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The animation update!
🕑 Added 2018-09-27 23:34:14 +0000 UTC So, I promised you guys I'd have some more information for you soon regarding how close I am to animation. So here it is! I'm gonna give you a bit of a look into my decision making process here first, so that you get the full picture and why I chose to approach things the way I did.When I started creating still renders in 2015, I had no real idea how long it would take me to get to the point of animation. I knew I wanted to do it soon, because Miro was doing it and I felt like that's where the action was. But then, as I started releasing sets, I noticed I was really good at doing still frames and, more importantly, that I really enjoyed making them.
Framing, posing, expressions, these are all things you can really focus on with a static shot. You can finetune body language, etc. If you're doing an animation, then that means a few bits of unrepeated movement and then sex loops beyond that. Anything more isn't really feasible for a single artist to do. You'd need a bigger team to manage something that's most unrepeatable information.
Moreover, animating would require me to learn new software. Not the greatest challenge, but the software in question would be Maya and that's so broad that usually, artists specialise in a specific field within Maya as part of a larger team. Again, being a solo artist, the reality was that I would need to learn basically all of it. Skinning and texturing, skeleton rigging, animating, clothing/hair/fluid dynamics, etc. And then rendering too, because I was working with a different render engine in Maya.
So I invested a lot of money into all these tools but because the bills need to be paid, what I was doing was constantly bringing out sets in Daz Studio, software I knew, to keep my income going. That's part of why I started this Patreon: to help me bridge that gap.
Your support has already made a huge difference, but I've had another stroke of luck align with it: Daz 3D has not been sitting still either, and now Daz Studio supports many features that I originally purchased a Maya license for.
In Daz, I can now do clothing and hair dynamics, as well as fluid system. I am at home in the Iray render engine, and I know how to animate on the timeline. I've already been practicing. The only big downside of Daz still at this point is that it is not supported by any renderfarm that I can think of, so whatever I animate in it will have to be a fairly simple scene that I can reduce to minutes of rendertime per frame. Something outdoors, something not featuring too many moving parts.
In other words, solo scenes or duo scenes that consist of simple loops.
It's not a lot, but it's a good point to get started. After all, Girlfriends 4 Ever wasn't much more than that, and it proved a great launching point for Miro.
Because make no mistake, Maya is my endgoal. I'm keeing my subscription running for a reason. Proficiency in Maya is such an incredible plus that I cannot ignore it. But for now, I'm going to make do with what I have.
So my first animated scene, which I can't give you an ETA for yet because I am currently working with a colleague from A3D on putting the final pieces of the technical puzzle together, will be a solo scene. In true The Dude tradition, it will be about selfsucking. Because after all, what else would a futa girl on her own do? :D
So we have options! Who do you guys think the first girl to be animated should be? This is going to be an advisory poll. I'm going to mainly be following my own instincts on this but if you guys have a wildly different idea from my own, I'm going to take that into account and see how I can make that work.
Comments
Vibratos M Blaster
Um yeah... if the animation had Marie F. voicing some hot talk (maybe face mostly off screen to remove the need for lip synch) and pleasure sighs/moans... 🌊 sploosh! 😎
Kyropracter
I would change my vote, if the Dude could persuade Fasolt to reprise her character and do a narrative voice-over in the background. How hot would that be for a first animation?
robby r robson
Can Mari win, just this once? Plsssssss
Zdoria
I too LOVE your renders and have all your sets. That's what brought me to Patreon. I'm here to support you in anything that you decide to do, regardless. Many excellent points and opinions have already been posted by others here. I have to agree with them all. I don't think I can improve on anything said other that to agree with everyone that "You are the artist, and if you find doing animation more interesting for you: do it." I do agree with you as well: "However! That doesn't mean it's not gonna be fun to see these girls in motion every now and again :D".
TheDude3DX
I love all these comments guys, I really appreciate the way you all feel. And for a huge part I feel the same way; I'd rather make a good looking render than a bad looking animation. For sure. Animation is just something that I also want to do. It's not one or the other, I can't even imagine yet that I wouldn't do anything else. The only situation in which I would is if I could do proper narrative and storytelling and voice acting and all that, while having it all look as good as it does now. However! That doesn't mean it's not gonna be fun to see these girls in motion every now and again :D
Raziel Crowley
Can't do anything else but agree. I mean yeah sure I would love to see your girls in motion (Tatiana especially) and even maybe with voices (later on on your highest tier) Yeah, I would love to see all of that but I agree with Nebula77 your pictures are definitely UNIQUE ones, and your style is what makes me to sign up to the highest possible tier and insanely following your work and your girls. I am guy who likes to collect and have huge collections of everything of what the guy like me is collecting. Meaning that I would be supporting and collecting everything you create. And as Nebula77 said, and I quote: "You are the artist and if you find doing animation more interesting for you: do it." All I want to say your photos are unique and forme way better than any artist around here (not trying to say they are bad in any way they work is excellent as well) just in my eyes you have something that they don't ;-)
Animation is interesting. I really like animations from miro and puppetmaster but that’s it. Animation doesn’t bother me too much. I like 3dx because of the pictures and that’s the way it’s always been. No offence
Nebula77
I said this often and stick to that reasoning.As great as each of Miros animated title is. Each of them had production time of 2+ years and at least for Bloodlust he had a team of a couple of artists et al. 2+ years for 20–25 min animation. I would prefer seeing that amount of work being invested in creation of picture sets. If all the different frames of 20 min animation would be pictures for different 3DX sets – I have no idea how many this would result to but my mouth starts watering thinking of it. You are the artist and if you find doing animation more interesting for you: do it. But me I would prefer 3DX picture sets like the ones you are creating. And you did an amazing evolution in skill, render quality, details, illumination, etc.
Bob Fink
By all means Kayla! ;-)
TheDude3DX
You make a great point. I actually thought Mari would do better than she's doing so far, she's one of my favourite girls to render. And I think Marcella has come out smashing in recent shots, too. As for being neglected, given that I just released Queen and I'm now working on a Marcella-oriented set, I think I'm in the clear so far. But it's definitely something to look out for, that's for sure.
Enigmatic Entity
I voted for Marcella even though it looks like she doesn’t have a chance. I understand the need for a poll, but keep in mind that your most popular girls (Kayla, Tatiana) have a good chance at winning every one they are included in. I just hope the other girls aren’t neglected like I’ve seen in other artist’s catalogues.
Despacito 2
It all started with Kayla. It's fitting she should be the first Animated also.
Kyropracter
I would vote for Kayla because she's the OG. She's the original mascot for The Dude. When I think of The Dude, I think of Kayla, and vice-versa. Been there since the start of this great journey, and it would be fitting symbol for her to be the first one animated.
