Izumi's Exotic Dance

Ok gentlemen, the wait is over.
The new exotic dance is ready, and you know where to find it. There's already a video uploaded in the folders, on Iwara, and on YouTube, so take your pick. I hope you like this one, and let me know what you think by leaving a comment.

This animation set a couple of personal records. If I exclude the few days I took off, it was completed in less than a month and a half. That’s partly thanks to my switch to the "pose to pose" animation method, which really helped speed things up. The second record is that this is probably the hardest animation I've done so far. I had to switch to Quaternion rotation mode for the Body, Center, Head, Chest, IK hands, and IK legs to get the results I wanted.

If you plan to load this animation onto a different EPMX model, I recommend switching the controls from the default Euler rotation to Quaternion. Blender usually does this automatically, but it’s better to play it safe. I’m seriously considering making Quaternion the default in the next rig update.

Now that the animation is done, I’ll return to working on Izumi’s new outfit. First, I’ll take a few days to gather better reference material for her belt. The one she has now is just a placeholder, but hopefully I can find something that fits her style better.

Also, as some of you noticed, the folder links have been updated. For the couple of new members who joined just a few hours ago, I apologize for the delay. I held off on sending the links to avoid having to change them right after. You should now have the new links in your DMs.

Enjoy the new dance, and feel free to leave a comment here or wherever you watch the video.

Thank you for your patience and support.

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Quick edit
I had to make a small change around frame 2880 since her elbow clipped her thigh, a V1 has been added to the new file, sorry about that.