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I'm back
Hello my loyal readership. A tanget before I begin- I hate the AI-ification of everything : ) Anyways, I'm going to try and complete all...

Elena
Oct 8, 20242 min read


Unreal hell
I don't know everything about unreal, but I'm willing to learn and import. so I think from here on out I will work on finishing up my...

Elena
Apr 16, 20231 min read


I'm Finally finishing these up
I finished up all the clothing and began work on the whole, get stuff into unreal. Hunter's outfit is based on a tieli, I think I should...

Elena
Apr 16, 20231 min read


3/10 post
t minus 7 days Uncle's robe is fairly simple. It's a shuhe or duanda. peasants clothing. Hunter's robe is a little more tricky. His is...

Elena
Mar 10, 20231 min read


2/24/2022
I finished re-typologizing the robe for the fox and am working on manually readjusting it for the rig in maya. I also did a slight edit...

Elena
Feb 24, 20231 min read
First 2 Weeks
I have been having a very slow start trying to get out of vacation mode. There's not a lot to write about. I had a bunch of reading to...

Elena
Feb 5, 20231 min read


The Feb 03 Post
One thing I forgot to mention during the daily is that I do most of the compositing for the animatics and am responsible to upload them...

Elena
Feb 5, 20231 min read


The Progress
I noodled around Marvelous. It's pretty cool. What I ended up deciding to do is make some of the extra layers required to hold form and...

Elena
Dec 19, 20221 min read


Catchy (ing up) Title (October)
I think I did the key art and printed out all the Key Arts. I think I had also spent time drawing boards for beats that ultimately...

Elena
Nov 12, 20221 min read


Halloween Update
Hmmm, This was about when we finalized the musician. Lots of Democracy was involved in this process but I think I'm pretty happy with the...

Elena
Nov 12, 20221 min read


Things I did and need to do 9/25
I need to stop forgetting to draw storyboards. . . - Got in touch with music people - got an animatic pass in, good, but could be better...

Elena
Sep 25, 20222 min read


Sept 4: Updates and character redesigns
Quick update. I did some final redesigns of the characters, trying to base each character's outfit off of historical clothing while also...

Elena
Sep 4, 20222 min read


Summer Insights (7/9/2022)
I just had a strange thought about the story and characters. I wonder if Huli-ge was a projection of some unspoken facet of myself. As a...

Elena
Jul 9, 20221 min read


4/17- Happy Easter???
This is like, the Holy week of April. Start on 4/13, Homestuck day and end on 4/20, weed day and my personal favorite- Fire Emblem...

Elena
Apr 17, 20221 min read


4/03/2022 Research Week
Research into 2 things foxes and the Ming Dynasty Some of the research Appearance The forepaws have five digits, four are in contact with...

Elena
Apr 3, 20222 min read


Catch Up
So, this is late. I am extremely bad at journaling and blogging, and all prior attempts have eventually ended in failure. I did progress...

Elena
Mar 27, 20222 min read


2/13/2022. 2 months before 4/13
Primarily I did review and research this week. In the end all I really did was some blocking for possible bamboo placement in a 3d...

Elena
Feb 14, 20221 min read


DAC Senior Thesis, First Blog
Some vague inspiration and original concepts for the Fox Story thesis being produced 2022-2023 Hello, For the first blog, I'm going to...

Elena
Jan 30, 20223 min read
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