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Monthly Painting Suggestions - July!

Alrighty, the "straight only" rule from last month is gone- apologies for that! I just had an urge. I do think the results that came from it, both the animation and the painting, were pretty good though. :P

But we're done with that so you can give me your gayest ideas imaginable if you want, hah.

Also going to lift another rule this month- going to allow "failed hunt" themed images again, at least for a bit. There's been a lot of requests to see more so if y'all wanna suggest s...

Syandene Model Update!

I got finished all the Monthly commitments a little early this time around and had a few days before I needed to start on that model commission I'm taking, so I decided to put that time to use by refurbing the Syandene model, similar to how I had done so with a few of the other models before. Syandene is probably my most popular character and comes up in suggestions and commissions very often, so she really needs to have a capable model, and she just didn't. The 'before' version was not only ...

June Monthly Animation is up!

You can find the links on my FA, or just search my name on e6! This one -might- be fine to link here, but better safe than sorry.

I don't usually make them quite this early in the month but the vote is pretty clear this time around and I happened to have some free time while I waited for commission stuff to come in. I hope y'all like it! :3

June Monthly Painting - Vote!

And here's the painting ideas! 

June Mini-Animation - Vote!

Here's what we've got this month! For your reference, here are the models in question: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/40419609/

A quick note about the new Adhina model

Since Adhina was only really revealed after the suggestions post for this month, I figured I'd just let y'all know that if you want to change your idea (or add a new one, if you haven't yet!) to include him, I'm going to open him up for such things now. I don't think I really expect anyone to do so, but it felt weird not to at least mention it since he's just sorta there now, hah.

That's all. Have a nice day!

Lil' Adhina update.

This model is going to be impossible to animate uuuuuggghh. So many loose dangly flappy bits, it's gonna be a huge problem.

...at least he's lookin' alright though. The blend between the two different types of feathers, while not perfect, seems to look okay. At least from this distance.

Still much to do, but he's got his fluff which is always a big milestone so I wanted to share a lil' update!

Adhina model [WIP]

What better way to pass the time before taking on a big model commission? Why not make even more models? Yeah, sounds like something a sane person would totally do.

Experimenting with this boy. Not entirely sure how everyone feels about him yet, people seem to like him in pictures well enough but he definitely doesn't get the reception that Gale or Nidhala get. I, however, have really been digging the character lately so I wanted to try and model-ify him.

Not sure yet if this ...

July Mini Animation - Suggestions!

Much like with the painting, I think I'd like to make this a straight (M/F) animation if y'all don't mind. Just an urge I've got for some reason! I'll try not to make constraints on suggestions a thing that happens too often, but I'm just in a certain kinda mood this month.   Lemme hear your straight animation ideas!   For reference, the models I've got available for animation: https://...

July Monthly Painting - Suggestions!

I don't do this often, but I'm in a certain mood... I feel like I've been doing a reasonable chunk of gay content lately, I'd like to work on something straight this month I think. (Just in time for gay pride month lol oops. Can't control when the urge hits!) Even when I had a mixed-gender picture the month before last, I had the girls in one corner and the boys in another. Apparently I just can't stop making everyone gay. Let's work some straightness into the mix just this once, eh?

G...

What would you like to see me do next?

Before we even begin- this is as much curiosity as anything else, this poll will not necessarily be binding. If I get inspired to do something or some great opportunity comes up I'll most likely end up following it, but I'm curious to see what y'all like to see from me. It may tip the scales a little, at least! I've sorta been waffling about for a little while without any major direction in what I wanna do next, so this might help me pick.

For further information in each area:

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May Monthly Painting - Finished!

It's up! Here, have a high-res, 'cause I can this time. As I say in the FA post, the lighting is a bit flat because I had plans for it that didn't work out, but I hope it's alright despite that! 

May Monthly Painting - Sketch [WIP]

This month's winner: "Bakery part 2: Adhina’s curiosity gets him knotted by Blue while  servicing Gale with his tongue, though the fox is under orders not to cum…"

Once again this idea is pretty tame so I should be good to post it here! Adhina was so curious about Gale's new cage in the last image, after getting to know what it looks like up close I guess he also needed to know what it tastes like. Things have gotten a little spicy with this trio so they've moved into the back...

May Monthly Animation is up!

As usual I can't link it, but a quick search for "Ruaidri" on e621 will get you there- or head to my FA page for a link if you prefer!

This month's winning prompt: "Male bondage fox set up in Ru’s fuck-machine, armed with a way-too-big  toy to really push the decked-out and restrained fox past his limits!"

It's a bit rough around the edges due to the "I don't want to spend all month on this" nature of the animation, but still a fun one I think. I hope y'all like it!
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"A Gift" - Animation update!

The animation is more or less finished! This is the 'quick' viewport render I'm showing the commissioner to get final approval before sending it off to render, but since I'm fairly certain they'll like it I'ma show it here too.

