Weekly WIP #68

•  Violet Parr (The Incredibles)
•  Vixen (DC Comics) Lighting/Shadow Practice/Potential Project
•  Misc.

•  This week was far more vacationy then the week meant for it. Finally broke down and got Cyberpunk 2077, so Judy Alvarez will return eventually for sure, along with Meredith Stout and Rebecca in time. Always was a fan of the genre. Music mostly.

•  As stated the other day on X, the Violet Parr animation isn't ready yet. It gets larger and longer and better, with some animated sequences that are new to me, but have turned out really well. Like this preview: How often have my animations shown the insertion bits? Rarely, and kinda 'eh' at that, if ever. That should be a thing of the past now. I like transitions, showing time progressions, characters getting tired/etc. Hoping to get things like clothing removal sections created for projects in time. Preludes and such.

•  Worked on my shadow/lighting some. The Violet project is pretty good. A little rough to tell in previews though. Vixen from DC Comics needed poked at to see how the model faired. Both are nice, I think. Also picked up several new models this week from various places; some free, some not. Lili Rochefort (Tekken 8), another Harley Quinn and a Batman (Suicide Squad game), Mirabel Garlic (Harry Potter), and uh, I think a few others I can't recall right now. Nothing is planned for any of them yet. Still trying not to overload the workload. Still failing at it slowly but surely.

•  Lastly, not sure if I'd mentioned before but: I've commissioned a model to take the place (probably) of most, if not all, holiday themed projects. She's not an OC, but a character I've liked since way back in 'the day'. Some of you might know her. Some of you might not. Keeping the rest secret til I've got her. She's gonna run me a fair amount, but I think she'll be worth it.

Weekly WIP #67

•  Misc. Updates

•  Well: my 'vacation' didn't go well at all. The things I had planned didn't work out and I ended up working anyways. I was going through old saves, clearing things out, and I found a partial project with Violet Parr that was pretty good. Seems I had another section of Biggest Fan that, for whatever reason, was abandoned. So, I've been fixing it up for a full release. I hope to have it all sorted by next Saturday.

Weekly WIP #66

•  Hermione Granger - broom ride practice animation.
•  Sancus 2 Update
•  Vacation Time (Personal time off, not an animation name.)

•  Hermione hates to fly. Probably more so now that she's been given a special broom. Practice animation, but it was decent, so the render is being shared as is. Took about 8 hours or so to piece together, animate and render. I think the broom flying looks pretty good.

•  Sancus 2 almost has all its scenes set. The last section still needs cameras, and an intro is yet to be created. Despite doing better (I think) with cameras, I went back to more pan camera style with Sancus 2, so it tries to keep the same kind of flow as Sancus 1. It will be the focus once I get back to it.

•  As stated awhile back, I'm now gonna take a little time off to 'reset the brain' mostly. Will I manage to stay off SFM for very long? Probably not, but still. It's the thought that counts, I guess. As such, next Weekly WIP post is most likely canceled, unless I can scrounge up something of interest to post for it.

Weekly WIP #65

•  Transaction - Marvel Comics Captain Marvel
•  Underdark Rituals - BG3 Lae'zel
•  Previews Poll

•  Heat Inc. is at it again (always) and this time Captain Marvel finds herself a 'guinea pig'. Selling a product like a power/ability suppression collar can be tricky, if not impossible, without being able to show that it works. Thus, Carol Danvers plays the role of the demonstration for Transaction; a small animation to be released as soon as I get the two voices I need.

•  The Underdark can be a cruel, rough and sadistic place, as Lae'zel is finding out. Caught by a group of zealous Drow, she becomes the centerpiece of a ritual. The current preview of it (pic and video) is part of the preparation for it. Slated to be a much, much longer animation than most. It will be released in segments; each segment being added to the one before it to lastly create one giant animation. Sort of like a 'previously on...' type ordeal.

•  Yeah, I tired to limit myself on creating new things too often. Good ideas pop in though or a new nice model (Lae'zel) gets released and I just can't help it. Several ideas based on Discord members posting are rattling around now too. I've not stopped any current projects, so no worries.

• Lastly for this week, how do you all like the current way for previews? Do you prefer it this way; short and to the point? Or did you prefer it like with The Mirage: Shiala or Black Menagerie: Poison Ivy; a lot of previews? Added a poll to vote on it. Either way is good for me.

Weekly WIP #64

•  Aside from the recent loop releases, I've started some of the other projects I've been wanting to make. Mostly getting the scenes and general builds together before I take that short break at the end of this month.

•  Black Cat (middle right pic and bottom row) is the feature in one of them. I know what I want to have happen, just not sure what all to have going on, if that makes sense. It's further along than the others.

•  The other being previewed (top row and middle left and center) is just in the initial 'gather all the things for this project' stage. Finding props, setting scene/theme, attaching the clothing/etc. Also testing the model, since it's new to my use. So far though I like the model a lot. Has nice vivid eyes, kinda like that Marie Rose. Who it is will be revealed at a later date.

•  A couple of the other Mass Effect project ideas have some work on them, though nothing worth showing. Sancus 2 though is the Mass Effect focus, if not the main focus of all the current projects.

•  For those who might be wondering "What about that spiffy Hermione Granger and werewolves?" I still have it, though it's most likely going to end up just a couple angles on a loop; if I don't just scrap it and do something else with her. I do have other 'better' ideas for her; two actually. So, time will tell on those.

Weekly WIP #63

•  Aloy - Horizon Zero Dawn
•  Black Cat - Marvel Comics
•  Various Practice Projects

•  Alrighty. I took a little break from Sancus 2 and worked on various other things this week. Mostly a couple of Horizon Zero Dawn animations, based on the first one I did awhile back, and the start of a Marvel Black Cat project. Unlike Aloy though, Black Cat isn't going to just be a small loop. Full project for that one. I like the idea and theme a lot.

•  The Aloy animations (one which is being released only on the Discord since it's really small, the other here later this week when it's finished rendering for Tier 2+) are small continuations/variations of the original, so they were quick to do since the scene was already there. I really wish there were models of the machine 'animals', but alas there still isn't.

•  A lovely Red Menace/Smugg Bastard model, Black Cat's main animation is being based off a gif I came across earlier this week. Not sure why, but it quickly became etched in my head, and I can't shake it. Thus, an animation is born. That happens a lot though. I have so many saved pics and gifs based on 'make this an animation' along with a very large list of ideas for others.

•  Various Practice Projects is just that. Practices. Model testing. Sometimes they become something, other times not at all. Resident Evil Sheva was one. Hostile Takeover  with Scarlet from Final Fantasy was another. A DC Comics Starfire is taking shape for at least a little animation, probably.