The Skwovet on the left looks like it came out of an entirely different game franchise in comparison.
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Custom 3D Animated Renders
- Thread starter DJTHED
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If it doesn't absolutely break the models, can you render them without those ugly red clouds or the red filter? Y'know, make them look like normal models?
That would solve the issue of them looking totally different from regular Dynamax Pokemon. On cart, both Dynamax and Gigantimax have the red clouds and glow, but since Showdown just upscales the regular sprites for Dynamax, that leaves Gigantimax looking super weird.
On the contrary: do only the red glowing clouds. It'd save a lot of work while showing your disinterest at the same time.
Maybe. Depends on whether or not I can even find out how that particle system even works, or if it is even exportable from the game files (if I can find it, even, LOL)
Wave 4 Done, along with some updates on Wave 1 for some of the starter Pokemon.
Yamper Line:
Yamper:
Boltund:
Rolycoly Line
Rolycoly:
Carkol:
Coalossal (Had to reconfigure the compositing a bit to allow for the coal glow to glow through the composited outlines for these two final stages of this line):
Applin Line
Applin:
Flapple:
Appletun:
And then some updates to Wave 1.
Grookey, Thwackey, Scorbunny, Raboot, Sobble, Drizzile
Starter First Stages:
Grookey:
Scorbunny:
Sobble:
Pokemon Showdown Scale References:
Starter Second Stages:
Thwackey:
Raboot:
Drizzile:
Pokemon Showdown Scale References:
One thing I noticed as I was working on these the past few days is how off the scaling was on pretty much every starters' first two stages, all of which were a bit big compared to other Pokemon with similar proportions already present on Pokemon Showdown (heck, my renders could still be considered a bit bigger than they really should be). It can be really easy to make renders too big, because going a bit bigger helps preserve some of the detail in the model and textures, and going much lower than that will lose you that detail. But it's more important to keep scale in check. With that being said, I am still happy with the scale for all the starter final evolutions. Rillaboom for example is pretty on par on scale and proportions with Chesnaught (minus Rillaboom's drum), and the other two final Gen 8 starter evolutions are both naturally fairly tall and skinny, unlike any other starter (closest being Sceptile, Infernape, and Greninja, but those all hold a very low and/or wide poses obviously).Last edited:
Wave 5 Done, and so far probably the most time consuming to get right. Tons of alternate forms to cover, and also some technical difficulties with animation required me to modify them a bit for a few Pokemon.
The main issue is that when exporting the animation data to a format other 3D Software is able to read, the format doesn't natively support scaling. So bones that scale will not import into Blender, so I have to animate the parts that needs to scale manually on my end. Cramorant's Gulping animation required me to scale the Pokemon it's gulping around their head so that their head isn't clipping through the back of Cramorant's neck, just like how it is in-game. Toxel and Toxtricity had missing scale animation for their electric "hair". And Centiskorch had missing scale animation for its fire. All of which I animated the scale myself (all rotation and positional animation is still original and unmodified). I did my best to keep the animation true to what they should be, though if anything they might be a bit more exaggerated than before (especially regarding Toxtricity's electric hair)
And of course, there's the fire effect itself on Centiskorch. If anyone recalls, this was something I hadn't figured out back in the old days of this thread. But I actually knew how these worked for quite a few months now. Had to make some tweaks to get the compositing to work nicely with the fire effect, like outlines and such, but given the knowledge I got a few months back, it wasn't too bad.
Silicobra Line:
Silicobra:
Sandaconda:
Cramorant:
Arrokuda Line:
Arrokuda:
Barraskewda:
Toxel Line:
Toxel:
Toxtricity Amped:
Toxtricity Low Key:
Sizzlipede Line:
Sizzlipede:
Centiskorch:
... oh, honey, I'm praying for you when you get to Alcremie.
Wave 6 Done.
Clobbopus Line:
Clobbopus:
Grapploct:
Sinistea Line:
Sinistea:
Polteageist:
Hatenna Line:
Hatenaa:
Hattrem:
Hatterene:
Impidimp Line:
Impidimp:
Morgrem:
Grimmsnarl:
Not much to comment on this one. Though I also have been working on some dex-style renders too (which are the ripped 3DS renders that are used in the Pokemon Showdown Teambuilder). Here are a few samples:
I even try to copy the visual artifacts that are seen in the official dex renders from the 3DS. If you view these renders in Smogon Dark theme against a dark background, you can see white artifacts around the silhouette of the render, which are also present in the official renders, like these:
I think I'll bundle all of these types of renders up into one big compressed zip file once I get to all of the Gen 8 Pokemon battle renders. I'm prioritizing the main animated battle renders first and foremost before these dex renders.Last edited:
Wave 7 Done, going through the Galar forms now.
