So it's been another couple of weeks, time to update everyone on the progress. Trying to stick to the percentage type thing, but keep in mind it's my first try so it's a broad range and may not be quite as accurate as you are used to from other devs. Though I would say I am roughly 60-85% complete as of now. There are 3 big "main" action scenes, and just over 2 are complete. The filler scenes between those are mostly done as well, just need to finish this last scene(though it is by far the biggest of the update) and any after scene fill I need.
As for the pictures, rather than a preview I thought it would be cool to look back. The first pic is what I thought was one of my absolute best version 1, the second is just an average quick render from version .33. I was really proud of how that version 1 render came out back then, and now I would scrap the whole scene and restart if I had to. While it still doesn't necessarily make me want to vomit like some of the early ones did, I love how far my rendering is coming along. Still a ton to learn to compete with some of the heavy hitters, but I'm not ashamed of mine compared to anyone's anymore. I know people are much better, but I don't feel like mine are so far below the average any more.
Saltydog81
2023-02-17 00:44:30 +0000 UTCJoeM
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