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Encounter 3/Prequel - Environment WIP
🕑 Added 2023-08-21 22:31:34 +0000 UTCNext to Chloe and another mini animation I've also been working in a new environment where Encounter 3 and it's upcoming prequel will take place. This is going to be quite a change in setting, as we're taken away from the lush forests and into an Egypt-inspired desert landscape!
There's still a lot of work that has to be done here, but I'm mostly done with the blockout of the sandy landscape! The building to the front left will be the main location where most of it takes place, where in the pyramid and oasis serve as the backdrop. There's still going to be a bit of vegetation around the oasis itself, but for this week I'm going to be focusing on the main building on the left, as it needs both a decent in- and exterior!
So far this is the progress of roughly one week of work with most of the rough layouting being done! The hardest part is probably going to be the main temple on the left since it's going to need a lot of custom modelling work. I'm still taking some shortcuts by implementing some kitbash stuff for background buildings, props, and other stuff, so here's hoping I can get the environment done until the end of August.
In terms of scale it's probably the biggest environment yet, but it was required to be this large due to there being very little vegetation to obscure things.
I sadly didn't get any progress in on Chloe's fur due to hitting a roadblock with the fur plugin I've been using. After making the last post, I was about to have her fur tested in a test animation, but it was terribly unstable and flickered whenever she was moving. I've been in touch with the support, but they've not been able to help me with the issue. Over the recent week I've been trying various settings and came to the conclusion that I might have to abandon Ornatrix altogether and give Yeti a shot instead. Not only is it developed exclusively for Maya, but it's also been around longer, has much better documentation and tutorials, and a supposed premium support for studio license holders.
The bad news is that I have to remake the fur from scratch with software I have no experience with, but I already bought a fairly extensive workshop that I'll be going through tomorrow. Luckily I've made texture maps for all the fur parameters, so a lot of them can be reused to quickly get back to the result of the last post.
So yeah, bit of an in between update, but there's still decent progress with the environment! Note that I'll also have a new stomach mini animation that will be posted at the end of this month. (:
Comments
Daniel Lounds-Bowyer
Forgive me for being late to the party but is Encounter getting a prequel, or is the prequel for the separate animation? It would be interesting to see how Zoe and the main protagonist meet each other for the first time.
Ghostdragon
Aside from the misfortune and bad news on the fur situation... I do adore the Egyptian theme for Chloe's setting and do look forward to the future. Should boop me sometime Cake, I will have to tease a sketch your way while I work on inking and colouring a good time with a certain you know who~ Cannot believe I haven't finished it yet. I was aiming to have it done back on Encounter 2.
Bigmudder 24
This new area is looking pretty dope and what I’ve of Chloe as well keep at it.😎
Erick P17
Ah man, my dream is to work with 2D and 3D Animation, programming and game development, it would be even better if it were working with content that I'm interested in, like yours for example (working for you in this case) XD,,
AnOrdinaryWolf
Those temp buildings give off quite a liminal feel, I give you the best of luck for the fur, here's to hopin!
