Further progress on developing a custom breast rig for animations. I feel like it's looking a lot more natural now, I had to tweak some parameters since the last update to make it more fluid. Also I'll be able to have this system carry over into any new characters I make as well.
Currently it does not support deformations from other objects other than gravity, but I'm thinking of a few ways to support that as well.
2023-08-15 19:07:38 +0000 UTC
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I may have over did the sweat a bit, but I was interested in experimenting with different shapes, placements, and shaders to make the sweat a bit more exaggerated. Also there was some detail I liked in the Tifa stretching animation that I felt was lost in the video render a bit.
2023-08-14 08:06:44 +0000 UTC
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Super super rough animation lol, it's just 2 poses interpolated. But here is some progress on a jiggle physics technique that I'm trying to develop. I feel like it's rare to see breasts in 3D animation deforming based on the torso's rotation relative to the direction of gravity, so I'm trying to set up a system that would allow me to do that in Blender. It's only applied to her left breast currently as I'm still in the testing phase.
Most guides that I can find online for jiggle physics...
2023-08-13 03:53:01 +0000 UTC
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I feel like sculpting breasts is oddly like sculpting faces, there are a lot of small nuances to the shape that changes the appeal by a lot, plus they're different for everyone so there's also no right answer. But there's limits to anatomy so there are still also wrong answers, so it's tricky.
In addition, I'm also developing a rigging system that should allow the breasts to move more realistically to gravity relative to the characters torso velocity and rotation. I have it partially fu...
2023-08-12 03:52:05 +0000 UTC
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Thank you very much for supporting at this tier! Patreon doesn't allow for nudity in public posts, so I have posted this variation here! I have also created addtional variations at other tier levels as well if you would like to check those out!
2023-08-09 15:36:59 +0000 UTC
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Thank you very much for supporting at this tier! I've created these additional variations and camera angles! If there are other camera angles you are interested from these poses, let me know and I can see if I can capture it!
2023-08-09 15:29:13 +0000 UTC
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Thank you very much for supporting at this tier! I've created these 3 additional variations as an bonus reward!
2023-08-09 15:11:02 +0000 UTC
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I was planning to keep a more simple style for Tifa's clothing, but I experimented with some cloth sculpting detail and I think it improves her appearance by a lot. I may also go back and add additional stitches to her shoes as well. Since the upfront work of creating the model is complete though, it should be quicker to use the model for many interesting animations. I do also have other character models in mind to create as well though.
Another short fun animation is currently in produ...
2023-08-07 01:07:07 +0000 UTC
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Google Drive Video Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AQIaLOl9l87Dyh2sicHV2_7jS7pxCoLq/view?usp=sharing
Thank you for your support! The short animation is now complete!
Patreon is working on their own video hosting service, but until then I believe this is the best way to share high resolution videos. Let me know if there is an issue with the link!
2023-08-04 18:50:07 +0000 UTC
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This isn't the last revision, but all the keyframes are locked in for the most part! Next I'll be working on materials and lighting, but this is pretty close to how the final will look.
When completed, this version of the animation will be released for free and posted on my social medias. But for supporters, I'm planning on creating clothing variations and and different camera angles that you guys will be able to check out!
2023-08-03 16:31:21 +0000 UTC
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Got all the keyframes feeling a bit smoother, and got some jiggle in there too. Hopefully it's not too obvious, but there's no physics running in this scene currently. All the cloth movement and jiggle effects are all just hand animated, sometimes frame by frame like stop-motion. It's running at 24fps and is only 100 frames long and I know in my head how I want the movement to behave, so it's not too bad going through frame by frame.
Next I still need to do some cleanup on the hair move...
2023-08-02 15:02:19 +0000 UTC
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I had an idea to start with a super short animation based off her victory pose to test the rig's current capabilities. It's still pretty rough right now and needs a lot of polish, but I think it's in a good spot to get the idea across for the time being!
2023-08-01 16:23:03 +0000 UTC
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Video example: https://twitter.com/SweetFluff3D/status/1685564222397186048?s=20
I've been fleshing out the extremes of Tifa's facial expressions and sculpting custom face shape for them. This will help get that exaggerated squash and stretch feel into the animations!
2023-07-30 11:39:39 +0000 UTC
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A quick update on the current hair progress! Doing hair whether realistic or stylized is always a nightmare in my opinion, but I'm pleased with how this is turning out so far.
There are also some small adjustments to the shape of her cheeks and chin proportions.
After the hair is modeled in, next will be adding more detail to her clothing, and setting up her clothing for animation!
2023-07-28 10:20:42 +0000 UTC
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Chun-Li Mai Shiranui cosplay and Chun-Li Tifa Lockheart cosplay have also both been updated to work with the latest Rashid patch.
I tested the rest of my mods so-far and they all seem to still be working properly. There were only a few characters that had a mesh update in this patch and Chun-Li was one of them. The rest had material file updates which my mods happen to not depend on, so they were spared this time.
