Prompting:
I used chatgpt to generate a simple graphic of a cartoon fox with expressive white eyes with black pupils, after a brief exchange of getting it to refine the result I ended up with the current character image.
I used chatgpt to generate a simple graphic of a cartoon fox with expressive white eyes with black pupils, after a brief exchange of getting it to refine the result I ended up with the current character image.
Editing:
I then took that image into photoshop and cut it up using the lasso tool, I then used the hard round brush to paint in the obscured blank areas where appendages overlap with each other as well as creating additional assets such as eyelids, I then labelled every layer as what appendage they correspond to and added them into a layer folder, I then used the official spine animator PhotoshopToSpine script to automatically generate a folder and .JSON for use in spine.
Spine:
I imported the .json data file into spine in a new project and begun to auto generate meshes using the mesh trace tool and refining it to taste, I then added bones to the corresponding appendages which are parented to the initial spine bone. (This may not be best practice as a lot of my experience is with Blender 3D when it comes to skeleton based rigging.)
I imported the .json data file into spine in a new project and begun to auto generate meshes using the mesh trace tool and refining it to taste, I then added bones to the corresponding appendages which are parented to the initial spine bone. (This may not be best practice as a lot of my experience is with Blender 3D when it comes to skeleton based rigging.)
Graph editor:
I then made use of the graph editor to add subtle ramped movements to parts of the rig to experiment with how the model would look sort of idly moving in place.
I then made use of the graph editor to add subtle ramped movements to parts of the rig to experiment with how the model would look sort of idly moving in place.
Conclusion:
Overall I was happy with what I was able to do with this experiment, I had to repeat some steps such as making sure left/right ears or eyes were separated for best results, but so far I am glad with what I have learned in my short morning exercise of using spine and chatgpt in this sort of workflow.
Overall I was happy with what I was able to do with this experiment, I had to repeat some steps such as making sure left/right ears or eyes were separated for best results, but so far I am glad with what I have learned in my short morning exercise of using spine and chatgpt in this sort of workflow.
