One of my post Something’s In The Air projects was to update my web page. After doing Date Ariane, I came up with this idea of showing what Ariane is doing every moment of every day and creating a desktop theme that changes with the time of day. My idea got really elaborate for a while, sometimes changing pictures every
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I did a close beta test with a couple of people I know. They both indicated (and the truth is I agree) that the Bonnie the Bartender story was the weakest. Since none of you have seen the game, you don’t know what I am talking about. Basically, she is a bartender you pick up at the end of her
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As I have said many times before, most of my artwork is done in Poser. In fact it is the very latest version: Poser Pro 2012. Now as anyone who does 3D rendering knows, the renders rarely come out perfect. In order to make them look better, you have to use a photo processing program, most famously being Adobe Photoshop.
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A few months into this project, I upgraded from Poser 7 to Poser 9. One of the new features of Poser 9 was a new skin rendering model called Subsurface Scattering, or SSS. It is a form of Ambient Occlusion. If you don’t understand this stuff, well neither do I. All I know for sure is that it can sometimes
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I thought I’d post about a common problem in 3D art, and what I have done to solve it. It is called the “crowd problem” and has been a difficulty with all 3D animation. The first 3D animated movie Toy Story solved it by never having any crowd scenes. AntZ, the second 3D animated movie had hundreds of ants doing
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As you know I have been spending a lot of time working on my Visual Novel rather than writing in this blog, which is a good thing, because I want to get it done just as much as some of you want to play it. Part of doing this project faster and better involves extensive use of the 3D Content
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After struggling with the intricacies of slider bars, trying to balance between matching the proportions of “classic” Ariane, and what actually looks good, I ultimately decided to just keep it simple. I found a pre-designed V4 head that is close, made a grand total of 8 minor adjustments to get closer, and deemed it “close enough”. The new Ariane is
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So I mentioned last time that I had a challenge in creating a crowded movie theater. Challenge Met!! I have no idea if or when I will finish this sequel, but I am having a lot of fun giving myself challenges and meeting them. It is like a really different video game, with daily new mission and quests to get
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I just discovered that not only have I been on Second Life for 7 years. Ariane Barnes has been around as a virtual character for 10 years. The above picture is rendered from the oldest complete “Ariane” poser file I could find, dated April 30, 2001. Ariane has been an online character for over a decade now. The original concept
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As promised, I am showing some new stuff I’m working on for the dating game. I was hoping to be finished by now but I keep getting distracted by other matters. All I can say is it will be done when it is done. The sequel is likely going to be in Visual Novel format, which means I can do
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