Still alive and kicking.

Happy new year BTW!! (if its not too late lol)

Hey peeps, sorry for not keeping this blog updated. I have plans to move away from this blog as soon as possible to either my own website, or a place that is safe from this ludicrously immature internet-wide crackdown on erotica (how many porn bans do we need to remind ourselves that it never works?). Google and blogger will be next, mark my words.

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BUT that's not the reason I haven't been posting. I just didn't want to bother you with promises promises etc, with having nothing to show for. Well now I have something to show, sort of! :D

As most of you know, since the release of PE I've been restructuring myself back towards my CGI roots, namely comics. This took a lot longer than expected, especially since I am basically running my own figure system now (Erogirl Figure, partly based on PE), independent of V4 or anything DAZ, and therefore I need to rig (and sometimes model) all my own content. I don't mind it but it did mean I needed to spend a LONG time setting up my library properly. 



Another important part of this process is me taking control of the Poser situation. Since 2011 I've grown a lot, CGI technically, but Poser just hasn't as much as they could have (and by the way, that's also why I'm not doing anything on PE at the moment. I first want to see some serious ass-kicking over at Smith Micro before I waste any more time on Poser content - more info here). Regarding development and innovation, Poser hasn't taken any significant strides in a long time, with most features either not directly benefiting me as an animating figure artist, or quite simply not working as advertised. I've been close to Poser for years now, and the missed opportunities are painful to witness. They could have kicked DAZ's ass several times over, if they only had the imagination. So I delved into Poser Python and pretty much solve all my problems myself. I made an almost Steampunk looking interface for myself with handy tools that I think any animation software should have, and life is MUCH better. Trust me, this tool is freaking amazing. From the most rudimentary operations Poser should have, to pretty wild features such as animating sex scenes automatically, to storyboarding inside of Poser, to loading poses instantly, to fixing IK issues, to isolating figures in a busy scene, to snapping them to locations etc etc etc... Make it available? lol, debugging this thing for commercial use will take me months. So, nope! If Snarly/Color Curvature/Semidieu/Netherworks want to do it, they can have it.

Although I've been tempted to switch to other software for years now, Poser still does the job for now, and it would be utterly stupid for me to switch considering the level of expertise I've gained in Poser and the crazy things I am able to do with it, despite its problems. So I want to squeeze every last drop out of her and make at least four or five comics with what I have, before I make any switch. 

This new foundation is starting to bear fruits as just before xmas I cranked out a small but fun comic in the space of three days, from start to finish. Its called: "The Shagging Before Christmas" and its available at Renderotica. It was a little triumph for me, proving to myself that I can still do it! It is almost a parallel to my first comic 'Weaponshandling' that I made to test everything before getting to work on bigger comics.

Now there's just one more hurdle and that is the third installment of the Disco Dragon, which has become a bit of a Frankenstein project, almost. The whole series of the Disco Dragon fell right smack in the middle of my crazy stint with making a CGI-worthy Poser figure, which had its advantages and disadvantages. The advantages were that I learned a hell of a lot and could apply it immediately in my comic work, the disadvantage is that the scenes became messy and cluttered with hundreds of different versions of the erogirl and loads of continuity errors. So I've basically been re-rendering EVERYTHING from scratch since last year November. I'm glad to say that the end is in sight and we can finally enjoy a conclusion to this comic series.

From there on the gloves should be off. I had started on Sen's first comic but that, like with the DD needs a little revisiting, although its not half as bad as the DD was. 



I will however say that I'm going to downsize my comic stories a little, as in make comics with less than FIFTEEN girls and a whole bunch of dudes, but more one-on-one stuff, or trios or something. Mass orgies are fun but its a logistical nightmare!!! Especially if you want it to be realistic with a story and with individual characters to do their individual things. That said I do still want to complete the combined free online series of the "New Year's Boat Trip" and the "Ero goes to the UK" series, but I think I'll try keep things as minimal as possible without sacrificing too much on the fun. The stories have pretty much been planned out, I just need to make them happen, and I'll make them available in PDF format. BTW there's a little webcam series you might have missed here. You can see Xtina's tits! :D

PE: There might be two things I'll try to quickly do for PE after the release of the Disco Dragon. I have updated the mannequins and I might quickly polish off the Futagirls. I admit I totally dropped the ball on those, I needed to prioritize and couldn't afford to gamble with any more Poser charity.

So, I hope this news pleases my comic fans!!! I'm getting there. I'm really sorry it took so long!