How to make 3D art with Copilot

Define texture, materials, and beyond

If you want visually appealing 3D digital art, use relevant details to your advantage by specifying any or all of the following:

• Materials such as diffuse, translucent, and emissive.
• Texture such as transparency, bumps, opacity, and other surface details.
• Lighting types such as spotlights, HDRI (High Dynamic Range Images), and directional lights.
• Compositional elements such as the rule of thirds, dynamic poses, and backdrops.

Not sure how to incorporate these terms into your prompt? Understandable. Just ask Copilot for guidance on creating 3D images, like choosing the right materials or lighting, and it will give you suggestions based on your vision.

Let’s say you want to generate an image of a rainbow jellyfish. Ask Copilot, “What materials, textures, lighting styles, and compositional elements should I include in my prompt to create a photorealistic 3D image of a jellyfish?” Copilot will then give you recommendations based on the subject and goal, which you can then incorporate into your prompt like this: “Generate a 3D-style image using a ray tracing technique of a rainbow jellyfish floating near the seabed using a combination of translucent shaders and subsurface scattering for the materials. For the tentacles, use a bioluminescent shader, and apply a subtle iridescent texture to the jellyfish bell. Make use of caustic light rays to create intricate patterns on the seabed and amplify underwater ambiance.”

And this could be the beautiful result: