Discord Extras {May 2023} (Patreon)

Welcome everyone to yet another Patreon Update day and a warm welcome to all new and returning Patrons too! I focused a lot on personal projects in April as was planned, making a ton of updates to my models and a few new projects as well! ^o^

May is gonna be pretty busy with none art related stuff, but I plan on continuing to work on finishing up some current personal projects and a small render commission or two and the usual TF content, we shall see what ultimately happens though! ^_^

Now on to the art!

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One of my major personal projects in April was making updates and tweaks to my Personal Steller's Jay Character model. This first render is probably one of my favorites to date, its been a very long while since I was able to create an emotional piece with movement and power to it. Enjoying the Freedoms of Flight. ^_^

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Another artistic render of the Steller's Jay, this time in a fantasy setting and featuring the current updated model. I got to make use of some assets I've had laying around for some time now, and was a lot of fun to create. He shall defend the Seed merchants with his life! :P

Images 3&4

These two are in progress render tests of the Jay. Major changes to the model of note are the following. A more Animalistic head shape and a proper Keel for his torso. Also the addition of simulated body feathers through the use of Clumped Stand based hair for better wing feather transition on the arms. The Steller's Jay has a mostly downy feather composition on the body rather than defined feathers so this technique came out looking pretty accurate, not sure if it will look as good on other feathered birds like Eagles, etc though.

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The final piece to Last months TF comic, required the creation of a set of armor and a Post image all of which are featured here in these 4 images. First of the lot is the Final post image, This was the first time I had ever done any piece with this much fire in it But it came out looking very "Hot"! ;P

The other three images are in progress renders shared with the commissioner. The Project was quite the challenge, but overall a ton of fun and a real pleasure! Thanks again Marb to commissioning me and I look forward to our next adventure as always! ^o^

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Another personal project of mine was yet again making another variation of my Werewolf, this time creating a more muscular looking torso morph for him and a more animal-like head. Also, he's not very happy about it. lol

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In addition, more edits and updates where made to my Werewolf self model too, most notably a completed full body Strand-based hair set that actually looks decent and some more animalistic Wolf ears! Nothing is ever perfect though, but this is def a step in the right direction. ^_^

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Made a HUGE revisit to my Morphological Institute Setting in April, creating a few things and also posting the story setting info to the new Forums section over at "The Wilderness" Discord Community, so make sure to go give it a read if you haven't yet! ^o^

This image in particular is a artistic render of one of the more unique and obscure rooms within the Institute, used by patients to get a good look at their changed bodies as they undergo their treatments. Called the "Mirror Room" or "Octagon" by the faculty and patients there. ^_^

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Here is some more Morphological Institute related content created in April. The Government in my setting requires Patients of the MI to wear tracking collars if they wish to venture into the back woods of the Institute. The Backwoods is an area I've been wanting to feature in some renders for a long while, there are a lot of interesting stuff back their, like ruined structures from the Old Days of the MI before it was renovated into its current state, as well as an old neglected perimeter fence, The fact that the fence is no longer in working order is a major proponent to the Government requiring the use of the tracking collars.

Additional Information on this and MUCH more can be read in the growing Morphological Institute Section of "The Wilderness" Discord Forums! I plan on updating and adding any new stuff I create to that space as time goes on, hopefully creating a handbook of sorts for the setting so that everyone can write stuff based on it if they like. I would love to read the stuff you all come up with!^_^ 

As always, Thank You All for the support, and again, a HUGE welcome to all new and returning Patrons! You guys are all so generous I don't know where I'd be without each and every one of you. ^_^

All this, was of course, originally posted at the Wilderness Discord Community over the course of the past month, a lot of these projects were streamed there as well, I try to stream as much as I can during the later part of the day (7pm-4am PST). If you are not a Member yet and would like to become one, catch my streams, or just hang out with myself and people of like mind here is your link to join! https://discord.gg/9RtA2ec