Alrighty. A little early, but an obvious result. Seems people were as let down by No Cure - Mass Effect - FemShep rendering for shit as I was. Having checked the file, I noticed some effects went a little janky, so, I'll tweak what needs to be tweaked and get that going asap.

    I've been rendering Face to Face - Baldur's Gate 3 - Lae'zel/Shadowheart when weather and time allow. Decided against the multi-angles. KISS Method or Less is More concept. It's meant to be a facial expression animation, so why was I doing an angle of just the hips? I keep adding more and more to these things lately. Projects need to stick to what I thought of that got it going in the first place, unless it really helps or the original idea just doesn't work. Black Cat Cafe is a good example. It's a bloated mess now that I need to sort.

    So next week is a big ol' render week. Face to Face will be ready for sure, so next Saturday wil be a release. By the way, decided that one will be a more exclusive release. Invester Tier+. Try to make up for the lack of any extra additions to things for so long. No Cure will be free for all, like it was before.

    Short and sweet. Well maybe not sweet.

    Spent most of this week working on Face to Face. Mostly getting the lighting fixed. I was going to have it set in another Underdark Drow Temple type scene, but in the end it's more like a campsite mishap. Maybe Karlach got tired of their fighting and stuck them together. Maybe it's a joke situation they woke up in.  1/5 is finished fully now though, with no snags so far.

    In other news, I bought Mizora (BG3) made by @SFMModelMaker, a model creator I praise a lot and for good reason. All three of these BG3 girls are models of theirs and they really are fantastic in every way. Eventually I'll get the rest of their models.
    I have an idea for her already too, of course. If only I could shut my brain off a bit to focus for awhile.

    Lastly, does anyone recall that FemShep animation with Krogan? The one that came out all grainy and shitty for quality no matter what I did? Well, if I could get it rendered and compiled better, would anyone want a rerelease of it? Poll below.

    Face to Face is a project, like a lot of other ones, that is based on an image I came across not long ago. I save tons of things for references like that. This one kept popping up in my head, so I'm running with it. It's a bit more sensual than the typical animation I create, with more subtle movements and theme, so don't expect either of them to be getting rammed, slammed, pounded or grounded.
    While Lae'zel is unaware of who she's bound to, Shadowheart gets to glare at her offscreen captors and viewers (you).
    This will have the face to face angle (example shown), a breast to breast angle (example shown), a both hips angle, and then each of their hips/butt regions separately.

    In other news, my would-be passion project with January van Sant from Resident Evil: Resistance is on a hold. I still can't sort the drumming drummer for shit, and it has me more than annoyed. Rather than just scrapping the entire project, as I am very tempted to do, I'll pause it til I either sort another method for that bit or actually get skilled enough to do it well enough. The project was meant to reengage my interest again, not annoying the hell out of me with my shortcomings.

    Face to Face will be a Tier 2 (Supporter+) release when finished. I'm going to try to sort some extra bits for Tier 3 and 4 as well again. Even if it's just some finished single fame shots. Maybe an alt outfit style, not that either is wearing much.

    Tuesday, I took a break from Black Cat Cafe to poke at and test a Chun-Li model. Not sure if I'd talked about her before. Perhaps, perhaps not. At any rate, she's an amazing model by @Source_Guru, one of my favorite model creators. A lot of my best models are from them. You all have been seeing their name in the credits and will continue to do so for a long time.

    So Chun-Li has legs. Everyone knows this. It's probably the #1 thing about her, right? So I set her up in a nice position (Sancus 2 style pose) for a little animation. Meant to be just a loop, it's already full length for her theme song from Street Fighter 6? I think 6.

    She's not synced to the music. I just ran with the animation and some variations on the speed/style as it goes a long, then thought "Hey, let's throw her theme song in here...." and just extended it to fit. I'd thought about various outfits, and I might still do that, but this was the one I liked most. I also nearly did the tied big toe thing, but eh. I don't get that concept, personally, so it's not a thing I care about doing. I might add that into something later though.

    I know, I know. "But Zjera....you need to focus! Stick to something! FINISH AND RELEASE SOMETHING!"

    I am. This is all I worked on this week, and it will be ready by next Saturday. It's already in the final stages for pre-render checks; smoothing things, fixing lights a bit more, etc. As I've always said; sometimes things just go so well they pop out quick. This was one.