hatton_slayden

philophana update

poor batmoth is feeling the stress of being a super hero 

12 hours weight painting

every time i get back to weight painting and rigging in general i develop more respect for those who have made their careers doing this....this stuff id HARD

unfortunately not done yet

sub-surface scatter and weight painting

a blender user made an addon that improves EEVEE render engine so it is closer to cycles but renders a LOT faster.  after i added it in i added a SSS node to try and make my zebra look more natural.  

then i spent the rest of the day weight painting "Arnie".  i am not using the auto weight painting because it needs a LOT of clean up.  also i am referencing the weights on another model that does a lot of good "bending". and i found some more tools in the program i did...

triceragation

more inking

kungfu smexing

the color is going to need a lot of polish but i will look pretty good i think

kungfu smexing

building some tension i see.

triceragation update

just finishing some inks 

arnie rigging

i slapped on a very simple texture and ripped the HD details from the zbrush model into blender.  this is going to be a challenge to rig because i am trying to copy a rig i found on Smutbase made by Colonelyobo.  i know most people on that site use the riggify tool but i prefer a rig that i can understand, and the riggify just looks like a mess to me so if i need to fix some weights i'm screwed.

a lot of what yobo did is what i have been trying to do with drivers but he was ab...

kung fu smexing

everyone is kung fu coloring 

kungfu smexing

still standing off...as i said i will be making it up as i go 

philophana update

putting in the comic book styled lighting 

hope i am not going overboard with it 

kung fu smexing

the last time i used this file Eevee had not been implemented in blender.  i needed to do just a few tweaks for the lighting and it was ready to go.  im going to use both photoshop and clip studio for this because clip studio has some manga style effects i want to use for "motion"

kungfu sexing

i've been meaning to start back on some sort of project that is in my normal 3d paint over style, because it is what i am over all the fastest at yet still maintaining the quality you all expect at the same time being "in my comfort zone"

at first i planed to do the badger images this way but i really want to do that with copics, so i started to procrastinate.

i wanted something where i had already made the figures but had not used for a while.  also i wanted to make it a com...

triceragation update

adding some more color and line work 

triceragation

inked in clipstudio 

peak update

got some color done

peak wulf update

the problem with these environmental scenes is they take a long time just getting the colors down 

Clip studio female study

i bought this program a while ago and barely used it.  im trying to change that because there are lots of tools i could use in it. i just need to get comfortable with it 

peak wulf update

bright and cheerful colors 

monkey color test

thanks to Simone's comment on my badger copic image i grabbed the digital versions of the copic color wheel and swatches of all the gouache and watercolor paints i have.  

with this i can do some color studies using the same colors but in a "safer" environment 

Daily Doe: Orca sploosh

Sploosh indeed. its been a while but i got another folio done 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pucvzs5vl8g4wqc/AADagFcqlzqFu7J2JmygMl6Ga?dl=0

orca sploosh update

all right then! just need to go over it tomorrow and then i can publish the finished folio. sorry this took so long

badger me this

so i cheated on this.  did the copics first the added in some details with photoshop

i think i will go back and paint some gouache and watercolor over the original then bring it back int photoshop and paint over it some more 

orca sploosh update

and then the penny dropped.  it's just one of those times where you look at a problem that you can't figure out the solution then AHHA!  the whole thing starts coming together.  

now i need to implement what i do in this folio into triceragation and peak wulf

eevee study

at first i was planning to organize some of my scenes from older folios i have not touched in a while.  i wanted to start making folios with my normal paint over style but with the more vibrant colors and better renders i am getting with eevee now.

these would be more like the layout of peak wulf but shorter more to the sex point and NOT trying to "be faster and more vibrant" by going into methods i am unfamiliar with *cough triceragation cough* (and the orca folio) 

im ...

peak wulf update

getting there with the color 

playing with lights

i looked up some more tutorials on lighting in blender.  the rest of the day was turkey day 

peak update

getting back to more color 

philophana update

finished the inks on the first two images and refined the next 3 some more

digitals and traditionals

had a busy day or i would have at least started coloring this