bad timezoning to post this at 3 in the morning. debuts sunday at 5 est. or in 13 hours. my bad guys

NEW MODEL AND SETUP DEBUT TOMORROW AT 5:00 PM EST

we're overdue for a proper reintroduction, but unfortunately that'll have to wait until next year. for the time being were gonna have to move fast-but most importantly-get back to making cool shit all the time.
see you for part 0

credits song for my death YouTube video by vivivivivi

yaya this probably (there’s also a bunch of remixes that other people did)
youtu.be/urxeNbBc1nk?...

woah you made me look so cool!!! thank you so much 💙💙💙

tried to draw @maidmage.bsky.social again!

(oc au) being a TA sucks whats with these quiz answers man

maidmage (@maidmage) Check out maidmage's commissions and portfolio! | Stylized 3D character artist, rigger, animator, and game developer. Your one-stop shop for anything and everything 3D. ...

vgen.co/maidmage

my #VgenComms are now officially live!!! for 3D vtubers we have my Guilty Gear inspired models and also a low poly option, and ill also animate anything you want! promos, action scenes, brbs, stingers, you name it, ill take it on!

how i made a zzz inspired animation for artfight (in 40 hours) YouTube video by maidmagedev

the entire thing was streamed on my twitch, but you can see an edited timelapse of the process here on my youtube: youtu.be/jQeP5c4l9Sk

this past month i spent 40+ hours working on a zzz-inspired animation of
@muchinery.bsky.social
for #artfight !!! i worked on the entire thing on and off through the month right until the final day.

here's some 3D @sifs.bsky.social fanart!!!
this one took about 7 hours.

im giving myself a challenge to make 30 different anime heads across 30 days! a little something to fill the hole artfight left now that its over </3

(lmk who i should make next- but pls dont say urself lol)

Artfight attacks for @jeliwyre.bsky.social and @maidmage.bsky.social !!

[ #artfight #artfight2025 #teamfossils #lettersillust #art #Vsky #vtuber #illustration #oc ]

Art Fight An art gifting game

artfight.net/attack/12291...

how i made a low poly 3D animation for artfight (in 6 hours) YouTube video by maidmagedev

check out the timelapse to see how i did it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJRN...

gotta keep upping my game! heres an animation i made in 6 hours, forcing myself to build an environment as fast as possible without having to draw any textures.
attack of @plantbunii.bsky.social

Art Fight An art gifting game

attack link: artfight.net/attack/12207...
char link: artfight.net/character/76...

limes all over your frutiger metro - here's tonights #artfight attack!!! character by
@soulguibo.glumbo.co

ZZZ Style Animation (wip)
trying to channel my best von lycaon impression with this one

todays #artfight #artfight2025 attack against @jomarjjv.bsky.social !

a lil wip animation from todays stream :3 most of it was spent rigging and figuring out some poses

here's a little showcase from yesterdays stream! i built a new layout for my #unity vtuber app with simulated mouse tracking! this uses some IK stuff to match my mouse position, controlled by two different blendspaces for posing, some easing, combined with tracking from #warudo for my chest and head

omg guys are you proud of me, I GOT ANOTHER ONE DONE!!!!

dis ones a friendly fire for @maidmage.bsky.social !!! :3

#beanzoart #art #artfight2025

NPR Modeling and Custom Normals Recently I’ve been experimenting with setting up custom face normals for my anime modeling work. For those that don’t know, normals are basically a vector pointing outwards from any face or vertex, us...

Tsuki Forum post talking more about custom normals and how I put this together: forum.tsuki.games/t/npr-modeli...

3D Anime Face Lighting Reference for Custom Normals

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

I've been messing around with custom normals recently for anime modeling. I needed some more examples, so I just made a public reference sheet with different characters viewed from different light & cam angles. Mostly ArcSys models here. Ill add more later. Links below.

the best part of the individual control is performing this rolling action. this isnt exactly keyable right now, until i hook it up to some other mechanism (idk how im doing that yet)

The easiest way to create custom bone shapes in Blender YouTube video by Pierrick Picaut

im using custom bone shapes! basically the bone uses a different mesh for its shape, and i have them hidden elsewhere in the blender file. this video can give you a better idea of how it works. (you dont need the addon but it helps a lot)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuvT...

i think i need to adjust the overall proportions of the hand, and then afterwards tweak the posing. im not 100% satisfied yet, but the mechanism works. I might also change the control to be in some kind of bone panel setup rather than laid on top of the hands like this.

setup some macro finger controls for my hand rig inspired by something dillion goo showed off a year ago. currently only have a simple fist pose, but it works on an individual finger basis so you can isolate or delay. you can still tweak the result, and the constraints are all hidden for baking #b3d

breakin in a new rig with some dmc references