weirdtexan Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 Hola all! I'm doing some digital illustrations/erotica, and honestly i'm finding my figure drawing skills a little lacking. Like many, I use pictures from the internet for reference and inspiration, but sometimes I just can't find the right pose or picture for what I want. So, I thought, maybe I could use a 3d modeling program and some free models for posing and reference purposes. Does anyone know what would be some good, free 3d programs you'd recommend? I've heard Daz3d isn't bad, but I also know a ton of people here use Blender and Poser. What would you, the experts, recommend? Gratzi for your help! My in the works DA page: http://weirdtexan.deviantart.com/
gregathit Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 Depends on what game you are using. Blender for Oblivion and Fallout\FNV 3DSMax for Skyrim.
weirdtexan Posted February 24, 2014 Author Posted February 24, 2014 Appreciate it, Duck and Cover, but I didn't mean for the games, I mean to use to pose models of women, monsters, etc as reference pics for my illustrations. I tried blender once back in college,b ut not 3DSMax. What's the difference?
Zadil Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 Purely for anatomy reference purposes a complete 3d suite like Blender or Max would be overkill, not to mention that those programs would require you to create and rig your own human figure first - not exactly an easy task. Unless you intend to create your own 3d content you probably want to go with either Poser or Daz3d as they're dedicated posing tools with controls and interfaces to reflect that - also there is a ton of free and commercial content available for both of them.
gregathit Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 Blender is free and works well for Oblivion and Fallout\FNV. 3dsMax costs money and works better for Skyrim. As to "posing" if you are making animations to pose stuff in game then my previous post is indeed relevant. If you are looking for a program to "pose" stuff in to take your pictures then neither one will probably be what you are looking for as they are fairly complicated to learn to use.
windpl Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 XNALARA is a community 3d posing program and have shit loads of free nude models. I suggest start from there.
weirdtexan Posted March 15, 2014 Author Posted March 15, 2014 Sounds like DAZ3D and XNALara are the ways to go. Thanks for the suggestions, everyone!
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