2023-07-25 09:11:16 +0000 UTC
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Mod download: https://www.nexusmods.com/streetfighter6/mods/327/
The recent Rashid patch broke mod outfits for some characters, including Chun-Li's Outfit 1. An update has been rolled out to be compatible with the new patch.
2023-07-25 04:33:41 +0000 UTC
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Mod download page: https://www.nexusmods.com/streetfighter6/mods/533
Thanks to your guys' support, this mod is now complete!
I was able to get different color slots working this time too. The textures for this were also pretty interesting, as I was able to use a lot from the original textures of this outfit, so the wrinkles in the clothing turned out pretty good I think.
There's still a...
2023-07-22 05:11:25 +0000 UTC
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The weight-painting is looking good! I was attempting to also include her shoulder ropes and tail thing, but they were causing a few issues with the armature. Also I think it looks kinda cool simplified down like this. Maybe in a future update I'll get those in too though.
But for now, next is to create the new textures and materials!
2023-07-21 00:03:47 +0000 UTC
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Some more tweaks on her face proportions, it's feeling a lot better now I think. I also changed her eye texture to be more similar to her previous official models, specifically her KH2 textures. Another addition is her quickly blocked out a hair mesh, but the shape and shaders are still temporary.
And if you guys have any critiques or suggestions, feel free to let me know!
2023-07-20 05:27:22 +0000 UTC
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I have some mods already backed up in the pipeline, such as a "no shorts" version of my Chun-Li Tifa mod, and a Cammy Tifa mod, along with some other things. But I thought a Chun-Li Mai Shiranui cosplay mod would be pretty interesting to try out. Chun-Li's Outfit 02 is already maybe 40% similar to Mai's outfit.
I believe it should be possible to execute on this mod rather quickly, but I will keep you guys updated on the progress!
2023-07-19 23:32:04 +0000 UTC
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If you missed it, you can find additional information I wrote about this project in this post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tifa-animation-86315104
A few more WIP images with her new body shape and textures. There's still something about her face/head proportions that feel a little bit off to me that I need to work-out. I might also decide to reduce her musculature a bit, I'm not su...
2023-07-19 04:48:20 +0000 UTC
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An update to some tweaks I've been making to Tifa's face, with other iterations of Tifa as additional reference. I'll probably end up tweaking the face for a while, as even the smallest adjustments can improve the appeal by a significant amount. Also the short hair Tifa is just a prototype to see her not bald, using Yuffie's hair from Kingdom Hearts 3. If you have any critiques or criticisms of the design so far, feel free to let me know!
It's a bit difficult to describe the visual qual...
2023-07-19 03:07:45 +0000 UTC
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I took a short break from Street Fighter mods to work on my Tifa model a bit more. There's some shapes I'm still working out, but I completely remade her head and body from some things I learned while working with the Street Fighter meshes, and I think it's looking a lot better and simpler than my previous iteration.
I'm aiming to stylize her to be somewhere in-between her FF7R design and her Kingdom Hearts 2 design, which is a bit tricky to balance but would allow for more exaggerated ...
2023-07-18 04:37:24 +0000 UTC
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Mod download page: https://www.nexusmods.com/streetfighter6/mods/467/
Thanks to your guys' support, this mod is now complete!
It progress quickly enough that by the time I was ready to post a WIP, it was about 80% done already and just needed a few more hours of work. So I figured I should just push through to the end and finish it instead.
I was able to improve her neck weight-p...
2023-07-13 21:25:37 +0000 UTC
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Mod download: https://www.nexusmods.com/streetfighter6/mods/447/
Thanks to your guys' support, the mod is now complete and available for download!
If you are having trouble unlocking her outfit 02 in World Tour mode, leveling up Manon's Style Rank to 18 will give you a mission for which the reward is an item that increases Juri's Bond Level by 40 points!
2023-07-12 07:43:47 +0000 UTC
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Juri's Nude Natural mod for her Outfit 02 is progressing well! I was able to get a pretty good quality exposed thigh variation by tweaking the UVs pretty heavily, but it animates just as well as the original model, so weight-painting was not an issue on this mod!
Right now I'm capturing footage and cutting the trailer, but once that's complete the mod will be finished and released!
I still need to create the NSFW version of my Chun-Li Tifa cosplay mod, but I decided to first finis...
2023-07-11 15:05:35 +0000 UTC
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Thanks to your guys' support, Chun-Li's Tifa Cosplay mod is now released! It's not quite as polished as I would like it to be yet, but I think it's in a good enough state where it can now be used. I will also continue to update it over-time when I'm able to make further improvements and understand the game's files better.
The textures for this game are much more complex than I'm used to seeing, but I'm slowly understanding them the more I work with them. Hopefully at some point, the mod...
2023-07-09 16:23:45 +0000 UTC
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