#i just want to 3D model so i can make my OCs </3

[mbat]

i find it weird for a reason i cant place that of all the art mediums ive dipped into, 3D modeling has always been the hardest to get any grasp on. like, every 3D art program is so unintuitive and confusing, and you cant even just fuck around and find out with most of them.

[cherrysnax]

i want to see my little freaks interact and save their city and grow into teachers and engineers and Pulitzer Prize winners and actual doctors and real superheroes and beat up middle aged petty Italian niggas but I need to put a pen to fucking paper (metaphorically) and draw. But I can’t. how can I make something about coming out of horrible circumstances a better, stronger person if my body is shutting down on me?

how can i draw people beating the odds if I can barely brush my teeth or shower or lay down without immense pain?

[batfluffs]

🍰 [OPEN] 3D pixel commissions !! 🍰

hey hey! i'm opening up commissions for anyone who wants a little animated 3d model of their own!! i can do fanart or your own characters and OCs <3 slots are unlimited so order to ur heart's content! i can do humanoids AND anthro !! 💗

each character model is $45 !

> click here for my full info sheet with the order form and pricing! <

feel free to send me a message to order or if you have any questions!

IMPORTANT: please be aware that since these are low-res models, there is only so much detail i can include and may have to simplify designs!

please fill out this form when you order! just copy/paste this info and send me a message with it filled in :) if you have any questions about anything at all, feel free to message me first~

❥ CHARACTER ($45 each):

i'd love it if you include images/art of your character for me to reference! personality is also helpful for animations :)

❥ PROP (+$10 each): yes / no | how many

for example, if you'd like your character to hold/interact with something simple like a weapon or any other item

❥ ANIMATION (+$10 each): yes / no | how many

i can do various simple looping animations such as idle, walk/run, sit, spin, dance, float, etc. , but if you have any other ideas i'll see what i can do! :D

❣️if no animation is desired, you will receive a tpose turnaround of your character and a still tpose image from the front

❥ OTHER:

let me know if you would like a rush fee (+$15) to have it done within 1-2 days or commercial use* (+$30)!

*please inform me about what the commercial use is for, since if it's for a bigger project or platform, fees may be adjusted accordingly :)

❥ PAYMENT PREFERENCE: paypal or kofi

if you prefer paypal, i'll create an invoice for you! if you prefer kofi, i'll have you send the payment as a one-time donation once we discuss the commission info :)

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i take payment upfront via paypal or kofi before i will begin working!

average turnaround time will be 2-3 weeks! i'll update you with delays or if it's expected to take longer than that <3

thanks so much for reading this and for all your support!! 💗

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> you can find more examples of my pixel models/animations here <

example image credits:

img 1 - character owned by qhostquartz on TH

img 2 - design by me, character owned by amikoorzane on TH

img 3 - character from dungeon meshi, belongs to ryoko kui

img 4 - character owned & designed by me

* any models i make, i plan to post on my social medias with credit to you as the character owner, but just let me know if you'd prefer i keep it private! 🩷

[throughtrialbyfire]

part 2 of my Thalmor jewelry headcanons! in part 1, i explored the most popular options for earrings/earcuffs within the Thalmor, and today i'm showing some of my other concepts!

i'll be going into more detail below the readmore, but since i saw some people asking in the tags of the last post, yes, you absolutely can use these for your OC designs!! all i ask is that you credit/tag me, i wanna see what you do with these!

i wanted to draw what i think elenwen would wear! she'd wear a combination of the earcuff and a dangle earring, in my opinion, as her job in the embassy is not particularly dangerous, meaning she doesn't have to worry about someone trying to rip out the earring in a fight.

beside it is another idea i had, taking the wavy pattern from the thalmor robes/banners and attaching it to an earring that would rest along the lobe! i also included a dangle that depicts an eagle skull, something i think would be somewhat intimidating to see a thalmor agent wearing.

of course, we can't forget about bosmeri and khajiit earcuffs. the bosmer options aren't limited, they often can and do wear the same earrings/cuffs as the altmer thalmor agents, but i think there would be a unique flair to them. as well, i think that just trying to wear earcuffs made for altmer would be uncomfortable for a bosmer, since the ear shapes are slightly different in my headcanon.

