Liz Ard

WIP: Things are going well

 HELLO!!! Hope you all had a nice week.

Progress in the next video is going well~

There's only 2 shots left to animate! One is the longest one, but the challenging part about it is probably going to figure out how to add a specific effect I w...

WIP: New video...with new models!!!

 Hello! :D I hope everyone is doing well.

I finally started working on a new video with Dawntrail upgraded characters!!

Does that mean I figured out a way to make the rigs work? Well...uh...not really. I take no credit for this, and so I can'...

Behind the Scenes: A Moment in Azys Lla

Hello! Happy definitely not sunday. :P

Sorry for the weekly video delay! I used all of my time during the weekend to finish the animation, and now I put this Behind the Scenes of it together. My schedule is a mess lately, but I really wanted to make this before the weekend!!!

I talk a little bit about the idea behind it, compare it w...

A Moment in Azys Lla

Hello~ new video!!

This is one of the (many) cute G'raha scenes in patch 5.4. This isn't replayable at the inn (although it's pretty easy to replay it in NG+!), so I animated it with Lizard's personal reactions.

G'raha is so excited during the entire patch, it makes me really happy to see it...and Lizard, as well!

Seeing him th...

WIP: New video in less than a week!

Hello! How is everyone? This week went by pretty fast. Every week recently feels like this and sometimes it seems I can't keep up. But it's fine...I think?

The video is almost done! 2 shots left, the very last ones. I might be able to finish it b...

Timelapse: "When All Hope Seems Lost" Hug

Hello! Today I'm sharing the timelapse of when I animated a hug shot from my last video.

This one I finished rather quickly (2 hours). It took me half the time of my last hug one from the Dawntrail one. I didn't plan this as carefully as that one however, and I feel like, looking back, I could've spent a few more minutes on it to fix some ...

WIP: Good progress!

Hello! How is everyone? I'm late again with this one, sorry. I think I'm going to make these on friday now to fit my current schedule...

So, I'm making steady progress with the new animation:

2024-07-26 09:54:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Behind the Scenes: When All Hope Seems Lost

Hello! Today I'm talking a little more about my ideas and planning for the Lost Hope video.

Just as much as I love actually animating and thinking of the movement, choosing the cameras and how I want my feelings to come across is very enjoyable and relaxing. Sometimes I feel like I'm just being silly and overthinking things, like people wi...

WIP: Next video and light updates

Hello!

I was supposed to post this in thursday like I always do, but this has been a very weird week for me. My bad. Heh. :'D

I am feeling a bit better, thank you very much for the kind messages. I also feel a little more like playing FFXIV...

When All Hope Seems Lost

New video!!!...that I'm only posting here. I don't really feel like posting this out there for a whole lot of people this time, so have a Patreon exclusive. :x

I think this one feels way too serious and a little personal for me. I still want to share with everyone here though, so I hope you enjoy it!

It was still relaxing and good pr...

[OUTDATED] How to export characters - Textools to Blender

Edit: This video is outdated now! I released a new version with this step by step over here. Thank you!!!

Hello! Today's video is how I'm putting together characters from Textools to Blender after the graphical update.

If you already have experie...

WIP: New video in progress!!! ...with old models

 Hello! :')

I have been spending my free time lately trying to make the new models to work for videos, and I did have good enough results as far as the models and shaders. I have every character I will need for my Sharlayan video idea put together ...

Progress Update: New Patreon video soon (I hope!)

Hi! Quick text update since I'm not posting a video today, only justify it and show my progress. I didn't forget, but I'm still testing out the new models.

I did figure out how to make them look better from textools to Blender.

Here's so fa...

WIP: Starting over!

Hello! How is Dawntrail for everyone? Won't talk about it in details here, but if anyone finishes the MSQ and wants to talk about and share opinions, just message me either on twitter or here and I'm always available. :)

That's a screenshot from the ga...

Animation Timelapse: Tural!!! No G'raha...

Hello! Happy last day before early access!

As I mentioned in the update post just before, here's the video a little early.

I didn't add commentary throught the entire thing because I wouldn't have time to finish it everything on time if I did, but I did talk about it a little. I hope it's ok!

Also, I'd like an opinion! I've bee...

