Status Update 2/23/15: Major problem next month and next set preview.

IMPORTANT EDIT: So I just got an email that blogger will no longer allow graphic explicit content as of march 23; (it looks real) which is a major problem as this blog is currently where I host my content. I can just remove all graphic content and give general previews such as this one, but I am not sure that will do it and this is still really bad. I don't get much of any real support from this yet, so paying for an actual website would be silly... Especially considering I just spent so much to buy Octane.  I have no idea what else to do other than wiping graphic content; other ideas/advice welcome... (And I thought things were going bad already...)

RE-EDIT: I am actually considering a separate website now, I have asked around and found some decent options, but this is still really shitty; for all adult artists on blogger, not just me. Any Patreon support would really be appreciated; especially now that I apparently am going to need it. I may have to redo my whole system due to this shit, I will see what happens. This completely fucks my schedule and I basically have to suspend further work until I figure this out. No point in making this stuff without someplace to put it...

Hey all. So I've been messing with Octane and trying to fix some problems that I've had with it so far. One major problem is fixed but the other I am still waiting to hear back from the Octane support people on. It has been a weird last week or so for me (it still is) and at best I may be able to finish the first part of this next set before next week. (The other half requires that tech support I haven't gotten a real response/solution to yet.) I could just render it with poser; but since I am building scenes with Octane in mind now, it would be silly not to use it. (It also takes literally a tenth the time and looks better.) Due to my getting Octane, I have to re-figure a ton of crap and do a lot of  things differently now; but overall it's much better. (At least for me as a creator, I am assuming the images look better too; I think so)

In any case, I did manage to get three figures working in an Octane scene which is nice because I can do what I was planning to do with this first part of set 9 and not the backup plan. Here is an early preview of part one of the next set; it will feature James and the two elf sisters from the last set. As always, this image may not be final; it is just a preview. I do not plan to release the set as part one and part two, but I may release part one on Patreon until part two is done; and then just post the full set. Even if the Octane people get back to me today, I still need time to finish all of this stuff; so getting everything done by next week is highly unlikely. Given all that's happened, I'd be surprised if I have anything done by the end of this week; but as always I will do my best. (Now highly unlikely to be done soon in any way due to blogger shenanigans, see above.) 

If people could keep voting in the polls, that would be nice... the VN poll still has less than half the votes of the one on the right for some reason. I guess pollmaker gets to stay on Patreon; people here like it even less than the normal polls. (http://www.poll-maker.com/poll242101xEe5a41Bc-9)

So I got Octane, and it's awesome.

Hello again. Instead of going into details here, I will simply say that this project now potentially has a lot more of my time than it previously did due to impending real life changes. Due to that and a few other factors, I caved and bought Octane. It is amazing so far with a few issues here and there that need fixing but as the previews below show, it is quite nice. This also renders in minutes as opposed to the hours that poser renders take. The main problem there is that I am limited to small scenes with only about two figures maximum or else my gpu can't handle it right now. (I think I have ways around this but so far that is what I have found with preliminary tests.) That means that making stuff for octane renders is a bit more work for me right now as I need to make many small scenes as opposed to a large one with many parts. (This may be for the best.) Also yes, this was partially why I had that last poll about if people wanted fewer, quality images or not.

I will do the best that I can with this and hope that this works out better than things have been; but either way I think changes are going to have to be made to my current system. What those changes are, I am not totally sure yet but fair bet the Patreon exclusivity for things will be lengthened at the very least. (I have been considering this for a while as people who actually read this know; this is a pretty good time and reason to do so.) So the Patreon mini-sets from here on will absolutely use Octane; it is perfectly suited to them as the below images show. I have no idea what this means in regards to main sets yet, I would like to use Octane for them but it would be weird if some images couldn't be done with it and some could, but I will try. As far as the game goes, I also have no idea if this will work for it or not, I will see. The problem there is that some scenes I want to include that I just have no idea how I would get it working in Octane given the limits I have with textures.

Here are those previews, feedback would be appreciated. The left image is an octane render of a Lucia image I had on DA (check there for a comparison) and the right image is the octane render of the mini-set 6 preview in the last post; the difference is clear. (I will re-render the rest of mini-set six and repost it as soon as I sort out one of the issues I have with Octane.) I also replaced the old character images for these two on my characters page with these for obvious reasons, the rest will follow as soon as I can get to it. As far as the next story set goes, this kind of fucks everything since I have to change a lot of it (basically break it into two scenes, maybe three) to try and work Octane in. I will do the best that I can, but I may have to break it into two small sets as opposed to the one large set I planned. I know that I also wanted to have the previews up around now, but this screws that plan too. I will try to get the early preview up in the next few days and a regular preview up sometime after that. Also this poll and the one on the right still need votes so check them out: (http://www.poll-maker.com/poll242101xEe5a41Bc-9) For some reason this poll has less than half the votes of the one on the right... no idea why this keeps happening.