Zigzagoon-Galar Line:
Zigzagoon:
Original Scale Reference:
Linoone:
Original Scale Reference:
Obstagoon:
Meowth-Galar Line:
Meowth:
Original Scale Reference:
Perrserker:
Corsola-Galar Line:
Corsola:
Original Scale Reference:
Cursola:
Farfetch'd-Galar Line:
Farfetch'd:
Original Scale Reference:
Sirfetch'd:
Mr. Mime-Galar Line:
Mr. Mime:
Original Scale Reference:
Mr. Rime:
I'm still a little bit indifferent on how the Corsola line turned out, given that they are the first Pokemon I've done so far in this process that has transparency in some parts of its models. Main issue with that is that the .GIF format doesn't support partial opacity. Either the pixel is at 100% opacity, or 0% opacity. So a lot of it is finding a compromise on how bright the color of the transparent parts should be, and to find what fits best considering there is no partial transparency. Not sure if I'm happy with what I have, but perhaps there is no perfect solution.Last edited:
Dithering maybe?
If the renders were bigger, maybe. But they are too small with low pixel density as it is, it'll probably look even more distracting.Zigzagoon and Linoone look so creepy wtf
Yeah, apparently something happened that made Linoone's eyes dark and Zigzagoon's eyes completely black.
DJTHED In case whatever made this happen is too hard to fix (or in case you just don't want to) I edited the gifs to give their eyes more color.
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Oh? I wasn't aware I was missing that detail on them. I can probably fix that on my end pretty easily, you don't have to do edits for me. I probably just forgot an emission texture for the eyes or something. Feel free to just let me know I missed something next time, as it's usually just an easy fix for me.
Wave 8 Done. Compositing was a bit annoying to do for a lot of these mons to be honest. Lots of exceptions to make things work.
Yamask-Galar Line:
Yamask:
Original Scale Reference:
Runerigus:
Cofagrigus Scale Reference:
Ponyta-Galar Line:
Ponyta:
Original Scale Reference:
Rapidash:
Original Scale Reference:
Weezing-Galar:
Weezing:
Original Scale Reference:
Darumaka-Galar Line:
Darumaka:
Original Scale Reference:
Darmanitan:
Original Scale Reference:
Darmanitan-Zen:
Stunfisk-Galar:
Stunfisk:
Original Scale Reference:
Stunfisk comparison looks hilarious.Wave 8 Done. Compositing was a bit annoying to do for a lot of these mons to be honest. Lots of exceptions to make things work.
Yamask-Galar Line:
Yamask:
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Runerigus:
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Cofagrigus Scale Reference:
Ponyta-Galar Line:
Ponyta:
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Original Scale Reference:
Rapidash:
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Weezing-Galar:
Weezing:
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Darumaka-Galar Line:
Darumaka:
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Darmanitan:
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Darmanitan-Zen:
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Stunfisk-Galar:
Stunfisk:
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Wave Alcremie is done! (aka Wave 9). I know what you're probably going to ask, and no, you don't want to know how long this took.
(and more)
Milcery (and especially Alcremie) Line:
Milcery:
Alcremie:
Strawberry (In order of appearance: Vanilla, Ruby, Matcha, Mint, Lemon, Salted, Ruby Swirl, Caramel Swirl, Rainbow Swirl, and Shiny):
Blueberry:
Heart:
Star:
Clover:
Flower:
Ribbon:
Falinks:
Pincurchin:
Snom Line:
Snom:
Frosmoth:
Hey DJTHED, I love your work, Im a new animator and I tried to do my part with Mewtwo.
I accept all feedback, and Im working in Ninetales and M-Steelix too.Full Size:
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The camera angle doesn't do that pose any favors. Without an outline to define the outstretched arm, that Mewtwo looks like an amputee.
Wait, I missed the demon raccoons! I wanna see them lol
Hi DJTHED! I've been looking at this thread for a long time, and I think your work is great! The models do look on par with regular 3DS models.Rillaboom:
Just one little critique about the Rillaboom models. The drum looks too small, especially the ends. See here; both the Smogon render and the original screen rip have bigger drums.
Your model, however:
See what I mean?
Also, these models are great like the rest, but the camera angle is a bit off compared to the Smogon render and original screen rip.Arrokuda:
Barraskewda:
See, your Arrokuda and Barraskewda are tilted a bit more to their left, while the other models I put here are tilted more to their right. As for the backs, the official models are tilted less to the right than yours, so that might be something you need to change.
Otherwise, it's all good! I like the models!
