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A Poll About Animations!
🕑 Added 2024-07-24 00:35:56 +0000 UTCGood afternoon, everyone!
There is a TL;DR below!
Work Schedule and Passions
I wanted to shed some light on my current work schedule and the potential changes that could arise depending on the results of this poll and a few others to follow.
Lately, I've been having A TON of fun creating simple animations in Blender, and it seems you all have enjoyed them as well! While these recent animations turned out sexy and great, I have even more passionate projects in mind that fully embrace our love for all things BE and mini-GTS. These ideas truly reflect why I started this career in the first place: to create consistent, high-quality BE and Height Growth-focused animations. However, these animations currently occupy a very limited time slot among my other obligations, which brings us to the heart of this conundrum.
Creating comic-style stories has been the foundation of my 3D artwork career for almost four years now, and I don’t see that changing anytime soon. I absolutely love crafting long-term stories and seeing everyone become immersed in the universes I create. It's my passion, and it's here to stay, even when I know that I could be more financially inclined to move in other directions. It's too much fun and it fills my life with a level of joy that cannot be replaced.
That said, I think there's room to explore new possibilities. After "Jacob and the Raven's Kiss" concludes, I’m considering shifting my focus from a second story slot to creating animations. These animations would feature both my original characters and popular ones like Mercy, Lara Croft, Tifa Lockhart, and more. This would also allow me to pour my heart into one comic-style story at a time, leading to better quality and quicker panel production.
Initially, these animations will likely be between 15 seconds and 1 minute long as I continue to learn and improve my animation skills. My goal is to release these shorts every two weeks, producing two animations per month. Each release would include an image set of stills from the animation, multiple camera angles, taller/bustier variations, and more! We could also have community polls to decide which characters and content to focus on for future animations.
Alternative Options
Alternatively, we don't have to focus as heavily on animations but could choose to cut the second story slot in favor of more lineups, extras, specials, etc. I'd still create animations on a similar scale to how they've recently been coming out, and I'd be okay with that too!
Of course, last but not least, we could choose to keep the second story slot and maintain the current structure we have now. If we go in this direction, I'd likely cut out all future commissions to still allow for some extremely short, but fun, animation cycles between our two stories.
TL;DR
I’m considering three options for the future, after "Jacob and the Raven's Kiss" concludes:
Replace the second story slot in favor of animations featuring both original and popular characters.
Replace the second story slot in favor of more lineups, extras, and specials while continuing to produce animations.
Maintain the current structure with two story slots, possibly cutting future commissions to allow for short animations between stories.
Your opinion matters! Even if your poll selection is not the most voted on, my final decision will take everything into consideration.
Thank you, as always, for your amazing love and support!
Comments
Beetlebomb
I just hope I'm not disappointing anyone with this poll! It's a shame I can't clone myself and just do everything all at once!
Beetlebomb
No, it ended up being a project that was a lot bigger than I could muster, time-wise. I'm thinking of going back to it or remaking it into smaller bite-sized segments, depending on the results of this poll. I had some amazing nearly finished moments in it! We'll see what happens. It's not off the table, yet!
rekles98
Speaking of animations, did the Tomb Raider animation ever come out?
Tits McGee
I voted for the least popular one just cause I love the specials and line ups, but I'm pretty satisfied on what ever path you chose.
