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Getting out of this forest - Playblast
🕑 Added 2023-03-08 18:08:51 +0000 UTCAfter the animation preview ended with such a cliffhanger, I felt like I shouldn't wait too long with the next scenes preview!
First off, thank you so much on the feedback on the animation preview last week! Seeing so many positive comments has taken a lot of stress off my shoulders and made me even more eager to finish this. I was super nervous using a character that isn't Zoe, as people gotten so used to seeing her, but I was glad the reaction was so positive! It makes me quite excited to start working on an Encounter episode with Chloe after this animation is finalized.
Getting one scene per week done was probably a little too optimistic, as this scene here has quite a lot of animation that goes beyond this playblast, but I think that once Space Hero is "off-screen", things should be progressing a little faster, hah! Still a lot of clipping here that I need to get rid off, but for a preview this should already be decent enough! For some reason the gif is running a little faster than the actual video though, but that might just be related to my browser, oop!
Since I first need to animate the upcoming scenes I've been using the nights to re-render some of the previous scenes with a few lighting and animation related tweaks! As previously mentioned, some scenes were rendered in 3200x1800 to make the preview deadline, but I'm re-rendering most of them at full 4K resolution now. As part of my new post-production process, these scenes will additionally be AI upscaled to 8K, before being downsampled back to 4K. This might sound a bit silly, on paper, but in practice the AI algorithm provides a massive improvement in not just cleaning up any leftover noise, it also significantly improves the clarity and sharpness, much better than any sharpness filter could, thanks to using temporal image processing.
Next to those image-enhancement techniques, there's also going to be some color grading applied to the final animation. This has also been completely absent from the preview itself to save time.
Some of the render changes are a bit more subtle and more obvious when viewed at higher resolutions, but I thought that if I was about to re-render some scenes anyway, I might as well apply a few more tweaks here and there!
That's it for this preview! I'm going straight back to animating, so I hope you guys are liking the updates! Thanks so much for the amazing support, everyone! <3
Comments
Skye
that ear flick is adorable :)
CakeInferno
Either tomorrow or the day after! Since I moved the last update one week forward it's a bit further away than usual, but the next update will still be posted before the end of the month! (:
Blaze247
This animation is shaping up nicely, when's the next update? :)
KingandCC
I have my own question, when will the full animation come out?👀 the anticipation is uuugh❤️
KingandCC
Not for a bit, this one will have Bunsen, encounter 4 which is after this has Chloe the new character cake made down below these posts, then Zoe
Jurickson Martina
Will Zoe appear if i can ask?
John
Really hope for a neck struggle scene X_X
Woozle
Space Hero's quest is taking him through an unexpectedly large number of digestive systems.
Watts
Loving this more and more =D
Vulpini 18
Don't worry, we are fine with characters who aren't Zoe. For me, I like furry characters a lot more than scaly or avien ones. But that's just me, Im happy to support you on your creative endeavors!
Beeny
I LOVE when you do the prey inside the mouth as the pred is talking to them - especially from an inside POV (hoping that happens here ^^;) Easily my favorite little sequence when you incorporate it. I know it must be a lot of work to pull that off though, but its really fun!
marxpopstar
Bruh, of course we're fine with a character that isn't Zoe. Zoe is a fun character to see because her personality during the videos is so fun to watch. From what I've seen of Bunsen, they've got personality too, so it's gonna be fun!
Gun Slinger
I always like reading your playbacks as I can see how hard your working at this and how dedicated your are to your craft.
Ponlets
huff :3 wish i was space mann :3 would be naked tho if i was
Brian Graham
I love you'll work. Thank you for sharing.
Disregard
Really excited to see this project completed. That playblast there is incredibly promising! Here’s hoping we can get a couple of other creature cameos in the future, ey? :3
bcurrant
It's always a pleasure to see you venture out and try new characters! I know we might be used to seeing Zoe, but it shouldn't hurt to add some new characters to the mix, which is why I'm really excited to see what kind of character you'll make Chloe out to be lol. But yeah, you're doing a phenomenal job at everything you do as always!
Tesla-The-Tiger
Thank you for the update, Cake! Do you think you'll be using Bunsen (or experimenting with other characters) in future animations?
