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ZodiaWave
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Posted by ZodiaWave - May 13th, 2024


You need to understand. Toon shaders in blender aren't actually made for a model's geometry, for some fucking reason they rely exclusively on normal and topology related math, and that leads to the really janky shadows both in raw animations, and what survived the culling in post. The solutions to this would... delay any progress, both time and money. It got to the point where I considered layered shadow textures to alternate between out of sheer despair. Included is the node setup I used, note that it is manual and specifically requires keyframing on Mapping and Color Ramp.


But yeah...


No normal editing, no topology, no proxies, no fancy shmancy shader, no techno babble. Just. Color.


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Posted by ZodiaWave - May 6th, 2024


Bone Heat Weight problems got in the way of what I wanted for Giru and Casey's necklaces before, but figured out a solution and got proper cuban chains on 'em. Right on time for a shorter animation soon.


Case someone else could use this info, first try scaling everything up by 100, and parenting with automatic weights. If that fails like what happened here, then go bigger. If THAT fails, while everything's still big, hit M to merge vertices and select by distance, raise the decimal in the popup to the highest amount possible that still has good geometry. Then I parented, succeeded, and then I shrunk the model.


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Posted by ZodiaWave - April 5th, 2024


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Yeah the quiet after the last big update was just cuz I was updating 3D rigs for characters, and ironing out problems cuz blender's a bitch. Look forward to some good shit!


Also apparently Patreon now has updates for just members, period? I gots ideas for that.


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Posted by ZodiaWave - March 30th, 2024



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Posted by ZodiaWave - March 28th, 2024



Had this one cooking in the background for abit, finally found time to finish, hope it helps anyone who wants to get their own models going. More to come soon!


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Posted by ZodiaWave - March 11th, 2024


A little sneak peek for the new short animation. I feel like there's some potential for a Buddy Christ spinoff.


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Posted by ZodiaWave - February 29th, 2024


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Chapter 1 of Blood Saga is now public, and can be downloaded on the Drive here!


Chapter 2 is also now available a month early on the Studio LZRain Patreon for any members!


We're back in business in the Red Server, time to keep the ball rolling, and as always, EnjoY ThE ShoW!


EDIT: Game Jolt download's been causing a softlock for some people, changed to an alt link.


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Posted by ZodiaWave - January 31st, 2024



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Posted by ZodiaWave - January 24th, 2024


I've waited... 10 fucking years to see that...


That was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my life, nothing will ever top that experience.


You can still dm and shit but... I'm gonna need a minute to process things.



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Posted by ZodiaWave - December 28th, 2023


Jericho Media's back with more of Neon City, which I again did the portraits for.


We're getting to see s'more of the city in these videos, and I'm looking forward to whatever comes next!


Episode 2


Episode 1.5




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