EDIT 2/20: Early preview is up on Patreon, hopefully the regular previews will be done by early next week.

Patreon changes, mini-set 6 posted, new polls up now and previous poll results!

Hey everyone. I had some time yesterday after all so I did this month's Patreon stuff as well as changing around Patreon again. I have added in various access options to games I make and edited some other stuff. Basic game early access is lower now, beta game access is where it used to be. Higher tiers have been totally changed and more details specified for them. Mini-set 6 features four images of Helenya and is up now, along with a new wallpaper for all tiers. A preview of mini-set 6 is below. Construction on the next story set will start tomorrow. If you like my work, please spread the word and consider supporting me on Patreon to get early access to my stuff and other goodies (like these mini-sets): https://www.patreon.com/redleatherart. Any and all support is appreciated and helps motivate me.

In the mean time I have put up two new polls; one on the right and one in a link in this post. I am trying a new method of polling, to see if this gets better/more results. This poll asks who you want to see star in my first VN attempt that I am planning through in the general sense. This is not a special poll and so I will not necessarily use the winner of the poll, this is more of an interest gauge. If something wins by a huge margin though, there is a much higher chance it might happen. Be aware; the first three options will limit what I can do in the VN, as I need to get the recurring characters out of whatever trouble they get in to. The last three options allow me to do darker shit like bad ends and the like as the character will not be overly important and is somewhat disposable, including the last option for using (what I planned to be) a future recurring character. I can figure something out if I decide to use her but semi-harsh things happening to her is fine for reasons that may be revealed later if necessary. Anyway here is that poll, (http://www.poll-maker.com/poll242101xEe5a41Bc-9) so vote now and spread the word if you want to see your favorite character in that list in a VN/choose your own adventure game or if you want to see some darker shit with one of the unnamed characters! (I am not sure which I will do, maybe the second one if one of the darker options wins; maybe a bit of both) Comments/feedback welcome on this or the current slave training game. Note: I am not working on the VN game yet in any actual fashion, I am just gauging interest in what people want to see so that I have a better idea what to plan when I do start work on it.

As far as the other new poll; it asks what kind of hair you prefer on female characters. Options available include long, medium, short, ponytails, braids, updos/buns and fancy/eccentric hair. (The last one is for the weird/complex hairstyles.) For a length reference, Zayla's hair would be medium; so longer than that is "long". The results from last weeks polls are that people seem to be alright with either quality or quantity when it comes to images, which is good to know; and that people want me to focus on the story arc, so that is the plan for now. Here is that preview of mini-set 6, and I will post again toward the end of the week (hopefully) with some previews of the next set. (Early previews should be on Patreon in a few days.)

Patreon miniset 5 posted, previous poll results, and two new polls up now!

Hey all. I have posted Patreon miniset five, it features Zayla and some imps in a few images. Below is one one the seven images as a preview. If you like my work and want to support me, you can get access to sets such as this each month as well as helping to decide what goes into them (to some extent) most of the time as well as just getting my normal sets early. (I am still considering extending the Patreon exclusivity length.) Support also helps my side projects go faster; such as animations and games. Just in case you didn't read the update in the other post; I have also posted the two new bios on the character page if you are into that.

I have taken down the old polls, a few hours before it was technically over but there have been no new votes in the special poll since yesterday so I figured it was done. (I also have something to do later, so I am writing this now.) The result of the special poll is that most people want me to work on the slave training game, so I will do that for the first half of February. If you have questions or want to ask if certain things will be in the game or make a suggestion, feel free to ask in the comments. (The scenes are still being planned so now is the time.) The other options in the poll got a fair few votes though, which is always nice to see that there are other things that I do that people like. The other polls are discussed after the break, to keep this post from being too large. New polls are up though, so vote on those! I am not sure when my next update will be given that I will be working on the game, but I will try to post something next week with a progress report.

Set eight posted to Patreon!

