New Year Resolutions (Patreon)

It's a new year and already I feel worn out.  I know posts have been low but I wish I could quantify the amount of work and experimentation I have been doing in the background for the last few months to get back to a weekly or even daily post schedule, but I am so insular I find myself barely interacting online these days.

First, I developed my own "package" setup for models.  While I have always had a method for this since my wow days, I wanted to develop something that was stacked with custom controls, easy to use addons, and worked flawlessly with xrefs, and was low on scripting, while easy to add any character I want to it, even if they use different models.  I have a generic model that also will have easy to alter color settings, cycling hairs, etc, similar to an old character creator.

The hard part was getting "races" built into it, and while I still will need to adjust the rigs due to skeleton differences, I was able to mostly build the races into the core model.  The only unique one right now is "large orc male" and that is because I already put so much work into them it will take time to get them working in the new system.

This is a new character, Janelle, based on another character I had criminally under-utilized back in my wow days.  She is using the newest system.

Now here she is with a more voluptuous body, a quickie expression, and some overlays including a bit of dirt, cum, and blush.

Also yes, it works on all of them, as this random "Extra big, dirty, protein chugging and maybe stoned Ahsoka" will tell you. (And no, it's not her new body type, I just wanted to show that the system will work on anyone. Sorry AHSWOLKA lovers.)

Second, and I know this is extremely volatile with artists right now, and I will always support artists when it comes to how and where they use their art, but I have been trying to take advantage of AI Art programs to fill in some gaps in my abilities.  

While I always prefer trying to make real 3D stages, the process to make them look decent is a long and sometimes difficult process.  As such, I often just used screenshots for backgrounds, with methods to light and color match.  It's good for the most part, but it means I often used the same screens more then once or twice or never got what I needed.

You may have noticed, but my birthday image was the first time I used a background that was AI generated, using a prompt process I narrowed down to make fantasy style backgrounds.  It's not perfect, but now rather then spending hours trying to find the "just right" image of a jungle or desert or god forbid a bedroom, I can use my prompt key to make what I need until I can make proper 3D or 2.5D stages.  Here are a few examples.

By the end of this month, I hope to finish changes to my life that will allow me to better work on future projects and get updates more streamlined, including looking into an assistant.  Wish me luck.