Progress 16.06.2023

Hello everyone.

I'm uploading update 33 slowly; it looks like it will be ready for the 19th. So there is that piece of news.

And as for update 34? Rendering is going nicely, there were a couple of interruptions this week, but I'm more or less where I want to be.

As for the writing of 38? It's still going; not much to say about that. I probably need to take a couple of days to write after the rendering is done. But that's nothing new.

Nica and Sage are grumpy. Honestly, it feels weird to be in this stage of the development. I know there are still many things to do, yet it moves steadily forward. And I suck at estimating lengths and how long anything will take to make.

At times the things don't fit the original purpose I had in my mind. This set is one of them. Can I make them function like I want? Yes, to a point. I have shaders that I can use to make the ground look better in close-ups, the same with the stone wall. Interiors will always be a problem. For example, I can't create that tower interior as it would be in that image, structure-wise. I might be able to get close, but... 

There are two things I dislike doing. Interior design and clothing design. Clothing design is, at times, the more annoying. Not only do you have to think about the character, their role in society, and in the story... why do I have a feeling I've talked about this before? Anyway, and in fantasy, and perhaps in a more historical setting, the culture. And in my case, body type. I tend to do "out of standard" characters, so that adds to its own challenge.

The dress looks good on her, but does it fit her? If she is noble? Yes. If she isn't? Not so much.

Then let's take her. She is known, well, I know her. She has that air of nobility around her. That also means that she would wear certain types of things. Things that are a bit more refined than what commoners would use.

But that "air of nobility" also limits her, how she acts, and how she expresses herself publicly. But fantasy is a funny thing. It can take many things, clothing design-wise, and it isn't as restricted as a historical or "modern-day" setting. No one will blink an eye if a barbarian is running into battle in a loincloth in a fantasy setting.