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 longer than I intended.. I was shooting for 4 to 5 minutes. The last animation was a three parter at seven minutes long. I'm going to try to fi...
2022-03-14 15:43:47 +0000 UTC View Post
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 addressed. So I'm very excited we can have some true self-collisions! The rig I created is easily transportable for use with Storm... In ...
2022-02-16 23:42:20 +0000 UTC View PostI 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 record right now.
2022-02-08 01:15:50 +0000 UTC View Post
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 she will deliver her recording soon. I don't think she would stiff me at this point.
2022-02-05 23:40:45 +0000 UTC View PostHello 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 message if you have any questions. Thank you so very much for your support, without it, these fun animations would not be possible!!
2022-02-01 03:14:09 +0000 UTC View PostI've been told I will have Nadia's voice recording in 24 hours. :)
2022-01-30 19:43:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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.. Does that mean I'm locked out of it forever?? Do I need to make a new YouTube account? Sigh.
I used a semi-new gas simulation feature for the...
2022-01-26 17:58:06 +0000 UTC View PostI 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 3 doesn't play well.
I do believe this will be the last animation to have a Flash version. Very few of you are asking for them, and as Fla...
2022-01-22 18:42:05 +0000 UTC View PostIf 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 PostI'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 free to send me a private message if you have any confusion of if you are going to get her or not... if you want her, or whatever. I'm here to he...
2022-01-14 01:39:55 +0000 UTC View PostHey 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 PostLet 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. I told the sphere to be a collision model and I could animate it to pop the cloth back out where it belonged.
I left the sphere in the scene...
2022-01-01 23:51:26 +0000 UTC View PostHey 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 clothes when she flexed. So it looks like she will need another day or so of render fixes. I also need to finish the sound effects.
Have...
2021-12-30 23:18:53 +0000 UTC View Post
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 reason why I have been able to "break the size barrier" with Nadia is because I've figured out a way to cheat self-collisions to work. But with t...
2021-12-22 05:15:03 +0000 UTC View PostLadies and Gentlemen,
My most sophisticated ankle rig ever.
2021-12-19 03:12:02 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy,
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 recycle for many characters. Could this be the one? We'll see.. Hope so. :)
Now that this is set up I will be making some adjustment...
2021-12-13 22:23:45 +0000 UTC View PostUnfortunately 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 Post
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 disables. If this is the case, all I need to do is make sure this number is ridiculously high, and everything will be golden. Crazy! Some ...
2021-12-07 20:15:49 +0000 UTC View PostIn 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 PostMeet 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 things different on this one.. I am going to keep the spine rigging in a separate scene.. Then I'll bake out the spine results and load them in...
2021-12-05 20:41:50 +0000 UTC View Post
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 PostI'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 PostHello 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 message if you have any questions. Thank you so very much for your support, without it, these fun animations would not be possible!!
2021-12-01 03:26:22 +0000 UTC View Post
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 post it to places like DeviantArt. But here is an unobstructed preview of her before I do so. Enjoy!
EDIT: Obstructed ...
2021-11-27 22:24:17 +0000 UTC View Post
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 version. The above image does not have the final displacements applied. I am currently painting the veins. Shown above the red will be ...
2021-11-25 06:38:29 +0000 UTC View Post
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 tech.. Really impressive gal. And you all made it possible. Thank you for your support on all of this!
Raina's 2nd animati...
2021-11-19 09:12:46 +0000 UTC View Post
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 it should work well (or if Storm comes in clutch unexpectedly).
2021-11-15 10:47:27 +0000 UTC View Post*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 gravity because they need to be like this before physics is applied.
EDIT: Some further tweaks/adjustments
2021-11-15 04:04:00 +0000 UTC View Post