WIP: Still going...60%!

Hello! Weekly WIP :)

This one is taking really looong...I mean, I knew it would, but still! I'm starting to get at the stage where I already can only look at the things I don't really love of what's done, but I know if I push through and keep going at it litte by little, it will be worth it at the end. It always is! And now I really want to finish it before the end of next month because I have other new ideas pilling up that I also want to get started on...

Look at this clean and almost organized timeline!!...that's a lie, the green/nest means that there's clutter inside it. But that also means all of those are basically done!

I currently have a total of 51 seconds animated of a total of 85. So about 60%! There's already 23 separated shots/scenes animated in Blender, as well. They're all mostly short clips, but it starts pilling up.

Good thing is, I managed to do what I wanted last week, which was finish every Estinien shot, and rig at least one more character.

So now I have all of the main characters of Eorzea Academy! The student Scions: Lizard, G'raha, Alphinaud, Alisaie, Estinien and Krile. Krile looks so cute that I actually added one more shot I wasn't planning with her.

As far as I know, there isn't a single official Eorzea Academy art of her in color, so I don't know how her uniform was supposed to go. I couldn't find any fanart either, so I don't think there's a fandom consensus on that! We really need more Eorzea Academy enjoyers. Maybe we'd even get a second volume!!!

Anyway, based on this pannel of the manga, I tested out two option:

Her usual yellow looks much cuter and just right, so I went with that. She's got special permission from principal Tataru to wear a dyed one. I also increased her bow's size after to look even cuter.

I also started getting Aymeric and Haurchefant ready for their one clip as well!

I'm having a little bit of trouble with Aymeric's rig, but I know I can fix it, eventually. At least enough so I can use it in the video.

Aymeric wears his uniform like Alphinaud, except without the yellow vest thing underneath. Haurchefant's is a good boy and didn't cause me extra work with his uniform! Just his tie tucked in. I just realized I still need t o adjust the size of his ears...

And I also need at least...10 more characters?! There's so many I want to include... thankfully! We have good news~ the new Dawntrail compatible Mektools is out!!! Which is SO helpful to rig them! I already tested it with Estinien and Krile and it definitely took some time off rigging characters....and I'm sure it could make things even easier.

Apparently there's a button here to import characters without using Textools?! I didn't test it, but whenever I have the proper time I will check out all of those new functions. There's an animation library thing as well that I have to figure out, because it could save everyone a lot of time!

But right now, just from the basics, we don't have to parent the hair joints anymore. It already does it automatically! :D So if you're working on your own animations and learning everything, highly recommend checking the new version out.

I'll have to test it all too, whenever I have more free time. Maybe when I'm finished with this video!

I think it was a good amount of progress! I feel like whenever I write my goal for next week here I try harder to reach it, like I have to commit to it! So for next week...I want to have at least 3 more characters with their respective clips animated! I might get busier again with work, but I'll do my best to make it happen. I want to finish this already!!!

Thank you very much for your support!