A Night in Liyue - Prank Gone Wrong WiP #2c (Patreon)

Now that the introductions are done, it's time to start working on the good stuff :3

Watch through Mega:

https://mega.nz/file/JPtxiCga#xc8gLsfjWE7P5thiCRwVQsYzfPcddFSNfBWvLkZfcZc

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Nooot really sure why this one took so long to polish tbh :/

Aside from a one day blackout, there wasn't much of an interruption to my work schedule. Nor was it a particularly big boi. Only clocking in at 5 minutes... So If anything, I expected to be done early... Oh well...

Anyways!.. Hope you like my choice of sound tracks for this one :3

I noticed that the Liyue songs tend to be more on the solemn and low-key side, with only a few up-beat ones that fit Xiangling and Hu Tao's personalities. So it's defo a bit harder to find good songs for PGW, than it was for Happy Accident... Buuuttt since there's still hundreds of OST's to choose from. As long as I keep rummaging through them, something will eventually stick XD

Oh! And uhh... I haven't really told this before, and maybe you've noticed it already with Happy Accident... But I only use OST's that are based off of (or at least related to) the region I'm working on atm... Just to add some extra personality to each Night in Teyvat chapter... But also introduces a bit of a headache XD

So for HA, I had the Mondstadt, Dragonspine, & Golden Apple Archipelago sound tracks to choose from. And now for PGW, I have the Liyue, Chasm, and Chenyu Vale OST's... Whiiich tbh, all kinda sounds the same XD... Or at least, aren't as diverse as the previous region :p

On a different note. I've also been feeling like I'm starting to hit a plateauuea with my animation skills lately... So I decided to go on another training arc XD

I've never really had any traditional education when it comes to animation, nor have I worked with other animators before. So I'm kinda just doing my own thing rn XD... And tho figuring things out on my own has gotten me this far, I think it's time to look for some outside help.

So my plan is to take a look at how traditional, professional animators do their thing... Learn from their workflow... Then apply those skills on my future animations :3

Starting with their models!

And as it happens, Dillongoo Studios has a fully rigged, professional model available for purchase that goes by the name Emily!

I'll give her a spin, try doing some fast paced combat animations in my free time, and look under the hood! And maybe I can even use what I'll learn from her and use that as the basis for the Gen 3 models!.. But I prolly shouldn't get too ahead of myself lol

I'll also be trying to push my introverted butt out of my comfort zone and try reaching out to pros and maybe get some helpful pointers :3

And uhh yeah! That's about it!.. Hope you like it you absolute Chad!

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PS: Super thanks to Massdiff for giving me some super helpful tips last time!

Mainly the Wiggle Bones add-on (that I'm now using for Hu Tao's hair) and also the Flip Fluids add-on, for a hopefully better fluid sim action. Which I'll defo be giving a shot for the next scenes hehehe...