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Published: 2018-04-06 01:16:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 50655; Favourites: 2095; Downloads: 427
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Also want to remind everyone that if I meet my next Patreon goal, I'll be releasing my models (as beta) publicly.
Thank you guys for supporting me lately! The goal is ever closer than it ever really has been.
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It's been a long time coming, but I'm glad to announce that I am finally considering the facial rig revision phase of mine is now over. It has lasted since around November of last year. The effects were obvious; I have only been posting Pinkie renders and animations for the last half a year. I've only been doing that because the facial rig revisions have only been applied to Pinkie, and it wouldn't be a great use of my time to transfer unfinished tweaks to other characters (AJ, Pear Butter, and Coloratura) while I was still tweaking it. But now I am considering it pretty much done. I know some of you might be sick of seeing Ponk all the time (or maybe you think I'm some sort of Pinkie fanatic), but you can expect my future renders to now feature more character variety effective immediately.
Anywho, the point of this animation was to finally test the facial rig and make sure it was all working as intended before I considered it done enough. Got the animation done in about two days. Was surprisingly tricky to bridge all of these emotions properly as they transition without it feeling fake or disingenuous.
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Comments: 123
SpaceMemeStardust In reply to ??? [2018-06-22 15:05:33 +0000 UTC]
Nah man no need to apologize, it's all good. Don't be so harsh on yourself
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TheMowOfDaNeon In reply to SpaceMemeStardust [2018-06-30 13:52:57 +0000 UTC]
No really its true... when i see things i dont like.. i cant help but hate on it
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Izuyosh In reply to ??? [2018-04-29 07:04:42 +0000 UTC]
oh gawd, it makes my stress just go away after seeing this X3
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breezv [2018-04-18 05:07:33 +0000 UTC]
i like how you changed up the ear model for more expressiveness! and tbh this is way cuter!!
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paulasocar [2018-04-12 15:50:07 +0000 UTC]
Pinkie? I have something to tell you; I Love You! ^^
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DonuttheCrafter [2018-04-10 16:49:15 +0000 UTC]
This is me when school started but then my dad tells me your not going school
Any Noice animation/Expression your rig has REALLY come a long wae
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chaosblur [2018-04-10 12:54:55 +0000 UTC]
I really like this. One of my biggest personal issues with most 3D rigs I've seen is that the faces are not that expressive. This is the kind of expressiveness I want to try to achieve with my own attempts and blender animation. This is beautiful.
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Waltsland1912 [2018-04-10 11:35:10 +0000 UTC]
ok...first, i'm not a brony BUT good damn it the animation is top notch!! everything looks very smoth
perfect render
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FnafByCL [2018-04-09 23:56:23 +0000 UTC]
The expression is so fluid and well animated! i love it <3
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AmethystDawn117 [2018-04-09 20:38:40 +0000 UTC]
It's not often you see a 3D G4 pony design that actually looks good, let alone this great. Well done.
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TartarusFire [2018-04-09 02:30:37 +0000 UTC]
woah, I can't believe I've never seen these before, they're fantastic
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Da-4th [2018-04-08 15:24:46 +0000 UTC]
Her facial expressions is so subtle and realistic! She'll fit right in a Pixar movie.
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Mokey1980s [2018-04-08 05:35:09 +0000 UTC]
Even though I wasn't following you all the way since then, I can say that all of that work really does show. I look forward to seeing what else comes out of the Blender (www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CdVTC… )
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xLightningNovax [2018-04-08 04:07:08 +0000 UTC]
You changed a lot of stuff. It looks more life like now. Awesome job.
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Spring-Sp1rit [2018-04-07 15:46:56 +0000 UTC]
This is some amazing work! keep it going and i know youll go far!
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StigmaDGenerate In reply to ??? [2018-04-07 15:16:34 +0000 UTC]
how do you git the eyes to blink like that, with it being a circle and all. do ya use carefully implemented shapekeys?
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TheRealDJTHED In reply to StigmaDGenerate [2018-04-07 18:24:35 +0000 UTC]
There are two main shape keys that are used for each eye that allow it to blink. One is the end result of it being fully closed ("Blink"), and the other is used as an assist, which becomes full active at the halfway point of the blink so that it can properly slide over the eye instead of going right through it ("BlinkAssist").
