Progress and CPU's
Hello all...
All of the keyframe animation on Talia is done except for facial animation. Time to do the sim stuff.
I've been looking at my options for increasing my rendering spee...
2020-03-06 23:10:24 +0000 UTC View Post
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Fulfilled Retros?
Hi all,
I believe I have fulfilled all of your retro requests from yesterday's charges.. Thank you so much!
If you were expecting to get something but didn't, by all means send me a pri...
2020-03-03 04:48:20 +0000 UTC View PostCGMan Patreon Release #057 - Raina's Stream Part 1
Raina gives a livestream when she unboxes something special. (FMG Anim)
2020-03-01 03:08:59 +0000 UTC View PostLong Hair Test
Again this is Bullet bone-driven hair dynamics instead of cloth-sim dynamics. Looking quite viable. It's tedious to set up; each individual strand must be activated separately.
Th...
2020-02-29 01:55:08 +0000 UTC View PostGreatly Improved Hair Bones
I can work with this! I am thinking if I increase the scale the self-propelled wiggle problem may go away.
2020-02-28 16:19:19 +0000 UTC View PostCool Milestone and More
Hey all!
I'm pleased to announce that Talia's Showertime animation is fully complete in the right arm. The clavicle, arm, wrists, fingers, all of it is final animation. The right ...
2020-02-27 22:28:16 +0000 UTC View PostDid I Get Everybody?
If you were expecting to get Talia's 1st animation and didn't get it (or any reward for that matter), please send me a private message. Thank you!!
2020-02-22 13:59:53 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the Flash Delay (and other news)
Hi everybody,
Sorry I haven't gotten the Flash versions of Talia out to you yet.. I've been having some technical problems.
The Flash version of both parts (#053 & #054) are fine an...
2020-02-21 06:19:38 +0000 UTC View PostYay!
I am pleased to announce that Talia's first animation has finished rendering. I need to add some sound effects and then I'll get her out to her donors! Thanks for your patience!
2020-02-18 05:28:48 +0000 UTC View PostTalias Moving Forward
Hey all!
I have good newses.. (not GREAT newses)
Talia's first animation rendering is estimating less than 60 hours remain.
And on the 2nd Talia animation I am animating her...
2020-02-15 13:12:09 +0000 UTC View PostTalia Progress!
Hey all!
Quickie note. This is where I am with Talia 2's mocap cleanup:
Legs done (not including toes)
Right arm done (not including wrist / fingers)
Left arm 70% done...
2020-02-10 08:18:12 +0000 UTC View PostA Tale of Two Talias
Hey all!
Little update for ya. I am nearly 2/3rd complete cleaning up the mocap data for Talia's 2nd animation. This last third took a while because of some more complex events. &...
2020-02-07 06:57:48 +0000 UTC View PostReport of Progressage
Hi everybody!
I am cleaning up (and in some cases animating by hand) the motion capture data on Talia's 2nd animation. And I am -ROUGHLY- 1/3rd complete on that. That is not e...
2020-02-03 08:16:42 +0000 UTC View PostTalia 1 & 2 Progress Report
Hey all,
First of all I want to apologize to you. I took a gamble that LW2020 would come out in a timely manner to help speed up the rendering. For this reason I wanted to boost t...
2020-01-28 06:49:46 +0000 UTC View PostMoCap Done
Hiho,
I've recorded the motion capture for Talia's shower scene. Next I will transfer this data to Talia's rig. As you can see on the red leg, clean-up is also a big part of the p...
2020-01-26 01:09:05 +0000 UTC View PostSet Update
Update: The gooseneck pipe is now longer. Added a simple sink. (2nd image)
2020-01-23 00:50:10 +0000 UTC View PostTile Works
It was (correctly) pointed out to me that the all-white environment of the bathtub makes things look flat and bland. So I installed some tiles.
2020-01-22 06:42:23 +0000 UTC View PostPipe-works
I need to make a knob so it can be turned on!
Talia's 1st animation has passed the 50% complete mark by the way. I wish LW2020 would hurry up and release so I could get it rendered a bi...
2020-01-21 20:26:49 +0000 UTC View PostGet Clean With The Showerhead by CGMan
Get your muscular parts well-moistened. Order today!
2020-01-19 03:34:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Never Yell "Theater!" in a Crowded Fire.
Hey all,
Some good newses... I've got the liquid sync issues resolved, as you can see by the attached clip. Just remember; all alembic files generated by Lightwave should be told ...
2020-01-16 01:13:18 +0000 UTC View PostProof of Concept Test Animation
The water sim works great, but there is a timing issue introduced when the data moves from Lightwave to Storm then back to Lightwave. I tried compensating for it and that is why the showerhea...
2020-01-15 08:51:22 +0000 UTC View PostTalia Render Update
The current year is rendering as I type this. Frame 2020. This puts us around the 1/3rd complete mark. Sorry it's taking so long. Sometimes I regret choosing this ultra-high...
2020-01-13 20:02:41 +0000 UTC View PostTalia's Trailer Premiere
I hope you enjoy your first look at Talia! :)
2020-01-11 02:53:16 +0000 UTC View PostSort of Progress Report
Hello,
I'm sad to report I don't have a lot of good news. I am not done rendering the area with the preview trailer yet; but it is very close. There is an event in the very beginn...
2020-01-08 09:18:30 +0000 UTC View PostFirst Test Bringing Storm Data to Lightwave
Houdini wouldn't even run... So I tried Blender. This is the results of going from Storm to Blender to Lightwave. The weak link in the chain here is what happened in Blender.
<... 2020-01-03 10:33:13 +0000 UTC View PostRelease #056 Talia's Shower Time! Part 2
Thank you for your incredible support to allow me to keep pushing forward this technology! Be watchful of new posts for progress on this an other animations. If you have questions don't...
2020-01-01 04:52:26 +0000 UTC View Post¡MEGA NEWS DROP!
Hi everyone! I have a lot of things to cover so let's do it:
1: Rendering has started.
I ultimately decided to go with image-based lighting because the jump in image qu...
2019-12-31 06:45:34 +0000 UTC View Post