Hello folks and welcome to a brief progress report.
Comic and Project work continues. In order to take pressure off myself mentally I'm declaring Thursdays dedicated, for the foreseeable future, towards a combination of technical study and project work with the Lulu project as its backdrop. While I have never been dismissive of or really under any other impression, I now fully understand the amount of time other creators put towards physics application in Blender as it is a complex, time consuming matter. I know that people really do like the longer projects I make, but they have never been a major draw for backing so I am going to prioritize the usual schedule while I poke away with this stuff every Thursday, trying to make it work, just as always. If I want to develop as a creator I need to put some time towards technical study and while it's just 4 days a month being put towards this stuff, it does push the needle in the right direction so to speak.Wednesday animation piece is finally sorted, after an absolute slog of what felt working in syrup, and I hope to have it rendered, edited and posted as soon as possible. It's a Scarlet/Tifa/Ifalna piece I started quite a while back and which owing to scene load has been slow to resolve, but folks have been asking for larger scenes and I think this one turned out pretty well, so all in all happy with it. Since it's in Cycles it'll just feature a closeup each of the ladies in so far as extra angles go, but such is the price to pay for these endeavors. What I'll tackle next for Wednesdays will be a secret, but I'll have something to show for it soon enough.Scarlet Scenario meanwhile will take the coming weekend and a few extra days to sort out, in my estimates. While it'll still retain its ~1 minute run time I've got quite a few scene ideas I want to sort out for it, so I'll see how they shape up and how quickly they can get resolved without me cutting corners too much. Either way, expect some radio silence following this weekend as I hunker down and get it sorted.No gallery changes, nothing to report otherwise I believe. Thank you, everyone, so much for your support and kind words, and happy midsummer! While I'll be cooking a lot today I'll be forsaking the alcohol in order to be well rested for the upcoming weekend work. Stay hydrated, and please take care of yourselves as well as each other!/DH