Regarding Work In Progresses (with addendum)
Added 2025-01-29 00:06:27 +0000 UTCHi! Been a while! Hope you're doing good.
Quick update regarding upcoming projects and what's going on with the Work In Progress posts.
• The Claudia and Alexander set "Just a Warm Body".
This project is still rendering. I think it's the most amount of renders that I've done so far, approximately 360 individual renders. Off the top of my head, I think it still needs about 100-110 renders, but I haven't been able to check for render issues, so some parts might need re-renders.
Some smaller sets can also be bumped up the render pipeline, resulting in a slight delay in this set being rendered.
• The Work In Progress posts.
I felt like most of the reaction I got from doing the WIP posts boiled down to people telling me "they liked it". Which is fair enough, I appreciate the kind words of course, but after two years of that, I sort of didn't know what to do with it and it didn't feel as valuable of a response anymore.
Creating the actual previews also could take up to an extra hour of work because I had to wait for the preview to resolve before taking a screenshot. So the noise wasn't as... well, noisy.
After some consideration, I've decided to do WIP posts again, but slightly different. I'm not just going to screenshot every angle, to save on time and I'm going to talk a bit about the creation process for those previews to hopefully get a more varied response and perhaps give the creatives amongst us some info.
I'll also update on ongoing projects in those WIP posts, to keep everybody on the up-'n-up!
• ADDENDUM
I absolutely forgot, also, I'm doing Blender again. I'm in the process of rigging Nina whilst "Just a Warm Body" is rendering. It's tough, Blender is still... not cooperative. But, I'm motivated to do it.
Comments
My body is ready for the Claudia Alexander set. Sheesh. The excitement in me for that one.
Robotics
2025-01-31 08:11:42 +0000 UTCI agree with them. Your girls are all so good. Whatever you’re using for the models never stop.
Robotics
2025-01-31 08:09:55 +0000 UTCHey there SloP, this is my first ever comment to you, and with this post it only seemed appropriate, it was about as good a time as any. I want preface by saying that I've been a long time lurker of your brilliant work, long before I ever signed up to your Patreon with this account. I had been silently enjoying your content wherever I could, from twitter to slushee and so on. My point is that I love your work, and by extension the hands that brought about such art, the dedication you put in really shines through, I mean no exaggeration when I say that you have the best 3d artwork out there, the level of detail and variety is simply outstanding, giving everything you do life and character in a field where copy+paste seems to be the norm. You have genuinely inspired me to want to replicate and produce something of my own with equal dedication and quality, but that's neither here nor there, this post just reminded me of similar posts in the past and the struggles you have been open about. I know you tried your hand at animating in Blender some time back and had to quit as not only was it frustrating you, you just simply didn't have enough time to dedicate to it as you had to also juggle your day job and Daz. I've also seen how you've struggled with growing on different platforms and the general inhospitality and uncertainty you've faced on some of them, alongside the typical creativity block and burn out. Safe to say I've seen the struggles you've let others in on, and who knows how many more you have, and as fan of you and your work I've always meant to reach out and get talking with you, I'm not some hot shot or industry leader who knows a lot about your situation and how to turn it around or make it better, I am pretty biased and subjective with what I like, but even so I always found talking about things helps a lot, I just haven't found the courage or right approach until now. So, I would love to get talking with you, I have advice, feedback, criticisms, and suggestions I would like to share with you If you're down for that. I know you have a discord, but I've never joined it, I'm a bit internet shy when it comes to these things. Would you say that's the premier way to get talking?
Alathea
2025-01-30 19:38:35 +0000 UTCGood to hear and you’re welcome ☺️
David Barger
2025-01-30 04:25:33 +0000 UTCThank you very much! Appreciate the kind words! ♥
SFMPORN
2025-01-29 23:43:59 +0000 UTCThank you very much! Yes, I'll probably go into more depth on some of my processes. Don't want to spill ALL of it, but expect some story stuff, some technical stuff, some creative stuff. I don't consider suggestions or requests feedback, per se. I'd love creative, constructive feedback like "this could be better because of XYZ" or even "this part I really like because ABC". That's all good. It's just blanket statements like "this is all great". I don't know how to respond other than "thank you". As for suggestions or requests. Through Discord is much appreciated, you can post images and reference there. Although my DM's here are open as well. I've always maintained a stance to be open to people's ideas and suggestions and I haven't changed it. Great question, thanks.
SFMPORN
2025-01-29 23:04:17 +0000 UTCYou are one of the best creators here! Love the work so keep doing the way that you feel is best for you. Thx.
PrinceVegeta (or Peter, just less cool)
2025-01-29 22:47:36 +0000 UTCThank you for the update, and all of your work! Yours is consistently the best Patreon I support! These changes make sense, and I hope they ease your work load. I'm not a creative, but I'm sure many would enjoy knowing more of your process. I sometimes avoid the WIPs just because I don't want my amazement at the final product to be diminished, though it never is. A question though, are you interested in creative feedback on WIPs, like suggestions or requests, or is that just for discord?
Mrdraco
2025-01-29 20:04:24 +0000 UTCAppreciate that a lot! Thank you! :)
SFMPORN
2025-01-29 18:44:15 +0000 UTCHi SloP! I present would like to thank you for this detailed and meaningful explanation. You always know your job and what you have to do, we have endless respect for you in this regard. I wish you amenites in your works!👍🏻
Saint_CroC
2025-01-29 13:59:12 +0000 UTCYup! Thanks1 :)
SFMPORN
2025-01-29 10:03:21 +0000 UTCAppreciate that, thank you!
SFMPORN
2025-01-29 10:03:10 +0000 UTCIt's the third in the release pipeline. Here's a chart that I've been updating fairly frequently over on Discord that I'll take screenshots of for future WIPS. https://discord.com/channels/805173110281732147/1185187106201554954/1185187124379664394
SFMPORN
2025-01-29 10:03:04 +0000 UTCWill do my best to provide some meaningful feedback
Vlad
2025-01-29 08:47:46 +0000 UTCGood to hear from you, can’t wait for more stuff
David Barger
2025-01-29 04:52:28 +0000 UTCThanks for the update. Did the Lind dressing room set get knocked back in the pipeline?
Robert D.
2025-01-29 02:49:21 +0000 UTC
