Cockapoo animation · progress report · 14 July 2026

The method is ready.
The character is not.

The replacement build has cleared its neutral technical and evidence gate. It has not yet entered the interactive anatomy sculpt, and it is not an animation-ready likeness.

3foundation gates cleared
0 / 6character-quality gates cleared
19,522vertices in disposable seed
0rig, groom, or animation in current build
Latest output

Neutral construction seed

Not a likeness
Six clay renders of the current neutral Cockapoo construction seed from front, three-quarter, side, rear and top views
What passed: one closed, coherent component; deterministic reconstruction; fixed six-view evidence; clean method receipt. What failed visually: coarse and toy-like form, long blocky muzzle, generic head/neck transition, unresolved shoulder and pelvis anatomy, columnar forelimbs, oversized paws, and bead-like tail.
This asset is intentionally disposable. Its job was to prove that a live-subject neutral foundation can be generated, reopened, inspected, rendered, and audited without quietly introducing a rig, seated pose, or invalid topology. It is the starting clay for human-guided sculpting—not the design.
How far we came

Gate-by-gate truth

  1. G0
    Art direction

    Approved: dog-only, stylized realism, clipped contemporary groom.

    passed
  2. F0
    Neutral foundation precheck

    Canonical live-subject seed built and independently reopenable.

    passed
  3. M0
    Construction-method review

    Technical and evidence path accepted only as a disposable sculpt seed.

    method only
  4. G1B
    Identity and face

    Match the real dog’s muzzle, brow, eyes, ears, head ratio, and characteristic asymmetry.

    not started
  5. T / R
    Curated topology and canine rig

    Deformation-aware quads, scapular motion, paws, face, ears, and tail controls.

    not started
  6. D0
    Strict seated deformation test

    Full-sit contact, intersections, joint behavior, and planted paws on the real production rig.

    not started
  7. G2
    Clipped curly groom

    Close torso and upper legs; longer crown, ears, cheeks, muzzle, paw edges, and tail.

    not started
  8. G3 / G4
    Motion and final render

    Natural idle and locomotion, secondary coat motion, Cycles master, and process video.

    not started
Previous output

A complete prototype existed—and was rejected

Frozen failure

The first run produced a Blender file, an animated loop, and a retrospective build video. It proved that the delivery plumbing worked, but the character read as stacked primitives with decorative spiral curls rather than a recognizable Cockapoo. The animation controls were also too shallow for credible canine motion.

Rejected curiosity loop. Complete enough to review; not acceptable as the target character.
Legacy retrospective build video. A stage recap, not continuous proof of the actual modeling process.
Open the rejected G1 form sheet Four clay renders of the earlier seated Cockapoo form that was rejected at G1
Execution plan

What happens next

01

Anatomy first

Load a working copy of the neutral seed in Blender and record a real interactive sculpt. Resolve ribcage, pelvis, scapula, leg chains, paws, neck, skull, muzzle, ears, and tail base in clay.

02

Two visual approvals

Stop for Daniel’s G1 anatomy approval, then sculpt identity and stop again for G1B. Fur cannot conceal unresolved proportions or face shape.

03

Build for deformation

Deform a curated canine quad cage over the approved sculpt, build the actual rig, weight it, and run the strict full-sit D0 suite before any groom work.

04

Groom, motion, finish

Create layered Blender Hair Curves for the clipped groom, review silhouette at G2, animate and review at G3, then render a Cycles image sequence and encoded master after G4.

Immediate unblock Keep the Mac unlocked with Blender available.

The recorder correctly refuses to capture a locked or obscured screen. Once unlocked, the next real work is the recorded G1 anatomy sculpt—not more procedural dog generation.

Evidence

Receipts behind this report

This public package contains model-only evidence. The private reference photographs and people visible in them are deliberately excluded.

F0 precheck receiptJSON · canonical input/output hashes and validators M0 aggregate decisionJSON · strongest supportable claim and next authorization Six-view render manifestJSON · current evidence image hashes Publication manifestJSON · packaged files and status snapshot