's to re-define, or adjust those weights,.(by manually weight painting) ... that is optional..

Carrara does a pretty decent job of creating the mesh weights based on the bones. but those can be adjusted or changed easily (using Bone influence slider controls,.. or painting by hand) in the weightpainting area.

As for an established system,. 

Ideally,. you'd make the mesh for your figure,. then add bones to allow deformation of the mesh,. then attach those bones to the mesh.

whether you do the bones in Carrara, Poser, or even daz studio would depend on the intended use for that model,. EG: personal use, limited use EG: a single animation project

, for commercial profit, (mass retail) etc

In carrara,. you could simply make a mesh,. export it as an OBJ,. and use Poser or Daz Studio to "Transfer" the rigging from an existing figure (eg Victoria/Michael/Genesis) onto your imported OBJ mesh from carrara.  ...this is ideal for creating clothing "figures" for Genesis etc..

(note) this will automagicallly create weights for your mesh based on the bones.

In Daz Studio,. there's a function called "Transfer Utility" under Assets,. which allows the user to select a "Source" figure, and "Target" mesh, and auto transfers the rigging and creates weights from that rigging to fit the mesh.

Hope it helps :)

GenX is for transferrign morphs, Michael 4 as Michael 4 is the base shape so there's nothing for GenX to transfer (also I don't think GenX supports Genesis 8)

I just installed the update. While the MFD seems to fit Olympia 8 without any pokethru now, is the overskirt meant to do this? Huge pokethru at back and thigh, and it gapes at the waist. I looked for a morph called "fit dress" or something like that, but there's nothing of that ilk. 

 

Setting the overskirt to collide with the MFD should work. You'll still get a minor poke near her butt but that is easily fixed by increasing the smoothing and/or colision iterations a little bit.

Hey, at least the overskirt looks fine with Olympia 8. It still has issues with small bodies like Moxie and the extra small ones like Faye and Young Lyra.