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My ibis paint gallery does not disappoint

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Progress on the 01 character rig!

LIKE I AM SO FUCKING EXCITED LIKE YES THAT IS 01!! When I finally have everything set up for animation it's gonna look amazing!

Like they are alive and moving!!

Currently just texturing, still need to set up controllers and switches. Also need to implement face controls and the lot. Still need to model the inside of the mouth and other stuff.

A lot of work but so worth it!!!

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Started texturing my 01 model! Still bald for now but now they have eyebrows. Joyous. It's so fucking cool to look at my model and go omg!!! That really is 01!!!

Eventually I'm gonna be able to animate with this model ARGHH exciting! I'm already planning what I wanna animate.

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Writing and art is not a hobby it is a NEED

writing isnt even like a hobby to me anymore its just that theres images trapped in my head and if i dont get them out fast enough they start rotting in there and stinking up the place

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Even more The Commune memes I have buried in my camera roll

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Old ass memes I made for The Commune because I still think they're funny

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Biblically accurate 24 (Zade from H2O, aka peak Australian television)

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Teaser panels....

Argh this scene is really good for showing their dynamic and conflicts they both have as people within the cult. They both understand each other but don't agree on everything either.

Also hurt comfort but not too comforting but yes? At the same time??

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The Commune official trailer!

Anopheles voiced by Domingo Castillo (absolutely NAILED his character)

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the true cycle of life

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It catches me off guard in the best way. Like wdym you cared and were interested enough to notice that!!! I LOVE adding details that I just assume only I notice. It's fun and silly.

It's such an amazing feeling when someone picks up on something in your writing that you 100% intended but didn't think people would notice. Like, YES!! My writing properly conveyed the thing it was supposed to!!! You are so awesome for noticing that!!! I am so awesome for writing that!!! I feel so good about my story now!!!!

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Always the writer, never the reader.

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[I.D. an edited pyramid graph of maslow's hierarchy of needs where large text covering every section of basic, psychological and self-fulfillment needs read "people online telling me they like the thing i made". end I.D.] (image description by @lemondoddle )

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Excited and dreading starting this part of the comic... it's gonna bring chaos to anything and everything.

Anopheles is so fun to write as a villain, he's very intelligent and perceptive but can easily be blinded by his own ego and confirmation bias😔🙏 When he starts getting paranoid, the main cast is best to watch out.

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This lil asshole will get what he deserves eventually 😔🙏 have trust

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Showing off a WIP of my 01 sculpt and rig! Aka a character model for me to animate!

The sculpt:

And the actual setup for the rig:

Still not done, mainly getting more technical stuff set up to make the animation process smooth. I plan to get the face rig set up AFTER I texture because it'd be hard to do without the eyebrows visible yet.

Posing the rig :3 The model is actually animatable as is but I want to get it nice and polished, and I need to get more controls done.

ARGHHH I'm so proud of how it's looking. Still technical issues to work through, but I'm still learning rigging.

Ideally I can take parts of this sculpt and rig for the other characters to change proportions a bit. Anopheles and 407 will need a whole new thing from scratch for them though, but still very exciting. I'm gonna have to learn cloth physics and stuff for Anopheles' coat ARGHH so cool

Gonna be awesome to eventually have it set up for animating and its gonna be nicely textured!!! I'm saving texturing as a treat.

Additionally great for my portfolio :3

I can't work on it now cos of uni and shit but I'm itching to keep working on it once I'm done.