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StigmaDGenerate In reply to TheRealDJTHED [2018-04-07 19:23:22 +0000 UTC]
do you use drivers for the process?
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TheRealDJTHED In reply to StigmaDGenerate [2018-04-07 21:04:57 +0000 UTC]
I do use drivers, yes. One bone controls both of those values. For the eyelid itself, it's just a linear path from 0 to 1 in the driver graph, while the assist is a more like hump where both ends are at 0, but the middle 0.5 value is 1.
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Cynder912 In reply to ??? [2018-04-07 06:25:02 +0000 UTC]
i love it! this is most likely the best 3d animation of mlp ive seen!
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Pegajen In reply to ??? [2018-04-07 04:45:15 +0000 UTC]
If Hasbro did decide to make a 3D MLP movie, this is the only style I'd like it to be in. It's so cute! >3<
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NikTheKidSephiroth In reply to ??? [2018-04-07 03:14:45 +0000 UTC]
boy with how good this looks it almost looks like its from facerig
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brickmack In reply to ??? [2018-04-07 00:53:23 +0000 UTC]
3d MLP stuff (or 3d adaptations of that style of cartoon in general) usually look like shit, but this is pretty great
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darth-biomech [2018-04-07 00:06:56 +0000 UTC]
Woah, I though that 3d realm was utterly dominated by those stiff weird horrible SFM models by KP. This is certainly almost drawn animation levels of expression!
How'd you learned to do facial rigs? Are there any particular courses\books that you'd recommend?
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TheRealDJTHED In reply to darth-biomech [2018-04-07 00:17:30 +0000 UTC]
I'm afraid I can't give tips on where you can learn this stuff, I never attended any classes or read any books. I usually learn by example if anything by peaking at other people's works, but that's just me.
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darth-biomech In reply to TheRealDJTHED [2018-04-07 16:41:31 +0000 UTC]
I was afraid of that. XD
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ShutterflyEQD [2018-04-06 23:45:27 +0000 UTC]
I can only imagine how long a 20-minute animation of these ponies would be...WOW!!
Very fluid and the eye, pupil, and expression movement is SO cute!!!
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EarthyRainbowkitty [2018-04-06 22:04:02 +0000 UTC]
it is so detailed down to the movement of the eyelashes!
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goosepower [2018-04-06 20:33:17 +0000 UTC]
I LOVE IT!!!!!
This animation looks so cool, and beautiful, and cute AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
Oh god, i can make only a cup in Blender. But one day I'll make something so adorable like that.
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Bensaret [2018-04-06 19:59:50 +0000 UTC]
I LOVE this rig, you've got all these wonderful expressions down pat!
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WinterEnefelde In reply to ??? [2018-04-06 19:04:13 +0000 UTC]
Those eyelash flutters, those frown lines I just love everything about this! Nicely made.
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nerdsman567 [2018-04-06 17:04:23 +0000 UTC]
Well done! I love how subtle and fluent the expression transitions are in this! I also love the attention to detail on the textures of her mane. ^^
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Blitzgob [2018-04-06 15:53:01 +0000 UTC]
I feel like there's something wrong with the mouth, but maybe that's just because she's pouting
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Kitsuchan59 In reply to ??? [2018-04-06 15:40:56 +0000 UTC]
One of the better 3D renders of MLP. I especially like the movement of the hair. ^_^
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mondojawan In reply to ??? [2018-04-06 13:20:40 +0000 UTC]
I don't want to remove this from my notifications... It's just so good.
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Siansaar In reply to ??? [2018-04-06 12:31:15 +0000 UTC]
I'm impressed with how the ears actually look horsey here - did you remodel them?
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CloudBurst618 In reply to ??? [2018-04-06 11:55:22 +0000 UTC]
Ho dayum... Your models and animations are epic! So good!
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GashibokA In reply to ??? [2018-04-06 10:54:00 +0000 UTC]
I'm a blender student. so your model make me want to get it. lol
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