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Ugh!

tl;dr: Had a lazy month. If you want a refund, message me or comment here, no questions asked!

Hey!

Sorry for the radio silence and the lack of updates in the past months, but it seems like I'm going through a slump right now. I think it's just a lack of motivation paired with being busy with life stuff ... it'll pass, I'm sure! The weird thing is, I kinda want to work on some things, but whenever I launch Maya and stare at a scene, I just go "ugh".
Anyway, feel free to let me know if you want a refund, it's just fair!

Yesterday I had an idea that came a little bit too late. I can't really force myself to be creative when I don't feel like it, but I can force myself to do some mindless stuff :p
So I think I'll do some remixes of older animations, til this passes. I tested some scenes and I should be able to make a few decent ones. A VR-version of the Widowmaker beach animation would also be a contender for this.
So that's what you can expect short term.

You might already know the projects I already want to do: DVa Blackcat animation, Widowmaker BJ animation, finish Tracer model.
I'd also like to do Brigitte now, but not any of the ingame skins. Instead I would like to remodel her outfit from the Reinhardt cinematic.
I'm also feeling a strong itch to do WoW stuff again, but not before I make completely new models from scratch.
I also want to finally make my own autorigger. I think I have the rigging and scripting experience now to pull off something that'll be good enough for my needs. My current rigging solution is clumsy and is really starting to slow down, now that every rig includes a number of different skins.

So this is just a short life sign from me. Sorry for letting you guys hang for this long! Like I said, if you want a refund, just let me know!

Comments

Nice !

Hey art takes time. Keep up the good work. No need for a refund here! :)

done

Refund and I repledge

Faselane

done

done

refund plz and ill repledge

Jon Snaw

Refund please thx

Does that mean there's hope for a custom HD draenei model? Please hype!

Done!

Refund please. Thank you

wmb

Hey! Done!

Thanks for the update my dude, though I can't pass up the refund offer. Really appreciate you doing that :D

Schtif

That's a good idea!

Done!

Can't argue with that!

Thank you! =)

Done

The reason I never rendered that is because it looked really bad from that angle. I don't remember what it looked like tbh so I'll have a look again, but I doubt I'll change my mind :|

Refunded it anyway! :p

I'd like a refund as well, but I'm glad you're back! Thanks for the update!

Trying to stay motivated is definitely hard, I have the same issue. Hopefully you get back into the swing of things because I love your animations, they are just beautifully done. I did end my pledge earlier this month, but I'll be happy to pledge again.

Atarah

I'm sorry, but I'll go with the refund, before this post you almost reached the 2500$ goal (I don't remember how close you were like 50 $ away from it). The goal says: "If this goal is reached, I'll dedicate myself full time to this stuff. I'll schedule work times and pretty much treat this as a job. ". I don't know what you mean, but from my opinion you treat this Patreon more as: if I've got time i'll do it for fun instead of a real job. I'll give you 1 more month then i'll quit from giving money to a person that treat this Patreon as a "job" as you said. Try to convince me that i'm wrong and i'll be happy to support you.

Honestly, I see it less like I'm buying art monthly, and more like I'm spending a little money to give you the freedom to make what you want. Should you choose to stop working at it completely, I might reconsider, but for now, you've got my support.

I’d like a refund but I’ll keep pledging to you :)

ayatte

Maybe you could render unfinished Mercy76 BackView?

Glad you’re still kicking around! Don’t push yourself too hard, you know. Brigitte would be absolutely incredible coming from you but I know that’d be a major undertaking; don’t throw too much weight in your back! Once you’ve decided on a new project I’m highly likely to return as a patron, but for now take the time you need to get your fire back! No sense in working without inspiration!

Ingenuity

I'm glad you're alive. Thought you were dead

Yeah, I know. Buuut cleaning up the WoW models takes really long because they are just so heavily reduced and making edits like adding genitalia is very tricky for that same reason. And forget about adding more geometry to define muscles and such. There's a reason why people just completely replace the bodies with something else. The way I would like to do it is to take the original models and use them as a guide to make a high res version of them. All the details are already painted in the textures, so it's really just copying those over into 3d. I'm fairly confident that if you were adept in sculpting, you could do that in a day or two. And then maybe another day or two for new textures.

I will not lie i am disappointed that the last animation was so long ago but im sure you had your reasons. Anyway im very confidant that you’ll be back to your usual amazing animations soon since your the best overwatch porn animator that is! Take care and im not annoyed with you. I dunno if a £3 refund is worth it

Yikes, was the last animation release really in November? :/

Sleepnir

I feel like making all the WoW models from scratch would be a major rabbit hole to be diving into without much content to see from it until a long time afterward.

Sleepnir

I know that feel. I paint resin models myself, and there are just periods where I feel like I want to work on them, but I also just really don't want to work on them. So I feel ya. I'm not opposed to WoW models. I've seen some good stuff already, and considering how high quality your models generally are, it can only be great. So just take it easy. Motivation will come ;)

Stonebrow

The one with Soldier76 among the rubble? Except for the boob motion, I don't think I could improve it very much tbh :X

Thank you! So, Diablo or Starcraft? I don't think so tbh :| Diablo would be interesting, I think, but I'd have to remodel every from scratch cause the game models just wouldn't hold up. Or maybe render some thing from he game perspective ... that would be new! :D But I doubt anyone would like that very much.

Done!

I'd like a refund, but look forward to your next work!

Bikes

Hi Ellowas, 1st time that i don't want to be refund tbh. On another note do you consider doing something with other character out of Blizzard property in the future? (im sure you already answer that too)

Wayn

Its nice of you to give people their money back, I can feel your guilt for your lack of content but do not pressure yourself, if you dont have the motivation so be it, you deserve our money and love :)

It's nice to hear that all is well for the most part, and that your main projects are still alive for the lack of a better term. Regardless, I pledge becuase I want to support you, since I think you are a talented artist that definitely deserves it. No refund needed. Remixes sounds interesting, I don't know what that would be like but im sure it's great ^_^ Happy Easter! :)

Speaking of remixes of older animations, the oldest Mercy ones could really use an update :D They're rendered excellently but are pretty stiff

Bootycelli

I agree though. One thing I miss from making WoW content is just how easy it was to work with, since you're not really dealing with particularly fancy models or materials.

I know your early WoW content from the past and that was insane! Since I know you are on patreon I decide to supp u but I really really really miss your WoW Content. Overwatch is nice to, bit in generall they are tons of this now since the hype and we definitely need more quality WoW Content. Thats my opinion, sorry for my rip eng <.>

SH-JM


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