Animation "Down the hatch" - Preview 3 + News (Patreon)

Today I bring you an updated preview for “Down the Hatch” and a sizable news update, please refer to the separate post below this one for links!

As I’m sure attentive readers of the updates over the past months have learned, the animation project has suffered from various setbacks of a technical and creative nature. Because of this the progress has been nowhere near what I would have liked and as of the writing of this post I’ve run into somewhat of a roadblock to further progress. I'll explain below.

The details

Doing a POV vore animation was always going to be difficult but I was convinced I could brute-force my way through the process as I’ve done with “Out and Down” and “Bottom Drake”, each of which offered their own challenges and hurdles. I attempted to do this with “Down the Hatch” but it is not working out the way it has for those other projects.

My attempts to work around the various issues presented by the drake model’s rather basic maw design for example have only resulted in limited success. To get the look and design I want I have concluded that I will need to redo a portion of the model which by extension requires me to completely redo the texture and a portion of the rigging to boot. 

The second problem I’ve encountered is that I have been unable to create a good looking texture/material for the maw and more importantly the gullet/stomach which require a more unique approach. In this case I have concluded that I need to study and practice various texturing techniques in detail rather than attempting to bully my way through it as I have up to this point as that approach hasn't worked.

Conclusion

All this means that animation progress on “Down the Hatch” will have to be paused while I clear the hurdles I described above. It has not been an easy decision for me but I believe this to be the only way that I can bring you the animation that you have been promised.

In the meantime I will continue to animate short and or looping animations based on what you guys want to see. This will be done in parallel with the other work, both to keep you guys entertained and to keep myself somewhat sane by diversifying the workload. 

Within the next two days I will post a pair of polls with different flavors of themes for you guys to choose from for these short animations.

That's it for this update. If you want to chat or hang out, feel free to join our discord server. If you have any questions or comments, leave a comment below or send me a message. Take care!