Acheroth
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October Update
🕑 Added 2021-10-25 04:23:32 +0000 UTCContent
Hey all! Sorry for the delayed update this month; been a bit crazy IRL. But the good news is that part of that crazy has been me putting my head down and trying to push a good update :)
I am currently polishing up the start of his growth, so that is definitely going into this months update XD. I will have this polished over the next few days, and that will take me up to 22 seconds of polished animation for the month. So the final count should be somewhere around the 30 second mark when it is released, which is my largest updates in a while.
There was no rewards or charge for supporters last month, but there will be this month!
Project Status
I also just wanted to give a quick update in what is remaining on the MLK project, since it may seem to be growing indefinitely. This is not the case.
I estimated the final cut to be less than 8 mins not too long ago, but it is now 8:30 and still not done. However, this is NOT because of me increasing scope; the current plan has been more or less the same ever since the patreon poll in which it was decided what the second blast would do to Chester, well over a year ago. I am just proving to be terrible at estimating how long actions will take. Film is not my background, so my apologies for the misleading estimates in the past. Instead of me offering more flawed estimates, I'll go over what is remaining on the project to offer some more transparency for what is to come.
The animation is all one take, so there are no shots for me to plan and count like in DGA. However, there are 9 basic action points which will follow what you have all seen to date. 2 of these will be completed this rewards cycle, meaning there will be 7 left by the time the next WIP is released.
For reference, the last seven action points in the latest released animations are as follows:
- Smash desktop and cage
- Smash chair and roar
- Fap
- Notice laser and approach
- Pick up and fire
- Fall down, stunned
- recover
These action points took around 1:30ish. So let’s go with that as an estimate rather than me trying to guess. This suggests, with the revisions, the total animation length will be a bit under 10 minutes.
I don’t want to reveal the specific action points remaining as I want them to be a surprise. One of them is obviously a growth sequence of Chester getting thicc. Which is my second favourite action point, behind the ending ^^
ToDo List
Here is a list of everything that needs to be done (I might keep a running list of it somewhere, if others have suggestions?). Points with a star next to them denotes me getting significant help from others, which I have been organising.
Remaining core animations:
- Seven action points at the end of the animation
- Three aforementioned revisions
Secondary Animations:
- Dick and ball physics *
- Revisit facial animation with more detailed rig
- Muscle jiggle
- Complete Prop animations
- General Polish
Technical elements:
- Brief and order multiple custom mocap takes for the remaining animation
- Complete character models and textures (including muscle variant)*
- Upgrade body rig to allow muscle character, add muscle deformers
- Add improved facial rig *
- Complete and dress environment *
- Fluid effects *
Audio:
- Score *
- Voice and Foley *
Render:
- Lighting and materials *
- Prop and character effects
Administration
My apologies to everyone who has been sending me messages on the various platforms; I’ve been pushing the content side of things so the patreon page has been a bit neglected as tends to happen; But I will get back to everyone once I have finished the content and sent it out.
Please feel free to ask any questions you might have on any of this post though as I will make a special effort to answer them over the next few days!
Comments
Calla White
Savage
Dustin Grimsley
I've been in the fandom a long time, always been a fan of transformation stuff since before even that. I remember seeing your first bit of work on this project over on your old FA account and I was so excited to see it continue. Took me years to be able to find this again and I'm more than glad to be a supporter. I feel like I must ask you, since this has been going on for so long, what inspired you to make this project and what do you think you'll do when you finally finish it (since you mentioned the finish line in your update)?
Acheroth
Thanks man XD
Acheroth
Ha! I wish it was that simple ^^. I spent about 25 mins on this and my last update was about two months ago, so I can assure you I'm spending basically all the time I have on the actual content.
Acheroth
Thanks man! I'm looking forward to all that too lol. Audio in particular (thp that might also be because I won't have to do a lot of work on it myself ^^)
Acheroth
There may be another interim build with the new stuff sometime soonish though! Will see what happens.
Acheroth
Yes! That will be a mini side project after the snimation is done, as there will be a few tasks needed specifically for that to work. But that's the plan ^^.
Lopper22
If you put as much effort into animating as you do writing these long posts you might finish sooner
Barkley Beaver
I'm really looking forward to the voice work, SFX and muscle animation details and growth on Chester! He's gonna be one hell of a beast!
Techimp
One "small" question: Will you (when everything is ironed out) rerelease the VR of the whole sequence? Its incredibly hot even with the old build
totuio
Pas de soucis
Zawn
No questions! I actually wish I could help if I had professional experience in this area. I wish you the best and I’m sure that you’ll do an awesome job, like always!!
