A new post entitled "Jeff Undergoes GenMax Testing" has been added to my site:
Be sure to check it out. I'd love to get your reaction over there.
I hope you're having an amazing weekend!
Paul
2024-02-17 23:57:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, I've made a couple of posts on my site about working my TF rigging technique into Unreal Engine, with a short feature test video with my good friend Vince. Check it out!
Again, I will be posting any new content on my site...
2023-09-24 21:37:38 +0000 UTC View PostThanks everyone for your interest in my animation work.
As promised, I'm making the move to my own web site. I've copied my content there and I intend to post any future work there. I will still post notices of new content for a while on Patreon, but the actual work will be on my site.
Paul Strong Anim...
2023-08-02 02:08:55 +0000 UTC View PostI finally took some time to learn how to sculpt clothing last night and tonight. This is my first shot at it, but it seems like I'm getting the basics.
After all, we can't have clothes ripping and tearing off during a transformation unless we first have clothes.
This is Derick, by the way, and he's been kind enough to try on a couple...
2023-03-05 03:13:46 +0000 UTC View PostI hope you all are having a great holiday weekend!
This week I'm learning what it's like to have a 4mm kidney stone, but I've been mostly pain free this week so I'm in good spirits.
This was a weird but fun little clip I made quite a while back. I was trying out some muscle twitching and hair growth. A couple of you have seen it, but...
2022-12-25 00:29:15 +0000 UTC View PostIt's been a long time since I've posted. I do game development, which some of you know... and it probably doesn't come as a surprise otherwise. A game I'm working on with a small team started to get some attention in April so I spent all my time crunching on that for a few months. Rigging, animation, and programming. We got to a point where we n...
2022-09-08 02:31:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Vince has come back into the Unity game engine and VR, this time to transform.
VIDEO: https://r2y.com/vid/unity-example.mp4 1080p 60fps
Still just testing capability here, but it was a success.
It was a bit involved versus my last Unity post since it'...
2022-05-24 03:10:37 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! This is just a quick poll to see how many of you have a VR headset.
If you don't own a VR headset, I'd like to know that also!
I'm no expert at VR, so there's some more to learn. I know that I can create SteamVR-compatible applications for PC, and maybe that would be as far as I go. I use a Valve Inde...
2022-04-29 17:10:58 +0000 UTC View Post
With just a few hours of work today, I built a blend shape TF with dynamic joint pivots in Unity based on what I accomplished in Maya.
VIDEO: https://r2y.com/vid/arm-unity.mp4 1080p 60fps
The example is simple but the method is similar, with the joints' pivots ...
2022-03-26 23:37:00 +0000 UTC View Post
FINALLY... I solved the puzzle I've been working on for months! Erm, worked on when I've had the mental energy to try. I'm no Maya guru, but I will claim this as a level-up.
The goal was to create a one-click-does-it-all script that would simplify rigging for "TF" meshes that transform shape. As I've mentioned bef...
2022-03-11 23:25:33 +0000 UTC View PostStarted setting up my own streaming server which should allow me to stream directly in the future. The video and audio are great with only a 3-second latency, but the web interface is currently trash. I'm not Twitch (yet).
For those with technical interest I'm using OBS Studio streaming to a Linux server running NGINX with a popular RTMP p...
2022-02-26 04:42:11 +0000 UTC View PostI appreciate your patience while I sort things out for myself. I may have a good income source on the horizon to give me the stability I need.
Still been doing regular practice on sculpts and in the last month I've had some success doing "likeness" sculpts of a couple fans' heads. Also doing some rigging practice here and there, and I feel...
2022-02-16 01:24:12 +0000 UTC View PostI am planning to put together a web site to host HD content and a streaming server to do my own direct streaming. If I do this, I would like to have followers log in so they can comment, etc.
If I accomplish this and you are interested, which would be your preferred way to log in 2021-11-23 02:09:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, I quit my job a week ago and all my time is free time again. In the scope of trying to fill out my life and stabilize, it was a mistake to take on that project.
I thought it would support my goals and it absolutely did not. Instead of getting over an initial hump, the problems got worse. Long story short: big gaming ...
2021-11-21 18:44:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Something satisfying about spending time as a sea creature, with the water sliding against my smooth skin as I swim, or maybe swallowing a live fish or two for lunch.
