2024 November Update #01

MIA?  

Alright, so as many of you might have picked up by now, I’ve been pretty MIA lately. I’ve still been posting here and there and doing small commissions, but I haven’t been 100% here.

THE REASON  

The reason I’ve been so ghost is I’ve been working on some animations for a game studio over the last couple of weeks. I’m not good at animation yet, as you can probably tell from my recent projects, so it’s been one hell of a ride. Everything I was doing felt like walking up a ramp blindfolded. To make it worse, I had to finish each stage of the process within a week. Normally, it takes me 2–3 weeks to do the simplest things since I’m still learning, so you can imagine how mentally drained I’ve been.

THEN WHY DO IT?  

The main reason? Money. My car decided to ALT+F4 itself a couple of months ago, so I’ve been trying to sort that situation out. Plus, I just bought a new computer last month that set me back $3.7k (a must-have because it helps me render 30x faster). So, this quick job has been a much-needed financial boost.

The other reason? I thought it would be cool to step outside my NSFW animation comfort zone and learn something new. And let me tell you—I definitely did.

WHAT I LEARNED 

This mental deprivation exercise we call animating taught me a few things:

1. *Using Multiple Cameras*

   Before, I’d animate everything with one camera and try to make it work for different angles. Spoiler: it never worked. Because of this, I never used multiple angles in my animations up to this point. Now that I’ve learned how to properly use multiple cameras, you’ll start seeing more dynamic angles in my future animations where it makes sense.

2. *Body Mechanics and Poses*

   I’ve started asking why the body moves a certain way instead of just mimicking poses. For example:

   - Why is the torso twisted that way?

   - Why is the hip bent like that?

   Asking these questions is helping things click for me, and it’s already improving my workflow.

NOW WHAT?  

I should be wrapping up this project by the end of this week. After that, I’ll be back to full force NSFW content. This experience of stepping out of my comfort zone was 100% necessary, but it absolutely fried my brain to the point of almost depression.

END  

But yeah, I’ll post another update soon about what’s next as soon as I send the last frame for this project. After this, I’m done with time-gated projects—they’re impossible to maintain mentally.