a popular style in valenwood for thalmor officers is a skeletal eagle wing, fitting for the province that follows the green pact. i also think that the skeletal eagle wing has become a slight symbol of rebellion among younger people in valenwood, as it's like saying "death to the dominion", and is slowly being reclaimed by some groups there. so, it all depends on who you're talking to as to what it means.

finally, the khajiit variants! i think there would be equivalent earcuffs for them, but i think the options would be slightly more limited. however, the khajiit incorporate the moons into theirs, by using opals and rubies and setting them in parts of the gold. since they believe the dominion gave them back the moons, it would make the most sense that those serving in the dominion's military forces/government would have earcuffs/jewelry depicting the moons alongside heavy thalmor imagery.

that's all i've got for now! i plan to come up with more headcanons for other factions and guilds, but i had a lot of ideas for the thalmor and wanted to get them out of my head before i move on to other concepts. i wanna design some regular bosmer jewelry, some dunmer jewelry, etc etc, so we'll see if that comes to fruition.

again, you have full permission to use these in character designs so long as you credit me/tag me! i'd be thrilled to see what people can do with these!! hell, if i could 3D model/mod i would try making them to put in the game, but that's an idea for another day.

thanks for enjoying my headcanons i've been putting out there, the support means the world to me! take care! <3

[ika-archieves]

what happened?

short ver: my twitter art acc fucked up mental health so nuked it, i am rebranding and it will be 18+ but i'm unsure about this acc's future (either soft block minors or move to a new acc). new vibes will drop when i feel better. also new fursonas yipee yay

long ver under the cut

idk if anyone noticed that my twitter is...basically gone now. like gone gone and i'd feel bad about not telling why it's deactivated.

basically it's been a mental burden to me lately. even though i'm not happy with the yarasa2k alias, the twitter account just hit me like a dodgeball of depression every time i logged in, it was especially bad there. and i had this bad habit of feeling like a content creator instead of an artist because i'd notice my post would flop hard if i took breaks and my sweet time, which is BAD for the mindset let's say considering i only managed to get 1300 followers across almost 6 years wow, that's a lot of people for sure but what's the point if i feel like only 10-15 people are seeing it. i want to take my sweet time, draw something i'd actually get inspired by, look at the drawing and go "whoa i want to make this a poster" i want to give y'all a juicy piece which leads me to another point.

i...don't want to appeal to children. i know my style is on the cuter side with bright colors and squishy faces but i am an adult and i want to talk about mature shit god damn it. that doesn't mean i'm gonna be a pron artist or whatever but i don't want to limit myself, i want to throw a hot woman or two occasionally idfk, i swear a lot so that should say smth LMAO. i want to not nuke this acc for archiving reasons (twitter sucks at that so i didn't mind nuking that one) and i can make this acc either retired or soft block every minor oomfie i have idk yet, would love some suggestions.

i am going through rebranding where i made brand new fursonas without any "fusing the past 2 fursonas" bs, two to be specific. so far i love drawing them considering i now take my time in pieces i can't wait to introduce yall but i am still on the mental break where i just take a breather and draw whatever i want. once i feel better i will come back with a brand new twitter acc. i won't change usernames til that account is born so you won't know :P my other ocs will stay for now theyre neat. maybe i'll do the projects i've been slacking on since they take a while to make (like a 3d model or an animation). i post them in friend discord servers rn :3

when will i come back? i dunno, when i feel better and ready i suppose. for now im on a hiatus on every site but i will be lurking bc i love looking at art raaaaaaaaagh. and my comfort lads. cya later skaters

[cryptic-forge]

COMMISSIONS

TEMPORARILY CLOSED. i hope to be back in early 2025. if i've previously agreed to do a commission for you at a later date, please do reach out even during the break.

if you want to get your hands on one of my critters, a few options are available:

1) prints of existing models 60€ + shipping: if you want any creature posted in the catalog tag, this option is for you. mini catalog contains simple tiny sculpts that are 15€. we can discuss size, color, and paint options, or you can have a blank base. eyes and hair are included, clothing and accessories are not. if the post indicates there are fixes i need to make to the prototype, those fixes will be made before your doll is printed.

2) custom 200€ + shipping: a fully unique sculpt made to your specifications, printed and painted. can include hair and eyes, does not include clothing. i can make clothes for an extra fee, see this & this for some examples. a custom sculpt that involves your design [oc references etc] will not be sold to anyone else.

