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Sunday Update

Hello everyone!Here are some updates for you:Raina: I'm working on her rigging and as you can see from the attached file her knees have joint deformation work done on them, but the ankles and hips do not. Warning: This is a very skinny model that will later drive the muscles... So don't look...

Hand Job

Hey all,Today I bought a high resolution hand model for $10. I (tediously) retopologized it, then baked the normals from the high resolution model to the retopologized model. Looks nice eh?

Lanky Raina

Trying something new this time around... Rather than modeling from scratch I tried downloading a model from the net.. This guy make a pretty realistic looking "ballerina" body. I'll use this for the skinny version of Raina before she grows muscular. I have no problem admitting he did a b...

Upcoming Changes to Patreon for US Donors

Hi there,Patreon is going to be required to start collecting sales tax starting July 1st. The amount of sales tax will be based on your local sales tax, not the sales tax local to me. I will be altering the wording of my rewards tiers so that I can (hopefully) minimize the amount of sales tax you wo...

Raina Updates

Hey there,Hope everyone is well. Above is the latest look for Raina... Looking quite cute I think. Note the freckles. :)Also attached is the first hair tech test; a successful test. This hair sim, for the first time has self-collisions and is quite stable thanks to a new trick I learned. This means ...

Updates!

Hey! Above is the latest on Raina.. The geometry in her head is more or less complete. I need to soften her chin-butt a bit. I rendered this using the new Sub-Surface scattering and this makes it render really slow. Looks great though. Shame it's impractical for 5000 frame animations.Speaking of...

Doop de doo...

Retopology in progress

More Raina Sculpting

Time to retopologizeEDIT: Added a render of her with proper eye models.

CGMan Patreon Release #058 - Raina's Stream Part 2

Raina gives a livestream when she unboxes something special. (FMG Anim)

Talia Progress And Other Stuff

Hey everybody,After hours of tweaking and optimizing, I have begun rendering on Talia's Showertime. I've probably begun.. I need to stop it after a few hours and make sure there is no flickering, or at least the flickering is subtle and not distracting. This new version of Lightwave has many...

New Sculpt (Work In Progress)

Making a ginger girl while the wetmap renders. Big hair. Freckles. Bigger muscles.

Wet Map

Filmmaking advice from the masters: Always get the girl wet.Hey all! The wet map needs another day to cook, but it's looking very nice :)

Lookin' good!

Guys! I'm loving the new Tone Mapping feature of Lightwave 2020. Renders "POP" more. I have total control over lights. It looks so great! I haven't made a wet map for her yet.. Her skin remains dry when the water rolls over it. That will change soon.More to come!

Fun Milestone and More!

Howdy!Things seem to be turning up Millhouse. I've just finished all of the water simulation. Next I need to make a "wet map" so Talia's skin looks wet whenever water has touched it.So far LW2020 is working well. I haven't really dug into the new features yet. I need to update a ...

Favorite New Lightwave Features and News.

Hey everybody!I am bored while Storm is simulating liquids.. It's looking really good by the way! So I thought I would share with you my favorite new features of Lightwave. Some of this will get technical so only watch if you are isolating yourself from a plague and have nothing better to do.Ton...

Finally!

IT'S WORKING!

The first portion of the water has been simmed and... See the attachment for yourself! This of course is a camera view that will not be in the final animation.Oh... Lightwave 2020 was not released today. Who knows when the F___ __(profanity redacted)__ ____! ____ ___ ____ _____! ______ ______ _____ ...

Laying Pipe

Hey all... Just finished simming the pipe. Geez this took all day! I was getting weird twisting artifacts and it took a while to get them sorted out. (See attachment) Can't wait for Storm to simplify this kind of stuff.Anyway.. You may be wondering what happened with the Lightwave 2020 release. ...

We do not comment on rumor and speculation

A Lightwave 2020 beta tester just leaked to me that there is now a release date. The 20th. That's Monday, which is just perfect.. I'll have LW2020 to give me a bit of a render boost for Talia's next animation.Oh this is hush hush.. Shhhhhhh! ;)EDIT: Hmmm... 4/20... Hmmmm....

Protecting the Hair

What do you think?  :D

Talia Progress Report!

Howdy! I am pleased to announce that all Talia body animation is now final. All of her hand/finger interations are done. There are a couple of things I need to do yet.. I want to put a towel on her head, and finalize lighting... And of course sim the water. So she's getting there but there's...

Little Peekie-Boo

Getting close. :)

Some Good News in Dark Times

Howdy!I hope you are all staying healthy and safe. I am still transferring all of the animation over to Talia's final high resolution model. I had to animate all of her flexes and such. Almost done with this, and then the final step before simming water would be to make sure her fingers don'...

Moving Animation Data to Final Geometry

Hey all! I'm in the process of moving the animation data over to the final high resolution geometry. Just her head so far. But she's coming along!Please be careful out there! Safeguard your health, it is so precious.More to come!

A very important poll

As Talia will be nude when she takes her shower, I am currently "enhancing" her model...down there... Modeling a more realistic va-jayjay. Vajoona. Vayalapalooza.Anyway.. If you had your choice, how much hair should she have just above down there?

Happy April!

Hi there! Sorry, no April Fools jokes for you. Just here to report that I've just finished animating all of Talia's mouth animation. Her eyebrows & Eyelids remain..I also want to tweak her head movement here and there now that her voice is in place.. You know, little nods and such we do as w...

Lip Sync

Hey everybody... Hope you are holding up during the lockdown.. Hope you are healthy!Anyway I am working on lip sync... Here's a little sample. Enjoy!More to come stay tooned! :D

Talia Update

Hey all!I hope everyone is still happy and healthy (even if you are cooped up in your homes). Just letting you know what I've been working on. Due to so much uncertainty in the world right now, and a major purchase (hopefully) right around the corner with Lightwave 2020, I elected to not rehire ...

Everybody be careful out there.

Hey all... It's getting heavy out there.. I know in many parts of the world it's been heavy for some time now. I just want everyone to stay healthy. Wash your hands, don't touch your face, buy rice & beans or whatever you can do if you need to stay home for a few weeks. I know I am telli...

Can You Help Me With a Missing Animation? (#045)

Hey...I am missing #045 (Jo Returns Part 1) Deluxe version. I still have #045 & #046 (Parts 1+2) together in a single animation file.. If someone reading this has #045 standalone Deluxe and can send it to me, I will send you some goodies to show my appreciation.Note: #045 Deluxe standalone would als...