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Dragons mating draft renders (update)
🕑 Added 2023-08-29 21:23:55 +0000 UTCUpdate: Since this post, I had my computer render tiny renders (480x270) renders of most of the external parts here so I could get a good look at even though it's low res (the last scene, where it shows Jet getting covered in fluid, I still need to setup for rendering). I attached that ("dfsd_draft renders test1") and I urge you to check it out, even though it's very low resolution! I'll start rendering in 1080p once I get the last scene in this setup for rendering.
I also did this for when I add sound as stuff renders (it's much easier for me to get a feel for the sound when I have something giving an idea of what it'll look like rendered)
Also, I didn't end up losing power, the hurricane ended up affecting higher up in the state... which sucks. Hurricanes are terrible- if you didn't get crazy wind and rain and possibly tornadoes (and storm surge if you live near the coast) that just means someone else did... it just sucks.
I was getting the scene ready by adding the environment and tried to get a nice lighting setup. I had to do some tweaking to everything but I think over it's looking pretty good. I attached some draft renders I had rendering yesterday and overnight. Some renders at various points while testing and tweaking things:
(You'll notice by Bob's tail that there's some weirdness going on with the texture, I'll fix that before doing the final renders!)
I also noticed some pretty egregious weirdness around the fluids here, I've seen this before but usually it's not as bad but I'm pretty sure it's a result of baking the fluids with the unsubdivided meshes of the characters (since like... using subdivisions would make the bake take even longer than it already is). I'm going to try figuring out a way to fix that...
That's it for now! Just a heads up- there's a hurricane coming so I might lose power for a few days which won't be good for getting meaningful stuff done... which sucks. If you're in Florida, stay safe out there!
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Velocirection
Thank you, I can do that I suppose. I usually use music and/or some kind of ambience as both to set the mood and also a way to cover up some shoddy sound effects (some sounds when I processed them after recording there's a bit too much background noise to remove without ruining the sound so it's apparent when there's nothing else). But I'll do that for this one and see how it goes.
Creating 'thumbnails' of rendered scenes at much lower resolutions will help your workflow tremendously! Especially for sound, since you can replace video assets later while retaining the audio-track work. You can compose the scenes and finish their other aspects without sinking a huge amount of render-time into something you might need to adjust later on in the process. Out of curiosity, have you ever considered doing releases of content with sound, but no music? Your foley work is wonderful, so sometimes I can't help but want to tune in on it without pollution~.
vincent
bob is such a sexy dragon
Devin Wells
Ok
Velocirection
It's in the attachments at the end of the post! It's the one that says "dfsd_draft renders test1.mp4"
Devin Wells
Link to the video ???
PoppinDog
Stay safe bro
Velocirection
1:21, I attached something just now that has draft renders (minus the last part which I need to setup for rendering)
Velocirection
Sound effects yes, no dialogue though!
Horny Klay
i always enjoy your work! thank you for making it in the first place
Pepper
😮😮😮 amazing stuff man!!!
purplejeep
finna nut <3
RavenWorks
god that first gif is just magic...... the consistency/translucency of the fluid is SO satisfying
RagnaBlade
Now I'd love to see some breeding >w> with a cut to a big belly laying a clutch of eggs :P
usertwelve12
please be safe!
Sinyk
Will this animation feature sound effects and dialogue ?
blacktachyon
How long do you plan for the scene to be once it's finished?
Wdw Wdw
Amaaaazing stuff, stay safe!