3) floating heads from any sculpt in the catalog tag 25€ + shipping, unique custom heads 50€ + shipping. includes faceup and eyes. can be any size, up to 1/3 scale.

maximum height for full dolls is 35cm. bigger prints cost extra, depending on size.

familiars also fall under catalog pricing, but are more flexible. they can be mixed&matched from all parts i've made, and colors can be whatever i happen to have on hand/am able to find. the tag for just familiars is here. you can also order a familiar with custom parts.

all dolls are fdm 3d-printed in PLA. this means the following things:

they are very lightweight and reasonably sturdy.

there will be some layer lines and imperfections. i check the quality of every doll, but a 3d print will never be as flawlessly smooth as a resin doll or a mass-produced plastic doll.

they are non-toxic, though should not be given to children to chew on because they're entirely made of small parts strung together with elastic cord.

i'm not currently selling any digital files.

turnaround time is 2-8 weeks. keep in mind i am one person with one printer, so technical problems can cause delays. payments via paypal invoice when i'm ready to start working. bank transfer and mobilepay are also ok for finnish customers. i ship worldwide, cost depends on location; starting at around 20€ for eu, 45€ for usa, and somewhere in-between for the rest of the world. let me know where you live and i'll give you an exact shipping quote.

no returns or refunds & i can't take responsibility for any problems during shipping. if a part of your doll breaks (in transit or at any point after), i will replace it at the cost of shipping.

shoot me a chat message to get started!

[mariquitascadoodles]

Some elf designs I create as a part of one of my courses , I'm currently creating a 3d model of one of these characters , so I felt like I could show their designs! ^y^

Gwendolyn is inspired by a oc x oc ship between two of my ocs , Eos and Freyjor, but she isn't a canon thing in my oc lore lore .

Ngl I'm kinda meh on her design , and I know I can do better so I'm excited to revisit her design in the future !

Hera is based off the celestial elves ! Idk I just wanted draw one !

I don't really know what to do with her so I might sell her as an adoptable ( means I can make some adoptable I've been meaning to make ! >:3)

or maybe give her away in a raffle on my tt??

I don't really have much art to show recently besides character concept art sadly

Burn out is too real

[mysticjourneys]

SEMI-HIATUS ANNOUNCEMENT

So, I have been doing some thinking. I have been doing roleplaying for over ten years, and over time, I have been feeling a certain fatigue of the roleplaying process.

Several factors have come up that have made me decide not to really do roleplaying anymore, or at least, not to the same degree I use to. This goes for all my other blogs: @defectedrockstar @emerald-might @bloodyshards

1. People I Associate With

Sometimes, when it comes to story making, I don't always like what is on the table. Whether it be the plotting, their reply, or where they want to get to their end goal faster and not give proper development. This can range from shipping that feels forced, people not paying attention to past replies and do something that contradicts the intent, or just not bringing anything interesting to me.

Don't get me wrong, it's just a matter of chemistry between writers. I'm not perfect, and this alone wouldn't be enough to make me want to go on this hiatus.

2. Too Many RPs

I'll be honest, I spread myself too thin. I roleplay on Discord with servers, I roleplay four different blogs on this site, and all of them have several and several stories I haven't finished. I worked myself to death with this, and I have myself to blame. I made this too much of a chore, and it doesn't help that not all of the RPs I do are winners.

3. No Communities/Blogs I Want

There are times when I am motivated for a specific kind of story with a certain genre. Much like everyone, we have our own interests, and sometimes, you want to do something else after you have done a genre for a while. But, what do you do when you can't find a community with similar interests, or a blog with a certain character, or at worst, they flat out reject you? I felt I couldn't do a lot of the stories I wanted to, and the roleplay community hasn't really done much for me recently.

I started roleplaying because it was the only way I could be creative, express myself, inspire others, and put out to the world. That was when I was a teenager. Now? I'm older, experienced a lot, and have found other things to express myself. I'm getting into pixel art, I commissioned 3D models of my OCs to use in projects, I'm working on recording videos and streaming, and doing D&D. I found more fulfilling things to do. It saddens me a little, as it also feels I am saying goodbye to a part of myself. But, my wife said it doesn't have to be goodbye or sad. Hence this being a semi-hiatus, because who knows when I will get a new perspective and come back better?

