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dancing ivory

so i have good news and not good newsthe good news is that the SSS, Normal, Displacement maps all work and add the lovely detail they are suppose to.the bad news is my computer is not able to render AAAAAAALLLL the maxed out features. they will be set up for when i send her out but it is quite difficult for me to render out all that extra stuff

test render

subsurface scattering nodesnormal mapdisplacement mapdiffuse mapbump mapthough i may need to go back and sculpt in every one of the small scales because it should look betterwhat needs to be doneshape keysbreast physicscustom bone shapescostume

ivory queen textures

whew i have been working on her textures for the past 5 hours and not even close to being done however i have a normal, displacement, bump (for the tiny scales) ready to be made from this and should i keep my nose to the grindstone i will have the maps all done and attached to the final rig before days end

more advanced rigging

sorry for the late post but i have been doing family stuff and creating more advanced rigging to update my models for you all

18 million details

18 million polygons worth of detailing to get through i will most certainly need to find a better way to do her small scales details

the ivory queen quick test render

a quick test render to see how changing a few parameters will effect the render time and quality.....apparently pressing one button reduces render time AND make it look better at lower cycles

getting the normal map done

so the hard part will be the blending of the small scales

sub-surface scattering node

so when i finally get these models done there should besss nodes (for skin rendering)bone driven shape keys and corrective shape keys (for posing)realistic skin textures (for realistic rendering)displacement and normal maps (for more details on renders)and if i can gitgud enough, jiggle physics and collision detection (for "squishy" fun)

shark minion design sketch

as the first part of Raven and the Lilly will be a rather large battle i need to design some minions for both sides overall this may take a while as i want to enjoy the design process and push my limits

Ivory queen

more of a study wip than a finished piece. once i finish this i will render it again with more starting details and prop stuff

fixed naga

after hours of re-topology, testing shape keys (for x-mirror errors), UV unwrapping (again) and re rigging she is ready again for texturing. but i will have to do it from scratch as the UV islands are WAY too different for a quick fix

word to the wise

mind your topologyespecially in a symetical figure. even though this mess up is not on the face it has messed up a lot of my shape keys ...FOR THE FACE so an update for the naga will be made and i will check the 4 armed naga before sending her out

snake grind test

another test animation

more throne rooming

just as i said

building an egyptian throne room

in-spite of the set back i will plug on forward

sketch

new month new methods

more shape keys

due to some declining patreons a slight policy change on my poststhose who have been supporting me will see extra content in the form of nearly daily private messages sent like third tier rewards less finished works will be posted

shape key shape keys shape keeeeeey

so i have found several hours worth of blender tutorials that go in depth subsurface scattering, shape keys, bone drivers and the like for this model there is a combination of shape key drivers and weight drivers so especially around the mouth so what i will do is get as much done as i can and tomorrow send her out to those who have supported me third tier (as more come in i will keep sending out) with that mouth....there will be a LOT of drivers.....it may be best just to make a simpler rig the...

little face lift

working on her mouth and face. first just get the bones in the right places then get them with the right constraints and shape key fixes

belly dancing Naga

getting closer to being able to animate her.so with the recent "issues" on patreon i hope everyone is taking steps to protect themselves

face rigging all day

so i got her hips down the way i like, but the head and face are very tricky because there are some movements i want to be automatic and that set up is tricky been working on this all day

Naga beware the shape key drivers

so just yesterday i finally managed to get bone driven shape keys to work in blender.a "bone driver shape key" is a modification to the geometry in order to fix a problem with the shape as the model bends or "deforms"the prime example is with the shoulders. if you bend the arm down and the shoulder does not look right you modify the shape and save that information as a "shape key". you then tell the program to activate that shape key when you move the bone a certain way. ...