Perv's Diary: Week 76(NSFW)

Hey there folks! First of all I'm really sorry for the lame diary last week, today we'll have a pretty epic one to make it up for it.

Ok so first I want to talk about the Lightning solo video I'm working for this month. Since it's a one character scene I'm using the project to further test some new tweaks I've been working on. Fortunately the news are very good, I was able to implement everything I wanted, I made multiple minor updates to my workflow here's how it goes.

First about the animations itself, since animating is the most time consuming part I keep implementing new features very gradually to avoid possible screw ups that could result on a time loss I can't afford.

For all my new animations going forward I'm working on a new concept of animation layers, the idea is to try to get the more fluid and organic as possible, maybe even on the very long term ditch the loops all together.

At the same time it's important to have a good loop technique for the game projects I intend to work on.

I'm now doing the body animation using a much better loop technique, which will not only work great for games but It also allows me to maybe start trying to make body animation without any loops at all.

As for the facial animations(which I now make on a separate layer) I'm doing it full straight ahead, without any loops at all. But here's the catch, since I work now on a separate layer I can easily isolate a small portion to adapt it to a game. So it's really great and I'm very happy with it.

Meanwhile I'm also making some minor changes to my shaders and rendering sets. It's not huge changes, but it will make some good difference for the final image aspect.

These are a couple of tests using the new Lightning project(there will be two more positions on the video), while the body animation is pretty much done I'm about to start the facial animation, so please don't mind her wooden face haha.

For outdoor scenes I'm now using actual sun light simulation, as you can see it can get quite aggressive on the color temperature. I also want to give the skin a little more shine to make it feel more organic. I want to find a sweet spot, where there's a very organic feel but at the same time it's not so much "in your face" as a lot of 3D smut ou there.

For indoor scenes I'm making a couple of tests with another Lightning project, which I intend to release on March, featuring both Lightning and Serah. But since that still on the very early stages here's some shots from the Mass Effect video I commented last week.

This video is a commission currently on post production. It will be released along with the Lightning video at the end of the month.

In case you're wondering about the models, they are Sara and Lexi from Mass Effect Andromeda, the reason they look a bit "off" is because Andromeda uses in game bones information to adjust the character's face, so when you export the model from the game the face doesn't look quite like the game(it's the very same thing with Piper from Fallout 4 for example, if you notice her exported face model looks quite "off" as well).

So instead of using the raw exports the client decided to go with custom models.

Talking about Mass Effect though(and getting back on the adjustments for indoor scenes) I'm also working on a very special project to give Tali some justice.

I'm working along with a fellow patron, who is a big fan of Mass Effect as well, we decided to settle on the model above to make an erotic scene with Tali. As you can see multiple tweaks were made to the skin, I'm already animating the project, it will also feature male Shepard, while Ashley will feature on the later half as a special guest.

So talking about the indoor scenes finally, I'm starting to implement some dynamic lightning, It's still really simple stuff but if I believe in due time I'll be able to make some great improvements. 

For last but not least I'm also making progress on putting the game project together! We are using the Jill Valentine animations, soon I believe we'll have a beta for people to test. I'm getting very excited with how it's going, I'll keep you guys updated on that as well.

Thanks and keep rocking!