I'm hope you all take care of yourselves and stay strong during this new year. And thank you.

[transmandrake]

Making tutorials for 3d stuff calls to me... The moment I get on T and my voice doesnt sound like a crow imitating human speech on helium, I am gonna make like. 'Blender 101 for People With ADHD who Just Want To Make And Move Models Of Their OCs and Havent Been Able To Get Into It because 90% of Beginner Blender Tutorials arent for People Making Models Of Their Characters but actually for Tech-Bros (neither derogatory nor affectionate) who want to Do Really Specific Stuff You Have No Interest In But Are Somehow Most Of Blenders Audience'

Seriously its wild how you can watch a 30 minute tutorial on a blender feature and learn nothing and then 3 years later go try it yourself with no help and have it figured out in 5 minutes.

It's like they're allergic to teaching. You actively lose the ability to learn while watching most blender tutorials.

Setting up IKs is a 3 minute process I watched an hour long vid on without actually understanding anything!!!

My condolences to anyone who did the donut tutorial and then had no idea what to do next because they didnt actually teach you how to model or what anything means so you had no idea how to start modelling your blorbo.

My condolences to anyone who figured out 3d sculpting and then couldnt do anything with your ridiculously high poly model because retopology looked scary and uv unwrapping also looked scary

[the-iron-orchid]

State of the JenJen: Back On My Bullshit Edition

NGL, I was hanging by a thread for a bit there at the beginning of the year and seriously considering leaving this fandom entirely... but in the end, I didn't want to leave the people I'd promised OC models to hanging, and I still have Things I want to Do!

(At this point I'm mostly just here for making whatever self-indulgent bullshit crosses my ten brain cells, and that's OK!)

AND SO we're looking at two upcoming Renderpaloozas:

#1: My birthday (coming up in April): GAY PIRATE BIRTHDAY PORTRAITS! I will set up a 3D pirate-ship playset, and you can request portraits of LIs or OCs stuffed into over-the-top pirate outfits from my assets library.

#2: MerMay Madness! I will open up request slots to be fulfilled throughout the month of May. You'll be able to request LIs or OCs as mer-things or water naga, with a variety of types and color schemes to choose from. :3

[renarys]

so i sure have spent the past month sculpting and agonizing over these wings so i can finally start 3d printing my next OC doll body... and while i suspected the bust piece may be pushing the limits of what i can fit on my 3d printer's build plate (spoiler alert: it definitely does NOT fit), i... completely.... never once considered.... the wings. may also Not Fit. which i have just discovered right now is kinda sorta a bit of an issue that i uhhhhhhh have to figure out now.

(for the uninitiated: the blue rectangle at the bottom outlines the amount of space i have to print things, and every part of the model colored in red is sitting outside of that space and can't be printed. and i can't figure out any kind of funky orientation that can save this one lol...)

and so i suppose my options are either:

cut apart the too big models so they can be printed in pieces and reassembled into one (i was already considering this before for the sake of painting certain parts of the wings, but was concerned about how thin and fragile the pieces could end up being and piecing them together nicely...)

hire someone with a bigger printer to print things for me (but the torso piece needs to be a very specific color, and also i don't want to deal with the huge stress of communicating with people LOL)

just buy a new bigger printer

... and admittedly, since i DO have (hopefully? i think? maybe...?) enough money for it kicking around for once, i actually am leaning towards probably the most extreme option here (#3) lmao. cries. if there's an affordable enough one in the size i need, then... hahaha

but well, i still have to test print these wings (at a smaller, only 1/3rd of the final size) to make sure the joints work how i want and everything else before i have to deal with figuring out (dramatic hand gestures) all of uh. that

anyway, here's the mini test print of the full doll body i already did earlier this month! i do want to make some adjustments, but already pretty pleased with her overall i think.

still can't believe once upon a time i seriously didn't think i wouldn't just use my 3d printer to make entire ass dolls.... do i even know who i am

[scrittarts]

I'll admit, I really like both the Slipfins and your take on Mechs/Techno-Organic lifeforms. I'd kinda like to make a Slipfin, but I don't want to upset you by just trying to make one without permission. Are Slipfins an open species or are they closed?

You can make your own Slipfin Alien OC under the following terms:

You cannot use the Slipfin species or character for commercial purposes.

