Contacting DAZ Artists
Ninja_G33k
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How one would go about contacting the various artists who create all our wonderful wonderful 3D toys?
I've sniffed around the DAZ website but have thus far made no headway.
I presume that I'm missing something somewhere, and any assistance is greatly appreciated.
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You came to precisely the right place. The forum section is where you can find them and send private messages. Though sometimes their username doesn't match their PA name.
And not all DAZ PAs frequent the forums. Some may not be English speaking. Wasn't sure if you meant artists who use Daz products in their work, or those that create the products.
Thanks for the quick responses. I was hoping I might be able to contact Lourdes, creator of the Shadow Dancer outfits for A3, D3, H3, M3, and V4 (Full Disclosure™: I'm a stubborn old grognard who has been riding the DAZ Studio and Poser trains since 2007). I discovered that there was a Shadow Dancer outfit for V3, but that one appears to have evaporated from the store, though all the others are still available (I purchased them just yesterday).
I would like to get my hands on that Victoria 3 set if it is at all possible, and I figured that approaching the original content creator was as good a place as any to start.
Those particular products are well over a decade and half old, SKU in the 5000 range. (current SKU 90,000)
I'm not sure Lourdes has any other products or a storefront in a long while. Those are all Daz Originals (buyouts)
Putting in a Daz Support ticket might be your best bet to finding more information. Links at bottom of the page.
I was afraid somebody was gonna say that...
I just messaged a vendor with a message, not a proposal, not a complaint, not a request for a quote, and that vendor did reply. I think what matters is how you word the message, what the subject matter is about and whether or not the vendor has buried their head knee deep into a project with an alarmingly close deadline. For me, I get truckloads of inquiries on how to write a memoir, but I answer a very small percentage because I am inherently horrible, worse than horrible, at communicating via phone, email or letter, even to siblings, but I try really hard to break that vice for people who read my books, yet a generic open-ended question is not hard to ignore. Keep it concise. Think of the others persons frantic shedule and make your message unique and different than 10k others. Often times, going back and digging through a dogpile (like visiting a web-ridden storage unit) is not that inspirational or motivating.