Poking my head out of the pit to let you know what's going on.
Fully gone into drop everything, get the update done mode. Thanks to that most of the implementation is done, so bit of that, outstanding bug fixes, and testing to go.
I reckon if everything goes entirely smoothly then Monday/Tuesday, and towards the end of next week if things don't go as well. Least I really hope I can get it out before my birthday next week as t...
2022-11-11 18:42:32 +0000 UTC
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Verax returna for the third time with a Tsumi Harpy with some truly awe-inspiring assets. This one specifically being the mistress to a nobleman in the city with rather specific tastes, and the kind of deep pockets that even after that many visits to Keldan Alley still haven't tun dry in perfecting the most prized jewel in his possession.
You can find more of their work on their twitter: https://twitter.com/VeraxArt
2022-10-29 15:53:21 +0000 UTC
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And the winner was...
(yes this has been posted a ton on the discord, but it's great so it gets posted here too)
As a reminder this is everything to do with the victor.
Title : TOMB OF THE NEKODANCER
The Pitch : A village has been thrown into an enchanted slumber as the blight-curse sets upon ...
2022-10-28 22:28:08 +0000 UTC
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Right had a couple of 'hiccups' (see the next section for some details of those) and so I'm not quite ready to share the full patch notes. However not only will they absolutely be in the next one of these, but that the next update will absolutely be at the end of the same week as when that comes out. Confident I can make that happen based on current progress and what I have left to do so that's not an estimate.
- The No Haven Conve...
2022-10-27 14:17:15 +0000 UTC
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Okay so it's plus a couple more than that but who's counting.
Like a phoenix from a flame the concept that is the Discord Assignment where you lot help make an assignment returns.
Where we'd got to last time was having chosen three possible choices there was a bunch of input into what exactly they might also involve.
For those that weren't around for these before. Basically a couple of patrons are the driving force of this, and my involvement is to make the posts, and of cou...
2022-10-19 19:10:59 +0000 UTC
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Well this was a commission that grew a whole lot in the process. Going from the single character with the Ogre in the original pitch, then thinking 'hey why not get a second version with a human sized character for comparison', and then realizing the box was now too large for one human occupant, and so as it turns out apparently the gangs on the Docksides like to double up for the efficiencient use of space.
As they just kinf of happened rather than being planned I thought it'd be...
2022-10-17 16:29:21 +0000 UTC
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This is another of those 'patron funds, I manage the process' ones, and also a great example of how sometimes no plan survives contact with an artist.
The idea was too get a more elegant look for the before version. In fact this was the specific refference I sent over for her build:
And then I got the sketch from Mister69M with the seriously full on hourglass you can see above and after discussion with the patron we basically...
2022-10-14 13:07:47 +0000 UTC
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Currently working on the final stage of Lesbian Training. If you want a fuller picture of what is going on then I did a list of everything I'm including in the next update in a previous one of these (not last one, one before that). There has been one addition since then thanks to a patron funded bonus commission being finished which is going to be a Crafting: Apparel themed Assignment. I'll be posting that lovely two part piece tomorrow.
2022-10-13 16:51:24 +0000 UTC
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As mentioned last time these are going to be all new races and so I'm going to be doing this one a little differently in terms of structure. To give as many different ones their chance I'm dropping the 5-6 Character Options and dispensed with the usual splits and just done it so combined they add up to six based on how many characters, being really monstrous, compexity of backgrounds and so on are taken into consideration. There's an extra option than usual to make ...
2022-10-12 22:15:37 +0000 UTC
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This one happened due to a debate on the discord where the consensus was that the Draenei Official and the post gender change/Transformed start portraits were agreed to be some of the worst in the game.
Now those two were actually done way back in the day by a former patron as my attempt at editing a placeholder for a gender transformed Draenei wasn't much cop either. So nice of them to do that at the time. Then have been a former patron though for ages now, and it's not like the ...