2. You may not distribute products, software, VR Avatars or 3D model files of Slipfin Aliens without my witten permission - even if not for commercial purposes.

3. Attribute or link back to any of my active social media to credit for the species (tumblr, twitter or FA - links are in my pinned post). "Slipfin Alien species by Scritt"

4. You acknowledge that the only canonical lore for the species is what I write for them, and is subject to change based on what I need them to be for my stories or worldbuilding projects. Only characters I design and include in released content are canon to stories, setting and lore. Refer to most recent species guides posted for details. 5. You will not portray them as evil, in hateful content, or use them in connection with crypto or NFTs. (I need to update species guides and lore posts)

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As for my Living Mechs, they are't technically a species. They are designs of elaborate fancy suits of armor that can house humans, reptilians and a number of other species on a... permanent basis. But the mechs all *were* organic at some point, transformed to biomechanical by their new bodies.

Species wise, that is like asking if Human is an open species. I am not sure how to go about this because the Living Mechs largely are a construct for transhumanist worldbuilding projects of mine, so for now, I have to go with no!

The main reason is that the few times people have tried making OCs they almost immediately used those distinctly outside what the lore says they are or can do... for example, in vore themed art.

And then that's just by definition not a Conceptua Machinara living mech. That is their own species, but using my design elements.

The mechs can't eat you, and have no need for a throat, sorry.

Anyway, that highlit for me that the Mechs aren't well enough defined in their released content, to be really possible to make OCs of yet. I'd need to draw up and categorize a few specific frames for them, along with their respective functions and abilities. Addition: Although… I suppose the whole story and narrative is about whether transformative technology changes your species, and I'm learning towards the fact that maybe it does... Iunno, the mechs might be a species?

-scritt 2023

[mellohd]

Blog Intro ayayyy

(now with colorr whoopieeee!!!1!)

Check out my commissions!!!!!(now in a handmade html website that works semi-functionally on mobile aswell!!(will fix for mobile next update))

i realized i forgot to make a new introduction after i took down my last one however many months ago so im gonna make one neow

Hello, im MellohD. you can call me mell, melloh, melody, idrc (I would tell you my real name but im paranoid my old school or smth will find my acc and I really don't want that..)

I go by any pronouns

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I don't really care what happens with my art as long as I'm properly and clearly credited, not used for AI training of any kind, or weird nsfw things

My Homepage: https://mellohd.neocities.org/

Commissions: Open!

Commission Info here

Slot 1: Open

Slot 2: Open

DNI:

Proshippers, Zoos, bigots, basic DNI criteria. and if I interact with you and you're on my list it was either an accident or you're gross and i was calling out your depravity

My dms and ask box is always open, if you want to rant about a media related to my blog, theories, thoughts, questions, art requests(not guaranteed to do them but I might), anything! anything but nsfw though, please don't send me nsfw again, even if you're mad at me, its weird to send that shit to a minor . (its a long-ish, and sorta funny story)

Tags?

if youre looking for my oc Daniel i post him under#daniel posting !! i don’t specifically have an art tag, but all my art posts have #art and my commission posts should have #mellohs comms and i normally always tag fandoms(except if its just a random small doodle in a page of mainly another fandom cuz i dont wanna clog tags :3)

The rest is just stuff I'm interested and the type of content I post :]

I typically post fanart of whatever I'm interested in at the moment, and or art of my ocs/random thoughts. However, i do struggle with motivation often, so sometimes I just be posting sketches or shitposts a lot. speaking of shit posts, i love making shit posts and unneccesary crossovers.. Cry of Fear and Psych crossover? BANG in the works AS I TYPE!

I have a deceent ammount of interests, i kinda rubberband between them all then a new one comes around and it joins the rotation.

My interests right now:

Supernatural, Portal, Postal,Half life, half life adjacent stuff(hlvrai freemans mind etc) Cof, AOM, Psych, Fallout 4, Overtime, TSP, Interloper, Petscop, Game development, behind the scenes of games, coding, 3d modeling(blender), godot, game development... i love it but im so ass at coding. I just cant get my brain to learn it idk why. game developmmmmeeeeeennnt. OH VALVE! somebody ask me about game development and valve. i barely even know a lot about valve but god is their models SO COOL AND LIKE THE EARLY GAMES AI AND INVOOEIATION AND OMG L4d2, TF2, PHASMOPHOBIA.

