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Great advice for writing a good story, by some old guy
March 20, 2021There are probably some great books on how to write good drama scripts, but I came across a reference to ‘The Poetics’ written by Aristotle ...
Web Stories and Comic Speech Bubbles
March 7, 2021I am planning to reboot my "Extra Ordinary" animation series using web stories. The animated version was fun, but I found it too hard for ...
Tiling for Expressions with VRoid Characters
January 19, 2021If you have watched Suvidriel's YouTube channel you will know you can have multiple textures for your VRoid character face, clothes, etc using tiling. This ...
Example Expressions from Blendshapes with VRoid Studio, HANA_Tool, and Unity
January 15, 2021This post includes an update on my plans to do expressions with VRoid characters for the purpose of creating short animated video clips using Unity ...
Creating your own animation teaches greater appreciation for the experts!
December 31, 2020I am having a go at a 3D animated comic series. I am getting closer, getting the ground work out of the way (e.g. https://twitter.com/xordinary99/status/1344592878509572096?s=21). ...
First Experiences with Low End Motion Capture Tools
December 17, 2020Yesterday I wrote a blog post on a list of low end motion capture tools. Today I thought I would share my opinions and (limited) ...
Low End Motion Capture Tools
December 16, 2020One of my personal challenges is how to create 3D animated content with relatively low effort and decent quality. I have been building up a ...
Plot and Story Structure
November 6, 2020If you search online for how to structure Manga, Anime, a Webtoon comic, or more you will find various discussions on what terminology to use ...
3D Anime Approaches (and thoughts for myself)
November 5, 2020My personal goal is to create an semi animated comic. In particular, create a "web story" per episode of a series. I do not plan ...
Unity Blendshapes to add Muscles to VRoid Characters
November 3, 2020VRoid gives you a lot of flexibility over many things of a character, but arm thickness is not one of them. You can control the ...
Riding a Scooter in Unity with VRoid Characters
October 30, 2020I wanted to have a character ride an electric scooter. I am not going to worry initially about mounting and dismounting, but I do want ...
Animating VRoid Facial Texture Changes in Unity
October 19, 2020Some expressions involve changing the face structure (a smile is created by a blend shape) while others involve changing the texture of the face (like ...
Changing Facial Expressions (part 3)
October 14, 2020I recently shared a blog post on a Unity script I am experimenting with to add ARKit compatible expressions to VRoid characters. Of course the ...
Animating Hand Poses in Unity
October 12, 2020I have described challenges in animating facial expressions in a previous post. Facial expressions are based on "blend shapes" to adjust the shape of the ...
Changing Facial Expressions (part 2)
October 10, 2020I previously wrote a post on Changing Facial Expressions where I went through the basics of how to control facial expressions in Unity. Since then ...
Generating iFacialMocap Blend Shapes in Unity for VRoid Characters
October 4, 2020I have been exploring iFacialMocap, an iOS app that uses the iPhone "ARKit" library to convert facial expressions into a series of movements. These can ...
Speech Bubbles in Unity
September 14, 2020One of the projects I plan to undertake is to create a cartoon series using "web stories", a format for browsing through visual content on ...
Copying BlendShapes in Unity with a Script
September 7, 2020My goal is to create characters in VRoid Studio and then use them in an animated video created in Unity. A part of this challenge ...
Unity Locomotion Package Trials and Tribulations
August 23, 2020Runevision developed a locomotion system for use with Unity. It deals with issues such as walking over sloped or uneven surfaces, making sure the feet ...
Using Animation Clips with VRoid Characters in Unity
August 16, 2020In this post I describe my current plans for animation of VRoid Studio characters in Unity (using animation clips). I might change my mind on ...
Changing Facial Expressions
August 10, 2020VRoid characters in Unity include "Blendshapes" (called "Shape Keys" in Blender) that morph the eyes, eyebrows, and mouth on the face to create different expressions. ...
Controlling VRoid Eyes in Unity
August 8, 2020The eyes are an important part of acting. They convey a lot of emotion, from their shape to what they are looking at. It is ...
Making VRoid Characters Blink in Unity
July 29, 2020By default, characters loaded into Unity using UniVRM do not blink. You can animate blinking yourself using animation clips, but UniVRM also provides a script ...
VRoid Studio and Unity Posts
July 29, 2020This post provides a list of my blog posts related to VRoid Studio and Unity for creating animations (movies, short cartoons, etc). I will come ...