Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 1:40 PM
David,
So good to hear that you are feeling better. Also very good to hear that you are finding time to devote to the novel. If it is anything like your first three it is bound to be good.
I've been working away at the lantern gun drone. This time I devoted some selfish "me" time to a small detail which is sure to get lost in almost every viewer's eyes. What I added in is the power cable running from the drone base up the scissor beam arm to provide power to the lantern (still to be created). Like I said, nobody will really notice this, especially since most of the work went into actually rigging the cable so that it curves and stretches properly at the corners as the arm opens out, but as an animator I just wanted to make it 'right'... kind of the way you constantly do those rewrites until your own work feels... 'right'.
I've included a render of the work. You will notice that the power cable is rather a garish red. I simply did this to make it more obvious in this snapshot. In reality this will be quite a bit more subdued.
More as it happens,
- Ignatz
Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 6:23 AM
Ignatz,
I like the way the power cable snakes up. It looks practical, in the sense that it seems like something they'd really do. It also allows for easy servicing or replacement, since it's on the outside.
-David