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Jinx (REDACTED) Teaser trailer is Live on X
🕑 Added 2024-01-26 22:35:04 +0000 UTCIt's a teaser trailer for the full roughly 3 minute animation. I've animated about 14 unique animations for this project over the past month and a half, and the trailer only shows one of them.
Right now I have a blender file that has the full 3 minute animation with a few steps to finalize it, but there is a problem I didn't anticipate. The big problem is the fact that I have the entire animation loaded onto one blender file. This is a problem because that blender file is sooooo big and sooooo laggy that I can't hardly do anything in it. All of the assets in the Jinx project are organized and ready for final touchups, but I can't do those touchups because the file is so heavy and unoptimized. The solution to this problem is to cleverly divide that one blender file into a bunch of more managable files while also optimizing the heavy elements inside the file.
I really thought this project would take a month, but now we're in month number 2. Hard to say when the full video will come out, because dividing this whole movie into separate files is easier said than done. Finacially this is not ideal for one project to take this long. So, I'm changing gears and attacking this problem at a different angle. While I'm working on solving the remaining technical challages with the Jinx (REDACTED), I will also be making short TikTok dance videos with and (REDACTED) like the Festival Lace one to raise a little more funds to get me through February. These dance videos are easy to make and output really fun content. Like... The Festival Lace Dance video was made in 1 day.
Your support means the world to me. If we manage to raise enough to keep me full time working on this project, I'll be able to finish it and revist the Spiderverse (REDACTED), and RWBY (REDACTED). It's a tough mountain to climb, but I think if funds get up to about $600, that will be enough to finish this Jinx project within the month.
I got no plans on stopping, and with you guys' support we can make this happen.
Comments
Lucas
Your animations are god tier! and more Jinx is always good :) Also the Jinx model in that bar animation is the closest I've seen to the arcane one, she looks so good! And I love the short tiktok style dancing videos! Keep up the good work mate and take all the time you need!
欣 η°
you'r great, thank you very much for your animation
seejay DJ
Ur a g thank you π
seejay DJ
I really appreciate it ππ
MadHatter27
You made me get a Patreon account, haha. Keep up the good work, I'm looking forward to more animations from you :)
Cid Thecid
Did a little housekeeping myself. Jinx and the DJ will always take priority.
RGB_Vector3
All the love CG Borther! :P
seejay DJ
ππππ Ur the best. It helps a ton, especially rn
RGB_Vector3
NVM I lied! xD I just cleaned up (cancelled) a bunch of memberships I wasn't using or from other artists not doing much these days and refuelled to you 5/month for now. Hope this helps a bit. Will be updated for FEB 7.
seejay DJ
Thatβs cool as fuck. Itβs great to hear from a fellow cg artist. I definitely might come down to re-analysing some shots. One of the creative limitations I set on myself for these big projects is to cut as little as possible. I might have to give up that rule for this project. Best of luck on your star wars project man, it sounds dope af
RGB_Vector3
I wish I Could support you more than I do now. But on Patreon, I already support a dozen CGI artists. But what I can do is give you ideas or tips. I am a VFX Artist trained in Houdini and Unreal Engine. I have some basics in Maya, Substance Painter and Nuke X. Idk if it can apply to your workflow, but my usual go-to with a standard PC is making one project file for every 140- 240 frames shots. I am working on an Unreal Engine Short about Star Wars with 3 other guys and I focus on rendering as little as possible as well as getting all the shots needed to tell our story. So now we are turning the project to 18 shots. making it roughly 1 mins 30 secs. Idk if all your shots will be important, but maybe you could re-analyze them? And idk your workflow but Story boarding is helpful to look at what needs to be cut and kept. Hope this is useful. GL cheers!
yells
Thanks for the update and the clear communication. It's interesting. Personally, I think your smaller Tiktok style projects are fantastic so switching to them for a moment wouldn't be a bad move. Would love to see more of Helsie or Jinx in that style. Or one of Spider Gwen could be cool while that project is on hold. Whatever you do, your work is great so I look forward to it!
CRN
Brother please take your time and don't stress it, your animation looks so good! So many people love your type of animation and especially the length of them! I told you, you're gonna go skyrocket with this one again. Good luck with the rest of the animation, and that everything goes well!!!
AbsolutelyRightSir
As a supporter I canβt thank you enough for the transparency. Keep up the amazing work
