Is DazStudio able to create stylized 3D cartoon characters?

nikarwong

Hi all,

Does anyone know if Daz Studio is able to create those stylize cartoony 3D characters like these:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/6d/3f/96/6d3f96e8361c4f8c0d324fe261cfe02c.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/7d/f7/9f/7df79fa0437282f02b3d8fb9117386fd.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5b/dc/b3/5bdcb39b0b99aec31ba174f5df6536bd.jpg

http://66.media.tumblr.com/88ae3ccedabb1dd6d0f24cb7115aba08/tumblr_mjp1elA2Jp1s0m2c9o2_1280.jpg

I see the Daz Marketplace sells a few of this type of characters, but are they created purely in DazStudio by adjusting the sliders, or do we need an external program like ZBrush or 3DMax etc.?

Thanks!

mjc1016

The stylized characters don't need any external programs to use/create renders with.  You may need to add stylized shader presets to complete the 'look', short of 'illustrated' type renders you can manually tweak the settings, instead.

unknownmystery445

mjc1016 said:

The stylized characters don't need any external programs to use/create renders with.  You may need to add stylized shader presets to complete the 'look', short of 'illustrated' type renders you can manually tweak the settings, instead.

May I ask how shaders actually work? Like what can you do with it? From what I think, you can make the skin of the figure be something like what the shader is right?

mjc1016

A shader, not a shader preset, is additional code that tells the renderer how to render a particular surface.  It is what sets the parameters of the surface and tells the renderer how to calculate what it is...skin, stone, etc.  It also will tell the renderer if it is a 'real' material of a 'construct'...toon surfaces are not 'real'.

It's all the complex math between the raw data and final image, that isn't built in to the renderer itself.

Shader presets are what you are thinking about.  A set of predefined settings for a particular shader to provide a certain 'look'.  But the 'base' shader needs to be installed for those presets to work.

nonesuch00

The Star 2.0 uses similar shading and textures so you could buy it or one of it's texture expansion packs and deconstruct how the textures & shaders are constructed. Also the forth coming Toon Generations 2.0 will have a good variety of Toon style textures and caricatures.

As far as the caricatures you'll note two things: the young are flawless in their lack of wrinkles and the old are given wrinkles that as often more reflective of a 20 or 30 year old as on the old. Really wrinkled characters is usually saved for characters with extra power like wizards and witches - to reflect their extra knowledge. Or the really old gurus and such.

Also DAZ has Girl 7 and Guy 7 and these are toon style too although some aspects are more realistic than your examples.

To convert a character to Toon style renders without have available a toon style texture buy PWToon to render the character. However, if the character looks realistic and is not caricaturized then the toon style render will look like a real character rendered toon style.