Just need to get through one more work day and vacation mode can ensue! I’ll be focusing on packing, starting tomorrow. I’ve commandeered a smartphone (nothing fancy) and programmed it for hotspot use in case I want to check into Mumble, or search for some information about where we’re going, or any other stupid task my brain decides to conjure. I don’t see myself having to use it much, if anything I’ll probably be keeping myself busy on the tablet with other things.
Open Thread!
Finished rendering in After Effects tonight. Tomorrow I’ll focus on adding it to the main project; and possibly doing some voice recording tomorrow. If I only have just the ending to take care of when I get back I’ll stand a good chance of having it done by or around Halloween.
Don’t worry… next week you won’t have to hear about any of this. 😛
I don’t want to break my arm to pat my own back, but… I got a lot done with the video today! I got the SFM animations finished, and I’ve got everything in place for some work in After Effects tomorrow. After that comes assembly, and of course scheduling a time to record voice lines. I will need to go back into SFM to re-render something with a greenscreen, but that won’t take too long… or at least it shouldn’t. I’m still kind of surprised that I’ve moved through this so quickly. Rendered two things, compiled them in Shotcut, and ready to process in After Effects. It’s amazing what a little practice can do!
I animated a couple of scenes tonight, even got to play around with some particles! and lighting! October is around the corner, and I’m cutting it close trying to finish this before then. I have a couple more scenes in this stage to put together, and I would need to animate Yutram’s, plus there’s still some voice recording that we need to do for the end. Finishing this before the end of October will be a close one, but at the same time I’m happy with how fast I’m starting to move in between scenes. This will come in handy since I’ll be away from this stuff for a couple of weeks! 😀
I felt a little better today. I even managed to get a few things done around the house, and even made some breakfast burritos for Bro and I. I’ve been drinking nothing but herbal teas since the weekend started; mainly some chamomile, though I finished off the night with some red vanilla chai with warm sweetened frothy milk. I want to be as relaxed as possible before going to bed; my muscles are still a little tense.
Vacation can’t begin soon enough…
I went from enjoying a relaxing game of MGSV last night (and even a bit today), to feeling really sore and nauseated right as I was going to bed. I’m feeling better now, mostly taking it easy. I captured the Honey Bee (again) and I’ve been doing side op’s ever since. Target practice (by running through all the targets), rescuing a sheep, people, destroying comms equipment and of course you can’t finish a game of MGSV without doing some cardboard box sledding. 😛
I’ll see what I can do on my current animation project… assuming that I feel better tomorrow. There has been a cloud of fog hovering around my head all day, which is slightly better than a cloud of fog hovering over your head while dealing with pain I guess.
I’ve stumbled upon a blog recently called sorryantivaxxer, and they record the deaths of antivaxxers and showcase their online history of spreading antivax memes. Another one that’s also being shared is r/HermanCainAward, where it’s more of the same (along with a couple of ironic memes). These are the kind of people I have to work for and alongside everyday. One of my co-workers is currently dealing with long COVID, and just a few months ago he was touting about how it’s fake, and even if it is real it won’t be any different than the flu. Now he can’t even so much as stand or walk for very long. Even now he still won’t get vaccinated, and his health was never even that great before COVID. At this point I’m not even enforcing the mask policy at work; If these Y’alliban asshats want to Darwin themselves out of existence, then by all means…
I deal with these types of people on a daily basis, and having them lessen their own numbers might make the lives of everyone else a hell of a lot better. If I had any fucks left to give they’ve long since evaporated.
I finished calculating how much livestream audio I will be working with; about 27 seconds overall. The animation might not remain in that timeframe though, depending on what shenanigans unfold. 😛 I did manage to get a bit of animation done on my character, with one scene almost being done. I think I’m finally getting enough mental muscle memory to navigate in between programs and moving characters to keep a good pace. I’m not going to get overconfident though… I’m currently in overdrive mode until vacation begins (excluding the weekends to do other things).
I’m happy enough with what I’ve done to get some much needed rest after another day of paid exercise and verbal abuse.
I spent the evening writing up dialogue for an ending to a video, and so far this is one of the more intricate scripts I’ve worked on for a story. If this wasn’t a 3D animation I would almost say it was written for an anime, whether it’s a good or bad one is anyone’s guess. 😛 It makes slightly more sense than FLCL, and the voice acting might be an IRQ level of equal or lesser value.
There is a little more I would like to add, and I’ve already submitted my first round of ramblings to my partner in crime on the project for approval. I’ve always loved to write things, even as a kid. Something about taking something and turning it into a story always appealed to me. It might also be why my dreams are so random, my brain seems to enjoy a story even if it might scare the ever loving shit out of me.
Speaking of…
Chopped up more video footage in preparations to start on the next video project. In game footage alone I have a little over three and a half minutes, and 46 seconds of it being animated. I also plan to have an animated ending to accompany it. I can hash out the story with a friend while I get started on animating dialogue from the livestream itself. I didn’t have much time today, and tomorrow I’ll be busy with some errands. Probably won’t really be able to dig into it for another day or two.
I don’t think I’ll be able to make October with this one; a much needed vacation is a couple weeks away, and I’ll be doing a lot of travel faaaaaar away from home. I’m in dire need of a break, and a good cure seems to be going to Yellowstone with my camera to take some sweet pics! If I do end up releasing anything it probably won’t even be until near the end of the year, or until I need to stop in favour of another video in need of finishing. I have a two weeks to get as much out of the way as possible, and depending on what I achieve I’ll either continue on the project, or start on the one I have planned for December.