Project Evolution! Wrapping up and moving on!

Hey peeps,

Yep, it should be no secret now that Project Evolution was a pretty heavy project to push through, starting from wanting to make a V4 hybrid in 2013, to rebuilding and re-rigging the figure from scratch several times, and I came close to stopping as many times. With the last-minute release of the Early Edition in January 2018 things came to a high in many ways, but also very deep lows. Lots of great compliments, lots of eagerness, lots of hope and optimism, but also lots of aggravation and confusion that came from the most unexpected places. And I was as sick as a dog.

I won't lie, it all hit me pretty hard and I resorted to get back into comic-making to remind me of the whole reason why I got back into this business in the first place. I really didn't care anymore. 

But, I have to say, with all the persisting optimism about Project Evolution, I decided it was a good idea to just make one more asserted push and get this thing completed the way it was intended. I owe it to all those people that bought the Early Edition.

Let's get official

However, I needed to do some changing. With all the shifting perceptions of erotica around the world, as well as protecting our young ones, it felt wrong for me to only deliver a figure that was actually meant to feature in pornographic material. This was something I had on my mind for a while but never got round to doing before January 2017. So now I've decided to go along with the format that everyone is used to, making a "family-friendly" base, and then a dedicated addon to turn her back into the naughty girl she was originally designed to be. This had the added bonus of partly shifting market attention back to my home store (CGbytes and Renderotica) the way its always been with V4 and Genesis.

Now don't worry, compatibility won't be an issue. I designed the base to be fully compatible with the Early Edition, and all Early Edition material will work on the new version and vice versa. 

There is one important improvement that will need to be dealt with, and this has nothing to do with the versions and addons. More on that later.











New Format

So here is the breakdown of the new Project Evolution:

Project Evolution ONE (base):

• Project Evolution ONE puts a (family-friendly) figure called ONE to your runtime.
• If you have Early Edition, she won't get touched.
• All new characters work with Early Edition too, upon loading a character you get a menu asking you to choose between ONE or Early Edition*.

Project Evolution ONE X:

• Project Evolution ONE X Addon adds another figure called ONE X to your runtime.
• ONE X is basically the same as Early Edition, except now it has lots of Erotica morphs. You might as well stop using Early Edition.**

Project Evolution Futagirl:

• Same as above... but this is a 'special' figure! Total dick... girl!

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Early Edition was, and still is an Early Edition, like a pilot project. We're moving on to the official format now. Expect a bit of confusion, but its for the better. Early Editioners will get special treatment, obviously. I'm working on getting you a discount for ONE X.

And promised, no more weird updates from hereon out. Just addons and freebies. We have arrived.

I hope this helps.

* There are other options for if you installed Naughty & Nice, or if you like this menu I've included ONE X in the script. ONE X does overwrite this menu, but you can re-instate this.
** don't delete Early Edition from your runtime though, if you want your old scenes to work.

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Availability

Below are pictures of these products, and the base (Project Evolution ONE) will be available at CGbytes, Content Paradise, and hopefully also Renderosity. The naughty addons (ONE X and Futagirl) will as usual be available at Renderotica.

The base is currently in testing.
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Eye UV map

So like mentioned above, there is one important change to the mesh UV that was unavoidable. It was recently discovered that the UV mapping of the eyelids was too narrow and resulted in rather crappy stretching and just generally low-resolution textures there. I was hesitant to touch it since PE was now live, but this is something that really needs to be fixed. 

So, if you are a texturer, and you've made something for PE, PLEASE email me a.s.a.p and I'll send you the latest mesh with the new UVs. I will hold off the release until I feel everyone has had the chance to fix their textures.

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ONE X (addon)

ONE X is an addon that will add a version of PE, much like the Early Edition, but then with a boatload of genital/erotica morphs. Some of those morphs are designed to keep straight while the thighs rotate. It also comes with a bunch of erotica poses I dug up from my own collection.

Some people might be confused why they're not getting this version if they already have one with all the detail between her legs. Well the ONE X also comes with a lot of complex morphs, like Lali's Bits, as well as a bunch of poses (as well as improved weight mapping around the genital handles). Its an actual addon. Just to show you that its quite a big deal, here's a list of all the morphs (not including the oral sex dials in the head, and extra hand morph options).

Genitals

Vagina Shape Presets

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parmNode Basic Preset
parmNode Cute Preset
parmNode Fleshy Preset
parmNode Jangly Preset
parmNode Ham Sandwich

Genital Shaping

Crotch Shapes

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parmNode GENS - Pubis Mons 1
parmNode GENS - Crotch Narrow
parmNode GENS - Crotch Up
parmNode GENS - Crotch Fw
parmNode GENS - Crotch Scale
parmNode GENS - Crotch Angle

Vulva Morphs

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parmNode GENS - Vulva Fw-Back
parmNode GENS - Vulva Scale
parmNode GENS - Vulva Depth
parmNode GENS - Thick Vulva

Labia Majora Morphs

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parmNode GENS - Labia Majora Closed
parmNode GENS - Labia Maj Thick

