Liz Ard

Tutorial: Downloading Environments and Animations with Meddle

Hello! Today I'm sharing a quick tutorial on how I use Meddle to download things for my videos.

You can download the tool here. There's a guide in the page on how to install it - you will need to use the Dalamud launcher.

There must be a lot of other functions of this tool that I didn't even get to test it yet, but in the video you will see how I basically use it everytime I need it.

As for the ...

WIP: This week's plans

Hello! I've been away for a few days. Kinda needed some time for myself...these past few days I was barely online. I hope everything is okay with you all!

First, this week I will be working on a meddle tutorial I've talked about making for a while now, but didn't get around to finally getting it done. I wanted to make sure I actually knew what I was doing before recording, but now since I'...

Commission: "Shared Interests"

Another commission finished that I can share! This one was a really cute idea, and it was very fun to animate. Every G'raha Tia fan should stick together over their shared interests~

This to me is also what it feels like whenever I see anyone in game with a G'raha minion, alt, or pieces of his clothing, or any references to him in their adventure plate! I love that he has so many fans that treasure him and are taking good care of him.

Thank you very much!

WIP: The Heartache starts...

I have decided on the next project! And it feels like a have to show, even though it's still very far from done. I want to share a little preview of it!!!

If you look closely, there's a lot done here!! The highlighted part is basically "done"...

...but this is the full timeline so far. ...

"Weekly WIP": ...not really weekly though...

Hello! I feel like I'm owing you all some updates...I'm sorry for no words for a while.

Other than getting sick...again... I've been only focusing on commissions for this month, with a few ideas and things I want to do for my personal projects in my mind, but I get overwhelmed way too easy when I try to work on a bunch of stuff at once! And like I didn't know that already...I tried getting sta...

Commission: Let me Share your Burden

This week I was able to finish one more commission!

A WoL in need of comfort after going through so much in Endwalker. I'm sure G'raha will always be by her side whenever she needs it.

Thank you so much Dr. Senshi for trusting me with this project! And I was also able to use again the rig I got done for another video. It's nice seeing G'raha more casual, more intimate like this more often...

Thank you for watching!

Behind the Scenes: Doman Sake

Hello! Here's a closer look and a few curiosities about the Doman Sake video. I've been trying to give a general overall look in every part of the video with these, but as always, if there's anything you'd like to see in more detail, let me know and I'll be happy to make a new video about it focusing on that!

Thank you for watching and for your support!

Behind the Scenes: First Meeting

Hello! Here's a quick Behind the Scenes of the First Meeting video.
This is one I didn't plan ahead and decided to start working on it a kind of last minute, so all of the decisions around it were made thinking of making it doable in less time. I show some of that decision making here.

If you have any questions or anything you'd like to see in more detail, let me know and I'll be happy to talk more about it!

Thank you for watching and for your support!

Wolgraha Week Day 8: #GrahaTiaDay !

I wasn't going to do anything else for this week, but...it just felt wrong to not do anything for the final day, you know? So here's something that hopefully every G'raha fan can enjoy!

Using the shot of G'raha eating from In Storm's Wake as a base, I made a loop animation that you can download in Widescreen, Portrait or Square and use it as a live wallpaper! :D

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Wolgraha Week Day 5: Kimi ni Hanashitai Koto

Last video I have for Wolgraha week! This one is not going to youtube, only here and Bluesky.

It's a relatively simple lyrics video for one of the songs I have in my wolgraha playlist...as the prompt was "Song / Music"! It's "Kimi ni Hanashitai Koto" by Uchida Yuma. :)

I was also not going to make this one, but after I had finished the first two, I thought I could burst out something quick for one more day...it took more time than I expected, but I could finish it in 3 days! There...

Wolgraha Week Day 4: Doman Sake

Here's another video for wolgrahaweek! The prompt is: Touch / Teasing.

Remember that flashback from In Storm's Wake? Just a tiny further look into that...this video feels really short, but because of so much very specific touching and contact, it took much longer than the last one! I also made a custom G'raha rig just for this.

I imagine my WoL doesn't really drink alcohol anymore after everything that happened in the MSQ. She used to enjoy it occasionally, but it’s something sh...

Wolgraha Week Day 1: First Meeting

HAPPY WOLGRAHA WEEK!

I prepared a little something for it! Actually, this one was...kinda of a surprise for me, too. It's NOT the first one I was working on! Originally I was only going to make one animation, but after I finished that one I had this idea and thought I could rush it out.

For those interested, wolgrahaweek is being organized by this account on bluesky! There's already a lot of ...

[CLOSED! Thank you very much] August Commission Form!

Edit: Closed! I will be contacting those interested in the next few days. Thank you very much!

Hello! As I mentioned today in my last post, I'm opening up new commission slots!

I will be selecting 3 projects that I hope to be able to work on throughout August, and depending on how things go, a few more for a September waitlist. I will keep the form open for one week and will let you know in advance before closing it! I hope that gives everyone int...

WIP: Wolgraha Week + August Commissions!

Hello! How is everyone?

This past week I've been working on a short animation I want to post at the start of August for Wolgraha week on bluesky. Did you know the first XIV video I made was for this? I would often see people posting their wolgraha art and everything on twitter a few yea...

Behind the Scenes: In Storm's Wake

Hello! New Behind the Scenes video! I'll show some of the files and some curiosities about my last video.

Sorry for taking so long to go back to making these videos. I hope I can go back to posting more again. If you have any questions or anything you'd like to see in more detail, let me know and I'll be happy to make you a video about it!

Thank you for watching and for your support!

In Storm's Wake

New video! I animated the intro of my favorite FFXIV short story: In Storm's Wake.

It's...done...this one took me some time.

