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Quick Update (Again)

Well... I did hit my minimum target for the weekend. I finished the programming for 4 more of the new scenes. Which, sadly, isn't as much as I was hoping to get done (I was actually aiming for 5-6). But, then, I wasn't exactly expecting to lose a significant chunk of time on Saturday dealing with a suddenly broken bathroom faucet, or the maintenance calls and work peoples that the broken faucet required -_-. 

Quite a bit of lost time on Saturday because of that...and it isn't eve...

Quick Update

As the title says, just a quick update on how the programming is coming. The good news is that I've worked out most of the new technical stuff I needed to do. Which was more annoying than I'd hoped, but about as annoying as I expected. The trouble is that...frankly I didn't know what I was doing with Ren'py when I first started, and in order to keep it all simply I made some poor choices where code efficiency was concerned. 

I KNEW that was the case, once upon a time that isn't now I was ...

Serena (Elf) Talking Pose

Whoohoo! This is the very first piece of art that is actually going to be used in The Sexy Cosplay Cafe game. Sure, there's still a lot of room for improvement, of course, but I've finally hit a point that I consider good enough to use (and better than some other, fairly well-funded, games use. At least I think so, but I'm biased, obviously). This is the minimum level of art quality you can expect to see in the new game, I hope it satisfies! 

I'm actually quite pleased, as well, given tha...

Serena (Elf Version) Lines

So, the attached lines are what I've been fighting with for the last week (again, it's really maybe 4-6 hours only, in total. Still waaaaay more than I'm happy with, but that 'week' thing is a bit misleading). 

I had no end of trouble with this piece, even if I'm mostly happy with how it ultimately turned out. Not only does Serena's long hair make her the single most complex character to draw even the basic lines for, but the outfit gave me massive amounts of trouble. When I first drew it...

Scene 10/10 Finished!

Whew. Finally finished the renders for the last scene in the Eros Academy 2.0 update plan. This one is actually introducing a mechanic that I intend to use going forward, giving me an easy place I can add more Naomi content once I switch over to the smaller monthly updates. With all the new scenes in this update, many/most of the places you can visit around the academy are already going to have one or more scenes related to them, so finding a new way to insert scenes for her with the sm...

$5+ Reward Poll (March)

*Update* Stupid typo in the poll - the third option for a story based off the Elven Maid game concept. Patreon won't let you edit poll details after you post it, so I can't fix it, no matter how much it annoys me. -_- *End Update*

So sorry about the delay in posting this! It was meant to be up a couple of days ago, but one of my freelance clients suddenly dropped a bunch of emergency work on me, and I've been frantically scrambling to such an extent ...

Scene 9/10 Finished!

So, this one was fairly short, containing only 7 renders. It's also the closest thing I've put into Eros Academy to an 'awww' moment that has as much 'fluffy feels' to it as hard sex(don't worry, there is still sexy in it). Which is, of course, appropriate to have at least a little of now, since the update is all about Naomi now being a significant other to Faith. Anyway, I won't spoil the small amount of feels by saying exactly what happens when Faith finds Naomi reading in the Academy Park.......

Art Update! Sexy Cosplay Cafe

So, here's my second ever attempt at coloring, using Alice's concept art as a base. Significant improvement, I think, though the shadows/light is still slightly rough. I'm also trying to figure out a way to handle doing highlights for hair, but it might still be beyond my skill. What I did here, and it sorta-kinda worked, was alter the line color to suggest hair highlighting. I'd prefer the ability to genuinely do two-tone hair, though, so I might see if I can find some tutorials specifically fo...

Scene 8/10 Finished!

I actually wrapped this one up yesterday, but spaced out on writing up an update. The new scene is an options to take Naomi to the Kennels to engage with a little pet play with her... 

This scene got slightly out of hand, with me adding both a couple of intermediary poses and a couple of slight variations poses used to create 2-render animations. The net result is that it hit 14 renders, instead of the originally planned 10, but it flows better overall.

Sad...

Update to the $1 Reward Archive

Just a quick note that the monthly move of an old $5 reward to the $1 archive has been completed. The New Years MMS is now available in the $1 reward archive post. 

Note to $5+ Patrons: Your reward has also been posted. Check the previous post to get the PDF for the new Transformation Estate story, if you missed it.

