Hey everyone! It's been a while.. I've got Naomi's muscles working.. They follow her bones.. I'd show you but right now she looks line one of those muscle anatomy illustrations (except animated).
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/32/40/9e/32409e14fe088fe2cddce44e9ed88539.jpg
Today I thought I would be animating her muscl...
2017-05-10 06:57:08 +0000 UTC View PostI will not be posting any paid creations today. And I intend to use Patreon every-other month until I am fully caught up.
In other news I am finished animating Naomi's hands, fingers and eyes. I need to animate (and in some cases rig) her muscle flexes.. Then it's time to finally put her final skin on her. More to come!
Hey everyone!
By now everyone who donated for this story should have this in their email inbox. If you do not see it, please check your spam folder. If you still do not see it send me a message.
Note to deluxe version donors: I will send out the high resolution images tomorrow.
I'd love to get your feedback on this huge story. Feel free to post below what you thought of it. Thanks everyone!!!!!!!
2017-04-23 03:32:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe domain name of my website (Carm3D.net) has expired. They sent me emails to update it but the link they gave me was dead. And the website of the company I originally ordered it from is long gone.. So... Phthtf.
I ordered a new domain name (Carm3D.com). This means you won't be able to download any files and I won't get email notifications if one of you contact me for the next 24 hours.
2017-04-18 19:21:08 +0000 UTC View PostWheee!
(Considerable cleanup required now)
2017-04-01 11:56:02 +0000 UTC View PostThank you for your support (and patience) with me on this Naomi's 3rd animation! I am working hard to get caught up and will likely not post a paid creation next month so I can get further caught up. Stay tuned for more news and previews!
2017-03-31 21:44:02 +0000 UTC View PostNot very exciting... But here's a look at the retargeting process. The original MoCap data as you saw in the light blue rig was transferred to this new rig.. A rig that can be resized if need be.. (though it doesn't).
This rig also derives the central orange ring object.. This makes clean-up easier.
This will next be transferred to Naomi's actual rig. That's the next step.
2017-03-31 15:28:21 +0000 UTC View PostOkay so I just had a Skype call with tech support. They confirmed that the head connector is dead, but everything else is working fine. I will re-record the Naomi animation and then just manually animate the head. Muuuuch better.
He will be sending me another harness so for future anims I will hopefully have a fully working unit. Things looking brighter.
2017-03-29 22:38:27 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys,
I just recorded the motion capture for Naomi's first animation. Unfortunately, the upper torso, head and legs did not record. I tried it several times. The harness they sent me may be defective. What a pisser!
I think I can work with what I have here, however. I can manually animate the missing pieces. It's just... Goddamnit. Ya know?!
I would recommend that nobody buy the Perception Neuron motion capture system. It's ...
2017-03-29 07:51:45 +0000 UTC View PostStory and illustrations are complete. Just waiting on my voice actor at this point. While I am waiting I can resume working on Naomi's first animation!
2017-03-28 00:13:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Wayward Gift story text is complete. I just need two more things:
1. One more illustration
2. The rest of Carly's voice recordings
I had to put one of the endings into a separate HTML file. The external ending document has no voice clips, but Carly is only barely in that ending anyway.
Really sorry about that.. The story just got too damn big. I think you all are gonna love it though. I'm very proud of it. And I'm really sorry this was delaye...
2017-03-25 13:59:53 +0000 UTC View PostI have run into a problem I never thought I would have as I finish this story.. The story has gotten too big for Flash to handle it!
I am getting weird errors when the story text is this big.. The story does not display. If I remove a chunk of the story, ANY chunk of the story, the error goes away.
This is really frustrating! I may have to have the story reader instruct you to close it and run a separate "part 2" story. I'm gonna puzzle my noggin over this p...
2017-03-24 13:19:26 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
Here's a little update.. A couple of days ago I had taken the bandages off of my arm. I had frozen shoulder. That is reduced mobility that happens when you take someone over 40 years old and immobilize their arm for a week. This is completely normal and was expected. I've been stretching my arm and each day I got a bit more mobility.
I still had some soreness.. Different from the original dislocation. This wasn't the burning pain ...
2017-03-22 07:20:16 +0000 UTC View PostSorry this is taking so long to finish.. I had gone and dislocated my left shoulder. I don't even know how I did it. I just woke up one day and couldn't rotate my left arm without burning pain at certain angles. I originally thought it was a pulled muscle and it would go away but it never did.
Anyway long story short, once I realized what it was I managed to pop it back in and now my left shoulder is wrapped up in Ace(TM) bandages. I'm going to keep it wrapped for...
