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Progress

Painting veins on Maria with Substance Painter.  Looking really good!  I'm using them as bump maps everywhere except for certain key areas I'm using them as bump + displacement maps..  ...

Progress Report

Maria's Pecs have gotten a boost for this new animation. ;)

Success (thus far)

The operation was a success!  Maria's shoulders have been re-rigged.  Her armpit area and where her lats meet her arms have been re-modeled and re-rigged.  I don't know if I mentioned t...

Performing major surgery on Maria

I know this is going to result in some delay.  It won't destroy the animation (movement) data, it will make her look better.  Trust me on this one please..  My new software opens some n...

This is (most likely) final render quality

I was really struggling with this new version of Lightwave because while it looked beautiful, it was taking forever to render.  I just found the one setting that was causing me all the problem: R...

Progress report..

Changed her skin material and makeup

Changed lighting

Made morphs for raising/lowering eyebrows and animated them.  

Maria's New Look (in progress)

Here's a look at Maria after being retooled for Lightwave 2018:

New skin shader

New hair render engine

Physically based lighting and materials.

  It's not fina...

Lightwave Update is HERE!

I have the new version of Lightwave and so far it's fantastic!  I am currently retooling Maria's surfaces to the new format and she is looking much better.  I'll post a test render when she ...

Little peekie-peek

Here's a look at Maria experiencing some growing pains.

Release 45: Jo Returns Part 1

Jo's 2nd animation with a bonus futanari version for deluxe donors!

Can't wait!!! (Lightwave2018 tour)

Joke for the New Year

A young polar bear went to it's momma polar bear.  He asked his mother, "Am I a pure polar bear?"

The momma polar bear looked at her son and asked, "PURE polar bear?  What do you mean?" 2017-12-31 22:53:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Happy New Year Everyone!

Hey everybody!  I will be posting a paid creating later today.  Most likely will be Maria's 3rd animation part 2.  After the animation I am working on now is done, I will only be behind...

Happy Holidays!

Happy Kwanzaa, Yule, Cristmas, Hannukah, HumanLight, Newtonmas, Saturnalia, Sehboradai, or whatever you may be in to.

My special day will by when the Lightwave 2018 update is released on ...

View of the set

Work in progress....  Note the materials and lighting will all need to be redone after Lightwave2018 is released.

Some new peeks at LW2018

Hey all,

If you are bored, here are some videos showing new rendering features in LW2018.  Some of the rendering improvements are quite dramatic.

Shading System LW15 vs LW18

2017-12-20 11:19:56 +0000 UTC View Post

Preview image on DA

Possible Cheap VR Option

For those interested in the stereoscopic versions of my animations..  A friend of mine shared this link with me.

The cheapest option is using the cross-eyed version.  Just cross your eyes ...

Prop Remastered

I took a model I used in an older animation (background) and revisited it for Maria's next animation (foreground).  I never liked how sharp the bubble-like shapes were on the sides of the bottle....

If You are a Graphics Geek Like Me....

There was a demonstration given last year that showed an early build of the new version of Lightwave..  Now that Lightwave2018 is officially announced, the video of this demonstration is availabl...

More Good News; No New Fees

Good news keeps rolling in..  Patreon has decided against "standardizing" their fees..  This means the 2.9% + 30 cents for each pledge will no longer be added to your donation!  Power t...

Exciting news!

There is a very good chance I will be getting the new Lightwave upgrade straight away (See my previous post).  It's very likely Maria's next animation will be rendered with it!!

There is NO WAY...

Milestone and major new software announcement!

Hey all!

Last night I finished cleaning up the motion capture of the legs and feet for the entire sequence, which is over three minutes, I believe.  Huge.

Anyway, the software I use just ...

About Patreon's Changes...

Hello everyone,

In case you missed Patreon's email to you, they are making changes on how they do charges.  And so far, NOBODY seems to like it.  I'm not a fan of this idea either.  I...

Update

The motion capture for Maria's 2nd animation was recorded today.  Wheee!

AaaaaaaaaahhhhHH!!

I'm currently editing Maria's body...  Making it so she can start from a whimpy, skinny girl and then hulk up to her wonderful bigness.

Today I was given a surprise..  I got a message from...

Maria Still Images Sent Out & Other News

Hello all,

I just sent out still images from Maria's Intro anim.  If you were expecting to get Maria's Intro anim or stills and didn't get it, please send me a private message here on Patreon.<...

Maria's Introduction YouTube Preview Posted

Just put up a YouTube preview of Maria's first animation.  I'll take care of getting those still images to you first-thing tomorrow!

Maria Getting Sent Out!

Some of you have her already.  I need to take a break and hit the grocery store!

Maria is done!

Other than putting it all together in a video and adding the intros/outros, she's done and with sound.  I probably went overboard with the sound design..  Let's say the foley is rather "rich...