Labia Minora Morphs

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parmNode GENS - Inner Labia Fat
parmNode GENS - Inner Labia Fan Out
parmNode GENS - Inner Labia Long
parmNode GENS - Inner Labia Fan Wide
parmNode GENS - Inner Labia Fan Top
parmNode GENS - Inner Labia Closed
parmNode GENS - Inner Labia Random 1
parmNode GENS - Inner Labia Random 2
parmNode GENS - Inner Labia Random 3
parmNode GENS - Labia Min Thick
parmNode GENS - Inner Labia Front Longer

Clitoris and Hood morphs

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parmNode GENS - Expose Clit
parmNode GENS - Connect Clit-Labia
parmNode GENS - Clitoris
parmNode GENS - Clitoris Large
parmNode GENS - Clit Hood Thick
parmNode GENS - Clitoris Size
parmNode GENS - Clit Cover Back
parmNode GENS - Clit Cover Up
parmNode GENS - Clit Cover Wide
parmNode GENS - Clit Fw-Back
parmNode GENS - Clit Cover Size
parmNode GENS - Hood Hidden
parmNode GENS - Hood Rotate
parmNode GENS - Hood Up-Down
parmNode GENS - Hood Fw-Back
parmNode GENS - Hood Thick
parmNode GENS - Hood Retract
parmNode GENS - Hood Define
parmNode GENS - Inner Vulva Wrinkly


Genital Interaction

ESSENTIAL SEX CONTROLS

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parmNode SEX - Vagina Open
parmNode SEX - Vaginal Thrusting
parmNode SEX - Anus Open
parmNode SEX - Anal Thrusting
parmNode SEX - Double Penetration
parmNode SEX - DP Thrusting

Flesh Play

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parmNode GENS - Inner Labia Side-Side
parmNode GENS - Inner Labia Twist
parmNode GENS - Inner Vulva Ridge
parmNode GENS - Umbrella Flaps
parmNode GENS - Inner Labia fly out R
parmNode GENS - Inner Labia fly out L
parmNode GENS - Spread Front Center
parmNode GENS - Clit Side-Side
parmNode GENS - Clit Side-Side whole

Vaginal Intercourse

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parmNode GENS - Vaginal Distension X
parmNode GENS - Vaginal Distension
parmNode GENS - Vulva Push
parmNode GENS - Vaginal Push
parmNode GENS - Vaginal Pull
parmNode GENS - Open Genital S
parmNode GENS - Open Genital SB
parmNode GENS - Open Genital Fold in
parmNode GENS - Open Gens Size
parmNode GENS - Open Gens Large

Vagina XYZ (Play and Adjustment)

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parmNode GENS - Clitoris Push Side-Side
parmNode GENS - Vagina Open Adjust Back
parmNode GENS - Vagina Open Adjust L
parmNode GENS - Vagina Open Adjust R
parmNode GENS - Lab Maj L Side
parmNode GENS - Lab Maj R Side
parmNode GENS - Vagina PushPull
parmNode GENS - Vagina Side-Side
parmNode GENS - Vagina Swing

Anal Intercourse

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parmNode GENS - Anal Opening
parmNode GENS - Anal Opening Size
parmNode GENS - Anal Opening DP
parmNode GENS - Double Penetration
parmNode GENS - Anal Depth
parmNode GENS - Anus Back
parmNode GENS - Anal Pucker
parmNode GENS - Anal Push

Anal XYZ

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parmNode GENS - Anus Back-Fw
parmNode GENS - Anus Twist
parmNode GENS - Anus Side-Side
parmNode GENS - Anus Scale
parmNode GENS - Anus Pull-Push
parmNode GENS - Anus Stretch
parmNode GENS - Anus Wide

ORAL SEX (use dials in head)

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parmNode ORAL - Suck Pucker
parmNode ORAL - Suck Pucker L
parmNode ORAL - Suck Pucker XL
parmNode ORAL - Lips Pull
parmNode ORAL - Suck Pucker XXL
parmNode ORAL - Take Deep
parmNode ORAL - Mouth Stretch
parmNode ORAL - Mouth Wide
parmNode ORAL - Mouth Side-Side
parmNode ORAL - Mouth Fw-Back
parmNode ORAL - Mouth Up-Down
parmNode ORAL - Cheek Poke R
parmNode ORAL - Cheek Poke L

Sex JCMs (Dont poke around here plz)

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parmNode GENS - Open Gen Fold in 135R
parmNode GENS - Open Gen Fold in 135L
parmNode GENS - Vag OpenSize 135R_pml
parmNode GENS - Vag OpenSize 135L_pml
parmNode GENS - Anal Opening 135R
parmNode GENS - Anal Opening 135L
parmNode GENS - Anal Opening DP 135R
parmNode GENS - Anal Opening DP 135L
parmNode GENS - Anal OpenSize DP 135R
parmNode GENS - Anal OpenSize DP 135L
Open Gens JCMs

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parmNode GENS - Open Genital SBR
parmNode GENS - Open Genital SBL



Gens Rig Controls

parmNode GENS RIG - Spread Handles

And here's a contact sheet of all the poses:

And all of this is available in Futagirl too. Speaking of which:

Futagirl

So now Futagirl. 'Futa' is short for 'Futanari' (sp?) and I think its a Japanese word for a girl with a willy, or something like that. Trust me I just offended half of Japan + a thousand erotica artists with that previous sentence. Its basically a science in itself. Futanari, or 'dickgirls' as it is more commonly referred to, is SUPER POPULAR in 3D CG Erotica (CGe, 3DX). 

