I had a rough couple of days there. But I am feeling better. My head feels normal again. Hopefully it stays this way. I got a bunch of retros sent out yesterday, I will try to get the rest of them sent out today. Feel free to send me a message if you want to remind m...
2019-11-02 21:24:31 +0000 UTC View PostPlease be patient with me while I get to everyone's retro requests. I have a ton of them to send out.. Plus, I am still not in nominal health yet.
2019-11-02 00:13:45 +0000 UTC View PostBear with me as I post this in advance. Thank you all for your patience with me and support. Send me a message if you have any questions. THANK YOU!!!
2019-11-01 01:10:27 +0000 UTC View Post
That would be very unlike me to be sick.
EDIT: I am feeling a ton better after getting some rest. I was really congested and my head feeling tightly packed but I'm 85% better now.
2019-10-31 06:47:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all... Not a tremendous amount to report. Her body animation is done.. I've animated the forearm twisting on both arms for the entire sequence, and I have her right hand (wrist joint) animated for half of the animation so far. Chipping away at it!
2019-10-28 08:55:26 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
Talia's mocap cleaning is coming along nicely. I think in another day I'll have her body all done minus her hands, face and toes.
I just wanted to let you all know, primarily those who have chosen to get a "retro" reward to older older animations... Yeah, t...
2019-10-24 05:40:54 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy!
I've been radio-silent for a few days. I've just finished cleaning up Talia's foot animation for the entire sequence. I also have about 600 or so frames of her full body (excluding hands and face) animated so far. The whole enchilada is 8169 frames but after I edit ...
2019-10-22 06:08:13 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy.
I'm transferring the raw mocap data over to Talia. I've figured out a new way of doing the spine that more accurately matches the raw data.
In the attachment the raw mocap data is the blue spine and Talia's is the orange cleaner version.
2019-10-16 17:51:34 +0000 UTC View PostHello! Motion capture for Talia has been recorded. I did a trick with Voice Attack to help me. I don't think this would have been possible without my new mic which is very sensitive. Voice Attack is a little $10 program that lets you trigger keystrokes or mouse clicks afte...
2019-10-15 05:17:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Tech support for my motion capture system told me that over time the sensors get out of alignment and that would explain why my spine was capturing all twisty. So I just disassembled the whole suit and manually calibrated every sensor.....one at a time. Hopefully this will result in l...
2019-10-13 13:34:42 +0000 UTC View Post(See subject... and attachment)
2019-10-12 19:52:53 +0000 UTC View PostThis was necessary now that her neck data was lost with the Metamorphic data disappearing. Getting those sterno-mastoid muscles moving naturally is a bugger-boo.
Eyelids next. Then on to motion capture!
2019-10-10 23:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostI've got her (right) scapula all rigged up. I've never used this approach before and I think it's going to work out really well. Mirroring the setup for the left side won't take long.
EDIT: Both Scapulas done now.
2019-10-09 21:55:57 +0000 UTC View PostHi... I had a frustrating couple of days. From my last post I thought her shoulders were all done. I need to explain. Talia's rig is very heavy... it's slow because there's so much going on. So I prototyped her shoulder rigging in a seperate scene file. I was t...
2019-10-08 23:15:38 +0000 UTC View PostHey all.. I just updated my previous post, showing her arm does indeed twist now.
When someone posts a comment on a post I make, Patreon notifies me. But it does -NOT- notify me which post was commented on. I just got a notification with someone asking me a question, and I can't...
2019-10-06 09:11:56 +0000 UTC View PostMetamorphic was really slowing me down! I haven't done the twisting of the arm yet.
EDIT: Okay the twisting is done now. Scapulas next!
2019-10-05 18:23:43 +0000 UTC View PostPlease excuse my language in advance.
This piece of shit goddamn jank software; Metamorphic. All of my sculpts for the neck and shoulders are GONE! So much work.. POOF! I looked back 40 saves ago, the last one I kept and they were gone then too. It happened a l...
2019-10-05 08:22:36 +0000 UTC View PostI thought I was all done rigging her body but I forgot her ribcage and scapulas. Here is the new fancy new non-linear ribcage rig, complete with extra expansion via the diaphragm. Haven't gotten the scapulas rigged yet.
2019-10-04 22:08:06 +0000 UTC View PostWhew! This was a lot of work! But I think I got it done faster using the old method instead of Metamorphic.
I need to copy all of this for her other leg. After that I could either record motion capture, or make morph shapes for her eyelids.
2019-10-02 22:31:55 +0000 UTC View PostHappy October!
I've made seven joint-deformation sculpts for her thigh so far; only two remain. Then I just need to clone it for the other side. When I'm all done with that.. I could probably move on to motion capture.
In addition to the sculpting I've also re-rigged...
2019-10-02 08:12:58 +0000 UTC View PostHello,
So Talia's deformation sculpts for her elbow was underway and Metamorphic completely shit the bed. See the attached animation. Notice the points snapping into place at the last moment? Yeah that's not natural. I'm pretty pissed about this because I paid $150 f...
2019-09-29 10:16:24 +0000 UTC View PostAnother Windows Update bricked my computer. I re-installed Windows and restored a backup made a couple of weeks ago. Having problems with the computer generating a temporary guest account rather than logging into my account. So until I get this fixed I can't get more work done o...
2019-09-27 02:44:46 +0000 UTC View PostHey!
I've been busy, I've created and rigged 17 corrective joint rotation sculpts so far. Her neck and shoulders are all done. Elbow and legs remain.
Time for another announcement. a new improvement that will be in Talia. I never mentioned this before, but I've...
2019-09-26 00:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostI've got Talia's arms all rigged with with IK (Inverse Kinematics) and all that jazz. It's time to create a bunch of corrective joint sculpts. When that is done, I believe it will be time to record motion capture.
In other news I found a power supply system for my new mic. ...
2019-09-23 12:13:37 +0000 UTC View PostVery pleased with how this turned out. Now I gotta clone the whole setup for the other hand!
2019-09-21 06:52:03 +0000 UTC View PostI've got all the bones in place and all of the weight maps for the bones tweaked to perfection. But her ka-ka doody index finger won't work! Can't figger it out!
I'll make something to eat then stare at it more. Maybe that will help.
EDIT: I've got her index finger w...
2019-09-20 23:53:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all,
I've just finished modeling the cage model for all of Talia's body*. Her hands are all-new models with a higher density of polygons because I want to improve deformation.
I can now start installing bones in her hands and arms and make weightmaps for said bones.
*C...
2019-09-20 04:23:01 +0000 UTC View PostNeck rigged. This allows her to now turn her head.
2019-09-19 05:02:03 +0000 UTC View Post