I sculpted and rendered this one evening while streaming to a TF friend. I also started putting together a streaming server. Maybe someday I will send out links and do some l...
2021-10-07 04:13:39 +0000 UTC View PostHello Friends!
Some of you know this already, but I recently took a job with a game company as the lead tech building a multiplayer networking platform. I've wanted to have a regular work focus, and my background is in game development, so this is a good fit. It should give me some balance with my evening TF habits as I get settled in. :)<...
2021-08-15 15:56:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Always never stop two-thirds of the way through your transformation. What the goat?
I've been experimenting with some animal head sculpting, and practicing animating a human expression while a head is changing shape. Place is turning into a ranch. This is just a funny still render from a recent session: funny to me because I yelped when I ...
2021-07-08 04:38:18 +0000 UTC View Post
An investment into my TF rendering pool.
One RTX 3090 drastically reduced my render times, and it's great to do 3D work on. With its 24GB of video RAM, I can have Maya, ZBrush, and Substance open simultaneously with detailed sculpts and ginormous textures and Maya won't spontaneously refuse to render.
But... why buy one, when you...
2021-07-08 03:45:06 +0000 UTC View PostI hope everyone has a great weekend, and for my U.S. friends, a Happy 4th!
Best Wishes,
Paul
2021-07-03 01:51:48 +0000 UTC View PostFinally got my mocap gloves today. The chip shortage and shipping restrictions from COVID caused major delays. Should be fun to try out.
Hope you all have a great weekend!
Paul
2021-06-25 22:51:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe Male Transformations Blog featured my videos this morning. I've loved the blog for years. Check it out if you haven't:
Male Transformations Blog
https://maletf.blogspot.com/
Thanks to those who have subscribed, and sp...
2021-06-21 18:16:41 +0000 UTC View PostThanks to those who replied to my last post and reached out with so much kindness. The problem with my neck has been clearing up, about 70% gone. There is still some sort of general inflammation so I will continue to take aspirin and be careful.
I had some good luck too. Last week I became an "ape" and bought 30 call options in AMC. I sold...
2021-06-05 18:52:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Some of you have been checking on me, which I appreciate so much. For almost two weeks I've had possibly a pulled muscle or a compressed nerve in my neck which hurts pretty badly, daily, but off-and-on. It's concentrated where shown above (pressure can subdue it sometimes) but when it is bad it can feel like it's everywhere. It's enough that it ...
2021-05-27 23:46:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I had a major breakthrough today improving my workflow for animated joint pivots. This is a technique for having joints change their rotation point while the connected mesh blends from one shape to another. Think of an arm growing longer while still bending at the elbow, which is normally not something you can do with blend shapes and joints unl...
2021-05-13 04:55:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Sculpting ears is a lot easier than modeling 'em, but it's still a nightmare. I started learning ZBrush last October. I just did this one from scratch while feeling my own ear as reference. Color aside, I think it looks okay.
I'm pretty sure every 3D artist keeps ears around and just reuses them. Well, I've got 4 pairs now.
It's impo...
2021-05-07 01:26:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Just hanging out with Vince this afternoon. I hope you all are having a great weekend!
A quick announcement: I'd like enough interest in my work to build up so that I can justify spending more time creating animations and getting faster GPUs, but that may take some time. For now, I have paused Patreon bill...
2021-05-02 20:43:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Along with some drastic changes to my lower body, I also packed on some serious upper body mass, and I love it. You probably noticed I also got a bit of winter coat since I made the plunge.
Modeling and animating hair growth has been the biggest challenge I've had to face in my workflow, and it really made getting my first video done a cho...
2021-04-28 03:50:36 +0000 UTC View PostMy Rokoko Smartsuit Pro arrived. Time to play!
About to post the HD version of Vince, with minor animation improvements.
Thanks everyone!
Paul
2021-04-23 01:31:15 +0000 UTC View PostA little while back I ordered a Rokoko Smartsuit Pro with gloves for motion capture, both for work and for personal projects. As much as I could improve building animation by hand, I think I'd be better off cleaning up captured data, both with quality and efficiency. I was satisfied with Vince in human form, but I've gone back and improved the e...
2021-04-16 17:26:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Vince is a good looking dude, but underneath that handsome wormliness there are some technical bits that are needed to make the magic happen.
VIDEO: https://r2y.com/vid/vince-stage.mp4 1720x72...