Month: July 2013

What I’m Up To…

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small whatI’ve spent a lot of time lately working on the 3D models for Heavenly Bride and Akashik – because even though I want to do things handmade I just don’t think my hand will be able to take the punishment. I’ve also been working on the script and really pulling out the super power element of the story where it was a dull hum before.

I need to make a new 3D Genesis dial model.

Oh no! Surely you jest!

No. No I do not. I have to make a HUMAN model.

Oh no! You mean there are humans around?

Yes. To be precise I gotta develop the human who… ahem, for lack of a better way to put it… took Lhung’s virginity. :sweatdrop: I figure with naughty images, she’d be a great linear start.

So although I knew I should be working on other people’s stuff, I devoted some time researching the matter. Because this woman has tattoos on her back. And with 3d models, that means there’s a seam and it’s very very difficult to just plop a tattoo down on the texture and call it a day. It took me a full day just to do Taus’s tramp stamp. I can’t imagine Hitomi’s tattoos. Oy vey.

I found several possibilities, all of them more money than I make in a month (these days) or a week (normally). The one I’m seriously considering, though, is DecalMaker – which fortunately is still available at Daz3D although Renderosity, my store of choice, no longer carries it. DecalMaker apparently was made for folks like me who wanna stick tattoos in the most seamful and sinful areas. But. It’s like $40. -_- But this is my current goal for the Heavenly Bride/Akashik projects.

A lot of people in the world Akashik have tattoos. There’s a language to them. If they’re in a certain area, they can mean anything from “made in Japan” to “property of Microsuck who is also the property of IBM, makers of the U.S. President clones”. So I know that the program is a good investment, but you know I truly wish I could demo it first to make sure I wouldn’t be losing valuable grocery money. *whine*

But that’s what I’m up to. Sexy Hitomi images looming around the corner. If I could get the quality of my renders higher than I have them right now…

Loki’s Song

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I’ve been working on this one for a long time. I don’t have a proper drum, and I had a “roots” sound in mind for it. I ended up going to fiverr.com and hiring someone to create a drum beat for me that I could use. He made several, actually, and I’ll most likely be using them in other stuff.

This is Loki’s Song, originally composed by Mikal the Ram of the Society for Creative Anachronism. Mikal is no longer with us, sadly – and this I found out when trying to find him to gain permission to use this song. This song is not for sale and will never be for sale, although I do encourage folks to download and share to keep Mikal’s awesome talent and memory alive. Always attribute the root of this song to Mikal the Ram.

I may redo the vocals for this one the same way I redid them when I finally got the video for Wuthering Heights together. But again, I’m not wanting to lose the folklore “Native American” sound I have ended up putting into it so the flat notes may stay. It depends on how I feel. Truth is I feel it’s a little incomplete, but when it comes to finding loops you never can find the simple beats I was looking for. Everyone always wants to show off and do fancy stuff. Oh well.

Loki’s Song