Hey everybody. I actually managed to finish the set today though it took a lot more work that I thought. (It took over 30 hours total to render everything and about two days of spare time for me to finish the writing and postwork.) I need to finish the Patreon mini-set and post the two new character bios sometime in the next few days, but other than that I am drained until the current special poll is done. I tried to go over this set as best I could despite hitting the proverbial wall hours ago; but some small errors may exist if someone gets this before I double check it in the next few days. So apologies in advance for that if that happens, but I really wanted to finish this inside January if possible and I did so that's good.

Set eight is the first part of the small story arc "Road to Lithorca" titled "Taking a break". It features new persistent characters James and Tabitha, along with two elven girls and a big orc. This set is a massive 32 images with both clean and comic versions and there are SIX preview images below; although two are the same as before, just larger and actually finished. I am totally wiped right now and I will try to post the character bios in the next few days along with the new patreon mini-set. If you like the previews below, the set is on Patreon right now for the appropriate tiers; plus you get to support my work and help me make it better. There are also polls on Patreon to help decide what happens in some future projects, including my first VN attempt which I am planning through. Constructive comments welcome, also keep voting in the polls on the right. There are also feeds and follow widgets under those if you like my blog.

EDIT 2/2: I changed a few words on three pages of the comic version of set eight and re-uploaded it; not that it was wrong before, I just wanted to reword some things. I have also added James and Tabitha's bios to the character page up top, so check those out if you are one of those people that enjoy backstory and additional info.

Set eight public preview and two new polls up!

Hi all. Here is the public preview of the first chapter of the upcoming story set. There is still a lot of work to do but I hope to finish it this month. There are two images below, the left one contains the two new persistent characters, James and Tabitha. (Their bios will be put on the character page when the set gets finished.) The right image features two of the three non-persistent characters in the set; an elven girl and a big orc. These images are not final and certain bits of the images/characters may be tweaked, but they are good enough for previews.

There are also two new polls up on the right, one asking about breast size preference and the other asking how dark you like your content. So vote away and spread the word! Set seven will be posted here in a few days, so check back for that. I also posted a different angle gif for the animation in the last post earlier today, so check that out if you haven't yet.

As far as the previous polls go, it seems that Zayla is still the favorite character by a wide margin (I figured as much when I first made the poll); but all the other girls got a fair number of votes as well this time, so that's good. Regarding the most important aspect poll, body came in first place as most important with nine votes (I am guessing that this relates to Zayla); followed by personality, face, backstory, and sexual preferences all coming in second place by getting about four votes each. Hair got two votes, race got one, and nobody voted clothes as the most important thing, which I understand but I still find somewhat surprising since everything else got at least one. Anyway, I will check back in once I have something so post. Constructive comments  on the previews are welcome.

Status Update: 1/15/15 - Set eight construction in progress.

Hi again. I haven't had time to do that much this week, but I have started construction on the next image set. (Characters/story done, I need to finish the scene then start making the actual images.) This one will be interesting because it is the first one that is part of a proper story arc, so some things will be a bit different in a few ways (such as more dialogue/non-sex images per set). This upcoming set also has five figures in the scene which is making things interesting to work on it.

I have the one preview up on Patreon of the two new named characters appearing in this next set, (it has been up for a while but I just reposted it with a better looking one) and I am posting a second early preview on Patreon right now of the other three figures in the set. Put the two previews together and you may guess a fair bit of what might happen in this next set. I will keep working on the new set, and see if I have time to fix that other animation over the weekend; but no guarantees there, this one is more complicated than the last one and has all kinds of issues. I also posted some new images on deviant art, so check that out and keep voting in the two polls here.

The current plan is to post an actual image preview (like a semi-final one, the ones on Patreon now are early previews because the scene construction isn't done) sometime next week to Patreon, then post it here a while later, so watch for that. If you don't want to wait, you can support me on Patreon now and see the early previews, or even vote in the polls at the mid level tiers for my upcoming projects/minisets as well as get access to all sorts of other stuff that I have posted for the different tiers. All support helps my work get better, faster as well as give me more time and motivation which enables me to work on this and my side projects more (like the game idea I posted before). The seventh set will be posted here towards the end of the month, so hopefully I can get this set done before that, but this one is complicated so maybe not. I also need to do a miniset for Patreon by the end of the month, so I have a lot to do.

EDIT 1/18: I did a bit of work yesterday on the next set, but didn't have much time today. There was a bunch of real life issues to deal with; hopefully I will have more time in the coming week.

1/11/15 - New animation up!

