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Progress Report 2/24/2023
🕑 Added 2023-02-25 02:07:29 +0000 UTCThe little old lady who lived in a shoe is gonna be SO jealous! Here's what I got done this week:
- Finished unwrapping the shoe's UVs
- Finished texturing the shoe
- Finished rigging the shoe
- Set up a scene with the shoe and two base character models
- Found two good video references for the animation
- Did some last-minute research into how to animate
I've gotta say, I'm VERY proud of how this shoe came out! Finishing the unwrapping process was simple enough, although the texture on the front of the shoe does tend to bow outwards a bit. Fortunately, it's not noticeable with a flat texture like we have here.
As for the texturing, a couple of ideas failed, but otherwise everything went absolutely swimmingly! The footprint inside the shoe took far longer to get right than I'm willing to admit, but it adds an extra layer it wouldn't have had otherwise, so it was time well-spent! I even added my name in the sole!... Hmm... That seems awfully familiar, now that I think of it...
Lastly, I rigged up the shoe with four bones: the root, one for bending/stretching the back, and two similar bones on the front end on each side. The weight painting on this was so, so, SO much easier than on a human. It was still my least favorite part, mind you, but at least it was simple! (I will say that the lace in the front gave me some issues, though...)
I'm not gonna put this much detail into every shoe that I make; this particular shoe will be very front-and-center in the animation. So, any guesses on what the animation will be yet?
I wanted to at least get started on animating this week, but life sorta got in the way a bit. I did at least get everything in the scene, save for the background; I'm gonna add that in last once I have an idea of where the camera will be looking. Hopefully this doesn't come back to bite me. o_o
Anyhoo, that'll do it for now. Here's hoping the actual animating goes smoothly! I'm gonna give myself a temporary five-point buff to my animation skill with some Taco Bell -- every animator's secret weapon. It's like steroids for us. I'll see you guys again next week!
Comments
You're close! This won't *quite* be an in-shoe scenario, but those are some of my favorite scenarios; it would be a waste NOT to use this shoe for that sooner or later. ^_^
Thank you so much! ^.^
AntArmor
Your attention to detail is commendable! This is going to be amazing as always uwu
Atlan from Atlarchy
*muffled speaking from under the foot in the shoe* At least she untaped me, but I'm not gonna lie... She did not promise me freedom after the shoe is finished... HELP MILES! HELP! (Great work! Looks awesome! I think the animation will be about a scenario similar to what I am jokingly making under your posts lately... getting inside the shoe and being found by the giantess... some in-shoe action will have to happen with this much detail inside of that shoe...)