Short Story: The Transformation Estate (Part 2)

Mwahahah, cutting it a bit short, but actually properly on time! Which...probably doesn't need evil laughter, come to think of it. Doubly so since I had intended to post this a few hours ago, but then got invited to go see The Black Panther. Which was an alright movie, well rounded and well put together, but not stand-out enough to get passed the burn out I'm starting to experience with Super Hero movies -_-. 

Anyway! Attached is the pdf for the second part of the Transformation Estate se...

Scene 7/10 Completed

I finally managed to wrap this scene up, though I'm not 100% happy with the results. I had to accept a few less-than-ideal renders in order to prevent it causing even more delays, but none of them are outright BAD, I think. Just a few with a couple of render artifacts that I couldn't get rid of without costing myself at least another day, possibly two.

Anyway, this is one of the simpler scenes, possibly THE simplest scene, for the 2.0 update. Found via the 'Explore the Academy' option in the H...

Art Update

So, this if my very first attempt at doing color. I took one of the concept art pieces and essentially used it as-was, as mostly a throw-away effort to get a handle on the coloring process. This is the result. There are clearly some problems, the most obvious of which (purely with the color mind) is the shadows being a bit heavy-handed(most obvious on the face), and the overall color choices being a bit too dark. 

On the other hand, this is literally the first time I've attempted...

Scene 6/10 Finished

I just finished off scene 6/10. It ran one render longer than intended, coming in at 11 in total. The addition was simply a fairly typical case of deciding I needed an intermediary pose.

This is one of the scenes that will be found my through the 'explore the Academy' option. You find Naomi dithering beside the Glory Corner and can choose to have her participate in one of two branching options.  

Just a Quick Update

So, I was actually out of town all weekend (hence why I'm not posting anything more exciting, I didn't get much new done). It was a planned trip, so it in-and-of-itself won't affect the update timetable. I wasn't, however, expecting the trip to drain me quite as badly as it did. There was a ton of unexpected bad weather, a flu quarantine (thankfully, I've already had the relevant strain, so there wasn't much risk to me), and some emotionally draining contact with some of my extended family. ...

Scene 5/10 Completed!

Another scene is done! I'm going to leave the idea behind this one a mystery until the update, as it would ruin it if you knew about it before hand ;-).

On another note, this should be the last of the 'oversize' scenes that I'd mapped out. Meaning that it came out to 15 renders, rather than the 8-10 most of the scenes for this update are intended to be. Which, just incidentally, brings the total render count up to 65 renders for the update so far -_-. Which is roughly the size of a normal upda...

New Game Chosen! - The Sexy Cosplay Café

The decision for which game to focus on was technically made on Wednesday, one month after I first put it to the vote for my Patrons and two weeks after asking the general community to weigh in. I didn't get quite as many responses as I'd have liked, even counting a few PMs and answers on forums, there were less than 35. Even so, two clear favorites worked there way to the top, those were:

The Sexy Cosplay Café

and

Perversions of Thieves

Even had the come out dead even, I li...

Scene 4/10 Finished

I wrapped up the fourth scene, this one a chance to take Naomi to serve in the Exhibition Bar. It totals 10 renders, 2 of which are for an animation. 

It actually took a day longer than I had intended, due to some trouble with the last few renders (which include the animation, always troublesome to get right, those). I had multiple frustrating crashes during renders, loosing quite a few hours of render time between them. Worse, they were on renders there were already much longer than usua...

Art Update

I Finally found a fix for my issues with lines. Regrettably...said fix is an entirely different art program that I only have a 30 day trial of. I'm going to have to figure out just how to afford another piece of software -_-.

Anyway, I wanted to post a copy of my fixed up Alice...then realized that to most people they'd probably not look that much different. Not unless they looked closely instead of just glancing in passing. So, instead, I present you with concept art for the male MC ...

Concept Art - Alice (Sexy Cosplay Cafe)

I'm still having some issues with the clean-up of artwork -_-. On the left is the last 'rough' stage that I do. It's usually preceded by 2-3 steps of adding rough parts, starting from the head, then body, then clothing. The right is my current sad attempt at cleaning things up. Yes, quite a few of the lines are cleaner, and I made improvements (though the holster at least, needs at least one more pass), but other places are just as bad as the rough (or actually worse in the case of the right han...

