Got a much more satisfying looking smile now. Couldn't have done this without the rework of the facial rig. Also placed Pinkie into an outdoor lighting environment and she's looking pretty good here too. There's really not much else to say though, except that I am going to be releasing an animated version of this very soon.
2017-10-27 09:59:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I spent the past week or so trying to come up with a way to get Pinkie's smile to look more natural while still make sure the rig is animateable and won't clash with any other parts of the facial rig. Took me a while to come up with a solution, but I thought of one!
It's been a while since I've mentioned this, but most of the time when I upload ANYTHING, and I mean just about ANYTHING, it's to t...
2017-10-26 08:22:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Back to trying to push my facial rig as far as I feel comfortably doing. How does the smile look to you guys? I personally think the shape of the grin is fine, but the folds and creases might not look quite right... Not sure. If you guys agree I might consider doing another re-topology pass to the face. This is something I'm especially concerned with Pinkie Pie. if I can't make her do crazy faces,...
2017-10-18 00:18:35 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been about 3 months since I've modeled out a new mane and tail for a different character. But now that's changed! We've got my version of Ponka right here. This pose is a bit more dynamic than what I've done before, so if something doesn't look quite right, let me know. And I'll start expanding my library of character models soon too, and hopefully ones that aren't just earth ponies.
So wit...
2017-10-15 02:01:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Based off of this Screencap:
https://derpibooru.org/1026987
First time I've done a pose like this where two ponies are in contact. Was a bit of a challenge to get it to look right, especially Coloratura's front right leg. There's some cheating going on there to, but since you can't see it, it lo...
2017-10-05 19:10:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Pose based off of my previous render:
https://therealdjthed.deviantart.com/art/Ooooo-707439504
It's been a while since I've made a short and sweet animated gif. And yes this animation test come with a purpose. Same with the render I linked above, I wanted to try out animating the revised...
2017-10-04 03:38:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Very quickly after I released the 21 second "The Magic Inside 3D" preview animation test, I quickly got feedback from many, many people that some of the lipsyncing was a bit off. More specifically when there were "Ooo" sounds and others like it, my model never pucker her lips properly for those sounds. So right now my priority is to bring some attention to the rigging...
2017-10-01 22:59:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Tons if Behind the Scenes stuff this time. Check it out!
Behind The Scenes:
2017-10-01 00:25:33 +0000 UTC View Post
I haven't published any renders with Applejack since I started using the amazing new shaders, so I thought I'd spend most of my time today putting this together. Compared to how AJ looked in my renders before, you'll (hopefully) notice that her coat looks a lot more Orange, especially in shadow. I couldn't have pulled off this intense Orange color without it looking fake before now.
And, o...
2017-09-26 01:31:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Spent most of my time in the past week making some clothing for Coloratura (finally), and it's lookin' pretty good.
The leather shirt is simple enough, it shares the topology of the body and bends with her body nicely without clipping for the most part. The more interesting part is the transparent silk skirt. It's entirely simulated, which is a first for one of my renders or animations. 2017-09-05 04:15:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Was messing around with lighting again and I found just leaving the rim lights on had a pretty pleasant look to it. I rolled with it and animated something to go with it.
This is also the first time I've animated a perfect loop animation since the Trot Cycle animation I did months ago. I missed doing these. Idles are a pretty easy way to go about making a looped animation too, and that's also a ...
2017-08-13 00:18:56 +0000 UTC View Post
As promised, here is the Pear Butter Animation a few days early for patrons; before I upload it for the public to see a couple days after The Perfect Pear airs for everyone in the world.
This took 36 hours to render for 105 frames (about 20 minutes per frame). That might seem a lot, but I can...
2017-08-04 16:14:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Right, so if you all have seen the series of images I've released using Pear Butter's Model, you might be able to predict what animation I'll be doing with her.
Her animation actually is mostly done at this point, but I simply refuse to release it until the episode airs internationally. If I release it now, it might slip under the radar for people who are staying away from Australian Spoilers. I...
2017-07-24 09:58:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Still can't name my renders. May the Test Pose name last forever more for literally everything I do... I guess.
So the main thing I still want to try to improve on with this model is to try to better interpret how the neck mane and tale should look in 3-Dimensions. It looks a bit flat when vie...
2017-07-19 06:40:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi-Res Static Version:
http://therealdjthed.deviantart.com/art/Pear-Butter-691810223
And here's an echoed description from that link above, which also applies to this rotation gif:
I'm so happy I made this model for many reasons. Both personal and technical reasons.
Season 7 Episode 13 of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is currently tied for first place in my personal list of MLP episodes. I won't dive too deep into why it connects with me so much, but I will says th...
2017-07-11 06:46:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Not a lot of people are aware that I'm working on recreating "The Magic Inside" in 3D with my own models yet. I've published a few things about it already, but some of it's buried in my activity feed on DeviantArt or not a lot of people are looking at the Apple Stage set I've been working on for this project. So have a WIP animation of the first few seconds of the song!
As you can imagine, it's ...
2017-06-04 22:59:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Still bad at creating titles for test animations like this. Also I didn't keep track of time when making this animation so I don't have a good estimate on how long it took to make this. :V
This animation was based off of a Pinkie Pie animation from the Season 5 Premier, The Cutie Map Part 1. I would have done this animation with Pinkie, but I still haven't made a model for her yet, so for the me...
2017-05-29 08:37:07 +0000 UTC View Post
I recently started to accept donations via Paypal or through my Patreon, and already I've gotten enough money to invest in a worth-while upgrade for my system to drastically speed up render times for Blender. You guys know who you are, and I can't thank you guys enough. I know you guys enjoy my stuff, but I never expected to receive so much help.
2017-05-28 04:50:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Some clouds have been added into the background. They are part of the sky texture, not part of the 3D environment. Hopefully they look okay to you all. Along with the clouds I've also been messing around with the cloth simulator in Blender and was able to create some of the cloth decor that are hung around the sides of the stage platform. I'll be working on the stage curtain soon.
This image was...
2017-05-25 21:48:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings, patrons! As promised, I will now start releasing content here on this Patreon page for Patrons a week before the public release! I may at some point shorten that time period to 3 days or something, because it's actually quite a bit of time to wait before publicly releasing something.
I may also request my patrons to help me come up with titles for renders like these. I'm sure anything...
2017-05-13 01:52:14 +0000 UTC View Post