With the new settings for videos, the rendering is taking much longer than before, so Black Cat Cafe is nowhere near being ready like I thought it would be. The other night I spent 6 hours rendering to get less than 20 seconds of video. When will the full release be? ASAP, but I don't even think it'll be ready next Saturday.

    In the meantime, have a Black Cat 'loop'. This one section has a different leg/ankle chain setup, so I thought it'd make for a good loop of sorts. This is the only free part of this release. The actual video will be Supporter+.

    Enjoy.

    Alrighty.

    So, I was looking through projects the other day and eyeballed Black Cat Cafe once more; a project that has been on hold for a long time. I'd talked about rendering it as is, and honestly "as is" is pretty good. It's at least 8+ minutes in length and of the same kind of quality as that Metal Gear Eva animation not long ago. The reason it stalled was it was meant to be really long; a slow wearing down over time. I lost interest after so long, so it lingered. So, it's not gonna be what I was shooting for, but it's a good animation, I think, all the same. It's being rendered for next Saturday release. It's going to be a Supporter+ Tier release.

    I really enjoyed making the Discord Streamed animation with the Sister of Battle, so Raven, who was a very close 2nd place for who to use, will be next. Still sorting what happens, so it might not start get a start on the stream tomorrow. Couple of nice suggestions for it so far though.

    Christmas 2026. Streamed the initial start of it last Sunday and worked on it most of this week. Gonna be a fun one, I think. I'll try to sort a preview or some kinda trailer poster later on. Christmas is still a ways off.

    Sancus Program 3 is a bit slow. It started off so rough that my enthusiasm for it was stomped pretty fast, even if it'll have my Original Character in it. I'm thinking of doing a separate project with Zjai, the OC, before it. Sorta like a mini preview or something. I dunno, we'll see where things go.

    Christmas? Yup. It's officially started; for the second time this year. I'd already abandoned an idea early to start another for it, only for that one to actually screw up, causing me to rehash and start the original idea which is going fantastic thus far. I'm pretty excited about it, so much so I've been working my ass off this week on just it, putting aside other things to work more.

    Anna (Disney Frozen) receives a special gift from 'a friend'. In her excitement and haste to try it out, she doesn't fully read the manual it comes with, causing a....fun "situation" to occur.

    What you're seeing in the two preview pics is the opening segment where the credits will be (Anna sleeping/waking up) and the room where the rest of the animation will take place (fireplace). The intro is nearly complete along with a small segway and the very beginning of the "situation".

    This animation is a bit more "traditional Zjera"? By that I mean it won't be tame like last year with Batgirl and Mr. Freeze. Not saying I dislike that one, it was nice to do a more subtle animation overall, but this year will go back to a more hardcore feel/sound.

    I've not stopped Black Cat Cafe, but it's certainly slowed to a crawl. I meant to go one way, but went another, and now I'm trying to see if I can get it back the original way without having to start over. If not, I'll just soldier on with it the way it was going. It's not bad, just not what I wanted.

    Still too many ideas floating in my head and more keep popping up. Lot of small things though, so some loops or even just still frame pics may come along. Some big projects too; I've got this idea for a kind of racing event....

    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.

    Small quick video showing some examples of the machine power levels and motions in Black Cat Cafe. Vaginal 1-5 and Anal 1 only so far. The anal ones, the spins that is, seem to go odd when the dildo moves around as well. Trying to figure out why. I might have to just make them all spin together instead of the interesting way shown in vaginal 1-4. Vaginal 5 is when Anal 1 kicks in. Anal 1-5 Vaginal stays the same. At level 5. So there's still 9 levels basically in total.
    The overlays of the power level/name plate area will be visible throughout, in that faded see through aspect. The camera will be different per segment, so it's not going to always hinder any kind of view. The odd jumps in things like lighting is due to the examples being reset on a camera that is the same for all motions. The lights are set for the angles they were meant to be on, so they pop around. Also that's why Vaginal 4 shows her side and not the machine. That specific angle didn't show the machine at all, so it's not really moving there. No need to animate what isn't seen, after all. Later segments will show that though so it will be then.
    Still coming up with names for the donators. Some are 'serious' style names. Others are just fun for fun sake. Should any of you be on the Discord and want a name added to the list of potential, feel free to let me know. I did the same thing, in a way, with Pound-Her's names.
    Also, that's a music example as well. The intro has its own, the credits probably will too, but that's the main music picked for this one.

    January van Sant's animation is coming along as well, though not much to report on it this week. The drummer is still being a bitch, but most everything else is cooperating. She has some nice wiggles, expressions and breathing animations, pre-refinement. Not sure where to put a third 'band member'. Maybe just an over-the-shoulder style angle long enough for concept. Probably that.

    Hope you enjoy the little example video.