WIP: Excited to share this!

Hello! If last week I was late, now I'm a little early, but I really wanted to share this week's progress, and couldn't wait one more day!

Maybe it's because I focused on G'raha and that made me happy, or maybe it's because this actually looks good...though it's G'raha, so that's a given. Anyway, I'm just happy with how this came out, so I really wanted to post this.

I always want to learn new things while making these, and I did!

I already spoiled that there's a Summer G'raha in this video, so let me spoil it some more. This is honestly my favorite animation of G'raha so far I've done, and probably the best part of this entire video, in my opinion.

Please look at his shirt!

now it's dry...

...and now it's wet! :D

Does it look convincing??? I hope it does. And it wasn't very complicated to set up at all! Just a little detail that I've been enjoying very much. Yes, that's the highlight of the week.

If I have the time after finishing the whole thing, I still want to come back to this and learn how to add water droplets or maybe a wet skin effect. If I do that now, I might not have enough time to finish the rest, so it's not guaranteed that I will do it. But I would!!!

I might make a tutorial on how I did this, and I can share the shader too, no problem. Maybe I can record it and test it out with other Scions, too...

Thancred also wears a white shirt, which would also have that transparent effect visible in the areas that are touching his skin. Alphinaud's summer outfit would also work well with this because of how it's shaped, but we know for sure he wouldn't go swimming.

Speaking of Alphy, I'm still struggling with if I should add Alphinaud to the video this time or not.

Brief venting incoming, but... he is my favorite Scion other than G'raha, and my whole idea of this game is to spend more time bonding with the Scions - it's not because there's a younger character in an otome game that his route would be treated with the same tone and intention than the others, right? It all depends on each one's relationship with the main character. I also keep up with some Alphinaud shippers in bluesky, and it's all very thoughtful and wholesome. So if I include him, I know I will have some not-so-nice comments, just like with last year's Eternal Bonds - context here is very open to interpretation, and some people immediately assume the worst in their minds. But if I don't, I will feel bad for excluding one of my favorite characters just because I'm honestly scared of mean comments. :')

I still have time to decide. This video has very limited character time anyway, so I won't be able to include half the characters I wanted to.

Anyway!

This is my current main timeline, by the way - most of it is inside the nests (green bar), so you can't see the full editing, but that way makes it easier for me to keep everything organized. As far as video duration goes, it is one the longer side in my channel! Might still get longer. I'm still working on having all of this fully complete. I finally started adding sound effects, and seeking for certain voice clips is taking me a while, but I'm sure I'll be able to find what I need.

This weekend was super important for me to get everything right (thank you for your understanding and support!!), and now I'm feeling optimistic again! Everything is falling into place again and I'm really happy with how it's going~

I hope you enjoy it too!

Thank you very much for your support~