So the 'which do you prefer' poll was interesting. It nearly came out even, with Merry-Go-Pound 'winning' in the end. It was my most popular poll yet. Both ideas will be attempted, and most likely come to some kind of release since neither seem to complex, but since Merry-Go-Pound won the poll I'll start it first; and yeah, that'll be the project name. In fact, it might end up with two different animations in time, since I have this Batgirl version stuck in my head but it'd only work well with some voice lines, so I'd need to sort that. I have a few ideas that are stuck in limbo because of voice lines. A very specific Incredibles comes to mind, but I won't AI them, but I can't afford them either, so limbo for now.

    Awhile back Marie Rose took the place of Gwen Tennyson as the de facto Holiday animation character. She wasn't in anything for Halloween this year. I rectified that by making a looped animation with her, bringing this year's Halloween release total to 3 projects. Actual release number is now 1 video, 2 loops (same animation, different sounds), 8 pics (4 with and 4 without watermarks). Sadako from The Ring (the video) was the only original project, but messing around with a new model I ended up with some pics, and then like I said about Marie's new loop. So surely there's something for everyone.

    And yes, they are all free releases. Like always, Holiday projects are free, even the alt versions. Makes the end of the year's run a big ass freebie.

    So, the poll results on the latest upped graphic settings are finished and it looks like I'll be saving the superous colossalistic massively big render settings just for the really good shit, cause yeah, that took way to long to render Black Cat Cafe. What projects fall under that category? Ones I think deserve that kind of extra bump and have the time to render for it.

    So I spent this week recouping from the "Render Blues" and sorting out things. Tossed several saves that were never going to go anywhere or never started to begin with. (I had several named saves that had nothing more than the girl to be used standing in the spawn pose. That's it.) Renamed a lot of saves for better organization. Stuff like that.

    Came across a Touhou Project practice animation that's nice. I like it a lot. They animate really well and I've wanted to use them again, so I'm going to continue on with it and make it a full thing. (Full as in a release, not necessarily a 10+ minute animation.) Same two girls as a previous one, who's names are uh....Yamashiro Takane and Kawashiro Nitori. I've no idea which is which; I know nothing about that game. Henceforth to be referred to by hair color. Or eye color since I just noticed it's the same as the hair.

    Anyways.

    In other news, Halloween 2026 might not get the second song added to it. It's a full length animation as is. Discord stream reactions would suggest it's a really good animation. It'll depend on how things progress from now til time to get rendering.

    Sancus 3 is already on pause. It started out so shitty I lost all drive to go go with it. I've been sorting a different introduction to the OC Zjai, since I really wanted her out and about sooner.

    Lastly, Christmas 2026 is moving a long nicely. Marie Rose is having fun. I think. Probably not.

    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.

    So here's the little animation I threw together for the Easter poll thing. I like it, personally. I thought it came out pretty good. Animating all the eggs was a bit of a pain, but the end result is neat overall.
    I don't know who's grunts I used, but I tweaked them a bit to give them a more high pitch sound and I think they fit her.

    In other news, I'm trying to hammer out a May the 4th Star Wars animation; anyone like that Trilla Suduri character? If I don't get the full thing finished in time I'll release a partial of it like a teaser/trailer, then just finish it out later on.
    What I had in mind was small and like most things, it kinda blew up as I went along, so now it's bigger than intended by a lot. Bouncing between it and the Protect and Service Fallout animation.

- Easter Basket - Dead or Alive - Marie Rose
- Protect and Service - Fallout - Lucy MacLean

    Alrighty, the poll results show that I'll be making a small animation with Marie Rose in that Easter setting (I assumed so and already have a lot of it animated) and Marie Rose will be taking the place of Gwen Tennyson in the random animations going forward; but not forever.
    Working on the Easter animation I realized I personally will enjoy using Marie Rose more. I'll miss Gwen though.

    Protect and Service - Fallout - Lucy MacLean has a little preview/trailer pic (below) as well as a small release announcement animation/trailer (the scene below) for whenever it's ready. Anyone recall the Valentine's Day trailer? I liked that a lot. Lucy's isn't as elaborate, but I like it too. It's subtle and fitting, I think.

    There was something else I was gonna talk about, but I can't remember it at the moment. Been a wonky morning.

    Marie Rose is still 'employed' with Swelterly's Sweets. She's no longer in the Glaze Extraction department. Moved on to advertisements.
    Not an animation, just a couple ad pics for Swelterly's Sweets. The left pic is without Ambient Occlusion shadows and the right pic is with. I could still squeak out a loop with her, if the interest is high. Nothing fancy. Kinda like the last couple of I've done.

    Protect and Service - Fallout - Lucy MacLean is the only thing else being worked on. Got a little lost for various segments, but it's on track again. Hoping for a release around the end of the month; maybe the weekend before my birthday, but I have an idea for an extra animation for it, so maybe not. We'll see. Also depends on part of the poll below.

    There is a poll at the bottom of this. Anyone can vote, but votes are weighted by tiers (higher tier votes count for more) and you can vote on more than one thing, since it's a double.

The options are:

    -Do you want me to animate this Marie Rose setting or move on? It'll be a small loop, nothing major. A quick and dirty kind. It also won't be finished for Easter, since the poll literally runs til next weekend, which is past the holiday, but still. Top 2 poll options.

    -And since I was thinking of no longer using Gwen Tennyson from Ben 10, Marie Rose is the #1 replacement character in my head, but maybe you all would rather I stick with Gwen. So the second part is Marie or Gwen moving forward. Gwen has been my kind of unofficial go-to girl for a long time now, so maybe it's time to change that. Bottom 2 poll options.

    Remember, you can vote on them all, but don't be goofy and click all 4. Kills the point. Feel free to comment about reasons to use/not use Gwen and/or Marie or even suggest another character I have or might have.

    Happy Easter