Come learn the art of 3D computer generated art and animation. This blog deals with the lessons learned and the art created by Robert G. Male using DazStudio from Daz3D.
Also covered are the ancillary software, tools, techniques, and processes needed both before and after rendering in the 3D software.
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The Palladium Books role-playing game "Dead Reign" is a horror-beautiful book that deserves more than one mention. A huge reason is the art of Amy L. Ashbaugh. Most of Amy's art is line drawing with crosshatch work. A couple of pieces though have an almost charcoal style of look to them in parts. Her art here is very atmospheric and perfectly suited to the game. At the same time it informs the game's mood. Many of the pieces are very dark with a thick, deliberate style of crosshatching that must be very time consuming. Looking through the book, all of Amy's art is full scenes, from idyllic scenic pieces to action scenes--as opposed to character portraits or other illustrative art pieces without backgrounds. She has a definite eye for telling a story within a single image.
Amy's art is finely detailed, with a realistic aesthetic even with respect to the fantastical elements. Some zombies are more representative than accurate though, but still stray away from comic bookish or anime-like. Some pieces are quietly horrific and evoke through insinuation, others are directly gruesome, and a few elegantly disturbing. There is a lot of her work in the front half of this book, with the bulk of the descriptive bits defining the setting. It is hard to pick a favourite example. One of the most evocative is on page 28 where a slim, desiccated zombie stands dormant, eyes closed, in a dark room between a tall chest of drawers and a stack of boxes with a lamp on top. It stands, waiting to be disturbed, to feed on the life energy of the living. It is great example of the power in simplicity and understatement.
