So the stereoscopic version of "Yumi Grows More" is down to less than 100 rendering hours to go. It's such a pisser this would have been done long ago if I had noticed that the skirt data was lo...
2016-12-31 16:37:46 +0000 UTC View PostCloth simulations are done! Huzzah! And I have to say... Sometimes I even impress myself! ;)
Glass simulations are complete!
Remaining steps: Cloth sim and final lighting and any background dressing.
2016-12-30 01:54:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Look at me kicking arse! Note in the image above the hair is not rendered, only the shadow of the hair.
I have wonderful, funderful, joyous news.. I could use some after hearing about the loss of our Princess. :(
Yumi's skin is complete! What remains are sims for hair, cloth and glass.
... 2016-12-28 23:07:25 +0000 UTC View PostHope everyone had a festive holiday!
Yessss! I had some trouble getting the new rigging technique to work for a day or so. Thanks to some help from a brilliant friend, I have got it work...
2016-12-26 15:17:17 +0000 UTC View PostHere's an update on my checklist to completion:
Primary Character animation... DONE!
Car Damage... DONE! (not including glass)
Camera animation... DONE!
Secondary charac...
2016-12-22 04:51:37 +0000 UTC View PostPrimary Character animation... DONE! (including hands & fingers)
Car Damage... DONE! (not including glass)
Camera animation... DONE! (Including stereoscopics and shaking)
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2016-12-19 22:31:26 +0000 UTC View PostHey all,
Just letting you know I'm still banging on the animation. I am creating the car body damage as I finish cleaning up the remainder of the character animation because they are quite int...
2016-12-16 22:30:39 +0000 UTC View PostHey all!
I've been banging this animation. Hard. The main character animation will probably be done in 1 or 2 days. Then comes all the breakage effects.
Meanwhile.. I did som...
2016-12-12 14:55:00 +0000 UTC View PostI am transferring & cleaning up the motion capture rig over to Yumi's rig part-by-part. It's exciting to see her come alive.. Again. :)
2016-12-09 13:38:05 +0000 UTC View Post
2nd time was the charm. Motion capture recorded and the first clean-up pass is complete. Here's a little preview.
2016-12-08 10:02:08 +0000 UTC View Post
I recorded two motion-capture scenes today. One for the next Yumi animation, another for a friend. The one for my friend exported perfectly but the one for me did not work. I think t...
2016-12-07 10:45:19 +0000 UTC View Post
I am hoping to have the car finished by the end of the day today. Here's a look at it in it's current state. Mostly done.
2016-12-05 12:58:03 +0000 UTC View PostI just ordered a new hard drive to replace my dead drive. Also a new SATA cable... And... A light for my bicycle. They will not be here until the 6th. On the bright side, this ...
2016-12-02 11:25:48 +0000 UTC View Post
The subject pretty well covers it. :)
2016-12-01 20:38:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe beautiful, pectoriffic, dirty-blonde Naomi makes her debut in this animation. Please bear with me as I finish up the animation.
2016-12-01 02:24:29 +0000 UTC View PostIt's in the wee hours of the morning here.. I finally got it all done and some of you have the animation in your email. I'm pretty fried. I need to get some rest then I will send it ...
2016-11-30 13:38:32 +0000 UTC View Post
The model looks nice already, but it needs changes for what will happen to it.. And it has no interior; that's a problem.
Looks like the animation will be done rendering in ~35 hours.
I posted a little teaser featuring Naomi's buff body on DA.
I really, really like how Naomi looks. Yumi was really good too,...
2016-11-26 12:40:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey,
Just finished re-rigging Yumi's hand for future animations (and for future characters). This was using my new weight painting system.. It is overall better but the most notic...
2016-11-22 02:39:43 +0000 UTC View PostEarly today the main render pass was completed. And the hair render pass was about 12 hours from being complete.
A lot happened since then. My hard drive died. It was the drive hol...
2016-11-20 09:41:15 +0000 UTC View PostI just discovered a new breakthrough with rigging.. You may remember I was stuck trying various methods for getting muscles to slide over the suface of, say, the ribcage. To be fair I didn't "di...
2016-11-17 23:52:42 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! We've just passed the 2/3rds completion mark on the first render pass. It's looking sooooo good! I'm looking forward to seeing her with hair once the 2nd pass is done. ...
2016-11-14 18:28:37 +0000 UTC View PostWe are within arm's length of hitting the halfway point of the first render pass. I told you it was a biggun! :D
