Today I woke up super late, ate some food, then worked for 11 hours straight. I was thinking “we’re close enough to the end that I can justify spending all day on this, right?” bu…
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NaNoRenO – Yoshioka ~Day 8~
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NaNoRenO – Yoshioka ~Day 4~
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Continuing on from where we left off before the break, let’s check in on the current state of Aoi’s sprite. I’ve talked about the pose switching before, but…
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NaNoRenO – Yoshioka ~Day 12~
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NaNoRenO – Yoshioka ~Day 27~
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I did a big sleep and now I’m back! The power of youth, gotta love a fast recovery.So with Aoi’s sprite complete, the process of turning it into…
NaNoRenO – Yoshioka ~Day 2~
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NaNoRenO – Yoshioka ~Day 24~
Starting off back on the SFX train, our first destination was somewhere offering the sound of someone dancing with trainers in one of those dance practice rooms you…
NaNoRenO – Yoshioka ~Day 16~
Oh my god it works! That was the spontaneous comment and video I posted to a friend earlier today. The transition actually works… I got it first try,…
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My internet was dead until now, so uh… sorry for the late post. With scene 1 and 2 complete, naturally the next stop is scene 3. It’s a…
NaNoRenO – Yoshioka ~Day 25~
Onto scene 5!Like always, we start with the storyboards… I’ve completed all of these by the way! Finished the final scene today. There’s not really anything in particular…
NaNoRenO – Yoshioka ~Day 7~
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NaNoRenO – Yoshioka ~Day 21~
Okay so last night—because my sleep schedule is a mess apparently and my days are starting to overlap—I did some quality control for scene 1’s voice lines and…
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