It's good to see you back online. Too bad it's on such a sour note.

On related news, I totally spaced out on that project you gave me until recently. I'll try and finish it this weekend. Remind me; was it to be flats or shaded?

Flats. Thanks!

lol

I wish I could afford to always get sequences but I enjoy the single shot TF images too.

I once was asked if a picture was considered 'tf' and I responded when I looked at it "It looks more like a pin-up. No real tf to be seen. It's more like a anthro or feral portrait.

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/26037876/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/26008589/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/23741770/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/5396992/

The trick is (this coming from a non-artist), there are multiple factors. First, if the artist is doing it for themselves, do they have the time and dedication required for a good sequence? It takes considerable time for a sequence, which could be used for making money with commissions, or which has to be used for another income source. Second, if it is a commission, how much will be charged, and how much can the commissioner afford? Most people are NOT standing in showers that spray money instead of water, so sequences are going to be RARE for commissions, simply due to cost. If it is comic style pages with panels, You'd be talking a MINIMUM of $75-$150 per page. And usually more. So those are the main reasons. If it is single-image-per-page sequences, that'd be (or should be) at LEAST $20 per image, likely more, and with color easily double that.

If I could afford it, I would get TONS of sequences. But I simply can't.

That's up to you. Thanks for the insight!

I don't know, I feel like people can get a lot out of a single image as well.

If you're the Shakespeare of TF, maybe.

But when I was at full steam, I had ZERO standards about art quality as long as there was a slow gradual change building the horror/embarrassment to its ultimate animalistic doom.

How many images do you think should be in a sequence?
I've uploaded some multi-frame images here.
For animations, I normally use about 100 different frames.

3 minimum, but in that case "stage 1" and "stage 3" must both be partially transformed too, not "before any tf at all " and "after all tf is done."

And I prefer individual images, not comics where all the stages are there in a landscape or long-comic format.

Like an animation, but able to move forward or back on my own appreciating every frame.

And I don't care as much about the quality as long as there are many stages, like an animation.

I agree with you about using partial transformations.
For either a sequence or animation, I often stop at 67%.
Similarly, I often start at 25%.

Right now, I'm considering whether to upload more minotaur-themed images.
File size becomes very large if I'm including details or trying to avoid abrupt shifts.
For the nose ring animation, I ended up assembling 100 frames.

Having all those transitional details are of course the best, the subtle changes from human to beast, the gradual increasing of clothing incompatibility... However as I'm sure you know it's an awful lot of work for the artist and expensive for the commissioner.

I'd get more myself, but it's often difficult to know who to ask, I've been burned a few times and sequences are a bigger financial risk in that regard.

Everyone wants something different out of a transformation! It's ultimately about how you want to divide your focus. Would you rather have four sketches or a single polished image? Personally I like to have a single high quality image because it leaves more to the imagination, I like to be able to look at something and think about how it would feel, what the overall experience is. Transformation media is super diverse and there are just so many ways to construct a narrative.

I deliberately and consciously sacrifice quality for the sake of quantity. Drawing out the imagined experience of transformation is my priority, not dwelling on a single image.

Does it show, or are some of my intentionally quick-and-dirty drawings OK in your book?

Just curious. It SHOULD be NONE...