Joining the tribe (Patreon)

When the troll scouts returned to camp with a blood elf, the troll ladies smiled at each other. They knew that all their men would be distracted with their newest member for the next while, so they were finally free to get some actual work done! As for the elf, she had trouble integrating at first but she eventually adjusted and accepted her new role within the tribe...

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Hello patrons! Here is the animation for the October poll, featuring a blood elf spending some time with forest trolls. There is a sex variation and a climax, followed by a second pregnant sex variation. There is an alternate version with only the first variation and climax for those who aren't into the pregnant stuff. Shoutout and thanks to Munt for the new troll sounds as well.

When I posted last month's animation, I was honestly pretty surprised with the amount of negative feedback. Thankfully it was also constructive, and I've given it a lot of thought since. When it comes to these monthly animations, I basically have a process or "formula" of what I need to do to actually put it all together with the time I have. It often comes down to a balancing act between different things and this process is constantly evolving.

For example, I do put time and effort into building an interesting background scene and setting for these animations, but it's important to remember that's not why we're here. So I try to balance this by going for something simple and effective, which enhances the animation without too much time investment. Similarly, while I'm just a casual who barely knows anything about the lore, I do try to make sure things make sense and research/respect the lore as much as I can. I believe this also enhances the animation but again, it's not the main reason we're here.

The big thing that changed in the past few months is altering this process to include some "R&D" time (for lack of a better term). This is basically time spent on learning/improving my skills in Blender so that I can modify my models (e.g. making them look pregnant) or create new ones (gnoll, Whitemane, Alleria). However, this is time not spent on animating more sex variations or making a better climax scene. Obviously I try my best to prevent it affecting that month's animation, but sometimes things take longer than expected.

I hope that at least helps explain what's going on behind the scenes, and I did try to realign things this month to address some of that feedback. It did take me longer than expected to modify my blood elf model to look heavily pregnant, but I do think it was worth it because there aren't any weird lighting or shading issues on this one.

With all that said, I do want to thank you all again for your support and feedback, and I hope to continue improving every month so that I can keep putting out new animations for you to enjoy.

As for what to expect next, the December animation survey will be posted tomorrow to start figuring out what you all want me working on in January. During December, I'm expecting something similar to last September where I work on multiple smaller projects of my choosing. It was another tough month getting this animation posted on time so I'm going to take a small break now and then start playing around to see what will come next month!

The full version of this blood elf animation is attached to this post, along with an alternate version without the pregnant part. There is also an alternate version that features the red head with the braid from some of my older animations as well. The individual angles can be found in the archive.