POV Lick Preview, Encounter 3 and future plans

Getting a bit of a deja vu from the first Encounter animation here, haha! There were quite a couple of changes I needed to do animation-wise, as the scene was pretty much designed to mostly work from one perspective. I first tried getting away with just strapping a camera to Space Hero’s head, but quickly realized I’d have to redo his entire head animation since it was so unsteady that it downright induced motion sickness. There was also a lot of additional clipping to get rid off that was previously conveniently covered up by Zoe’s thumb, haha!

I’m anticipating for the extra scenes to be done next month, with this playblast likely being the last before release. Right now I’m adjusting the gulp scene, which will be included as well in addition to the belly rock scene! Since I still have most of the production material still lying on my drives, I’ll likely post a VFX breakdown of some scenes as well, likely as a separate post after the next one!

Encounter 3 Concept (spoilers)

It's probably no secret that I'm already working on concepts for the third Encounter episode, which will go back to its roots and be more akin to the first one, featuring a boss fight in which Space Hero will fight against Zoe. This time however, Zoe will be possessed by an evil force and be a lot more ruthless and devious than before, though it will more be in the category of her being comedically bad to keep the light-hearted tone of the series! I've already written down some basic script ideas, but it's still a long way from being done. In the meantime I'll be working on a few mini animations either way while sidelining the pre-production phase. It's however likely that this time I'll split the release of the animation in two parts since it might make things a little more workable for me. Encounter 1 & 2 were absolutely insane from both the animation and overall production load, so splitting a project like that in two parts might make things a bit more managable.

Other Animation Projects

With Encounter 3 still being a out in the future, I have a couple of other animation projects that I'm pretty excited about! There's specifically one which I can't talk about just yet, but I can at least mention that it's somewhat of a collab with another artist. I might have more about this next month after releasing the Encounter 2 bonus whatsoever! :D

Another small animation I've planned is actually a remake of the old Blue Vixen Noms U animation, which was the first animation I've posted online! This would of course feature Zoe, as well as completely redone animation and rendering. Whether the new version of her will be done by that is something we'll have to see, as I've hit a few minor roadblocks in redoing her fur and hair, so she works in the latest version of Maya and Redshift. I'll make sure to post updates on her once I'm getting there whatsoever! 

Welp, looks like my posting schedule is finally back on track! Note that I still haven't taken care of my PM inbox yet, but I'm hoping to finally tackle that in the upcoming month! I might have help with that soon, as I'm in the process of talking to someone who should be able to help me taking care of the messaging load here. Fingers crossed! (: