Wow man, this is really great, I love it. So much life in 2 seconds. Can't wait to see more.

Thanks guys, it's been a long time coming without really being sure it was going to work, so it's good to know other people than me actually think it looks good Lots more to come, I'm pretty much in the phase of having everything built, so it's just running the shots through animation and rendering then I can get everything comped and put this thing to bed. Lots to go, but this was a big milestone.

Thanks man, once I actually start having to comp in the plate of the actress it gets a bit sketchier so I might have to get you guys to take a look at it when I get there, but trying to really level up the composition & cinematography was one of my big focal points when I decided to re-do this scene, so super happy that's coming through.

And yeah, for [insert complicated world building reasons here] they're not strictly /meant/ to be in unision, but I'm not mad if they are Thanks for the call out though, always down for more specific feedback from you guys btw. The one-two whammy of 'moving up here' and 'the pandemic', killed off pretty much all of my irl sources of talking about movie stuff with other people who do this.

2021 was one of those years where I feel like I finally unlocked the next level of both my art and how I relate to my art, and where I want to be going and doing and all that jazz. So I thought it might be fun/interesting to do a little shot evolution comparison through the years.

(Side note: Between the two 2018's is when Teague did his notes pass and suggestions random recording thing he does and somehow managed to unlock the mental block in my brain and I very literally had that "all my instincts suddenly flood back into place and I feel like I've regained my power" moments, and remembered how VFX work after not touching it for like 5 years. So if nothing else, we can all blame Teague for where I am now...thank? Maybe thank.)

A-fukin-greed my friend. I'm so ridiculously happy with how this matte extension turned out.

And now In Living Motion whynot:

(Still some work to do, I haven't even touched the roto on her since 2018 so there's something kinda funky going on there I think)

I finally just got everything rendered for my rework of one of the scenes in innervate (which was an adventure and a half hooooboy) so I'm starting to do final comps on all of them and I just finished this one, and iunno, I'm super proud of it, but it's getting close to the point of final final frames that I feel kinda weird sharing it super publicly unlike my wip journal type stuff I usually do. Is that weird? That feels like it might be weird...

...hey look, those trees I posted about!

(also, always down for comments/notes if you see something)