{INFO} Status Update : The next month is free | SIF animation | Offtopic

Some exclusive pics from Bayonetta's vacation. She likes to get her attention...

Hi everyone! Time for the monthly report. News was not much(0) because I rest away from HQ animation and engaged in preparation over the work of SIF animation. But there is something and let's start with.
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The next month is free:

Next month will be free. Starting on the 29th through the 29th of next month. I'm suspending the subscription fee. What does that mean? It means that those who are already subscribed will not be charged per month for this period.

Since I am in the preparatory stage there is not much to show. But I still plan to start releasing all the standard posts and reports next month. It will be business as usual.

Sometimes statistical 2-4 people may have trouble accessing the posts after the vacation mode is end and running. Just message me and I will try to help solve.

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SIF animation

I have tried different ways and ideas to subdue her hair and found so far only one completely suitable for me. Actually this is my standard way of simulating hair, which I modified this time. The others did not fit at all I also thought to make new hair for the heroine using the hair system Blender but since SIF has a very specific hairstyle I realized that I would spend a lot of time on it. So I decided to stick with what you can see in the example.

These are all quick pre-renders. I've been checking out the physics of the clothes and hair. Body physics is in process yet it's not here yet all of this not counting hair and clothes is VEEERY quick hand animation. 

For the long mop of hair in the front, I will make more bones so that its breaks look more natural when in contact with the body or objects.

 I had to make 6 separate bones for that. And for the area with the big hair tail, I made a very huge separate block for the simulation, which will have to be fought with periodically. But I think I can handle it, because even without special physics settings hair showed itself not bad. On test gifs.

I changed her outfit a bit, made it more revealing and made stockings with a leg-crushing effect. For the evening scenes, so to speak.

 I'm going to modify her body a bit so maybe tweak that element some more. 

And now I'm going to change a little bit her body and textures. I'm also writing a full story and starting to do block style animation. (Animating scenes in a fast pace that would roughly approximate how much time it takes. ) In order to measure the individual scenes of animation on time and put everything in about +-10 minutes . The initial location I will make myself. But the question of the room in which will occur all the main actions I am still deciding. There are ready-made options are likely to use which I will modify the textures and the scene for their needs.

I'm also still thinking on what render engine will do the animation. Since for my past released an update with the addition of ray tracing. All this will be tested when I fully measure the animation and start its production. Since the new version of Blender came out I'm testing a number of features. I think I need another 8-10 days to finish all these preparations and start animating everything.

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Offtopic

That's basically it. After the release of HQ I started a complete reinstallation of Windows, which took me just under a week. Last boss DLC Elden Ring delayed me a bit with this as well as such factors as reinstallation and transfer of all files and programs as well as the fact that I forgot some of my passwords ^^. And I also turned out Sync cloud on some animations stopped working but I restored everything. In fact, this month I rested and cleaned my PC and now I go into battle diving into Scandinavian lore!

It's a short report like this. Now I feel completely rested and am raring to go on a new raid with the hope of getting to Valhalla. So I'll see you in the next reports. I wish you good luck and good health!

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Bayonetta