Progress
Hey all... Sorry I've been so quiet. I've just finished syncing up all of the raw motion capture clips to the dialog. The whole animation is about six minutes long, which is longe...
2022-03-14 15:43:47 +0000 UTC View Post
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Some (Potentially) Very Good News!
I was surprised with a Storm update today.. After months and months of hope and wait. In the update notes it specifically lists the bug that was causing me all the problems was addresse...
2022-02-16 23:42:20 +0000 UTC View PostWaiting For Voice Part 2
I finally heard from her:
My sincere apologies for not keeping you updated. I had to leave town for personal matters which took me away from my studio. I’m back and sitting down to reco...
2022-02-08 01:15:50 +0000 UTC View PostWaiting For Voice
Hey all... Nadia's voice actor hasn't delivered her recording yet.. But as I have script and all I started putting together the set. Here's a look at it so far. Hopefully sh...
2022-02-05 23:40:45 +0000 UTC View PostCGM - Release #067 (Feb. 2022)
Hello this is an advance post for a future release. I've just updated the catalog so check that out for a better overview of these; you may need to refresh the page. Send me a private m...
2022-02-01 03:14:09 +0000 UTC View PostNadia Update
I've been told I will have Nadia's voice recording in 24 hours. :)
2022-01-30 19:43:14 +0000 UTC View Post059-061 Raina's Story Continues Trailer
I just finished this trailer for Raina's sequel animation. Unfortunately I am not allowed to log back into my CGMan google account to put it on to YouTube. That really sucks.. Doe...
2022-01-26 17:58:06 +0000 UTC View PostFlash Version of Raina Sequel Only 2 Parts
I THINK this is because the seven-minute video clip is too long for Flash. I cannot get all three parts to play right. Part 1 and Part 1 & 2 play fine but ...
2022-01-22 18:42:05 +0000 UTC View PostHave I Missed Anyone?
If you have donated anything and were expecting me to send you Raina's Sequel animation (or any other animation), please leave me a message. Thank you!
2022-01-19 13:40:12 +0000 UTC View PostRaina being sent out
I'm working on getting Raina out to all of you who chose to receive her. It will probably take longer than a day. I am going through my database so I should get to everybody, but feel f...
2022-01-14 01:39:55 +0000 UTC View PostSounds
Hey all,
Rendering is all done, I'm just working on finishing the sound effects. Won't be long now.
2022-01-09 08:28:04 +0000 UTC View PostI'm so sorry, I need a little more time
Let me explain: No, there's no time, let me sum up:
When I was doing Raina's cloth sim for her top, I was using a sphere model to spot-fix any time the cloth started to behave badly. &n...
2022-01-01 23:51:26 +0000 UTC View PostHappy New Year!
Hey everyone! Raina's big rendering sequence finished, but there were some problem frames I had to re-render here and there. Some unexpected issues like her skin poking through the clot...
2021-12-30 23:18:53 +0000 UTC View PostBit of an Update
Howdy!
First of all, Raina's animation render is on frame 11770 out of 12575... So about 93.5% complete.
So with Nadia I have rigged a divider line... Well, let me back up.. The r...
2021-12-22 05:15:03 +0000 UTC View PostCANkles
Ladies and Gentlemen,
My most sophisticated ankle rig ever.
2021-12-19 03:12:02 +0000 UTC View PostNadia Clavicles Rig
Howdy,
Here's a little clip showing the deformations related to her clavicle animation for any possible angle. I've been wanting to set up a sort of universal body rig that I can recycl...
2021-12-13 22:23:45 +0000 UTC View PostStill No Storm Love
Unfortunately my tests did not reveal any more progress with Storm. I'm convinced it's bugged. Here's a look at the test animation, converted to use my cloth sim instead of Storm.
2021-12-07 23:42:33 +0000 UTC View PostOh My Goodness, Storm Works After All?
Wow.. An eagle-eyed friend of mine, fellow Storm user spotted this setting... Un-Stick By Velocity Threshhold. This means if something is moving too fast, the stick feature disabl...
2021-12-07 20:15:49 +0000 UTC View PostNadia's Bones
In case you wanted to see how she's progressing...
Raina's big animation is 75% done rendering.
2021-12-07 09:44:32 +0000 UTC View PostSpiney
Meet my new character, Spiney. Say hello to the good people, Spiney!
"Hello, folks!"
All things spine-related are now rigged. I'm going to try some thing...
2021-12-05 20:41:50 +0000 UTC View PostNew Hardware
Thank you all for your support.. I just ordered this Keyboard/Mouse/Video switchbox so I can more easily move back and forth between the two computers. THANK YOU!!!
2021-12-02 14:50:38 +0000 UTC View PostGrowth-Ready Milestone
I've just finished reshaping all of the many, many polygons of Nadia's muscular body into the thin body. She is now growth-ready.
2021-12-02 13:47:50 +0000 UTC View PostCGM - Release #066 (Dec. 2021)
Hello this is an advance post for a future release. I've just updated the catalog so check that out for a better overview of these; you may need to refresh the page. Send me a private m...
2021-12-01 03:26:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Nadia's Early Public Preview Preview
Howdy! I just finished rendering this image on my slow machine. I did so at ultra high quality and it took about four hours to render(!). I am going to put text on it and then pos...
2021-11-27 22:24:17 +0000 UTC View PostProgress Update!
Hi there!
Raina's rendering is roughly 62% complete.. Chugging away on the faster machine.
I have finished sculpting the final details of Nadia's muscular body; the non-flexed ver...
2021-11-25 06:38:29 +0000 UTC View PostNadia & Raina Progress
Hey all!
I'm really loving how Nadia is shaping up. She's huge. I wanted to thank you all for carrying me on this journey. I think Nadia is going to be a big leap forward in...
2021-11-19 09:12:46 +0000 UTC View PostNadia Got Bigger
This is a very early, very rough sculpt. Hopefully you can tell I am trying to push the envelope in terms of muscle size on this one. With my patented self-collision trick in the sims i...
2021-11-15 10:47:27 +0000 UTC View PostNadia Retopology Complete*
*After I sculpt up her muscular body I may need to add more geometry detail, but her body polygon density is fairly dense; that's why it takes as long.
Her boobs look like they are in zero g...