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Feeling Better

I had a rough couple of days there.  But I am feeling better.  My head feels normal again.  Hopefully it stays this way.  I got a bunch of retros sent out yesterday, I will try ...

Retros

Please be patient with me while I get to everyone's retro requests.  I have a ton of them to send out.. Plus, I am still not in nominal health yet.

Release #055 Talia's Shower Time! Part 1

Bear with me as I post this in advance.  Thank you all for your patience with me and support.  Send me a message if you have any questions.  THANK YOU!!!

I hope I'm not getting sick.

That would be very unlike me to be sick.

EDIT: I am feeling a ton better after getting some rest.  I was really congested and my head feeling tightly packed but I'm 85% better now.

Talia Progress Report

Hey all...  Not a tremendous amount to report.  Her body animation is done..  I've animated the forearm twisting on both arms for the entire sequence, and I have her right hand (wris...

Talia Progress and General News

Hello everyone!

Talia's mocap cleaning is coming along nicely.  I think in another day I'll have her body all done minus her hands, face and toes.

I just wanted to let you all know...

Talia Progress Report!

Howdy!

I've been radio-silent for a few days.  I've just finished cleaning up Talia's foot animation for the entire sequence.  I also have about 600 or so frames of her full body (e...

Talia Update

Howdy.

I'm transferring the raw mocap data over to Talia.  I've figured out a new way of doing the spine that more accurately matches the raw data.

In the attachment the raw mocap ...

Talia Progress

Hello!  Motion capture for Talia has been recorded.  I did a trick with Voice Attack to help me.  I don't think this would have been possible without my new mic which is very sensiti...

Calibration complete

Tech support for my motion capture system told me that over time the sensors get out of alignment and that would explain why my spine was capturing all twisty.  So I just disassembled the whol...

Talia's complex eyelids now rigged!!

(See subject... and attachment)

Talia's Neck Re-Engineered

This was necessary now that her neck data was lost with the Metamorphic data disappearing.  Getting those sterno-mastoid muscles moving naturally is a bugger-boo.

Eyelids next.  The...

Scapula Magic

I've got her (right) scapula all rigged up.  I've never used this approach before and I think it's going to work out really well.  Mirroring the setup for the left side won't take long. 2019-10-09 21:55:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Talia's Progress

Hi...  I had a frustrating couple of days.  From my last post I thought her shoulders were all done.  I need to explain.  Talia's rig is very heavy... it's slow because there's ...

A Note About Comments

Hey all.. I just updated my previous post, showing her arm does indeed twist now.

When someone posts a comment on a post I make, Patreon notifies me.  But it does -NOT- notify me which p...

I Banged These Out Pretty Fast!

Metamorphic was really slowing me down!  I haven't done the twisting of the arm yet.

EDIT: Okay the twisting is done now.  Scapulas next!

Very, Very ANGRY!!!

Please excuse my language in advance. 

This piece of shit goddamn jank software; Metamorphic.  All of my sculpts for the neck and shoulders are GONE!  So much work.. POOF! &nbs...

Talia's Breathing Rig

I thought I was all done rigging her body but I forgot her ribcage and scapulas.  Here is the new fancy new non-linear ribcage rig, complete with extra expansion via the diaphragm.  Haven...

Talia's Right Leg Done!

Whew!  This was a lot of work!  But I think I got it done faster using the old method instead of Metamorphic.

I need to copy all of this for her other leg.  After that I could ...

Talia Development Update!

Happy October!

I've made seven joint-deformation sculpts for her thigh so far; only two remain.  Then I just need to clone it for the other side.   When I'm all done with that....

Bend The Knee

Thigh next... This will take a while.

Talia Development Adventures

Hello,

So Talia's deformation sculpts for her elbow was underway and Metamorphic completely shit the bed.  See the attached animation.  Notice the points snapping into place at the ...

Having a Bad Day

Another Windows Update bricked my computer.  I re-installed Windows and restored a backup made a couple of weeks ago.  Having problems with the computer generating a temporary guest accou...

Talia Progress and new feature announce.

Hey!

I've been busy,  I've created and rigged 17 corrective joint rotation sculpts so far.  Her neck and shoulders are all done.  Elbow and legs remain.

Time for another ...

Talia Progress Report

I've got Talia's arms all rigged with with IK (Inverse Kinematics) and all that jazz.  It's time to create a bunch of corrective joint sculpts.  When that is done, I believe it will be ti...

Hello there

Very pleased with how this turned out.  Now I gotta clone the whole setup for the other hand!

Talia Rig Update

I've got all the bones in place and all of the weight maps for the bones tweaked to perfection.  But her ka-ka doody index finger won't work!  Can't figger it out!

I'll make somethi...

Talia Progress

Hey all,

I've just finished modeling the cage model for all of Talia's body*.  Her hands are all-new models with a higher density of polygons because I want to improve deformation.

Am I Posting Too Many Updates?

Talia Is A Real Head-Turner

Neck rigged.  This allows her to now turn her head.