8 reasons why making art is like making love

Ecstasy – 21×36 Mixed Media on canvas by Jennie Rosenbaum It has been occurring to me lately that there are many correlations between two of my favorite activities. and because I am going to try to write down the thoughts that come to me, instead of screening them based on some introverted fear I have…

apologies

Consternation – 12 x 12 Oils on Canvas by Jennie Rosenbaum my apologies once again everyone, I’ve been coordinating my first international show and it’s been a series of headaches to say the least. most people would use this sort of thing as fuel to write about in their blog, but for some reason every…

Work in Progress.. sneak peek!

Work in Progress – stay tuned! Here is what I’m working on at the moment. these blindfold images consume me, they are so dark and raw, painful pieces with really interesting subtexts that I am enjoying watching evolve. it sometimes feels like I have very little part in the development of these pieces, as if…

you have your free nude models… now what?

Consternation reference image All those zip files that you downloaded in previous weeks are probably languishing away. expand them to your content folder in the main Daz|Studio application folder. you want the runtime folders to merge into your main runtime category so to do everything automatically it’s easiest if you set your expanding program to…

Nude Model Recap

Advance – preliminary reference image I was going to continue my series on using Daz|Studio as a painters reference, but unfortunately my internet connection has been shaped and is preventing me from doing what I want to cover. so here is a quick list of the first three in the series. how to get a…

Nude of the Week

List by Jennie Rosenbaum (sold) Starting next week I will be featuring one of my works that will be available for sale online each Monday. usually it will be a new piece but I will be featuring older ones as well. why am I doing this? I want to further link my sales with my…

Adding realism to your nude models

Now that you have the basic models you may have noticed they look a little.. blah. the skin looks plastic and fake, the figures are basic and not very expressive in themselves, you need to inject a little reality. while photorealism isn’t completely necessary for a figure reference, I find it helps to create the…

Free Nude Models! (and other stuff)

This Post has been updated to reflect new technology! Read it here Victoria 3 and included updo hair The key to using Daz Studio is the content. Daz makes use of created models, much in the same way poser does, but for free. the main models usually cost money, however you can get a surprising…