Michael K. Eidson's Blog, page 5

Black-and-White Renders in DAZ Studio

I’d seen another DAZ Studio user post a black-and-white render on Facebook, saying it had been done in DAZ Studio without postwork. I didn’t ask at the time, but just figured it was done with special b&w textures or the like. I didn’t think much more about it until I saw the promo pictures for … Continue reading "Black-and-White Renders in DAZ Studio"

Fake Book Cover Art – Mean Streak Leo

I’m overdue on posting to my blog. To remedy that, I’m posting my latest “fake” book cover art rendered in DAZ Studio. This is cover art for a book that doesn’t exist. I’m practicing for when I want to do the covers for my own novels, which are still in progress, btw. For this project, … Continue reading "Fake Book Cover Art – Mean Streak Leo"

Silent Night, Disco Style – An Animation Using DAZ Studio

I’ve been working on some animation projects using DAZ Studio. It’s slow going. Little things that might be fixed in post work can be greatly problematic when you have a multitude of frames involved. Anyway, I took the time to throw together a quick little holiday animation. I’ve included text in the video that explains … Continue reading "Silent Night, Disco Style – An Animation Using DAZ Studio"

My Musical Favorites for 2015

I heart music. Some of it anyway. I also heart top ten lists. It started when I was a kid listening to Casey Kasem and his top 40 radio show. I made up my own lists even back then. More recently, I had a music blog for a while, but maintaining two blogs wasn’t for … Continue reading "My Musical Favorites for 2015"

Judging a Book by Its Cover – 17 Typical Features of Fantasy Covers

I’ve been thinking about book cover art for fantasy novels a good deal lately. So I found this analysis of fantasy cover art trends written by Nicola Alter of particular interest. Read the post: Judging a Book by Its Cover – 17 Typical Features of Fantasy Covers. Or read about my muck-up: I tried to … Continue reading "Judging a Book by Its Cover – 17 Typical Features of Fantasy Covers"

A Holiday Message From Eposic (and Zombie Claus)

You must be able to play animated GIFs to see the full message above. If you can’t play animated GIFs, then you can see a still image of the message. Happy Holidays 2015 from Eposic and Zombie Claus!

Kari Dance – Animation With DAZ Studio

DAZ Studio enables artists to create animations as well as still images. I’ve been experimenting with seamlessly looping animations for a while, and wanted to share my latest effort. I call it “Kari Dance.” The image below is a 225225 animated GIF file consisting of 120 frames. It is 2.16 MB in size. When I … Continue reading Kari Dance – Animation With DAZ Studio

Tribute to My New Favorite Song

I’ve been writing a lot on my novel-in-progress, but sometimes I get an idea in my head that won’t go away until I let it out in a creative manner. So I took a break from my writing long enough to do some art that I just had to do. I’ve been listening a lot … Continue reading Tribute to My New Favorite Song

Role-Playing and Writing: the Storytelling Intersection

Hello, friends. This time, we have a guest post from Coyote Kishpaugh, co-author of The Order of the Four Sons series. He will tell us about the connection between role-playing games and writing fiction. As I mentioned last time, when his co-author, Lauren Scharhag, graced us with her guest post on creating fantasy worlds, I … Continue reading Role-Playing and Writing: the Storytelling Intersection

Home Sweet Universe

Today’s guest post comes to us from Lauren Scharhag, co-author of Order of the Four Sons, Book 1. Much of the story takes place in Excelsior Springs, MO, not far from where I grew up, and near where some of my family still live and work. I received an advance review copy of the book … Continue reading Home Sweet Universe