Hi all. I finished one of the new animations I have been working on; it features Salune teaching one of Zayla's other elven slaves how to deepthroat a cock. It's short, but I made it to loop well, so it doesn't seem like it really. (Just to explain something: I can't really do much more than this for animations right now unless I make them without shaders/shadows, which makes it look fairly crappy. Making this short animation took over seven hours just to render it. That is why it took me a week to fix it, I kept finding new problems after I rendered it each night.)

This is my first real attempt with making a sex animation and I am still working out various problems. Below is the gif of the animation, a high quality video file is up on Patreon. If I can find time and/or if I am able to get the other animation working, I will post it here in the coming week; but I need to start construction on the main image set for this month, so I may not have time. In the meantime, keep voting in the polls here; and there are still fancy polls up on Patreon for those interested, also any feedback on the game idea in the previous post would be appreciated.

Oh and here is a bonus image of the complete scene, just to give you a better idea of what's going on in that animation.

Preview of slave training game early concept

Hello again. The thing I planned on posting today still is having issues so I am posting this instead. Hopefully I can get the other thing situated in the next few days. There are also still two votes on the right of the blog in need of votes, so vote if you haven't already! I did also manage to finally get page jumps working on the character page.

I had a lot of free time the last few days due to really bad weather and other factors so I looked into the slave training game idea. Apparently I now have all the base ideas and mechanics down and the framework in place, all I need is the time to make/put in the actual content. (And preferably some enthusiasm/encouragement from all of you.)

Below is a very early concept preview of what I have planned/made so far. It is a small slave training game featuring Zayla and Salune. (It will have numerous other people/monsters/fetishes as well.) I am going to try and get some animations/music/sfx in as well if I can. The basic idea would be to get all the stats as high as possible within a given amount of time. Notice: only a few options/stats and one timeslot are shown for various reasons, the real game with have more. This also does not guarantee that anything in the image is final or that this is what I will end up making for my first simulation game attempt, (though this is currently the plan) this is just an early concept/test run. 

If the concept here appeals to you, leave a comment letting me know that you like it. If it doesn't appeal to you, let me know why not. (Keep things constructive please.) I have no idea how much content I will be able to put in to this first attempt, but a lot of it depends on how much people like the idea and how much people want it. More positive comments will make this (or any other) game happen faster, since I will be sure that people like it and want it.

If you really like it and want to help me make it faster, the link to my Patreon page is on the right of the blog. Any support helps, and I will post this to Patreon at least a week or two before it gets posted here on the blog, for beta testing and quality control. (I also plan to send copies to certain people/3d artists to evaluate as well.) The $15 tiers and up on Patreon will get access to the beta test/preview version as soon as it's posted. They will also get to provide feedback on it, to fix any issues and possibly change a few things around before it gets released. I might even post an early playable alpha or something similar, but that depends on how development goes. There is also a poll up there right now asking who should be the heroine of my first VN attempt; which will probably be done before this. (It's probably going to be a lot smaller, simpler.) I take that back, this will probably be done first.

EDIT 1/10: The animations I am trying to make are still having issues that only show up on the final render, so I keep having to fix things. Hopefully I can post something in the coming days. I think at least one should be fixed now, I hope.

Luxrender attempt and Poser Pro 2012 comparison

So I put up the pictures on the character bio page, I just used good ones of the characters that I had made before with two exceptions. I think they look great and fit the page perfectly, and they are clickable for the full size images. (Still working out the html jumps, I don't think blogger likes them.)

Below are two render images I made this weekend, the one on the left is my luxrender attempt from the past 24 hrs, and the one on the right is the same scene in poser. I know the lighting is different; you have to use special lights for reality/luxrender for it to look good. The camera is also tilted a bit more in one image, but this was for the sake of lighting in luxrender.

The main problem here is that the one on the left has been rendering for over 12 hours (and still isn't really done yet) and it still looks pretty meh to me. (Karen kind of looks like a barbie doll to me in the left image >_<) The poser render on the right took around ten minutes and looks perfectly fine to me. In my opinion, the one on the right is a much better image overall, despite taking far less time and being done in a theoretically inferior render engine.









Now, it is totally possible that the luxrender image looks like crap because I have no clue what I'm doing yet. I actually really hope this is the case; because this is the only advanced render engine I can afford by myself anytime soon. The only other one I know of is Octane, (which looks AMAZING)  but the license for that alone costs over $500. (That is for one machine only and I would almost certainly need a separate render machine too.) The only way I could really afford that is if I get enough Patreon support.

