New Year, Same Goals

Now that my laptop is back from the dead, I need to get back to work.  The past week or so without a computer has at least given me time to think, particularly about what might be in store for my campaign over the next year...

I think I say this every year, but over the next year I want to focus more on my 3D work.  I've made a lot of progress over the past several months - at least in terms of developing time-saving tools - and if I keep it up I might just get one of my characters animated in 2017!

Face rigging is one of the big things I need to focus on at the moment.  Before my laptop's fan died, I was working on a new script for eyelids, which could also be used for lips.  Looking at some demos on Vimeo, though, I may have quite a bit more to learn.  One artist in particular has some super cartoony rigs that quite frankly have me stumped. Realistically, Daisy won't need a squashy/stretching rig, and I don't think Rose or Mary will, either.  Knowing how to set up such a rig certianly couldn't hurt, though.

All this 3D-talk isn't to say I won't be drawing.  At the very least, next month I plan on picking up my comic right where I left off.  I may take a break from pinups, though...  unless an I have an idea that begs to be drawn, of course.  3D animation is what I want to do, comics are a quicker way to tell stories, so I guess that makes pinups the odd one out, the one thing too many...

I've also been thinking about what changes I could make to my reward tiers, particularly if I'm focusing more on animation down the line.  For the $10 tier, one possibility would be the Illustrator files for comic pages & pinups.  At higher levels, perhaps access to some of my scripts or models (not Daisy), or even tutoring.  First things first, though, I need to finish one of my characters.