Well now there will be one for Project Evolution lol. Not entirely my thing, but hey, I'm happy to provide. I will probably make two versions available. One with cohones, and one without. She will have everything ONE X has, plus a few specialist dials like folding the willy away for dynamic clothing options etc. There might also be an option to make a dude morph from her... I mean, might as well, right? The plumbing is already there...

All kidding aside, it will be a specialist figure. Do not expect a great amount of dedicated support for this figure's genital area. Although I do expect most PE content to work for her, I do recommend a fairly decent level of experience in Poser to operate this baby's hip region if you also want to slap clothes on her, or have specific textures happening there. So if you're new to Poser/CGI, be prepared for some home-schooling.




Anyway, that's it for now. Please remember, this is a huge experiment. Even though SM operate on a different plane of reality these days, Poser still kicks ass in the large world that is CGI. It is my hope that we bring them back to reality with figures like this.

And while you're here, please also take a look at Ali's Bella over here at Mankahoo.com.




Many thanks to Chimera for helping me. Contacting you soon with the first test copy, still making the manual lol

The longest Disco in History!

I just wanna quickly say, I'm working on the DD3, hard! And in the process I'm setting up the tools and environment for more comics. I really hope I can gain momentum like I did back in 2012.

With the release of the Disco Dragon 3 I'm going to make my return at Renderotica again, with regular posts. (I've been a bit reluctant to post there, I still owe them a TaB update which got swamped because of PE.) I'll also be gradually posting stuff on Tumblr too, both mainstream and sexy. I'm working on compiling all my free series since Art of Darkness to Deviant Art into a Fapware series, or something like that. 

I promise promise promise promise promise no more side-projects anymore. I'm just not cut out for this vendor thing, I hate it. It feels like being a pilot stuck in the hangar fixing engines for other pilots, while all I wanna do is fly myself!! Making stuff for comics is fun, making stuff for commercial use is torture. Compare it to making an omelette for yourself, or for a restaurant. I still do wanna help, I'll probably make some tutorials and I might set up a Poser DIY line at some point, basically unfinished content for experienced Poser users to tinker with and finish for themselves.

Anyway, onwards!!

Check out my new gals, Lexi and Michelle.

Project Evolution is out!

Well she's been out for a while now, ahem. Long story.

As you know I've been working on this project for 4 years now, 2 years if you don't include the first iterations of the project. I wanted it to be an Evolution from V4, but that would have been very difficult to pull off without getting into legal drama with DAZ. So finally with the release of P11 and yet another underwhelming Poser figure, I thought it was time to cut the crap and make a brand new figure entirely from scratch. 



That was 2 years ago, lol.

Anyway, I lot has changed since then, I had to scrap a lot of wild ideas and keep it practical, but the basic idea stayed the same: a detailed, anatomically correct (or as good as), 3D female figure that was designed for Poser. The free Demo gives you the opportunity to see the rig from up close in Poser and also gives you an introduction to the figure (available at CGbytes and Renderosity). If you like what you see you can get the Early Edition at CGbytes. The Early Edition is actually a kind of test run for Evolution, and so far it seems that people are happy. So the Official Edition will be done soon and will hopefully be released at both CGbytes and Renderosity simultaneously (not yet confirmed though). Dates pending.

The Official Edition (or Final Edition) is basically the same as the Early Edition, but with a few more details added. Anyone that has bought the Early Edition from CGbytes will get automatically upgraded to the Official one (you don't need to buy it again). 

Lessons learned? If you ever want to make your own figure, allow me to give you some advice: keep your ambitions to a bare minimum, don't share too many of your ideas, don't get too many people involved, and don't mix business with creativity, especially if you're in the process of discovering how to do something. Creative projects like this have their own set of challenges, marketing is a totally different animal. They don't mix! Wait until you've completed the figure before you start making business plans. Because the moment you start telling people what it is that you hope to achieve before your project is complete, some eager folks might start making plans, which is cool, but they end up getting disappointed because everything has changed, and you end up getting blamed. Creativity is not something that follows a set path, especially when using tools that have limitations. You will cut corners and end up making decisions to get things done, and that will change the initial plan of the project. Creativity needs to be free to be done right. Business comes in once you actually have something to sell. Remember that and you will avoid any awkwardness and everyone will be happy.

(addendum: also do your business deals yourself. Don't expect others to do it.)

So, therefore: I am not going to say a thing about a male version. All I will perhaps say is that I need it for my own comics. 

Speaking of which, from now on, it will probably be just comics. I need to recover from all this and get this blog sorted out. I'll be back to normal soon. In the meanwhile, check out my Deviant Art page and Gallery. LOTS of fun stuff!