I will keep trying with luxrender, but I posted these here to prove that I tried and explain why I have no plans to use this for actual renders in the near future. The luxrender image here took over 12 hours to do, during that time I could have rendered a full quality 30 second animation in poser or even designed most of a new image set. Rendering makes my only good computer useless for anything else during that time, so this is off the table until something changes to make it viable/worth it.

In the mean time, keep voting in the two polls on the right of the blog here and you can also sign up for my Patreon to vote in those two polls. One is very open ended about what patrons want to see in the next Patreon set(s), and the other asks who should be the main heroine in my first VN attempt. So if you want to help support me and directly influence what I try to do in upcoming projects, my Patreon page is http://www.patreon.com/redleatherart. I also just posted a preview image on Patreon  of the two new characters that I will use for the upcoming story, one of which is the first persistent male character I will have! (The other is female and also a persistent character.)

I may have something else ready by the end of the week, but there is no way to know yet, so keep checking back and spread the word about my work and the polls!

Set seven posted to Patreon!

Hey everyone. I managed to finish the seventh set and I am posting it to Patreon right now. The name of the set is "To catch a Minotaur", for obvious reasons. It is 31 images and features Helenya the succubus and of course, a minotaur. I think this turned out extremely well, as hopefully shown in the preview images below. The set will be exclusive to Patreon for a month or so before it is released free here. If you want to help support my work and get access to it right now, it is available for the $5 tiers and up on my Patreon page: http://www.patreon.com/redleatherart. The archive posted there has clean and comic versions of each image in the set.

I am way too tired right now to go over the polls and post new ones, that will have to wait until tomorrow morning. Constructive comments on the previews are welcome.

Here are four preview images:

Set 7 Preview/Update and new Deviant Art page

Hey. I am working on the seventh set but progress has been slow due to real life factors. I just haven't had large enough breaks of time to do much because of the coming holiday, and this probably won't change until the weekend. This means the seventh set will be pushed back to next week, but this is an intentionally large set for once (the only public one this month) and I have put a lot of work into it already. Below is a low res but high quality preview of the two characters in the seventh set, a minotaur, as voted in the special poll here and a new girl I haven't used yet; Helenya the Demoness. (This is the one that has had a preview of her up on Patreon for a while; the one I said that I really liked.) This particular image may not actually be used in the full set, I just needed to make a preview image that had both characters fully in the frame and facing the camera that didn't give too much away. Long story short, the set is taking longer than I thought (as usual) but I think this will be really nice so I want to give it the time it needs. Constructive comments on the preview are welcome.

In other news I now have a Deviant Art page. It's actually been up for a while but I haven't really used it since almost two weeks ago now. (I made it two months ago to contact some people, but recently decided to use it for promotional reasons.) It has gotten a fair bit of attention so I am going to continue updating it when I can. There is a link to it on the right of the blog, and while much of it's contents are just softcore previews of the full sets available here, there are a few images that you probably haven't seen yet up there. So check that out if you want and watch me on Deviant Art if you have an account there to keep up with any updates I make to that gallery.

On a side note, there was a weird jump in the polls in the last few days; all of the side project votes went to the simulation game, but the ones for the fetish preferences seem more spread out (I think?) so I don't think it was stuffed; but it might have been. Maybe someone got friends to vote for them or maybe I just got a weird surge in votes. Whatever the case, more interest in the polls is good; keep it coming. Special information for those of you that actually read this far down; there will be another update here with a special image posted (not from the seventh set) sometime over the weekend, there may be a hint/preview on my Deviant Art page somewhere. (I think you need an account to see images containing nudity, but it's free.)

Patreon "mini" set four finished!

Hey. I finally finished the new Patreon set, and it ended up being full size and quality. It was supposed to be a few small images, but I made a story for it and ended up liking it enough to go all in. It features Karen and a a homeless beastman who lives near the brothel where she works. The set ended up being 24 images, with a clean and comic version of each. I think this turned out pretty well and I think the story is good and very fitting.

This set will be Patreon only, it will never get released here. So if this appeals to you, (I hope it does) it is available to the $15 Patreon tier and above along with many other benefits. I have posted the set to patreon already along with the high quality mp4 and gif of the test animation that I made earlier with a much smaller watermark.

Here are four preview images of the clean versions of the images in this new Patreon set. I'm out for at least a few days now, this has drained me and I wasn't even planning to do it. Hopefully I can start work on the seventh set sometime later this week. I also have a few specific images that I need to make, I may work on those instead since there are only a handful. Constructive comments are always welcome and please keep voting in the polls on the right of the blog under the Patreon button.

