Back In Action, Again.

I'm working on a background design to advertise Project New World to the public on the day of Fusion@NYP.

ATTENTION - Going Dark Till 11 Feb

Recently I've been caught up in several events, such as my overseas trip to Cambodia and being shortlisted for the commando unit in SAF. Thus I didn't have the opportunity to post any updates on Project New World till now.

Due to being overloaded with assignments,

I will put my animation phase on hold till the 11th of February. So stay tuned, I will resume updating this blog on that day.

Animation Update 01

A little note to take when using the graph editor.

In the animation editor, press F to frame all keyframe curves into the graph.

To edit individual keyframes in the animation editor, middle-mouse drag to edit.

Don't forget to activate the move tool.

Took me a while to figure that out since it has been some time since I last used the animation editor.

Yeah it's a little embarrassing. Happens to all cg artists once in a while.

Update - Character Textures Complete

Texturing complete, for now.

I'll improve the textures over the years of course, like i said in the beginning, this is a lifelong project.

In the second screenshot, it took about 36 seconds to render that frame with geometry at low quality display.

The resolution was 640x480.

I'll find ways to improve the lighting and minimize render time at the same time.

Finally, after 4 plus months of hard work, I get to start on the animation.

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More updates to come.

Texturing Update

I'm texturing Main Character 02 right now. Main Character 01 draft texture complete.

Here are some test renders.

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12:47pm

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More updates coming soon.

Update - Main Character 01 Rig Complete

Title says it all.

All three rigs officially complete.

However, now's not the time to celebrate.

I've proceeded on to applying shaders and creating a light setup for the environment.

Here are some rough renders.

I've also downloaded a royalty free sunset hdri and applied it to a sphere.

The colour scheme is almost similar to my original concept of this environment.

The challenge I'm facing now is how I plan to put everything together within my complicated network.

I'll come up with an effective plan by tomorrow.

More updates coming soon.

Rigging Update - Main Character 01 95% Done

I've finished painting the weights for the whole body.
I've created joints to bind with the hair geometry.

Last two steps to complete for this character's rig:
1) Paint skin weights for hair.
2) Create curve controls for hair.

Compared to other hair rigs I've worked with, looks like this one would be a little bit challenging.

Nonetheless I would still complete it as I've been doing so for every challenge I've been facing, since the start of Project New World.

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I'd really wanna finish the final rigging stage off tonight but it seems like the fever medicine I took is taking effect, making me kinda drowsy.

I'll rest for now and I'll finish it tomorrow night.