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Added 2023-02-07 23:13:27 +0000 UTC

Hey y'all, update for ya. In off-hours I'd been working on a render-set based around the recent Cortana animation, but I'm gonna be scrapping it for a variety of reasons.

Mainly, the textures and transparency of the characters became difficult to work with in close-ups, and the effects breaks down as things get more intimate (at least in regards to my own workflow; the rig itself is quality).

Each character has a large amount of emissive materials, which look pretty, but make it challenging to light in Eevee, as the lights don't affect the skin at all. What worked in a middle-shot animation doesn't work in close-ups. I'd been playing around with it, but just couldn't make it satisfactory. Rather than put out something I'm unhappy with, I'm going to simply move on.

So, as work continues on the main project, I'll be launching a poll within the next couple days, for Dukes and Barons, to decide on the next set of renders, following a three-way domination scenario.

Final preview of CARE will be going up sometime after; been working on the "self-care" sequence, which I think is almost totally unique (I say almost because, hey, Rule34 and all that).

Also, as I was rendering out this viewport animation, I realized I still have to rig-up Chloe's ponytail, now that she's out of bondage and moving around. 😩

It's a great model (made possible by xzCrystal3D), but unfortunately the hair is blended into her neck/shoulder bones (no individual controls). Maybe I'll just put her back into bondage. 😏