Face Slurp Playblast & Teleport VFX
Added 2023-11-28 10:47:18 +0000 UTCEven after all this time animating, I still get the occasional sequence I struggle with and in this case it was something rather simple like Chloé leaning herself down over the viewer. While I got it to look good in third person, it somehow looked off from the POV perspective. I was able to fix it by exaggerating the movements and making them a lot snappier, which in turn made it look weird in third person, but right from a POV angle. Well, I think I'm going to keep it like that!
Looks like we're finally getting to the good stuff! Chloé has decided to "punish" the viewer for spying by sucking on your face a little, oh no~! This seemed like a good moment to show off her extended gullet and its rig as well. Everything can now be animated, which makes her maw look more dynamic than ever. I've added a plethora of blend poses to her tongue as well, so it can morph between various shapes. There's also some additional sculpt deformers at work here, which are using Maya's new-ish component tags, but the use of them is fairly subtle here, as the excellent mouth rig that was provided by Disregard already enabled me to animate it with a high level of polish!
Most of the intro scenes have already finished rendering, so I can also give you a preview of what the rendered animation is going to look like!
This also shows Chloé's teleportation VFX, which was achieved using nParticles with a decent amount of per-opject motion blur. Since she's desert-themed djinn character, I wanted her teleportation to look like a burst of sand that then reassembles in the same manner. We're only going to see it twice in this animation, while in Encounter 3 it's going to be used quite often for her to move in and out of the shot! :D
Note that the next playblast might be a bit late, as I'm first going to polish up the sequence shown here to have it render over night. I lately try to get a lot of the rendering done during the animation phase since it has gotten a lot more time consuming with these new path-traced visuals.
Comments
ohhh :> is such a good tongue :3 am really looking forward to the animation :3 (kinda wanna see if she smothers the viewers face with those toes too) :3
Ponlets
2023-12-19 19:08:26 +0000 UTCThe rig Disregard made used the one I made for Zoe for reference, so it's fairly similar! I however added a ton of blend shapes later on so it can morph into an U and other shapes! <:
CakeInferno
2023-12-19 16:10:40 +0000 UTCdid you update your tongue rig? :3 it looks so good :>
Ponlets
2023-12-19 00:00:36 +0000 UTCAh, I wasn't sure if there was lore behind it. Thank you.
Brian Graham
2023-12-18 12:59:29 +0000 UTCYep, this one is first person! Then Encounter 3 will be a mix of third and first person! (:
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:52:25 +0000 UTCI'm happy you like her! <3
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:51:46 +0000 UTCIt's slowly rendering over night! And there's going to be some on-screen saliva, aye! <:
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:51:34 +0000 UTCCan't wait to show the rendered version of this! :D
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:50:44 +0000 UTCThanks so much, we've come a long way! (:
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:50:27 +0000 UTCCan you try leaving the post open for a bit? These gifs are a tad large and need a moment to load unfortunately. D:
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:48:13 +0000 UTCNOMF!
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:47:22 +0000 UTCUAHHHHHHHHHHH!
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:47:12 +0000 UTCMany thanks! Can't wait to show more! :D
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:46:57 +0000 UTCAye, she's a huge step up from my janky Zoe rig, haha!
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:46:21 +0000 UTCI was planning to have them, yeah! They do make sense here since it's a POV experience from start to finish. (:
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:45:14 +0000 UTCOnce the rest of the scenes are done, aye! :D
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:44:35 +0000 UTCHoping so too, it's certainly coming along well!
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:44:13 +0000 UTCVery much, even if in this animation she'll mostly just be swallowing things instead! <:
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:43:45 +0000 UTCIt goes in quite far, mwahhahahah~!
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:42:41 +0000 UTCThanks so much! <3
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:42:08 +0000 UTCHappy to hear that! <3
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:41:56 +0000 UTCYep, she surely wasn't pleased! But no worries, she won't be furious for the entire thing! <:
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:41:43 +0000 UTCHere's hoping! The first render tests are certainly coming out well! There's a lot more to come, though! <3
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:40:38 +0000 UTCGlad you like! :D
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:39:48 +0000 UTCNot really a story behind it, other than her being an almighty djinn. I thought the effect of her dissolving into sand was the most fitting basically! (:
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:39:39 +0000 UTC:D
CakeInferno
2023-12-18 12:38:25 +0000 UTCApologies! The gifs are admittedly a bit large in size. Can you leave the post open for a while to see if they load?
CakeInferno
2023-12-14 04:41:01 +0000 UTCCan everyone else see the gifs and images? I can't, they're all broken. :(
KingdomZanny
2023-12-10 20:42:13 +0000 UTCSo there'll be a 3rd person and 1st person animation? That's great
Asimple10
2023-12-10 19:25:39 +0000 UTCChloe is a cool character
Blue
2023-12-09 22:40:13 +0000 UTCOh gosh, I can't wait to see this fully rendered. I hope she drools onto the POV character >/////>
Jade B
2023-12-08 04:11:47 +0000 UTCIt's coming out so well! OwO
Coty Clogston (Ticklefish. ItsMe)
2023-12-05 15:09:59 +0000 UTCYou continue to outdo yourself, Cake. Great work!
taifvas
2023-12-04 23:59:17 +0000 UTCI can't see the gif, it's broken. :(
KingdomZanny
2023-12-04 06:55:03 +0000 UTCWhoa!!!
aLlsonWA
2023-11-29 13:39:19 +0000 UTCGRAAAAAAHHHHH!
MileHighBrid
2023-11-29 02:19:33 +0000 UTCThis is looking awesome so far cake, you and disregard are doing awesome at this, I'm so excited for this
Michael Lee Vogel
2023-11-29 00:27:37 +0000 UTCSeeing my handiwork at play is really satisfying! This is gonna be killer!
Disregard
2023-11-28 22:14:38 +0000 UTCHoooot.. Is there gonna be saliva-on-screen effects in this one? I recall it was too much to render them in the last few animations.
MF2716
2023-11-28 18:03:55 +0000 UTCThis is gonna be so amazing! We'll it already it but even more amazing in the future
Onyx Bunnler
2023-11-28 15:39:56 +0000 UTCThis one’s gonna be a banger I can already tell
Bigmudder 24
2023-11-28 14:22:05 +0000 UTCamazing -///- would be wonderful to be in a line up of sacrifices, her taking her time to savor each one before swallowing them down as the rest watch.
Kuja48
2023-11-28 14:18:18 +0000 UTCOooooh boy, I love that tunnel-like throat of hers
GizmoChinasa
2023-11-28 13:10:22 +0000 UTCAmazing work as always! :)
Ultimate_Nemesis
2023-11-28 12:51:41 +0000 UTCSuch an amazing visual
Sean OReilly
2023-11-28 12:24:14 +0000 UTCLol, I like how furious she looked just before she teleported :D Those internal animations look phenomenal!
Charles J Burgess
2023-11-28 11:01:23 +0000 UTCYOOOO New Cake Post Just Dropped! X3 FR I could already feel my heart race as her mouth slowly draws closer to the camera and of course you're already knocking the animation quality outta the park! 💗💗🔥🔥🔥
Mesa123
2023-11-28 10:59:02 +0000 UTCLooks Amazing Cake, and the teleportation is cool!
VoreLover3
2023-11-28 10:56:46 +0000 UTCThis is amazing. I love that teleportation animation. Is there a story behind it? Your work is so impressive. You can see your passion and love in each on. Thank you for sharing.
Brian Graham
2023-11-28 10:54:16 +0000 UTCOh my!
Tomthexboxnerd107
2023-11-28 10:53:37 +0000 UTC