Now that you can see the whole animation, this is another chance to guess that new animation technique I tried out here, if you wanna! As a hint, it's nothing blender or even 3D specific, it's something that's been used in animation for probably almost as long a...

May Monthly Painting - Vote!

Here are the options for the painting this month! 

May Mini-Animation - Vote!

Here's what we've got this month!

EDIT: Shit, had this set up like a suggestion post. You should all be able to vote now!

"A gift" - New animation WIP snippet

A little snippet of an animation I'm working on! Wanted to share for two reasons... firstly, as a little update to show what I've been up to, I think some of you will be excited to see this! Secondly, because I'm experimenting with a new technique in this animation and I think it's coming out pretty neat. See if you can spot it! I suspect anyone who animates or is familiar with animation might be able to see what's new...

No critique at this stage please! As you can tell it's very earl...

May Mini-Animation - Suggestions!

The animation also went over pretty well! I'm glad everyone seemed to like it. :D

So, what have you got for me this month? Remember to keep your suggestions to 140 characters!

Here's an updated list of suggestible characters for your reference, with the revised jay/lizard and the new gryph. https://www.furaffinity.net/view/40419609/?nocache=1619923169

May Monthly Painting - Suggestions!

Had a fun one last month! People seemed to like the chill vibes.

So, whatcha got for this month? Remember to keep your suggestions within the 140 character limit! :3

Lizard Model Update

Update is on the right!

Giving the bluejay a revamp for that recent animation gave me the urge to give another older model a similar treatment! The lizard here is a character I've always liked the design for, but her model was starting to show it's age compared to my newer ones. The face in particular was giving me some serious odo vibes for some reason. Not good!

So I picked her all apart and put her back together again but better. Of the visual changes the face is the most obvi...

April Monthly Painting - High Res

Since I can post this one here, y'all can have the high-res! Hope ya like the results! :3

April Monthly Animation is up!

I'm a lil' slow to get to posting this here because I've been working on the monthly painting, but better late than never, heh. But at least I can link to this one!

https://e621.net/posts/2716986

Hope ya like!

April Monthly Painting - Sketch [WIP]

This month's winner, by a hair, was "A slice-of-life piece set in a universe where clothing is optional and  nudity (and even kink!) of any kind is socially acceptable."

Gonna be honest, when I first started thinking about this concept, it felt pretty familiar... I feel like a fair amount of what I do already fits under this umbrella.

Not that I'm complaining at all, it's a fun idea! But my personal furry universe seems to be pretty chill about the whole public sexuality t...

April Animation - Final look!

The background is a bit simplistic and meh, but I figure I can spend lots of time on the background or I can put that time into the animation, but I can't really do both, so I hope you'll agree I focused on the right area once you see it. Not that the animation is particularly stellar mind you, it is a one-day affair, but hopefully it at least looks alright given the time investment!

But we won't know that for sure for a few days- I've started the final render and doing some q...

April Animation Sneak Peek

I once again got carried away in the scope here, so this 'one day' animation is going to be another two day animation. Oops.

Animation is essentially finished, just need to texture the background so it's not just white shapes like it is right now, and do some fluid simming and some dynamic paint stuff. I am getting relatively close to being done, just can't quite bring it home tonight, it's bedtime.

So have a sneak peek, since I can actually show one off for once. :P

Weird question for the Canadians

And that question is... are any of you here? This is boring but important. x3

Taxes this year have proven abnormally complicated, and for tax-related reasons, I'm supposed to know what part of my Patreon income comes from Canadians. Patreon has the relevant information for most countries, but just straight up doesn't mention Canada, so I have no idea.

Is that because there just aren't any people from Canada here? That seems unlikely... if you currently live in Canada can you gi...

Bluejay Model Update

It looks like we'll be seeing the bluejay in the upcoming mini animation, so I decided to take the opportunity to go back and touch up her model a little. Honestly she doesn't look too visually different, most of the changes I made were to how she works mechanically, but still there are some visual updates and, being the patreon type peeps that you are I thought you'd all be curious to take a peek.

The most obvious changes are to her face and bottom, but there are a lot of little twea...

Catbirb update

Hrmmmm gonna be honest, this one worked a lot better in my head than it does in 3D. I can't quite seem to pull it together into something I like, even after abandoning the partially-mechanized idea entirely. Even taking into account all the final touches that still need doing, this model looks pretty rough from most angles. I managed to find one here that looks alright but it's still a bit ehhhh.

Maybe with some more tweaking and adjusting of colours and fur and stuff I can get it som...

[WIP] Semi mechanical catbirb

Something I've been tinkering with a bit. The story of why is semi long and dumb so I'll save it for when I've got something more worth looking at and reading about, but for now have a look at a semi-mechanical catbirb.

The basic rigging is nearly done, though I still need to do the fiddly stuff like facial expressions, then once that's done it's on to painting/texturing/adding fur. It looks pretty bad right now in it's untextured plucked-chicken looking earl...