Face Slurp Playblast & Teleport VFX
Added 2023-11-28 10:47:18 +0000 UTCEven after all this time animating, I still get the occasional sequence I struggle with and in this case it was something rather simple like ChloΓ© leaning herself down over the viewer. While I got it to look good in third person, it somehow looked off from the POV perspective. I was able to fix it by exaggerating the movements and making them a lot snappier, which in turn made it look weird in third person, but right from a POV angle. Well, I think I'm going to keep it like that!
Looks like we're finally getting to the good stuff! ChloΓ© has decided to "punish" the viewer for spying by sucking on your face a little, oh no~! This seemed like a good moment to show off her extended gullet and its rig as well. Everything can now be animated, which makes her maw look more dynamic than ever. I've added a plethora of blend poses to her tongue as well, so it can morph between various shapes. There's also some additional sculpt deformers at work here, which are using Maya's new-ish component tags, but the use of them is fairly subtle here, as the excellent mouth rig that was provided by Disregard already enabled me to animate it with a high level of polish!
Most of the intro scenes have already finished rendering, so I can also give you a preview of what the rendered animation is going to look like!
This also shows ChloΓ©'s teleportation VFX, which was achieved using nParticles with a decent amount of per-opject motion blur. Since she's desert-themed djinn character, I wanted her teleportation to look like a burst of sand that then reassembles in the same manner. We're only going to see it twice in this animation, while in Encounter 3 it's going to be used quite often for her to move in and out of the shot! :D
Note that the next playblast might be a bit late, as I'm first going to polish up the sequence shown here to have it render over night. I lately try to get a lot of the rendering done during the animation phase since it has gotten a lot more time consuming with these new path-traced visuals.
Comments
ohhh :> is such a good tongue :3 am really looking forward to the animation :3 (kinda wanna see if she smothers the viewers face with those toes too) :3
Ponlets
2023-12-19 19:08:26 +0000 UTCThe rig Disregard made used the one I made for Zoe for reference, so it's fairly similar! I however added a ton of blend shapes later on so it can morph into an U and other shapes! <:
CakeInferno
2023-12-19 16:10:40 +0000 UTCdid you update your tongue rig? :3 it looks so good :>
Ponlets
2023-12-19 00:00:36 +0000 UTCAh, I wasn't sure if there was lore behind it. Thank you.
Brian Graham
2023-12-18 12:59:29 +0000 UTCYep, this one is first person! Then Encounter 3 will be a mix of third and first person! (:
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:52:25 +0000 UTCI'm happy you like her! <3
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:51:46 +0000 UTCIt's slowly rendering over night! And there's going to be some on-screen saliva, aye! <:
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:51:34 +0000 UTCCan't wait to show the rendered version of this! :D
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:50:44 +0000 UTCThanks so much, we've come a long way! (:
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:50:27 +0000 UTCCan you try leaving the post open for a bit? These gifs are a tad large and need a moment to load unfortunately. D:
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:48:13 +0000 UTCNOMF!
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:47:22 +0000 UTCUAHHHHHHHHHHH!
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:47:12 +0000 UTCMany thanks! Can't wait to show more! :D
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:46:57 +0000 UTCAye, she's a huge step up from my janky Zoe rig, haha!
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:46:21 +0000 UTCI was planning to have them, yeah! They do make sense here since it's a POV experience from start to finish. (:
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:45:14 +0000 UTCOnce the rest of the scenes are done, aye! :D
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:44:35 +0000 UTCHoping so too, it's certainly coming along well!
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:44:13 +0000 UTCVery much, even if in this animation she'll mostly just be swallowing things instead! <:
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:43:45 +0000 UTCIt goes in quite far, mwahhahahah~!
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:42:41 +0000 UTCThanks so much! <3
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:42:08 +0000 UTCHappy to hear that! <3
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:41:56 +0000 UTCYep, she surely wasn't pleased! But no worries, she won't be furious for the entire thing! <:
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:41:43 +0000 UTCHere's hoping! The first render tests are certainly coming out well! There's a lot more to come, though! <3
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:40:38 +0000 UTCGlad you like! :D
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:39:48 +0000 UTCNot really a story behind it, other than her being an almighty djinn. I thought the effect of her dissolving into sand was the most fitting basically! (:
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:39:39 +0000 UTC:D
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:38:25 +0000 UTCApologies! The gifs are admittedly a bit large in size. Can you leave the post open for a while to see if they load?
CakeInferno
2023-12-14 04:41:01 +0000 UTCCan everyone else see the gifs and images? I can't, they're all broken. :(
KingdomZanny
2023-12-10 20:42:13 +0000 UTCSo there'll be a 3rd person and 1st person animation? That's great
Asimple10
2023-12-10 19:25:39 +0000 UTCChloe is a cool character
Blue
2023-12-09 22:40:13 +0000 UTCOh gosh, I can't wait to see this fully rendered. I hope she drools onto the POV character >/////>
Jade B
2023-12-08 04:11:47 +0000 UTCIt's coming out so well! OwO
Coty Clogston (Ticklefish. ItsMe)
2023-12-05 15:09:59 +0000 UTCYou continue to outdo yourself, Cake. Great work!
taifvas
2023-12-04 23:59:17 +0000 UTCI can't see the gif, it's broken. :(
KingdomZanny
2023-12-04 06:55:03 +0000 UTCWhoa!!!
aLlsonWA
2023-11-29 13:39:19 +0000 UTCGRAAAAAAHHHHH!
MileHighBrid
2023-11-29 02:19:33 +0000 UTCThis is looking awesome so far cake, you and disregard are doing awesome at this, I'm so excited for this
Michael Lee Vogel
2023-11-29 00:27:37 +0000 UTCSeeing my handiwork at play is really satisfying! This is gonna be killer!
Disregard
2023-11-28 22:14:38 +0000 UTCHoooot.. Is there gonna be saliva-on-screen effects in this one? I recall it was too much to render them in the last few animations.
MF2716
2023-11-28 18:03:55 +0000 UTCThis is gonna be so amazing! We'll it already it but even more amazing in the future
Onyx Bunnler
2023-11-28 15:39:56 +0000 UTCThis oneβs gonna be a banger I can already tell
Bigmudder 24
2023-11-28 14:22:05 +0000 UTCamazing -///- would be wonderful to be in a line up of sacrifices, her taking her time to savor each one before swallowing them down as the rest watch.
Kuja48
2023-11-28 14:18:18 +0000 UTCOooooh boy, I love that tunnel-like throat of hers
GizmoChinasa
2023-11-28 13:10:22 +0000 UTCAmazing work as always! :)
Ultimate_Nemesis
2023-11-28 12:51:41 +0000 UTCSuch an amazing visual
Sean OReilly
2023-11-28 12:24:14 +0000 UTCLol, I like how furious she looked just before she teleported :D Those internal animations look phenomenal!
Charles J Burgess
2023-11-28 11:01:23 +0000 UTCYOOOO New Cake Post Just Dropped! X3 FR I could already feel my heart race as her mouth slowly draws closer to the camera and of course you're already knocking the animation quality outta the park! πππ₯π₯π₯
Mesa123
2023-11-28 10:59:02 +0000 UTCLooks Amazing Cake, and the teleportation is cool!
VoreLover3
2023-11-28 10:56:46 +0000 UTCThis is amazing. I love that teleportation animation. Is there a story behind it? Your work is so impressive. You can see your passion and love in each on. Thank you for sharing.
Brian Graham
2023-11-28 10:54:16 +0000 UTCOh my!
Tomthexboxnerd107
2023-11-28 10:53:37 +0000 UTC
