January 2021 Update (Patreon)

Ok, home stretch.

This month is going to consist mostly of rendering, editing, mixing, and touching up this animation I'm working on.  I can't give an exact release date for the final product yet, except for 'this month'.  I think I might just release it publicly off the bat, similar to my Wonder Woman project, but put out a teaser of the final scene on Patreon beforehand.  I may end up doing an animation challenge this month as well, so I'll try to give a week's notice if I do.

I've been told that 2020 ended and we've collectively renewed our lease on life, so I'll be evolving the Patreon as needed.  Right now I'm happy enough with this arrangement, but there are a few things I'd like to tweak.

I'd like to post more content to public outlets like Twitter.  The problem is that a lot of my work is gated behind Patreon.  This normally isn't a big deal but when I'm working on big projects it can get a bit barren outside of this website.

One of my solutions is to release any pin-ups that are >1 year old.  They are consistent content, I'd like to share them, and most people aren't signing up to see those old images anyway.

Another solution is to change around how I'm doing work in progress material.  I'd like to show the public what I'm up to more often, so I'd like to rethink what I'm keeping Patreon exclusive and what I release.  This probably means I'll release more material in general, but most will be less polished, like simple renders of alternate angles, screenshots, and playblasts.

This bridges into another tweak I'd like to make.  I plan on working on more long projects in the future, but my release strategy can be difficult at times.  I try to have big milestones every month, but that means putting a lot of pressure on rendering and almost always puts me in a sort of race.  On one hand, this is good because it keeps me more disciplined.  On the other hand, it's very inconvenient when trying to make one large consistent product, because the time pressure pushes me to segment and makes it much harder to re-render or tweak previous scenes.  As a result, each part of the project can vary a lot in quality.  And, since I'm basically presenting a new scene at the end of every month, it puts me in a mentality that limits me creatively when approaching a large project.  For example: I can't take the time to block out the animation of the whole project because I'm too busy trying to get the first scene out the door.

So expect some changes there.  Nothing big, I'm not really changing anything that's written, but I'm just adjusting my mentality and approach to try to benefit my work in the long run.

As I've alluded to above, in the future more parts of my projects might not contain any pornographic content at all (like the intro to Whiteout, or Generous Donation) in order to focus more on making these videos completed products instead of disjointed collections of scenes.  There may come a time where the short-form stuff and pin-ups are the main features of the Patreon, supporting larger projects like these in the background.  I think this shift is better for everyone involved, because in theory this provides everyone with more consistent content and gives me more time to breathe and think through the less flashy stuff.

That's all folks.  Thanks for the support!