2022-09-30 13:11:32 +0000 UTC
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Was away for a couple of days due to that unexpected family thing. I'm back plugging away now and been working on the mechanics for Frequent Illicit Clubs and Scour the Gate where in the first you'll have a decent amount of control to the second with really good complex control to find just the right kind of slaver that you're looking for to fill out your encampment.
If you want a full list of what is happening in 0.98 I did a breakdown...
2022-09-29 14:57:43 +0000 UTC
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A truly unexpected commission for me that was not at all planned.
What happened was that Murr did their first ever YCH auction and while I likely would have missed it, one of the patrons on discord was deeply awesome by pointing it out to me, and I took one look at it and was pretty much '...okay, that needs pretty much no changes whatsoever to be spot-on commission art'. So I bid, no one else did, and so this is now by far the best deal in terms of spending on a commission that I'm ev...
2022-09-25 11:39:10 +0000 UTC
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Verax returns for a second go round after their work on Hot Seat.
I really like the comparison between the two genders with her properly bulking up for the futa version. It's also a good one if you want to hunt for hidden details as they ended up using all the graffiti ideas that I came up with to make the tavern even more run down and dingy. Got to also love their commitment to good hygiene with where the wax dripping.
It's talking a whole bunch of goes to get a Quin...
2022-09-23 10:02:04 +0000 UTC
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Mephiscrypie returns with this lovely follow up to Nyuunzi's piece. This is a different succubus to that one but you should be able to see how one inspired the look of another who might have been part of the same demonic invasion as the other one was. I also like how this Horned One guy, while he's not wearing much, is wearing enough to be connected to the other Horned One that Meph did for me.
You can find more of their work on 2022-09-22 14:16:22 +0000 UTC
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Right so what's going to be in 0.98 then?
Currently this is what is looking to be the highlights:
- Zharr dwarf focused Uncommon Dreadsea Coast Assignment using a commission
- Clit-Queen Training to finish off Lesbian Training using a commission
- Extension to Aversol Markets with a findable Unique using a commission
- Frequent Illicit Clubs which is going t...
2022-09-15 14:52:50 +0000 UTC
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Awasof returns with a seriously classy piece.
I can't remember exactly why this ended up having two angles. Possibly chalk it up to artist enthusiasm :D
This was a different style from them than their usual as they wanted to challenge themself and I hope you like the result.
You can find more of their work here.
This will be included in the next update for the above ...
2022-09-14 19:14:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey nice to be back on track with these.
For those that are new the purpose of these polls are:
The idea with these ones is to improve the flow of art for the games by doing some more limited single character/two busts commissions on the off months while the larger commission polls will continue as normal. Used to do it only every other month before as commissioning could be surprisingly stressful having to often manage the constant delays that could last for months...
2022-09-09 12:14:24 +0000 UTC
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A wood elf displaying a signature look of smug superiority. Then not so much.
WeakJ returns with a pair of busts for the above named assignment. I'll likely have it as two separate compositions for the before and after the betrayal.
You can find more of their work here on Twitter.
This will be included in the next update.
Also comes with an alternative vers...
2022-09-07 20:50:53 +0000 UTC
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All the public releases have now been done for 0.97.
I'm now onto 0.98 where I've started with the three patron uniques that are coming with this update that didn't make it into 0.97, and working out what I'm doing with that Zharr Dwarf commission for an Assignment in the Dreadsea Coast.
- The No Haven Conversion / Picarto Streams
Streams are properly back at the regular times.
I've been...
2022-09-01 10:46:16 +0000 UTC
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Starli once again provides a fantastic piece with so much character. Just absolutely got the concept spot on.
You can find more of their work on HF and their twitter.
Will be used for an Assignment of the above name on the Great Plains.
Comes in Shh and non Shh versions (the one that will be used in game), ...
2022-08-25 10:15:49 +0000 UTC
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This one will run until the 7th September, then I'll start the one for that month, and these will be back on track.
