The Really Realistic Animation
Added 2020-09-09 13:58:35 +0000 UTC
"Another late night of work for the animator. The patrons asked to see Samus, and Samus they'll get. The animator rubs his eyes. Perhaps he should've started on this project earlier in the day. Maybe he'll close his eyes for nary a second. But when he opens them, he will find that his animation has come to life like never before!"
Animation by Wanksy and sound by Laarel
This animation had a huge learning curve in adapting a scene for a different pov. With SFM, when you have a different camera angle it can mean redoing every single light to get a similar effect that is believable. And let me tell you, that sucks. With Blender, at least in cycles,, that's not the case, but you still have to be aware of what will look good AND be believable. So it's not difficult, just different. But it's rounding me out in what I can do in a scene and giving me more practice with lighting.
On top of practicing some different lighting I was able to work on some sculpting to fix the model where it had some unsightly jaggies and seams. I can't even imagine what it would be like if I could do that in SFM! Once I had Samus and her outfit fixed it was on to the background stuff and little details. Things that you won't notice, but if they AREN'T fixed they'll pull your attention away and lose immersion. Sometimes it's what you don't see that matters the most.
Besides it not looping (and me lacking the skillset to fix that for now), I'm really happy with this video. I'm much faster at setting up videos in Blender now, which allows me to get back to a more established workflow. For a couple weeks there I was thinking that maybe I had bit off more than I could chew, but things are finally solidifying for me. My point being, I can now start working on things such as animating in scene building in Blender now that I have the basics of setup down.
As promised, it's also available in 6K. Enjoy!
-Dark Zalivstok
Comments
Sweet. Can't wait.
TheGrouch
2020-09-10 17:58:58 +0000 UTCYes, we are still working with them, and I plan to convert their Blender stuff. I actually have one of their sessions already, but I didn't want to begin on it until I had the necessary skills I needed to do it justice. Which I think I do now. :)
Dark Dreams
2020-09-10 14:13:41 +0000 UTCDo you guys still work with LazyProcrastinator? And will you convert their blender stuff?
TheGrouch
2020-09-10 12:49:33 +0000 UTCIt'll just come down to testing and rendering.
Dark Dreams
2020-09-09 23:26:55 +0000 UTCSounds like a lot of work, but I got faith in ya.
John Joseph
2020-09-09 19:00:02 +0000 UTCThanks for the feedback. The rest of the stuff you mentioned was either me being new to Blender still, or me working with what I had at the time. The only thing I really can't find a solution for is the dick is still really far away". I actually re-rendered this more times than I would like to admit to get the scaling just right as Samus was either too small, too big, or blurry. But the distance to the dick... I mean, I'm at a loss right now, but I am thinking on it. I'll try playing with the convergence plane some more and see if that helps.
Dark Dreams
2020-09-09 18:37:47 +0000 UTCLove anything samus, the dick is still really far away, so there's a bit of a disconnect, and even with video repeat, the fade every 15 sec is a bit offputting. I like the animation itself, and the work done to the model. All technical issues I'm sure stem from it being difficult to learn a new program so fast. I love Samus, and this is some good stuff, I just wish it flowed a bit better. 7/10 keep up the hard work hombre.
John Joseph
2020-09-09 17:56:53 +0000 UTCYep! We've had Blender animations going for a little over a month now, I believe.
Dark Dreams
2020-09-09 16:41:10 +0000 UTCThat's really weird. Normally you click the MEGA link and it gives you the option to either play it (if possible) or download it. But I am using Chrome as my default.
Dark Dreams
2020-09-09 16:40:27 +0000 UTCAyy he can do blender now. Sweet
Steven B.
2020-09-09 15:00:09 +0000 UTCI was trying in Firefox, but it DOES work in Brave.
Noise
2020-09-09 14:55:23 +0000 UTCI click on the link, the Mega page opens... and that's it. Download doesn't start.
Noise
2020-09-09 14:53:34 +0000 UTCI'm not sure what to say. I just checked and downloaded them without issue. What exactly is happening?
Dark Dreams
2020-09-09 14:33:28 +0000 UTCChecking now.
Dark Dreams
2020-09-09 14:32:15 +0000 UTCVR downloads not working for me.
Noise
2020-09-09 14:29:16 +0000 UTCYes, always love more busty Samus, and Cowgirl is always loved as well.
Cadwae
2020-09-09 14:21:30 +0000 UTC