Update to $1 Reward Archive Post

As I mentioned recently, I forgot to update the $1 rewards post last time, due to getting sick right about when I should have done it. Again, I don't feel TOO horrible, since I provided a few extra short at Christmas to all patrons :-). Even so, that Christmas story was SUPPOSED to be in addition to, rather than instead of, the usual moving of a previously $5+ exclusive into the regular reward pile. 

As such, this time I've updated the rewards post2018-02-02 05:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Short Story Reward - Transformation Estate

Whew! I thought I was going to prove myself a liar by not being able to get the edits done before midnight. There were a LOT of point-of-view errors I needed to fix, and I almost didn't manage it in time. 

Anyway, if you've been reading the updates, you should know this is an entirely new story, based on one of the game ideas that failed to make it through to the public poll. Specifically, it's based off the Transformation Estate idea. I do feel I should warn you in advance that it contai...

Scene 3/10 Completed

Alright! I was pretty sure I was going to manage the third scene before the end of the month, and I did. Not bad for only a little over half a month working on the renders (remember, I was effectively out of commission for the first two weeks of the month between the flu and then catching up on the freelance work that lapsed while I was sick). 

This scene is one of the options for new things to do when you talk to Naomi at the pool. You can take her to the onsen and...well, I won't spoil ...

Serena Attempt 2

So, this is the second attempt at the Serena character. This one fits the mental picture I have of her much better...but I didn't clean up the image thing time due to a couple of basic errors in the drawing.

1) The shoulder proportions are screwed up. Normally, with female characters, the hips should be wider than the shoulders rather than the other way around. 

2) I'm never ever...ever drawing that armor again -_-. Not the basic shape, but the little details decorating it. I think ...

Art Update

So, as I hope you can see, I'm coming along fairly well with improving my art. The attached piece was intended to be concept art of another Sexy Cosplay Cafe character named Serena...but I'm not sure I like the end result for her. It's not a bad fit, but I think I'm going to make another attempt to see if I can capture what I'm aiming for with her personality a bit better. 

Irritatingly, however, I've also hit a bit of a wall. I actually tried to clean up the lines of the attached image, ...

Eros Academy Update: Scene 2/10 Done

I've finished off the second scene of the next update, a new scenario between Faith and Naomi involving a fantasy slave auction :-). This was actually the single longest of all the planned scenes, coming in at a full 17 renders. Which means that, since I did two of the largest scenes first, I'm actually probably something like 30-35% done with the renders, rather than the 20% that seems logical from the 2/10 thing ;-).

I'm going to tackle a smaller scene next, which I think I'll be able to com...

Public Poll - Which New Game Should I Make?

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Boringish thing first, feel free to skip!

First, a tiny-quick note about the art in the image. The Mira character concept sketch in the center is entirely mine, the two colored outfits were created for me by a friend interested in The Sexy Cosplay Café idea. All of the art is completely original, but I did want to explain why there were two different styles on display! All of it is purely early concept art, for a game that may ...

Art Update

So, I realized I've pretty much only shown you "holy shit that's bad," art samples. Figured I'd put a tiny bit of detail on my last rotation/proportion experiment to prove that I'm not completely horrible, even as I currently am. Mind you, this piece still has at least one major issue. Namely, I've never tried to draw a corset before, and I didn't quite pull it off. Despite redrawing it twice, her left boob is still wonky -_-. Before I try a corset again, I need to closely stud...

Finished With Scene 1/10 for Release 2.0

So, I finally finished the first scene for the next release. It ran into today because of the attached image. For some reason, no matter what I did, the pubic hair wouldn't render properly on what should have been the single simplest/fastest render of the entire 14 render set. And yes, you caught that number right -_-. The maximum renders I'd planned for any single scene this time around was 10, and this sauna scene set actually was only supposed to have 8, originally. But I ended up adding anot...

PATRONS PLEASE VOTE - Plus General Update

First and Foremost, if you haven't already, please go to the New Game Poll post and let me know which of the games you would most like to see. Less than half of you have voted, and you'll make the biggest difference if you vote PRIOR TO January 24th. Right now, I'm planning on cutting at least 2 of the 7 games before I go public with discussion of the options....