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I want to start making shorter tutorial videos, so here's the first one where I show you how to make Dynamic Outlines in Blender! This allows you to create Line Weight Variation to make your models more stylized! #blender #b3d youtu.be/9yhfjM0d45s?si…

Testing out the Face and new Hand Controllers! Rotating the bones above each finger rotates the fingers side to side so you can create peace signs, Vulcan salute etc. There's still some cleanup to make it more user friendly but I'm very happy with the progress! #blender #b3d

I've used the same kind of Rigging logic and applied it to the hands! Each finger has two animations: raised/spread and fist The controllers blend from the fist position to the spread position. Rotating the controllers allows you to make some cool hand motions! #blender #b3d

Making my Face Rig a bit more User Friendly! The mouth, eyebrows and eyes again all have Action constraints that are controlled by the Controllers. I also want to do an Expression Controller for smiles, frowns, teeth etc, but this covers a lot of expressions! #blender #b3d

To make life a bit easier, I made a quick addon that will add all of the constraints/drivers for me. So there's animations for each motion (mouth left/right/open) Move the Master bone to your chosen activation point and it adds the Action Constraints for you #blender #b3d

Trying to make my face rigging a little bit easier! Each bone has an Action Constraint that's tied to an animation and they're driven by the Master bones. I'm just wondering if this is a standard way to make more complex face rigs, and what are some other ways? #blender #b3d

I wanted to test out my Female Basemesh and KPop Demon Hunters is my current obsession, so why not make a quick mockup of Rumi! This only took about half an hour, just slowly tweaking the basemesh to get to the final look! #blender #b3d #KPOPDEMONHUNTERS

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ahh leggy squishhhh haha aw sorry for this potato weight painting, but been feeling a bit obsessed with creating corrective bones because its fun!

What are your thoughts on AI 3D models? I could see it being useful for blockout to test out concepts, but it's unusable for any final assets You would have to retopologise both of these, but AI gets 90% of the way there. Some manual cleanup and these would be almost identical

Blackbird☀️ Stylized 3D model based on illustration by MZMR @mister_despair

My first ever attempt at detailed lip sync! This isn't great, but as a first pass there are some redeeming qualities The big motions (Coward, Oath, When) read pretty well, but smaller ones like Ss, Fs, Uhs etc are way more difficult Audio is from Expedition 33! #blender #b3d

Because I've completely remade my Female Basemesh, I also have to completely remake the textures, but this time I'm giving them way more detail! I'm using Substance Painter to add in Stitches and creases, it takes a while but the new version is way better! #blender #b3d

Hey! She's done, hope you like it!

Finally on to texturing! I'm super happy with the new model, and I also love the new teeth! I wanted them to be simple and stylized, but still keep individual teeth so that you can do things like fangs, crooked teeth etc! #blender #b3d

I'm bad at animating, but just want to see how the rig works! One question for you animators: how do you go about getting creases for faces e.g. dimples? Blendshapes or extra bones to control certain areas? ARKit blendshapes wouldn't work in this case #blender #b3d

Making progress with my hand rigging! This is just the Rigify rig, no correctives or extra bones. I think it's passable, the thumb is probably a fraction too long, and the animation is a bit stiff, but it works for my purposes and I'm open to any help/critiques! #blender #b3d

BIG shoutout to @vertex_arcade and his post earlier about shoulder rigging. Made me realise my deforms still needed a lot of work. This is now with all corrective shape keys turned OFF. TYSM @vertex_arcade and everyone that contributed. What social media should be about ✊#b3d

WOW! So many incredibly talented people gave me tips and recommendations so here's my updated rig! No extra bones/drivers. This is mainly just better posing (twisting shoulder/arm) and weight painting! Thanks for all the help, but still open to any suggestions! #blender #b3d

Does anybody have any resources for Shoulder Rigging? This looks fine when raising the arms to T Pose level, but raising them overhead always deforms incorrectly. I'm not sure if it's the placement of the shoulder bones, the weight painting or the model! #blender #b3d