I did take a few weeks and breaks during this project so it's not like the video itself took this long, but I'm happy to be finally releasing it anyway! Last few days I barely did anything else other than animate the last few shots left. I really wanted to finish it and get to a good enough result...there are certain parts of it that I wished I could've done...

"Bard Band" - Commission!

Second commission done!

This one is an animation loop based on Baldur's Gate 3! By request, best boys G'raha and Erenville are their traveling companions in the background. I got really invested in trying to get little details right, so I hope I managed to do it in a satisfying way! Particularly with the flutist. I was biased towards her, since I also play the flute and wanted to get the pose just right...

Thank you so much for trusting me with this! It was a pleasure animating th...

WIP: I'm still here!!!

Hello! I am so sorry for no news for a while. These past few weeks have been busy...but things are going back to normal again! Just want you all to know that I am alive, finally feeling well, and still animating as much as I can~

I got some time again this week to work a little on my own video, and finally things have started going forward. I might be able to finish it next month, for sure...m...

Weekly WIP: First Commission done!

I guess I don't really have much of a update this week regarding my own video. :') ...but... I finished my very first commission! <3

Also, I got sick this week, again. I've been getting sick way too often, and I was still coughing from last time, it's...frustrating, if not worrying... so didn't get online much at all. I'm using the time I'm able to work on external work and one of the commissions, so I didn't even touch my personal project.

That's something I'll have to plan be...

WIP: Busy week, but things going well!

Hello! Short WIP...

This week got busier than I expected! Not only I started working on the very first commissions, but I got some other quick freelance work out of nowhere for the month...so that was a (good) surprise. I guess I really am going to test how much I can handle on all fronts at the same time. Don't worry, things are going well!

Part of me kind of do wishes I only had the co...

[EDIT! Slots closed] WIP and Announcement: Commissions!

Hello! Quick weekly WIP, and announcement!

I'm deciding to try out opening up commissions~

It's something I've been always scared to do, even though I love the idea, because I am SO bad at pricing my work! I really don't want to feel like I'm charging too much, but I also have to get enough for this to be worth doing financially, because sadly, we need money to live.

Before that's ...

Animation Walkthrough: Walk Cycle

Hello! Today's video is a walkthrough/timelapse of a walk cycle, and how I make characters walk in Blender, as demonstrated by Y'shtola!

Thank you very much for requesting this video, Myles! I hope it's helpful!

I'm a little bit worried if this is not too confusing, because it's one thing doing something, but other trying to explain it (and not having a ton of vocabulary to do so! I'm sorry!) but I hope it's clear enough. If there's anything confusing in there, or if you have any ...

Animation Timelapse: Astrologian Lizard

Hello! Here's an animation timelapse from my last video!

It's been a little while since I last did one of these. They take some time to get done but I really enjoy making them!

It's always interesting to me to make these because as I try to notice again what I was doing, I get more critical of the thing I did - so by the end, I was noticing that if I were to still work on it, I'd probably refine and change a few things. For example, I mention trying to get the accommodation of the...

WIP: Patreon videos and next animation idea!

Hello! A short weekly update :)

For now, no project WIPs to show progress of, but I've been working on stuff!

First of all: I've been using this week while I decide my next project to work on patreon videos. My schedule here is a little messy, but this time I won't delay anything! Instead, I'm actually getting a new one earlier here.

I will actually be posting the timelapse I promised last post, today~! I feel like I'm finally being able to compensate for the skipped weeks a...

Behind the Scenes: Me playing Astrologian

Hello! Behind the Scenes of Astrologian here!

I feel like I didn't go in too many detail about the process this time, because for this one I didn't try a lot of new things in comparison to what I usually do in my recent videos. But if there's anything you have questions about or want to see in more detail that I didn't mention, let me know and I'll be happy to go over it! Sometimes we do things so often in our own workflow that I don't even notice that it could be something someone woul...

Me playing Astrologian

New video! I'm playing Astrologian this tier, so here's my take on it.

Skills are distractingly pretty, and also my job here is to just buff the party, right? Have a card and you all go and play with the boss while I wait for my 2 minute window to come back...?

...needless to say, I don't know how to play Astrologian. I'm struggling - the party is struggling. Hopefully I get better by the end of the tier :')

It was also my excuse to go on a stargazing date with G'raha - we k...

WIP: Late update, almost there!

Hello~ super late WIP post! Sorry, we had a holiday this week and I among other things, I was playing Expedition 33 - didn't even notice the days going by. My bad... great game by the way, the story got me invested right at the start and the music is SO GOOD!!!

Anyway!

Only 2 shots left to animate, and a few sound effects and backgrounds to record in game!!! I felt like I was so close th...

Behind the Scenes: Triple Triad Card

Hello! Today I have the Behind the Scenes for the Triple Triad Card video.

I'm also sharing the files I used for the cards used in it - both the 3D Blender file and the PSD for image editing! You can use it to create your own cards if you want.

Triple Triad Card Kit

Let me know if it's all working or if needs fixing and I will get to it! The texture file...

WIP: Astral Draw!

Hello! How is everyone? Crafting on the moon far longer than we should? I am.

But I also had some really good progress to share from next video~

I already got a full timeline planned out! I also already have two shots out of 8 fully animated, might finish another one today.

I'm trying to add lot...

Step by Step: Summer G'raha's Wet Shirt

Hello! OKAY IT'S FINALLY HERE I'm sorry for the awful delay!~

I think I got a good enough result of the step by step of how I made the wet shirt effect....except for the fact that I didn't record my voice this time. I had issues with my microphone and this time I figured it would be better to have no audio at all than to have the quality I was getting from the spare one...I was getting a bit frustrated with that.

I'll have this issue fixed for the Triple Triad Behind the Scenes I'...