News, Changes, Ideas, and More for Stella Animation

1. The original scene, or rather the original idea, was for Stella to eat something and for us to have a view inside her.

It was the idea I had in mind for the animation, but problems started to arise.

As you can see, the restaurant scene was a good idea, but when it came to rendering, I realized the errors and the weight of the scene itself, causing the animation and frames to drop drastically.

For example, for this 1024 frame, it took 4 hours to render, and with the changes to the mesh, polygons, textures, etc., it took more.

So the restaurant idea will have to change, along with everything I added.

2. and 3.

Food: For Stella's animation, I had to find good quality food, or food fit for kings, or something similar. Also, in bed practices, and especially in fluids, animating water movement or simulating water can be quite tedious, so follow the path I followed to avoid simulation problems with the model.

It's a shame, but I'll have to look for another type of food or another food idea to carry out the animation. I'll also be unsure whether to use the water simulation or not for the animation, but with time I'll see what can be done.

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                                                         Models and Textures of the Internal Body

4. Inside the mouth

Looks good, right?

Okay, I started researching and looking at the inside of each bird's mouth to see how I could represent it with the model, but the model is fine, and trying to modify it would change a lot of the expressions and, especially, the composition, making the model have many errors with the rigs. (And talking about rigs is a separate topic; I need to fully understand how they work to continue experimenting with the model.)

For now, I'm using this model to add it to Stella. I'm looking for a way to make it more dynamic and visible with the clear model. I'll have to improvise. I hope the results are enjoyable for everyone and for me.

5. Throat or Esophagus

The model and textures are ready. All that's left is to find the right movement to make it more organic. Is it realistic? For now, the throat or esophagus is ready for animation, but of course, there's only one thing missing: the movement itself, so I'll look for guides or videos to help me create the movement.

6. Stomach

My question for myself is:

Should I do it from the inside or the outside?

I had several ideas for the stomach animation, but of course, ideas are easy. Actually, actually creating and implementing them is the hard part.

For the stomach, I have many ideas and ways to do it. But my problem is how to do it.

(Quick context: I want to make the stomach movement animation when Stella is eating like an X-ray effect, then zoom in internally to see the inside of the stomach—that's the idea I have in mind.)

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Well, that's all the news I have for now.

I'm still at work.

I'm learning more about making animations more fluid.

I'm taking animation courses, including Rigging, Modeling, and more.

I'm still looking for ways to find more models for animation, even if it takes longer to find them.

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                             Thank you and good morning, good afternoon and good night.