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Animation Progress!

Hey everyone!  It's been a while..  I've got Naomi's muscles working..  They follow her bones..  I'd show you but right now she looks line one of those muscle anatomy illustrations...

Just a reminder...

I will not be posting any paid creations today.  And I intend to use Patreon every-other month until I am fully caught up.

In other news I am finished animating Naomi's hands, fingers and eyes....

The Wayward Gift Rewards Sent Out!

Hey everyone!

By now everyone who donated for this story should have this in their email inbox.  If you do not see it, please check your spam folder. If you still do not see it send me a messag...

Note: My website is down

The domain name of my website (Carm3D.net) has expired.  They sent me emails to update it but the link they gave me was dead.  And the website of the company I originally ordered it from is ...

MoCap data transferred to Naomi

Wheee!

(Considerable cleanup required now)

CGMan Release 40: Naomi 2: Re-Armed Part 2

Thank you for your support (and patience) with me on this Naomi's 3rd animation!  I am working hard to get caught up and will likely not post a paid creation next month so I can get further caugh...

MoCap Retargeting

Not very exciting...  But here's a look at the retargeting process.  The original MoCap data as you saw in the light blue rig was transferred to this new rig..  A rig that can be resize...

We have MoCap!

Whoohoo!

Motion Capture Update

Okay so I just had a Skype call with tech support.  They confirmed that the head connector is dead, but everything else is working fine.  I will re-record the Naomi animation and then just m...

Motion Capture Recorded. But will it blend? Also News.

Hey guys,

I just recorded the motion capture for Naomi's first animation.  Unfortunately, the upper torso, head and legs did not record.  I tried it several times.  The harness they s...

Update

Story and illustrations are complete.  Just waiting on my voice actor at this point.  While I am waiting I can resume working on Naomi's first animation!

Quickie Update

The Wayward Gift story text is complete.  I just need two more things:

1. One more illustration

2. The rest of Carly's voice recordings

I had to put one of the endings into a separa...

It's Always Something....

I have run into a problem I never thought I would have as I finish this story..  The story has gotten too big for Flash to handle it!

I am getting weird errors when the story text is this big.....

Status Update

Hello everyone!

Here's a little update..  A couple of days ago I had taken the bandages off of my arm.  I had frozen shoulder.  That is reduced mobility that happens when you take som...

I need to share this with you

Sorry this is taking so long to finish..  I had gone and dislocated my left shoulder.  I don't even know how I did it.  I just woke up one day and couldn't rotate my left arm without bu...

Story Update!

Finished another illustration.  One more to go!

Also my motion capture gear arrived.  Haven't tested it yet.

More to come!

Story Update!

Hey all,

I've just finished the 3rd image for the story..  And it's my favorite so far.  No preview for this one because spoilers.

Also I've gotten word that the replacement harness ...

Story Progress

Hey all,

Just a little progress report.  I paused writing the story because I wanted to check from the voice actor if she was okay with a particular event in the story..  If not I would ne...

Some good news with my motion capture hardware

We have finally narrowed down where the problem lies with it...  It is the plug located at the hip that plugs into the main hub device.  The hardware is designed to be used this way... But s...

Wayward Gift Story Chart

Just for fun, here is a look at the story and the possible braches / endings.

The red checkmark boxes are completed endings, and the green dots are not yet written.  I'm getting close to finish...

Release #039 - The Wayward Gift

Thank you all so much for your supporting this new kind of story!

If you donated $12 or more to this project, you will get an interactive version of the story with voice acting and all of the illust...

Ending #2 Complete!

Whew!  This is gonna be a BIG story!  Few more endings to go!

First Ending Completed!

Hey!

I bring you some good news and some bad news...

The good news is, I have just completed the first of several endings for The Wayward Gift.  So if you make all of the correct choices,...

The Wayward Gift interactive preview with voice acting posted to DA!

Check it out!

http://cgman.deviantart.com/art/Patreon-The-Wayward-Gift-665339741

Story Update!

Sorry about my post a few minutes ago.. I spotted a problem at the last moment and had to fix it.  Anyway, here is an updated version of the story preview.  Some of the text has been altered...

Early Preview of the Preview

Hey all,

I've been plowing through the story.  I have much more done than what you will read here.  But this is -essentially- what will be shown in the public preview.  I will be addi...

Progress Report

Greetings!!!!

Today I made -EXTENSIVE- modifications to my story reader program.

The icon for playing audio is now 3D and animated.  I renamed them from being audio clips to being "events...

Just for fun...

Hair completed!

Holy crap!  This was my most complex hair setup ever.. I never thought it would end!

76 individual locks of hair, each with their own cage geometry.

But the results speak for themselves (...

Animation Progress: Hair Tech Part 2

Okay so resuming from yesterday...  What I am doing is simulating the hair TWICE.  Once with the hair stiff, like it was heavily hair-sprayed..  And then a 2nd time where the hair droop...