Oh and set five will get released free in a few days, so check back for that.

Animation test preview!

So I got kind of sidetracked while working on the new mini-set. The mini-set features Karen and a beastman creature in an abandoned area of the docks. I decided to try and make this animation, I know its not that great, but I think it's more than fair for a first attempt. (Especially considering the shitstorm I had to go through to get this to work...) Also this is NOT an actual quality render of the animation, this is a preview sample. These take about 2 minutes to render, real ones take over six hours... so yeah. I don't really know what I'm doing yet as far as animations go, but I think this is good enough to show you guys. I am going to try and render an actual quality render tonight; but in the meantime here is a little low quality gif I made. Consider it proof that I can/will do animations/movie clips. (Just in case any of you were wondering if I actually could or would do any/all of that stuff in the side project poll. I wouldn't offer things that I couldn't/wouldn't do.) Also hopefully I can complete the actual mini-set later today. 

Just to establish something: I will put small gif previews of these animations here on the blog, however; once I get actual quality ones made, they will be Patreon only. (I actually make high-ish quality mp4s of these, then convert them to gifs, I plan to host both on Patreon, if I can.)

There are only three days left on the current special/Patreon polls as well, there's still time to turn the special poll around if people vote. It looks like I'll get to pick the winner of the Patreon one.

Anyway here it is, I hope that maybe this will encourage more people to vote in the side project poll.

Constructive comments welcome. 

EDIT 12/5: I put up a preview gif of the real render version. I also shrank the old one and put it on the left. I think it's easy to see the difference. (The drip was already there, you just can't see it with no lighting/shadows. That's why the preview is made so fast, it skips all of that.) I think the real one actually looks pretty good, especially for a first attempt at an animation. Oh and I didn't have time to finish the Patreon set that this came from yesterday, hopefully I can work on that later today/over the weekend. The higher quality versions of this will be posted to Patreon with the set whenever I can finish it. (I keep wanting to make a full set instead of a mini-set, probably will.)

EDIT 12/7: I finished the 'mini-set', it ended up being over ten images and more of a normal set (The plan was for Patreon mini-sets to be solo/softcore sort of stuff.) but whatever, it's done now. I will render it tonight and do the postwork tomorrow. There will also be a comic version of this set because I already wrote it. (Normally Patreon mini-sets aren't this big and don't get comic versions.) It should be ready tomorrow, and I will post the better quality/less watermarked versions of this animation with it.

 

Set six posted to Patreon and new special poll up!

Hey everyone, set six is done and up on Patreon right now! It features 24 images of the newly improved Lucia and a tentacle monster. Four preview images are below, and I think it is my best set so far from an image standpoint. (The story for set five was better, I feel.) Once again the set ended up being what I consider large, (20+ images) but this is probably for the best. There are both clean and comic versions of each image in the file on Patreon, to give you both options. (As always, the set is Patreon only for a month, then released free here.)

As promised, the new special poll is now up on the right under the side project poll. It asks which of the given options would you like to see in the seventh set. I will use whatever option wins the poll so choose carefully and spread the word about the polls! As previously mentioned there is the twin poll to this special one up on Patreon as well, asking what girl you want to see star in the seventh set. All my named girls are available choices as well as a new one that I haven't used yet. (Preview of her is on Patreon also, I think she is really nice. http://www.patreon.com/redleatherart)

If one person signs up for the appropriate tiers, ($5 and up this time, usually $15 and up) they could decide who stars in the seventh set. Obviously more votes/patrons would be preferable, but even one vote will prevent it from going to a random choice. (This is what I will most likely do if nobody signs up/votes.) Patrons of the $5 tiers and up also get access to the fifth and sixth sets right now, as well as other bonuses listed on Patreon.

Any constructive comments/support/votes go a long way in helping me make better images/comics. You can also follow my blog with the follow widget at the bottom right of the blog. As always please spread the word about my work and the special poll which will run until December 8th. I still need votes on the side project poll as well, which I consider more important than the special poll. Currently it seems people prefer the images/comics I currently do over anything else.

 Set six preview images below. (Clean versions.)

EDIT 11/26: Fixed one image in the archive and reuploaded the previews below. I also added two unused renders to the deluxe tier of Patreon.

