Hey Boo,

It started snowing today. Looks like every leftover leaf on the ground will take a long snow nap. I'll see them again in the spring.

Work has been oddly busy. There are more people visiting the store than we expect. I'm not sure if people have relaxed now that campaigning has stopped or if they are getting in their big purchases before tariffs happen. Either way, it's cut down on my horny novel reading and writing.

Let's talk about our exploration of that hot, labor summer of 2022.

I've been coding and entering images. It's hard to think about a month going past. I was like, I'll finish naming the images in a week. I'd say I'm about a third done. I have 106 pages left to tag. If you don't regularly memorize my blogs, that's placing an image name in the script "show tulip madhorny". It balloons the script because each tag needs it's own tag. Fun fact, I've added 1,452 sow commands to this document. It has to do with rereading the script and placing what I think the image should be, and it also is partially editing the script. What was I thinking when I wrote it? Who cares, the future is now, old man!

It is frustrating tracking wise. Like I'll work on tagging for an hour. Before I start, I'll calculate that I have 114 pages to go, then after everything, I'll have 114 more to go. It would be maddening if I wasn't already insane.

Animations
are nice in a way. It's a bit of cope but as long as my computer is rendering something then I know things are being utilized well. So, new renders, special renders and experiments get added to the top of the queue and the long running animations are on the bottom. It's like a comfort blanket while I don't know exactly what images I'll need. 

I ran out of animations to render. They finished. There was a day when my pc wasn't humming away on animations. And these are animations that count, if you know what I mean. None of that intro or clothed establishing shot shit. 
Animations are nice and all but if I have a choice between a sex scene with three really good animations or a hundred images of a cute girl, I'm choosing the cute girl images. Which also pairs well with how my characters never shut up. 

The search for a new artist
is going well. I've talked to several talented people who are ready to help me. I haven't decided. I have picked up an apprentice. I helped them set up a pc and gave them a start on daz. If they like it and want to stick around, I'll introduce them to everyone.

I'm giving myself until I finish tagging images to make a decision, which might be a mistake because what if they hate my tagging scheme?!

Next, I might try hiring a manager to keep us organized and crack the whip a little.

I don't want your last month as a backer
I've had this idea for a while and I'm not sure if it is profound or just cope. I'm a dev with a long dev cycle and I don't want to claim improvements until they happen. Some people refer to any long dev cycle as milking. Some things just take forever. I don't think it's an accident that most devs slow down when they get more skills and knowledge. I've seen several newer devs talk about how somehow things take longer than when they first started. I'm sure some of it can come down to quirks and pet peeves that don't improve the work but you can't discredit the overall data.

I love my patreon and backers.

The support is great and I want to grow it. I also don't want to make anyone bitter about the long dev times. So, here is my idea. I don't want your last month. There are people who have a set number of months they want to go back. Then there are some people who might get in and not expect a long haul. My solution is-

I don't want your last month. If you get to the point where you are a little annoyed with me. Maybe the progress isn't coming as far as you think it should be and you figure, last month will be your last, I don't want that Please, save your last month for a time when you are happier with me or I ask for it.

Rewards!
This weeks rewards feature two previews. Some experiments with Rdaughter models, that I'm sure they'd hate because I didn't also use their custom lights and a sequel to one of my favorite images that I've made. 

Rewards go up every third Wednesday!

Happy Halloween!

Here is the story I stitched together for my special renders