2016 September+October - Board the River Barges / November+December - Biomancy
2017 January+February - Corruption / March+April - Draki Maid /
2022-08-24 20:57:04 +0000 UTC
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Thanks so much to the patron who helped fund this one.
There's so much to love for me in this piece by Murr. Main one though is the background idea I came up with for the location, and see if you can spot where these four have gathered on Valery's fantastic depiction of the Lord's Gate.
Also finally a NH Lizzy who isn't just a shadow on a wall so that's nice.
You can find more of Murr's work 2022-08-19 09:51:57 +0000 UTC
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Got the hotfix out so that was nice.
Some people have been playing, completing, and then leaving some really lovely feedback about the Arrogance Storyline which is super nice.
Also nice that it appears to be relatively bug free out in the wild. Couple of minor quibbles, but nothing too bad.
Seems good so far for this to be the public release next week then at last onto 0.98
- The No Haven Convers...
2022-08-18 21:50:01 +0000 UTC
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Short but sweet is the theme for this late poll that should have been up last month. Will run for a week until the 24th and then I'll put the commission poll up for July+August. That will run to around the 5th and then the commission polls will be back on schedule.
For those that are new the purpose of these polls are:
The idea with these ones is to improve the flow of art for the games by doing some more limited single character/two busts commissions on the off mo...
2022-08-17 19:37:51 +0000 UTC
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Sorry once more this took so long. If you want more appologizing then see the last fortnightly from last month. At the very least this was step one to stopping the downward spiral, and now to see how the next steps to recovery back to where things should be go.
Unless there is something properly game breaking found within the next seven days then this will be the public release so I can get onto the next update and with it a whole bunch of outstanding patron committments asap.
One...
2022-08-16 20:37:28 +0000 UTC
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Sorry once more this took so long. If you want more appologizing then see the last fortnightly from last month. At the very least this was step one to stopping the downward spiral, and now to see how the next steps to recovery back to where things should be go.
Unless there is something properly game breaking found within the next seven days then this will be the public release so I can get onto the next update and with it a whole bunch of outstanding patron committments asap.&nbs...
2022-08-16 20:37:12 +0000 UTC
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I'm really sorry.
This is bad. No sugar coating it.
So that cough I mentioned last time. Got worse. A lot worse. Properly incapacitated a family member as well, and yet that's no excuse for the current state of things.
This is entirely on me and on my head, and it's understandable that many of you have had enough. I can only hope that when I've dug myself out of this mess that you'll consider coming back to give me another chance to make good.
To acc...
2022-07-06 18:22:22 +0000 UTC
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Been a long, long time since I've used an entirely new artist. I think it might have been ShadowBoxer so that would be over a year. I'm delighted though with how nice it was to work with Verax and I'm pleased with the result.
The design I had in mind for the archaic Ori'Nek glasses to help differentiate them more from their inspiration I thought they especially nailed.
Hope you like it too as if the response is good I'll likely work with them again for another piece.
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2022-06-24 12:53:40 +0000 UTC
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Managed to make it back and with no covid for good measure! Did come back a day later than expected, and with a nasty phlegmy cough to go with my nice tan but I'm still very much calling that a win.
Was a lovely time to finally unwind and the only real issue was that it was just over way, way too fast.
Going to do this all in one rather than the usual categories given I've been away.
Do have two lovely pieces of art that were finished in that time which I'll shar...
2022-06-23 14:13:12 +0000 UTC
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So as I mentioned on the last hotfix the plan was to get the hotfix done, to the commission poll yesterday, and go abroad for a week tomorrow.
Then this week a family member, the family member who is entire the reason why this trip is happening in the first place, came down with covid.
Yeah.
Not the best of timing.
So that rather knocked me for six, not helped that the concern I was having that it was hitting them hard with a serious temperature. Yesterday ...
2022-06-11 17:24:52 +0000 UTC
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