EDIT 11/27: I just ordered some new hardware thanks to black friday pricing. I will post an update on how this works out next week probably. In other news, I still need votes in both polls. According to the last big poll, people wanted to see monsters more than anything else. I am giving you the option to pick one from the list right now and so far no progress has been made, which seems odd to me. The side project poll is also very important and hasn't gotten many votes. I can do most of those things fairly easily, but some would require me to refresh my python coding. What I try to do depends on what people vote for which so far is just image sets/comics.

EDIT 11/28: Got a few more odds and ends with the various black friday sales; they should help out in future sets. Keep voting in the polls please and spread the word about them. I will probably make a Patreon mini set or something in the meantime.

Set 6 public preview, status update, and a new poll

Hey all.  Nobody is voting on the old polls so I am taking them down and putting up a new one right now and I will post another special poll when set six is done. It seems people think a story is fairly important to an image set, and that either one large set or two small sets is fine.  The new poll asks which of the following ideas most appeals to you. As in the last big poll, you can vote for multiple options but keep it to two or three please. To explain this a bit, I have done most of these things before and/or want to try to do them here if/when I find the time. I will go ahead and say that voting on this is rather important; probably more so than the upcoming special poll, as it will tell me what people are interested in seeing. The new poll is up now; on the right of the blog under the Patreon link, and should be up for a month-ish.

On the other hand, there were no votes whatsoever regarding the implementation of the story in set four, so I just have to assume it was decent. It was basically a test run of implementing a story, so the story itself was very limited and in no way representative of what I can/will be doing. The story in set five however is pretty good and much more representative of what I usually do. (The set itself is better too.)

The comic of set five is a self-contained story, as I am trying to work up to getting a small story arc together. I have the characters made and a story mostly planned, I just need to find time to work on it. (I also wanted to wait until I had poser lighting mostly figured out, which I think I do now.) It is really hard to manage with so little time/assets but I am trying.

I will also post a new special poll whenever the sixth set is finished, so keep checking back for that; it will ask what monster(s) you all want to see in the seventh set and the winner will get put in. This special poll will also have a twin on Patreon, to determine who stars in the seventh set. That means that if one person signs up for the appropriate Patreon tiers and votes, they can decide your fate. (Normally this means the $15 tier and up, but for this first poll I am going to make it available to the $5 tier and up.) If there is a tie and/or nobody signs up/votes on either poll I will decide the outcome(s). (Zayla won the last special poll so she will not get selected by me if nobody votes; she will be on the poll though.) There will also be a special preview of a new girl I made up on Patreon with the special poll, who will be an option on the poll to star in set seven. (I really like her, preview is up on Patreon right now along with the poll.)

Oh and here is the public preview of set six. The set features the newly redone Lucia and a mysterious box. What's in the box you ask? Well it's porn so take a wild guess, I would say that there is a pretty good chance you will get it right. Also the Patreon preview shows the box open if you are deathly curious. (I have since changed a few things though, that was a very early preview.) The set itself if almost done from a construction standpoint and I can hopefully start rendering tonight. So if all goes well (which it never does) it may be ready in the next couple of days.

EDIT 11/24: Set six almost done but I don't think I will have enough time to finish tonight. Hoping for tomorrow.

Set five posted to Patreon!

Hey everyone. It's a bit late but I stayed up to finish this tonight. This has been a messy last few days working on this, but that's what happens sometimes. Regardless, I finished the fifth set and posted the link on Patreon; it ended up being a massive 33 images. I want to emphasize that this is way over the 20 that I am for in a large set and is not normal; I just keep going overboard. If you want to see it before a month from now and help me make my images better and faster, check it out. The higher tiers on Patreon will also get to vote on fairly regular Patreon exclusive polls about things that go into my future sets. My Patreon is http://www.patreon.com/redleatherart and there is also a button on the right of the blog. The $5 Patreon tier and above get early access to any sets that I make in addition to other bonuses, check my Patreon page for details.

The set features Zayla as she won the previous special poll and also features Salune, a new character I made a while back. She was made to cater to the futanari crowd out there, which according to the current poll is substantial. Not necessarily my favorite thing, but if people want it, what can you do. Sorry about the delay on this, but if I had decent hardware at home to make this with stuff like that wouldn't happen. (And if it did I could fix it in hours instead of days...)

There is also a substantial chance that I made some minor errors in final construction of the fifth set, as I have been working for hours to get this done tonight and am really tired. I will check again as soon as I can and correct any issues that may be there. I also know I meant to talk about the big poll and post new ones, but that can wait until tomorrow. So I will post again then; in the meantime I hope you all like this new set. I think it came out really well and the the story part is hopefully good too. The story is more serious than the fourth set but still not quite up to the fairly serious level that people seemed to want from a previous poll. Quality is also improving as I get back into writing, and will only get better.

