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Suki's Vocal Audio Track is Complete!

Whoo hoo!  Time to animate her face!

Suki Update!

Hello!

Here's what's happened:  I animated the camera.  And then because the camera appeared inside the car (This was planned from the start), I had to model a portion of the car's interior;  Just a small portion.  And I just now finished animating her eye movements.

Starting tomorrow I will put together her vocals and then animate her face.  She's coming together!

It's All in the Wrists

I spent the day rigging and creating joint deformation sculpts for Suki's wrists.  This will get rid of the unsightly pinching when the wrist bends dramatically.

See attached animation clip.

Hands All Done!

Whoo hoo!

Fingering

As I wrap the day up and get ready to crawl into bed, I have half of the full sequence done with her left-hand finger animation.  Moving swiftly along!

Suki Progress!

I've just finished animating Suki's left hand, not including finger animation for the entire sequence.  This one went much faster than her trouble-seeking right hand.

Suki Hands Update!

Well I didn't get her right hand & fingers animated 24 hours later like I had hoped, but I got rilly close.  1000 frames to go (out of ~6000).  So I'm pretty happy with the progress.  Did I mention this animation is extra long? :D

The above 3D animation was made in 1972.  The rigging is sooo pedestrian.  They're going nowhere with this.

Suki Report!

I've been working on Suki's right hand and fingers.  I've just completed the first third of the animation of Suki's right hand.  That doesn't sound like a lot but this is the most complex part of the whole animation.   Her right hand and fingers were making a lot of contact throughout this part of the animation; and only her right hand.  So I am hopeful that this time tomorrow I'll have her right hand and fingers completed.  And the left hand will be much simpler...

Thank you! (New software)

I purchased this from the Steam Summer Sale today, thanks to you all.   If you look at the first video you will see it has some impressive retopology tools.  I think it will be faster than my current tools.  This will help when I build Talia's body.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/592350/Nvil/

Release #053 - Talia's 1st Animation Part 1

(Working title/Advanced posting)

Talia is a new character, the first character developed after I was able to double my computer's memory.  The shackles are off!  She will be something special.

(Note this was posted again because some late-comers wanted to get in.. you will not be charged twice for the same thing)

A Note for all New Patrons!

Hello!  I just posted the trailer for Suki Grows & Lifts Parts 1 & 2 and I got a few new donors.  So I just wanted to say "Thank you!"

Also.. As I am guessing you are here because you want to get Suki Grows And Lifts, I would recommend choosing the "Retro" reward tier.  It's your way of telling me you have a special order, otherwise I will just send you the newest thing (Suki Grows is -not- the newest).  Note that the Retro defaults to $8, but if you want the...

Suki Grows & Lifts Part 1 Trailer

Here be a trailer of the latest completed animation releases (#049 & #050).  Enjoy!

Suki Smilestone!

Hey all!  I just finished animating Suki's left arm.  What remains is animating her hands, fingers, and face.  And then the final sim stuff.  So I am not *almost* done, but I am -almost- done.

Later today I will be posting another paid creation, for the animation after this one.  After this Suki animation I will be one post behind which is...  Progress.  The next animation will be very experimental and it is my hope that it will not take as long as a s...

Suki Progress!

I've just finished cleaning up / animating one of Suki's arms for the entire sequence (all ~6000 frames of it).  If my math is correct (and it usually is), I have one more arm to finish.  More to come!!

In the Future, Everything Will Be Tracked!

I'm looking at something I would like to invest in, when I can afford it.  It's $500, so it's not cheap.  The good news is I am catching up from being behind so hopefully I can get it in a few months.

It's called SynthEyes..  And it can track deforming shapes like you can see in the video above.  It's possible I will need to get a 2nd camera to make it work well.  Anyway, what this means is... I could shoot video of a live woman wearing strategically-placed trac...

Goings-On

Happy Sunday!

Well Suki's animation is progressing well.  I have to finish cleaning up her arm movements..  Hopefully that will be done today or tomorrow.

In other news I am putting the word out there I am looking for a fitness or bodybuilder model who would be interested in working with me to make a muscle-growth animation for you all.  This would be along the lines of the "Experimental" post I made a few days ago.  If any of you know a strong lady with a came...

Experiment (Take 2)

Trying out an idea I had..  I wanted to see how (seamlessly) well I could integrate CG elements on video.  I was thinking about the latest craze in visual effects is de-aging actors.  Well what about altering a portion of their anatomy with the same / similar approach?

I think matching the lighting will be a big challenge.

EDIT: I made some adjustments and it's looking much better.

Suki Update

I tried to get her legs done tonight..  Tried to hit a major milestone.  But I am spent.   I'm really close..   Like 400 frames from the end.  And this last bit is very complex.  So I am going to stop here.

Mocap Clean-up Progress

Hello.  Here's a look at the motion capture cleanup..  I am animating her feet and knees fully by hand using the motion capture as a reference.  It's the only way to get the feet to stay locked in place when they should.

I believe I now have her torso, legs and arms fully cleaned up from frames zero through 2008..  The entire sequence is around 6500 frames so I am nearly 1/3rd done.  This does not include her hands;  I need to do those last.

Car Turntable

Here's that turntable animation of the new car.  Note that I stopped the rendering halfway through and made some adjustments to the model.  That's when the silver bar on the back appears.  It also makes the left rear tire look like it is further ahead of the right rear tire...  But they are really identical.

What's Goin' On

Nothing to show right now... The car is long done.  I am transferring the raw motion capture data to Suki, cleaning it up as I go.  Her spine, neck and head are done, the arms and legs remain.

During my downtime (sleeping, outside), I am rendering a turntable animation of the car.. Just for fun.  I'll post that when it's done.

Just about done

This is really close to completion...  The back is incomplete yet.  And I just realized I forgot to model side mirrors.  I guess that's important.

Model Update

Should be finished tomorrow.. I hope.

Zoom zoom...

Here's a peek at the big prop to be used in Suki's next animation... Still a work-in-progress.

Gawdarmeit

I've been cleaning up the wrong mocap data

EDIT: I've just reached the same point of cleaning up the mocap data for the correct data where I realized I was cleaning up the wrong mocap data.

Motion Capture Recorded!

I think I came up with a pretty cute scenario (no spoilers).   I think this may be around 3m 30s, spanning #051 and #052.   I now must find a suitable prop model on the internet now.

EDIT: Nah it's closer to 4 minutes.

Suki's New Hair Complete

This was very tedious to make.  Looks good though.

Suki's New Hair

I promised you all I would remaster Suki's hair.  I'm almost done doing just that.  The rear of her hair is pretty much finished but the front will change once I set it up with dynamics.  I'm using tricks I learned while making Talia's hair.

Spaaaaace!

I haven't dug into Suki yet, for the past couple of days I did something I've been needing to do for a long, long time; a massive data backup.  I've just pulled ~85 GB off of my nearly filled-to-capacity hard drive, burning two blu-ray discs for each archive.

P.S. Some free advice; if you only have a single backup, you don't have a backup.

Oh snap.

Suki just jumped ahead in the poll.  Talia was winning earlier so I was working on her.  I guess I'll put her down then.  Here's Talia's first sign of life... Jaw movement.

I'll record mocap for Suki tomorrow. :)