The End

I've been planning for some time now to resurrect my home page on a more modern, spam-resistant platform, however after experimenting with connecting the domain name to Google Sites and then not knowing how to reverse the procedure, I seem to have inadvertently forced the transition upon myself all of a sudden.

Rather than wasting time trying to revert the situation so I can keep the site going until its replacement is ready, I decided it would be more dignified to just set it free now, so it can frolic on the interwebs along with the old The Passenger site for as long as Blogger remains in existence, while I scramble to assemble a basic home page before the next Universal Human release.  Hence, the new site is quite sparse as of now, although perhaps that's for the best, since it cuts down on maintenance.

In the meantime, you can follow my exploits on Twitter (which has practically supplanted the blog here anyway), YouTube, and the now stupendously long Blender Artists thread.  Or you can stay here and peruse 17 years of enthralling blog updates...

Over and out - (c:

Eye Shader & Textures

 Heh, looks like I forgot to post about this.

Iris Sculpt

After wasting months painting iris textures and trying to bolt them onto an old sculpt, I finally relented and resculpted it.  I wanted to wait until I'd replaced my severely declining Wacom before doing that - until I realised I could use the eraser end of the pen (which still works properly, and has the same functionality as the pointy end)!

New Skin Products Launch

Universal Human Skin Shader and Face Textures are now available:

Most of the rigs and base meshes have also received a big update, the details of which can be found on the overhauled Universal Human website, along with instructions for making your own textures and baking displacements, amongst other things.

I now await a flood of cosmetics and skin care spam in the comments.

Made Up

All prettied up for the the new skin products launch.

Skin Tone

Let's get some colour back in them cheeks.

Flexpressions

New dynamic wrinkles and textures stress test.  Details here. 

The Perfect Face...?

Here's what 18 models and celebrities look like blended together (in Blender, not in a blender).  More info here.

Plica Semilunaris

For the uninitiated, the plica semilunaris is the vestigial nictitating bulbar conjunctiva adjacent to the lacrimal caruncle at the medial canthus (obviously...), and is the main focus of today's video.  More info here.

Skin

Retextured the face to better withstand close-ups, but I overshot the mark a bit... now it goes all the way to macro!

Wrinkles & Skin Slide

 Heh, forgot to post this on my own website.

Universal Human Website

The other day I added a proper front page and gallery to the place where the Universal Human documentation resides, and then didn't bother to tell anybody.  I should probably do that.

8 New Releases

My Gumroad store just received a massive influx of new items!  But first, here's the obligatory demo video for the long awaited Face Rig:

Rather than disrupt my site's aesthetics with a cascade of Gumroad buttons, I've added some pictures to click on for instead for details.  The fourth one just goes to the storefront, so here are direct links to the Head Base Meshes: Male, Female, African, Asian, European.

Version 2.0 Out Now!

Finally! I cobbled a video together mostly from pertinent bits of the full video, and revamped a music sketch I found in my archives.

Here's that product page button again, in all its conspicuous glory.

Buy Human