2017-03-18 09:37:25 +0000 UTC View PostFinished another illustration. One more to go!
Also my motion capture gear arrived. Haven't tested it yet.
More to come!
2017-03-15 04:29:41 +0000 UTC View PostHey all,
I've just finished the 3rd image for the story.. And it's my favorite so far. No preview for this one because spoilers.
Also I've gotten word that the replacement harness for my motion capture gear was sent out to me earlier today. More to come soon!
2017-03-11 06:47:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all,
Just a little progress report. I paused writing the story because I wanted to check from the voice actor if she was okay with a particular event in the story.. If not I would need to alter the scenario.
While I am waiting to hear from here I drew the 2nd illustration for the story.. This is Olivia, the story's antagonist.
I hope to hear from her soon so I can wrap this up! Thanks for your patience!
2017-03-06 07:03:52 +0000 UTC View PostWe have finally narrowed down where the problem lies with it... It is the plug located at the hip that plugs into the main hub device. The hardware is designed to be used this way... But since all of the body part connectors are the same, I tried unplugging one of the hands and plugged it into the hub.. And it works! I could theoretically do mocap right now and just be missing one hand (or possibly a forearm).
That one hand would need to be hand-animated. No pun i...
2017-03-01 07:39:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Just for fun, here is a look at the story and the possible braches / endings.
The red checkmark boxes are completed endings, and the green dots are not yet written. I'm getting close to finishing it up.
The pale blue dots are where I plan to have images.
All of this is subject to change as everything comes together.. I may add one more story branch.. Not sure yet. But this is a massive story. It is difficult to measure the text but it's probably twice as much as t...
2017-03-01 05:39:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you all so much for your supporting this new kind of story!
If you donated $12 or more to this project, you will get an interactive version of the story with voice acting and all of the illustrations.
If you donated $6 you will get the story with some of the illustrations and a linear story.
If you donated $2 you will get a linear story with the above illustration.
Please bear with me over the next few days while I finish up the writing and illustrations. &nb...
2017-03-01 01:29:07 +0000 UTC View PostWhew! This is gonna be a BIG story! Few more endings to go!
Hey!
I bring you some good news and some bad news...
The good news is, I have just completed the first of several endings for The Wayward Gift. So if you make all of the correct choices, the story can now be read from beginning to end. One of the ends.
I think this is going to be one of the longest stories I have written, if not THE longest. Also I have determined that some of the illustrations will only be viewable in the $12 version because that scenario only ex...
2017-02-27 02:52:33 +0000 UTC View PostCheck it out!
http://cgman.deviantart.com/art/Patreon-The-Wayward-Gift-665339741
2017-02-23 22:10:28 +0000 UTC View PostSorry about my post a few minutes ago.. I spotted a problem at the last moment and had to fix it. Anyway, here is an updated version of the story preview. Some of the text has been altered / expanded.
There are now two images to be seen (if you make the right choice). One image being a title card.
Audio should be added tomorrow.. Cross your fingers!
2017-02-23 04:01:33 +0000 UTC View PostHey all,
I've been plowing through the story. I have much more done than what you will read here. But this is -essentially- what will be shown in the public preview. I will be adding an illustration, and the voice actor for Carly will PROBABLY be different. I will have Carly's (red) text fully voiced in the preview.
This preview gives you a single decision to make and it has minimal impact on the story. Other decisions will have a much bigger effect on the e...
2017-02-20 06:02:21 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings!!!!
Today I made -EXTENSIVE- modifications to my story reader program.
The icon for playing audio is now 3D and animated. I renamed them from being audio clips to being "events." There are currently three kinds of events; audio clips, displaying images, and navigating the story. There are two new icons/buttons for these events.
Of course, the story is now non-linear, allowing for the reader to make decisions for how the story will unfold. I made a ...
2017-02-18 01:46:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Holy crap! This was my most complex hair setup ever.. I never thought it would end!
76 individual locks of hair, each with their own cage geometry.
But the results speak for themselves (see attachments).
2017-02-15 18:28:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay so resuming from yesterday... What I am doing is simulating the hair TWICE. Once with the hair stiff, like it was heavily hair-sprayed.. And then a 2nd time where the hair droops down. Then I blend the two resulting sims to get what you see here. This is more or less emulating the results I was after if the hair-bones feature worked properly. Necessity is the hot aunt of invention I guess.
Attached is the result of the blended hair sims in a preview ani...
2017-02-13 23:56:16 +0000 UTC View Post