CutiePie Protocol

Its been a while!

The latest animation featuring the Poppi from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is now live for all Patreon Members!
To get access to it, be sure to either check the pinned post on this Patreon page titled " How to get Access to Animation Archive" or by joining the Discord server and checking the Archive channels.

This 3-Minute Animation comes with 2 variations:

• QTπ Version
  

  

• QT Version
  

  

Access Breakdown:

• Public: One scene from QTπ.

• Essential Members: Full QTπ version.

• All Other Patreon Members: Unlock all variations!

As I mentioned at the start, it's been a little while since I posted. I’m really sorry for the lack of updates — this animation was meant to come out near the beginning of the month, but it's officially out near the end. I do have some reasons for the delay, but I hope I won’t run into these same issues again anytime soon.

This animation, in particular, was very difficult to find a VA for. Several people initially took the job but ended up dropping out later. Most of them told me they were uncomfortable voicing a character like Poppi. I eventually found a VA who was okay with doing it, but she wasn't really the best fit, so I apologize on that end. I’ll probably avoid doing riskier characters like Poppi in future animations.

In the middle of all this, I was working on other projects — but this latest one ended up breaking my PC. Specifically, my GPU stopped working and I think it shorted something in my power supply. I keep backups of my work, so most of it was safe, though some of the newer stuff I was working on got lost. Without a PC, I was pretty much stuck, so I ended up buying parts for a new one.

It took about a week to get everything and assemble it, but I now have a new PC up and running. No issues so far, so hopefully I’ll be back to working on animations without interruption. With this new setup, I’m also planning to start working on VR versions of animations. For those of you in the VR Tier, I’ll need your help with these conversions. I’ve made a channel on Discord where I’ll be sharing test shots and renders in the coming weeks. I’d really appreciate any feedback, as these take a bit of time to complete. I plan to start with the Aegis animations since they’re the most requested, and we’ll go forward from there.

Lastly, here’s what’s next:

Expect a new poll next week for the next XC2 character. Current choices are:
Nia, Pandoria, Brighid, Lora, and Haze.
I’m sticking with main cast members for now, but if you have suggestions, let me know!

The group animation I’m currently working on is Melia and Eunie from XC3. As I’ve explained before, the Black Eagle girls from Fire Emblem: Three Houses won the poll, but I was waiting on an update that would improve those animations. Ironically, the prototype build I was waiting for ended up getting axed — so there’s no reason to delay them anymore. That said, I’ve already started on Melia and Eunie, so I’ll finish that first. To everyone who voted for the Black Eagles, I’m sorry for the delay. They’ll be added back into the next group animation poll.

With all my PC issues this month, I just want to get some animations out at this point.

That's all from me for now!

As always, thank you for your continued support, and I hope to see you all soon!

— Eyro