As before, the archive on Patreon features a clean folder and a comic folder. These preview images are from the clean version. Constructive comments are welcome, and as always spread the word about my blog if you like my work.

Fourth set fixed and Patreon update

Hi everyone. As noted in the post title, I redid the fourth set, and made it lighter. Apparently because I use an LED monitor, things that look fine to me are rather dark on older monitors. Sorry about that, but its all fixed now and the previews on the original post have been updated. There are also a total of 29 images in the set now (so three extra images!), as I could fix some things since I was re-rendering it all anyway. This will not affect the free release date, and the fixed and larger set is up on Patreon now. (Both comic version and a cleaner version.)

The polls seem to be going well, with the most important one at this time currently in no danger of a tie. (Though this can easily change, there is still the weekend left, and only 15 votes so far.) The clothing one is also somewhat decisive, (it seems people want what I was doing anyway) but the story one is split fairly evenly. Most people seem to want small story arcs or one large story arc. Either of these are fine (not exactly conflicting either), and realistically are for a bit farther down the road than I currently am now. However some more decisiveness would be helpful, if I could get some more votes in.

I have also added one mini-set to the middle tier (high tier gets it too) on Patreon, and I should have time to get another one (at least) in over the weekend. I will see what else I have time for, but I have been refining and upgrading my girls in the meantime. (Zayla has her nipple rings back, Lucia has claws, etc.) In any case here is one of the four images in the new mini-set featuring Lucia. I will update this post if I get any other Patreon stuff done over the weekend.

EDIT 10/26: Preview image added of second mini set up on Patreon, six images total.

Fourth set finally up on Patreon!

Hey all, it has been a rough two weeks finishing this set. I initially took this on as a favor to a friend, who wanted to see a pregnant blonde get banged by two black guys. He also insisted that the blonde not be an elf for some reason; so I made one of the guys a half-elf, just because. I planned for this to be around ten images, a standard small set but it quickly got out of hand and became a whopping 26 images.

This was made worse by my wanting to test out a story on this set, which was... interesting. Please note that this story is the first I have done in a while and basically a retrofit, as I had the set half done before the story was made. (So cut me some slack.) It is also not representative of medium seriousness as far as story goes (this is low-minimal), as that poll was also done a bit over halfway into the set. Hopefully the story bits are at least decent to you guys, I think they are or I wouldn't have released it. As always constructive comments are welcome.

I think the images turned out well, and I am improving with each set that I do. I also tried to use an indoor scene for this set, which was kind of a mess. This is probably why most 3d artists use outdoor scenes. Either way I have posted not one, not two, not even three, but FOUR preview images for all of you! This is mostly because the set is huge, and also because I had trouble deciding which images to use. Note that the preview images are the clean versions. If you want to see the whole set and the story before next month, as well as support my future work, my Patreon link is on the right.
 
I am also putting up that special poll I talked about, but I will make a new post about that because I don't think most people will read this far down. 0_0

Third set up on Patreon

Hey again. My third set is done and is currently up on Patreon. (http://www.patreon.com/redleatherart.) I am very happy with how it turned out, and I like it very much. It features my mascot Zayla the Dark Elf and her new friend Lucia the curious Catgirl. Here are two preview images from the 17 image set.




It will be posted here in about a month, but it is on Patreon in the meantime along with some unused renders from this new set and the last one. There is also a small wallpaper mini set on Patreon as well as a VERY early preview of the girl I plan to use for my fourth set. Make sure to see which tiers get which rewards, as most of these things are only for the higher tiers. (Current sets and previews are for everyone; bonus stuff is higher tiers.) Any and all support is appreciated and will go a long way in terms of supporting my work and helping it get better.

This will be all for this month as far as full sets go, I may do another wallpaper mini set or something; but I will not get to the fourth set in earnest until next month. This is mainly due to work and also to me going on vacation on the 28th for a week, and I will be unable to work or access the internet during that time. (Going on a cruise.) I should be back on October 5, and will be able to start work on the fourth set sometime after that, depending on other factors.

EDIT: Knowing me, I may just end up doing it early anyway, we will see how much time I have. However, do not expect the fourth set until next month; I've already done three sets this month which is over my goal as it is.

If you like my work please spread the word. As always constructive comments are welcome; spam and troll comments will be deleted.