Alrighty, so it shouldn't
(and doesn't) take an entire month just to bust out a Spider-man set. Problem is with sets that long is that they become tiresome. So attention drifts to other things until the inspiration comes back to work on the set. Sometimes that attention goes to things like videogames or movies, other times it goes to far more productive things like ideas for other sets. So got some new shit I worked on, plus some old old old test pics that were lying around on my harddrive.
First a bit of the classic Barsoom hottie Dejah Thoris before Disney completely fucked up that story. No fucking clue why Disney decided to use 1920's masturbation material as a family movie. Seriously, WTF?! When did that seem like a good idea?! Not to mention turning her into some sort of dreamy-eyed scientist instead of the badass warrior princess who always needs saving
(wait... how does that even make sense? w/e). Anyway they took a giant shit all over a literary classic that was fine for the period it was written for. So fuck Disney. And yes technically Dejah SHOULD be completely naked, but some skimpy clothing does add some anticipation and all that.
Then some random old shit. With a slightly asian and fighting game feel. Doubt I'll ever use those ideas tbh. Followed by a recent work on Red Sonja cuz... well just cuz. It's Red Sonja! She doesn't need a reason! Then a remake of Sylrahtae and a Drow chick for a story idea. More on that later. And lastly a Medusa I was working on from awhile back.
And because folks seem to like Assassin's Creed, a bit of Elise from the new game. Took a bit of liberte
(pun) with her. French redhead seems a bit silly, so made her a bit more brunette and used the closest thing I had to a period hairstyle. Kinda unsure about this one. Depends on how the game turns out. Hopefully it's NOT going to follow in the idiotic footsteps of previous games. With gems like
"Capitalism was created as a tool to control people" bullshit *facepalm*. Ugh. Seems like it MIGHT be a bit more balanced and questioning of the differing philosophies. But we'll see. I'm not much for trusting game companies or reviews anymore.
And then some fine-tuning of the Imperial Sniper chick for the next SWTOR set *spoiler*. Tweaked her jacket a bit, and gave her a *cough* more accessible skirt instead of pants. Some minor changes, but makes for better final product.
And then some derivatives on one of my favorite characters ever. Have been a HUGE fan of
American Mcgee's Alice since... well forever. Original game was fantastic.
Second was so-so, just got kinda tedious and repetitive after awhile. They also
Kickstarted a sort of interactive animations or something called Alice: Otherlands as their next project. So should be something interesting to look forward too. And in related news Amusteven released an
Alice set a few weeks ago over at Affect3d. Which is fairly entertaining. It's not "super-awesome", but it's okay.
Anyway, the point is that Alice is fantastic character. And she has been shamelessly ripped off in various other incarnations. Some of my favorites being X-23, the girl-Wolverine from X-Men/Marvel. Who's character history reads as a cliche of "damaged girl" mixed with freaky Japanese porn
(ie. guro and stump fetish). And then in slightly newer version, Glory from
Shadowrun Returns: Dragonfall. Which recently released a Director's Cut with some game improvements and expanded content. And it is actually worth playing, I do recommend it. Still a fantastic storyline, even on replay.
RUMINATIONS
So also in the past month, with Zombaio apparently turning tits-up, have had a bit of time to think about this whole business thing. Like wtf am I gonna do to make money and keep making pr0n? Do I even want to keep making pr0n? Change does tend to open one's eyes to other possibilities and reflect on choices etc. So have come to the rather obvious conclusion that the work I do is rather fucked up. I mean I've always known that, it's just that I actually had time to sit down and think about it more in depth. And I've come to the conclusion that I am perfectly okay with it. If people wanna buy it, then hell, I'll keep making it. I'd probably also sell cigarettes to teenagers
(of legal age, of course). So yeah, there was that.
Then there was the whole business end. Currently working the straight sales thing. See how that works out. Other ideas were to go more softcore/vanilla and pick-up a subscrip service with a different processor. Sell thru other outlets like Affect and Rotica. Would probably even be more profitable since there would be a wider audience for it. Don't know if it would be quite as much fun though. Who knows? Another idea was to take up
Hibbli's suggestion of going with
Patreon. He/she
(everyone on teh intrawebz is a guy until irrefutably proven otherwise) has been pushing me on that idea for awhile. And it is kinda appealing. Could switch to a more comic/story driven thing with text etc instead of just image sets. And god knows I have plenty of stories running around in the back of my head for Alice, Sylrahtae, Shadowrun, and of course Amilee. So it COULD work. Only problem is fucking Paypal. Paypal is involved in Patreon, and they pretty much destroy anything they touch regarding pr0n. Would really hate to get started on that, only to have Paypal fuck everything up later. So we'll see. Still ruminating and chewing my cud.