Quick Update - To an open Sky~

Hello! Happy thursday and the day after early access! :D

We can already pre-download the update if you haven't already! Hope everyone is surviving maintenance.

2024-06-27 10:30:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Animating a Hug: Timelapse + Commentary

Hello, happy sunday~!
Today I'm showing a timelapse of the last shot of my recent video, while I talk a little about it.

Total of time working on it was about 4 hours. I forgot to record the few last minor details and the part where I add the tickets falling as well, but most of it is here. I hope you enjoy it!

As always, any qu...

No WIP, weekly update

Hello! How is everyone 1 week away from early accesss?

It's really the only thing in my mind recently! So, no animation in progress as of right now because of that. This is just a general weekly update instead of a WIP one. Sorry for the lack of ...

Behind the Scenes: Waiting for Dawntrail

Hello! Happy...monday. Sorry for the delay :P

Since I just posted the last video, I figured it would be fun to make a breakdown/overview of this one as well, same style as the last one about the React. I hope you enjoy it! As always, if there's anything you want to hear more about, let me know.

Here is the link to the tutorial I ment...

Me waiting for Dawntrail

12 days to Dawntrail (early access)!!!...and I'll never get over G'raha's decision.

I already predict some "he's in the trailer!!!" and "he's joining us later!!!" comments on youtube...but the Warrior of Light isn't aware of trailers. This is how my character feels! And it doesn't change the fact that I still wish he'd be there from the be...

WIP: Two weeks for Dawntrail!

 Hello! Weekly update time! How is everyone?

This week I'm feeling much better!

To compensate for my sick days last week, I was able to animate almost everything I needed to. I just need to finish the last shot! And probably fix a few things...

Behind the Scenes: Lizard reacts to BeneG

Hello! Happy sunday~ :)

Today I'd like to share some of the things I did to get the react video done quickly. I'm pretty happy with the result considering how fast I wanted to finish it, but of course I made some choices here and there to make things easier for me. I hope there's something interesting in there!

As always, if you have...

WIP: Weird week, huh

 Hello! I hope you enjoyed that reaction video. :D

"Funny" story, I had just got back from a weekend away and was feeling a little sick and sluggish, then BeneG's video came out and I had this rush of energy and completely focused on getting the re...

LizArd reacts to BeneG

VERY UNPLANNED, SPONTANEOUS NEW VIDEO, HELLO!

So, BeneG just posted a new video yesterday called "Sorry, G'raha Fans". It's great, it's funny, very well made, but uh...Lizard would think the theme choice is QUESTIONABLE. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT??? So I h...

Behind the Scenes: Call him by His Name

Hello! Happy sunday~

Today's video is a little more about "Call him by his name".

There's a timelapse, some reference I've used, a little more Lizard lore and more of the thought process behind each shot. Enjoy watching me struggle with G'raha's shoulders when he stretches because the rig clearly wasn't build to do that! I insisted b...

WIP: Countdown to Dawntrail begins!

And with it, a new video project to match! Less than a month to go~ :D

Hello! I hope everyone had a nice week so far. I'm so happy wit the reactions to the last video, thank you so much! I was really worried about that one. I will be making a video for ...

"Call him by his name"

"Call him by his name"

IT'S FINALLY DONE! This took me quite a while. More than I initially planned, to be honest. It's a very slow video this time, but it's cool to have this part of their story in animation format now.

I hope you enjoy this glimpse of their ARR relationship...plus some small additions to the ShB scene. :)

It ...

WIP: One scene left!

Good morning! It's a wonderful day today~

The reason for that is unrelated to XIV but I'm just going to gush about for a little bit and share that TODAY'S IS PAPER MARIO: THE THOUSAND YEAR DOOR RELEASE on Switch!!!! It's such a miracle that this ...

Animating a Shot: G'raha Smile

Hello! Happy...sunday...well, it's still sunday where I live. :x

I usually post them early in the morning, but I had to touch grass for a while and the video was late!

Anyway, here I talk a little bit about animating the G'raha smile shot I did this week, the one I mentioned it during my thursday post. I'm actually pretty satisfied w...

WIP: Just keep animating~

Hello! Took me a little longer than usual to post my thursday update this time...I was watching the Live Letter. :P

Viper looks really cool~ wondering if I should try to main it...DPS queues scare me though. And I will stay as a tank for my static, mayb...