I remember those times when we Digital Artists found a fun new way to create art through posing articulate figures of people, animals, robots, and creatures that we could buy instead of (or as well as) grabbing the latest game that hit the shelves.

RawArt remembers those times too - though he, like myself, couldn't always afford or even find the specific creature or character pack he was looking for, so he decided to start creating them himself.

It didn't take long before it became abundantly clear that he could earn a living providing these fantastical pieces of art for the rest of the world as well - and so he did!

Throughout his career creating character and creature packs for Daz 3D figures and other articulate creations sold there, RawArt has captured the essence of these creatures and a whole lot more. He always enabled us to play out adventures with the style, look, and feel of the best that our imaginations could garner - and with each new generation of Daz Figure, these immortal favorites followed along getting better and more expanded as the adventure continued.

RawKong

A great deal of this episode was created around a theme that I used as a means to help determine what artists and products should be featured. RawArt's apes for all generations, to me, are simply stupendous! I've always loved the look of them.

Ape World Gorilla for Genesis 8 Male really looks special to me - the face especially - but I think all of him looks fantastic and makes for a beautiful Kong!

As particular parts of the story began to evolve and I searched my library of assets and at Daz 3D for elements that would help them come together, everything I needed to decide just popped into view before my eyes - which is how most Creative Carts are born.

Finding (and buying) KindredArt's Jurassic Forest happened directly as a result of this search. I thought that it would really help out the Skull Island look that I was after - and I was more than right in that assumption - wow am I ever happy that I bought this!

Not only is the complete scene load-out amazing, but all of the added bits that it comes with became a Massive time-saver and visual improvement - along with giving me whole new techniques for getting higher-quality renders without being too much of a burden on time or my PC!

This is not all of them, but this short video is several of the "Kong" scene stitched together without any post processing other than some basic compositing of backgrounds to characters and the act of joining them into a series. These scenes were all made for the show - some of them are a direct result of the working of the show. But like I said earlier, this episode is Massive! This is just a small part of what this episode will have to offer!

The leader and shaman of the clan, Grimskull for Genesis 8 Male, predicts that, if they were to marry off the golden-haired girl (Rosie 8.24) to RawKong (Ape World Gorilla G8M), that he, their mighty god, will grant them a boon.

Dokkalfar for Genesis 8 Female plays as his lovely assistant.

RawArt's Albana, playing as Rosie, rides a scaled up Big Cat Dog for Daz Dog 8 through an Ultimate Grass & Meadow (animated using the Ireal Add-on) lit and accessorized (Ancient Tree) with Kindredart's Jurassic Forest kit.

Adorable beyond measure, yet with the capacity to be mean and deadly if you need him (or her) to be, We'll be using Impsimian for Genesis 9 to help demonstrate how fun it can be working with various elements of Jurassic Forest, and this is the ground from Old Stone Walls, by Enterables, which we'll be using a Lot in this episode.

In every Creative Cart episode, we see that I never actually leave motion capture data (aniBlocks or animated poses) as they are - I'm always tweaking them to match the needs of what I'm aiming for.

I teach how to create these tools in my course: The Complete Guide to Animating Dynamic Characters in Daz Studio

and this short primer shows the basics of how I use them that is not sped up as seen during the Creative cart shows - just to help gives folks a better understanding of "Why I make them" and "How I use them"

Another Special Feature that is provided freely due to the enormity of this Special Feature Episode. Enjoy

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Thank You, Marcel, for Your Support!!! Truly Appreciated!!!

If you want to see them demonstrated, I'll be going through the operation and many results of this amazing pack in The Creative Cart - Episode 012 - A RawArt Celebration!!! Stay Tuned!!! 

Thanks Again, Marcel!!! You ROCK!!!