Ok this is turning into a rant, ill spare you the rest

[alienrascal]

Hello I bring my OC Venatrix for viewing 👉👈

She's originally my Cyberpunk 2077 V that I played like ... a year ago? (leftmost, first pic) and was like the first one that actually 'clicked' for me visually as 'oh yeah this is my canon Streetkid origin V'. Fast forward to this year and I had started making tattoo mods in the sims and though 'huh what if I made her tattoo from scratch in cyberpunk though' and uuuuuuuuuh I kind of went off the modding deep end lol?

Like what started as really custom, meaningful tattoos for her (because I am a shit for symbolism so it had to happen) turned into custom eyes, custom lip texture, rebuilding her hair from scratch (and then going a but insane with making it curly actually) by myself with absolutely no knowledge of Blender or modding tools in the first place. I also ended up putting her in Baldur's Gate (no literally, that is the head mesh ported over lol) because honestly she's my third 'angry goth energy' OC and I'm just 'how about we just stick to the same one'. So yeah she's my modding blorbo I guess??

I am super thankful for her for that because I always wanted to be in the games industry, originally I studied game design before life and disability things 😦 ... but this has kind of given me some of that back, being able to see something I made and just go 'I DID THAT!' has been really nice and healing for me. (Like even comparing her to the 'old' version with other mods I'm just ... wow. I did so much.)

I don't care that she's technically a 'game' OC or whatever, all I know is I'm the most inspired I've been creatively in a long time and I'm pushing myself to learn things I always thought would be too hard and complicated for someone like me.

Instead I'm out here deconstructing Baldur's Gate 3's annoyingly complicated texture system and reconstructing it in blender just so I can have the option of doing 3D renders of my blorbos.

Like shit man! I've learned so much in only a few months and I am kind of hype about that! And it's all thanks to this beloved angry little goth ball of wrath (who I picture as a Tasmanian devil or something, just creature energy to me haha).

I will draw her ... someday. But pretty content with just learning all this new shit right now.

So uh that's Venatrix 🥺

YEAAHHHH!! bruhh I love Venatrix, and especially love seeing your modding journey and discussions. Literally hop on Tumblr and just wonder what cool stuff imma be seeing!

pov you see me react to a chipped-chimera post

I think in any case, seeing someone convert their oc into a 3d space is incredibly cool. ESPECIALLY that you changed the games model to fit her!! less gooo!!

Though I'm really glad that she's been helping you out, ocs are our little brain gremlins that I truthfully think are there to sort the clothes and do the chores while we're away. Sometimes they pick us up when we're not well enough to keep at it, we never really forget them either; so they're always vibing out.

I'm so glad to read this and honestly hyped for any and all Karlach/Ven 🤝 consider me interested, taggable, and yell-able about it

[xuune]

Hi! I've been following you for a while (don't really remember why or when) and I love your art! I just wanted to ask:

What's your favorite and least favorite part of animation?

oh cool! thanks for sticking around for so long :) honestly, if you've been following me for some time now it might've been either bc of my fanart, oc art, or both haha

thats a big question which prompts for a big answer so here's me rambling about it below B)

when asking fave/least fave things abt animation, its hard to answer without getting in depth on a variety of things LOL. animation, as a medium and field, is very nuanced with its own concentrations so its kind of a disservice to not recognize those areas esp when the skills u learn have a lot of overlap on how it improves other areas of study

i had practice in some 2D/3D ani, storyboarding, visdev, 3D modelling. here's my general experience with all of those:

2D

fave: figuring out how movement is created, rough animation stage, analyzing and figuring out timing/spacing, esp love the fact that you are creating motion, not pretty illustrations to gawk at, seeing the entire ani come together at the end feels very rewarding

least: cleanup and colors lol, feels very time consuming. if im gonna spend time making lines clean, id rather do that with an illustration piece

