Mike the3DGuy

TAG Chapter 1 Progress: Update #25

Added 2022-03-23 05:37:48 +0000 UTC

An uncomfortable elevator ride up to his office floor for our hero. Are they wondering how his face got so mangled, or simply evaluating him as a piece of meat?

I'm happy to finally be working on the scene that introduces Olivia! First still is done and rendering now. There's been a huge amount of behind-the-scenes work required in the last week or so. Creating the entire office floor of a skyscraper (well, 46 floors counts as a skyscraper in LA anyway) is not easy. Pretty happy with how it turned out. You'll see an image or two from it Friday.

Some of these scenes require a few characters in an image, which is murder on my graphics card... and timeline, since they take much longer than I'd prefer to render. I've spent some time going through my content library and adding info for each item on how resource-intensive it is so I can better choose things like cars, hair and articles of clothing that are a "lighter load" on my system. You wouldn't believe how much stuff like that can vary! You can have two items sitting next to each other in an image that look similar in complexity and detail, and yet one can add 5x to 8x the drag on a computer as the other. Couple items like that and a single render time can go up from 1 hour to 10 or more.

Anyway, I appreciate all the support I've been getting from you lately! It really makes a difference. 🤩

1: Narrator Intro (15/15 still renders, 1/1 animation) ✅✅

2: MC parking garage (15/15 still renders) ✅

3: Book Nook (41/41 still renders, 0/1 animation) ✅🚧

4: Back home with Nina (33/33 still renders) ✅

5: Next morning with Nina (40/40 still renders, 1/1 animations) ✅✅

6: Commute to work (10/10 still renders) ✅

7: Morning of the big meeting (1/20 still renders, 0/1 animation) 🚧🚧

8: Meeting with the boss

9: Conversation with Nina

Chapter 2 Scenes

1: Leaving early