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Native Dancer: General Update

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 Author: Ariann Rousu – Native Dancer Digital Artist This past month, the team working on the Native Dancer Metaverse project has been making progress in various areas to further the project goals. Included in September’s agenda was presenting information about Native Dancer at UTTC’s Tribal Leadership Conference. Included in the presentation was information about the […]

Native Dancer: Custom Character Hair

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 Author: Ariann Rousu – Native Dancer Digital Artist While we have worked on getting the Male character equipped with the rest of his Grass dance regalia in Unreal, we have faced other issues. A problem with the current hair styles in metahuman is that they are not culturally appropriate for Regalia. It is more appropriate […]

Native Dancer: Fancy Shawl Regalia

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 Author: Ariann Rousu – Native Dancer Digital Artist For the past few weeks, we have been busy with multiple tasks involving Native Dancer. Mainly working on fitting the clothing and accessories to the Male Character in Unreal. We have now moved onto getting the Female Character and Jingle dress to the same stages as the […]

Native Dancer: Unreal Engine and Udraper

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Author: Ariann Rousu – Native Dancer Digital Artist What Is Unreal Engine?  I have mentioned how we will be using Unreal Engine to develop and create the Native Dancer game demo in past posts, however, have not talked about it extensively. In today’s blog post I will discuss how we are using an Unreal Engine […]

Native Dancer: Learning Maya

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Author: Ariann Rousu – Native Dancer Digital Artist I have been learning to use a lot of different software since I began working for UND’s CRC, and learning Maya has been something I have been wanting to do for a while now. I was very excited to begin using maya, as I have gotten familiar […]

Native Dancer: Accessories Update

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Author: Ariann Rousu – Native Dancer Digital Artist Each of the male and female characters come together nicely but are missing some distinguishing elements to each regalia set. Regalia accessories are important to each individual dancer, as they represent traditional values and are meant to be proudly worn and displayed when dancing. Often these items are personal […]

Native Dancer: General Update

Categories: In and Around CRC

Author: Ariann Rousu – Native Dancer Digital Artist The past few weeks have been busy for me while I have been working on several tasks involving Native Dancer. A few weeks ago, I took some time to prepare and present the work done so far at TNRG’s Data matters Conference in Belcourt ND which resides […]

Native Dancer: Male Regalia Update

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Author: Ariann Rousu – Native Dancer Digital Artist There have been some major changes with the Male regalia since I last shared what it looked like. After sharing the first images of the male regalia with the advisory board, and we have discussed changes to be made. Instead of having fringe that goes all the way […]