3D (in maya)

fave: can rely on the program to do the heavy lifting while you do the keys and adjustments, doing 3d actually enhanced my understanding of how the body moves in motion and space and where drag, follow thru, overshoot could be applied in both 2d/3d

least: i dont get to draw :( majority of my experience in the adjustment process is looking at a mass nebula of graphs and figuring out where i fucked up or smoothing out areas and fixing it. prefer 2d since i can just redraw what looks wrong vs scavenging thru multiple graphs. also modelling the key poses can feel like it takes forever vs drawing it

storyboarding

fave: creating strong, key story beats, keeping drawings rough when possible, shorthanding drawings, researching reference for shot compositions + studying them

least: can be very hard figuring out how to fill in the gaps between certain beats, easy to become uninspired/uncertain abt a sequence drawn

visdev

fave: seeing the final piece come together, figuring out composition, blocking in values/shapes, character design, research phase/looking for references and creating moodboards

least: i hate doing backgrounds lol. complexity affects how much i'll end up dreading it. personally not a fan of working on pieces for very long. im also not a fan of constantly doing paintings/bgs as a job

3d modelling (in maya)

fave: painting the model and texturing it, uv mapping and arranging it

least: the modelling part. fuck up 1 part and you fuck up the rest, you'd have to restart from square 1 or be lucky enough that you had a previous save before the fuck up. a proper process matters a lot in saving yourself the pain and headache from fixing everything (i redid a model that i worked on for 3 wks 4 times bc of my fuck ups)

overall, as a field of study

fave: its fun getting surrounded by others who can talk the same language as you do. ive always wanted to be around people who can get as hyped up and excited over discussing and analyzing story and animation, since i didnt have that with some of my other friends or family members. i've also been able to build proficiency in variety of programs too, which is useful. working in a team project is fun if you've got the right kind of ppl and that makes the experience fun when you the project finished. i've worked on various short films for rough animation, and i always love seeing the final film/composited shot and going "i worked on that part!! look at how nice it turned out with the rest of it! whoever did the [cleans/colors/compositing] did so good!!" i think my biggest satisfaction in this field is understanding the why and how something works (i.e. why/how does this animation effectively sell its movement? what makes these boards convey strong story moments? what about this composition is so appealing? why does this story beat matter to the rest of it? why do i/what makes me care about these characters?) it can easily deter people, but this field's a huge time commitment and youre constantly evolving your own craft. it doesnt come easy to everyone, but when you start seeing your own mileage, it feels very rewarding and pays off

least: industry's hard to get into lol, its kinda like that no matter where you go and once youre graduated, the time you spend in limbo is primarily working on your portfolio and catering to studios you wanna get into. its also easy to get the impression that being a "somebody" and maintaining a reputation matters to just increase your chances and connections of getting a job. that shits hard to deal with when youre not the most extroverted person on the planet, and even if your classmates do know you, are you gonna be the one that they end up talking about constantly or regarded highly a lot? names spread within circles, and it can feel like a competition to just get yourself known. its very easy to beat yourself up over seeing other people's work too. we're desperate, we're starving, we want our work to be acknowledged and validated, we want a job that satisfies our creative needs.

this field is incredibly demanding and its more than just having fun and drawing pretty pictures when much of it is a collaborative effort for a project. the disciplines you learn will majority of the time, without a doubt, will be applied for a larger team. at the same time, what you learn has overlap into other areas too which is always fun when you have this moment of "holy shit, i get it now"

[daydreamerfox]

SKETCHTEMBER #18

Aiko and JJ (@theprofessionalpromptmaker's OC) having their regular girl's night out!

I was working on a few commissions, drawing OCs for other people, which by the way, if you're interested, just DM me about it! My commissions are open and I can make drawings like this for you too!

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More about them and the sketch + close ups under the cut!

Aiko and JJ met each other because of Demro and became really close to each other eventually. JJ has a very strong hunt instinct, which means he usually have fun joining Aiko whenever she decides to hunt or anything like that. They also frequently go to bars or each other's place just to drink and talk about their lives (just, you know, vent out to each other and share the tea)

About the sketch: I knew I wanted a more dynamic pose than the ones I've been making for their interactions and I've noticed my anathomy wasn't the best, mostly because I didn't have much reference, and when I did try to look for references I'd take ages to find one for each character that would make sense in the situation I wanted. So for once I decided to use the 3d models in clip studio ent it was way easier than I was expecting... I'm still learning how to use this software, but every time I find something new about it I love it more, honestly Sounds very much like I'm trying to sell it to other people, but it's just me trying to justify to myself why I spent money on it instead of just sticking to the free softwares out there (they're really good too, don't get me wrong, csp just has a lot of different options, though) Anyway, art software ramble aside, I really liked how this sketch turned out!

The close ups: