Blog Posts
OpenUSD UsdPreviewSurface Material Portability
I am interested in OpenUSD for portability of content. Instead of being tied to one rendering engine, my content can be rendered in multiple tools. At least that is the OpenUSD promise. But there are practical issues, one of which is materials. How to create materials that work across multiple tools? One project that gets…
My Stages of Animation Production using VRoid Studio and Unity
What are the normal stages in creating an 3D animated video? There are variations depending on whether you are doing a full length movie, a short film, a TikTok video, or (as in my case) a motion web comic series, but there is more in common than is different. So here are the phases of…
Tiling for Expressions with VRoid Characters
If 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 allows you to add a blush to the cheeks, tears around the eyes, etc. This blog describes some quick tips for doing this more efficiently in Adobe Photoshop. Here is…
Extra Ordinary, the Series 