Animations, Stories, Stuff

Individual layers + base

(GIF version + the original drawing)

I would 100% be willing to do a showcase of the model if anyone would be interested!

(GIF version)

This didn't turn out 100% how I hoped but I like it regardless.

I was originally going to make a rendered drawing of Diana, and then I wanted to animate the pocket watch... and then I got carried away.

All the layers are 2D drawings on 3D planes! Meaning it looks a little scary from the side...

There was a scrapped version where I spent. FOUR HOURS. Attempting to get the planes to work with a Rigify rig before realizing it would look better with less animation anyway.

Lastly I wanted to play around with the compositor as per usual.

IT'S DONE!!!!!! I absolutely LOVE how this came out.

(I also learned some things while doing this so I get to yap about it down here!)

As you might know, this is my second time doing one of these big scenes! The first one was last week with Maude and The Entity.

The main thing I did new here-besides the models, though I'll talk about that later- was the lighting! For sure my favorite part to do.

This is my first time using the compositor (for the bloom effect on the spiral) and I'll definitely have to use it in the future.

I also wanted to experiment with the Blender lights! I used sun lights again but I would like to learn how to use the other types in the future.

For the models: I figured out how to give them a mouth rig! I LOVE how it looks on these characters... although I think learning how to rig the teeth properly should probably be my next goal lol.

Speaking of mouths... I did NOT realize the older animations had Bonnie opening her mouth slightly lmao. Not my intent.

I also changed their materials to be slightly metallic. It's by no means realistic but I think it works for this style.

Last, and certainly not least...

THE POCKETWATCH!!! While it's not as detailed as I would've hoped there are some cool things with the rig.

It does have the ability to open and close... AND the hour and minute hands are controlled using a driver from the winding crown. It should be accurate to how they move in real time!!!

And: it also controls the spiral in the back!

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That should be about everything!!!! As I mentioned before I am SO proud with this so I would love to know what you think as well! (Though any interactions are appreciated really)

I personally think these are a good way to practice as well so maybe I'll start making them a regular thing. Full Render Weekends. Or something.

MY FIRST FULL SCENE MODEL!!!! thing.

I was initially going to do a showcase with just The Entity but it would have been a bit lackluster considering it's not every detailed lol.

Not including the new model itself this took about FIVE HOURS to make. (And I still don't know how the colors look on my phone.)

To briefly go over what I did for the entity...

While it mainly consists of a bendy bone rig (so it can stretch and whatnot), I also gave it a somewhat decent eye and jaw rig! I decided to FINALLY figure out how to properly make an eyeball rig for this (turns out I was putting the head of the bone in the wrong part of the eye lol)

While I do think this is cool it also looks creepy as HELL by itself.

Ergh.

As for the scene itself: the (tendrils?????) around the entity aren't actually a part of the rig! They're separate curves with the same material.

I also tried setting up lights for once and I think I did decent? I might have missed one or two areas but it's fine for someone who's not an expert at this.

Once again if anyone has any lighting tips for Blender it would help a lot lol

But overall I think it came out super cool!!! I'm super proud of how this looks so tell me what you think as well!

And also let me know if you would like to see more cinematic scenes because it takes a while to set up but I love making them....

(As mentioned before INTERACTIONS ARE SUPER APPRECIATED!!!! THIS IS A LOT OF EFFORT!!!)

I'll need a break beforehand but since they're invading my brain (AGAIN) I plan to do Vint and Bonnie next!

As I mentioned previously, despite being a simple model she has a more complex rig!!! At least relative to what I've done in the past.

Some of the stuff I added include:

Working bendy bone limbs

WINGS!!!

A switch for the head between free rotation and squash and stretch

A switch for parenting the shoulders/hips to the rest of the body

A figurine base that can be toggled off (despite her being 4 feet but shh)

A plan to have the cheeks blink on and off that I never got around to

Yeah I had a lot of fun learning the drivers with this one. (They were weirdly easier than I thought also. Apparently you can add them to a LOT of stuff)

Most of the bones are actually hidden so she technically looks like...

...scary.

I actually do have a THREE AND A HALF minute rig showcasing all of this if anyone would want to see it!!! Sadly I can't add more than one video but I'd be happy to share it. (Though I forget to center it at the end which is a tiny bit infuriating lmao)

I think I've covered most of the new stuff but her cheeks are technically shrinkwrapped to a bigger version of the head so they don't clip through! Which I now realize is probably unnecessary.

I also really like her texture.

Like I said reblogs and comments are appreciated!!! please i put so much effort into her you have no idea

She is apart of a set of four other dolls so maybe if enough people are interested I'll do the rest of them....

(Also feel free to suggest a name for this fairy because I have like. zero ideas other than Lila or something)

Anyway the fun part. Extras!!!

Turnaround stills.

The boogie saga.

TINY

I decided to model Jim for practice!

It took about three hours so it isn't my most complex model. Thankfully he was pretty straightforward to make.

Okay a LOT of yapping under the cut because (shockingly) I made some new developments with him!

For one, he ended up with WAY more detail than the first version... and more detail than my other models, for that matter.

Most of that came from subdividing the mesh to work better for deforming (although I think it can be used for sculpting? haven't figured out how to do that yet tho)

In addition, I also added more detail to his texture and I think it gives him a lot of character.

There are also a few developments with the rig!

I noticed someone using blue and red for left and right and yellow for the middle in their rig and I really like how it looks so I may keep it! Plus I changed all the control bones to be green.

The main thing: I managed to properly add IK to his legs!!! It was surprisingly simple... for the legs anyway. I could not get it to work on the arms for the life of me.

(I want to say never again but I'm probably just overlooking something simple so idk.)

Speaking of which, I (technically) IK rigged his wires! I added a bone to all the sections and while I would've loved to set up a proper IK for it, auto IK worked just fine.

It's also why the middle bones don't show up in the final rig.

And since it works as such, you can do such stuff as this:

I doubt he appreciates it, though.

And to top it off: I WAS able to recreate the effects I did for his face on the original!

For the eyes I just rigged the different pupils to the bone for the eye shapes (via scale).

For the other stuff, I duplicated his face and added a mostly transparent texture that could be swapped out to show other things!

Minus the multiple textures, it's also how I made the highlight.

And since I deleted the ask for it by accident: YES I am ABSOLUTELY using this model for the Tera blog!!! If I can figure out image sequences I may give him more mouths but it would work perfectly regardless.

As I mentioned before please reblog or comment if you would like to!! Especially if you've made it here!!

But mostly let me know what you think of him!!! I think I did way better this time around.

I may, however, take a break from 3D modeling temporarily... but mostly because I don't know what to model (and just modeling the computer version wouldn't be that substantial)

Okay NOW finally the extra photos lol. Enjoy

Once again I REALLY like the rig for this. I know I should probably learn to use Rigify or something but I like doing these for now lol

I don't know if these show it to well but I also liked doing his texture... especially the neck.

(This is just the rig because I like showing off the rig lmao)