I am working every day on the Spider Girl game now - but the art accounts are basically barren, cause I am just coding.
The game basically cannot show spoilers, so I am wondering what else I could do that is easy to make and I could post as content...

That is basically all.
I am not gone - just busy on a bigger solo project.

...It feels weird working on the Cobra game.
The first time I envisioned making it was around 6 years ago.
I had crappy 3D tools, the models had poor rigging and I was really bad at animating. Had no coding experience really...

I got better within those 6 years in modeling, texturing, animations and rigging. And I now can code better.
And now it's slowly becoming a thing. Seeing the Cobra v6.1 model grab that pole and actually performing a Pole Dance move (even though I am only creating a rough animation for the prototype) just feels... weird.

I dunno how to say it.
It just feels odd. I don't know how to name it.
The original game idea had nothing. A v1 Cobra model and a Dream.

Now I have a proper GDD written to know what to make and code.
The v6.1 Cobra model in Blender actually can be animated for it and the planned out rig looks to work great.
I can actually code the game and Godot manages to handle it well.
The only thing I don't have is funding and VAs for the girls.

It just feels odd to see it start becoming a thing after 6 years of different failed projects.
Like all those experiments were sacrificed so this game could have a chance to exist.

Reading up on Blender changes.
Will probably make a jump to Blender 4.3 from 3.6.
I've stuck with 3.6 for a while, cause switching your software mid-project is a horrid thing. I guess one massive advantage of Blender is that it doesn't auto-update so I can finish everything and then move unto the next version when ready.

I'll also introduce Cobra Base V6 - but it'll take a hot moment to finish this one, cause I want some special changes there.
I want to seriously update the inner mouth of the Cobra, as well as the body definition quality and their bends.
V5 is technically good enough, but for my next project, I'll need something upgraded, which pushes the creation of the next one.

Also lost a lot of Twitter followers. XP
Such is life.

Wednesday, 17.07.2024 is Pirate Software GameJam15.
It's gonna last 2 weeks, so I guess I will see you all in 2 weeks.

There will not be much activity here during that time.
On a side note, I finished writing the Design Document for a game I will make after the Game Jam.
It's probably not something anyone ever expected from me... so we'll talk once it's ready for a reveal.

You can get Formy - 3D Drawing Doll on Itch.io for $18USD.

https://idsaybucketsofart.itch.io/f.....ll-for-blender
https://idsaybucketsofart.itch.io/f.....ll-for-blender
https://idsaybucketsofart.itch.io/f.....ll-for-blender

Finally available - Formy required Blender 3.6 or higher to use.

I am super excited about this thing and it took quite some time to finish, but it's finally here.
Looking forward to your feedback, including harsh ones - as it helps me improve the product.

Will Formy be useful? Popular? Niche?
I have no idea...
I originally created it only for myself and it proved a fun toy to play around. But now - it's available for everyone as I received a few enthusiastic DMs about the model. Hopefully it will meet their expectations...

Regardless - it's always better to have more options.
Have fun with Formy - I hope he will prove useful!

Hey, so after I got poked to put back some old 3D model on sale - anybody else wants me to put something up on the Itch store?
I cannot promise I can put all of my 3D models there - some got sold to private owners, some I don't have the IP for and some are just so absolutely borked that the only way you saw a render of them was because I used a lot of duct tape and photoshop.

But let me know - I'll see what I can put out there!

I'd like to thank everyone who purchased the V5 Cobra models so far - I hope you enjoy them!
https://idsaybucketsofart.itch.io/

Starting tomorrow - I will start adding more of them.
Also - let me know if there are any other models you'd like to see sold on the shop.
I will try to prepare something if it's possible.

The main issues however would be for:
- Specifically VRC models (I have no VR, it's expensive as all hell in my country and I don't have the room to walk around in the set so I cannot properly test this stuff)
- Copyrighted characters
- Closed Species of some kind
- Specific OCs of people (unless the owner would be 100% OK and give me the permission in writing to sell the model)

The models would come as .FBX, Blender and DAZ files - so you have a whole set of compatibility for most software.
Well - I guess that is all for now.
Thanks again to everyone for the interest - I hope you'll enjoy the models!

I was going to release the V5 Cobra tomorrow and Gumroad just shat the bed.

...yeah.
I'll be looking for some other vendor then. Expect delays. This is an old song and dance by now...

I heard Itch.io is good on NSFW, so that might be my go-to solution, but we'll see.

Just a quick heads up for people on FA.

I am mostly working these days on the "Cat Game" (name not final) - and a lot of it is either:
a) Code work that produces nothing graphical to show, but adds functionality to the game, like parsing CSV files for player attacks.
b) Animated, and FA kinda doesn't accept mp4s...

So hop on to my Twitter feed to see the updates.
This game is kinda... shaping up. But no promises, cause my track record on finishing game projects is abysmall.

Release Schedule & Future Additions.

Since the last planned girl was added to the Guide - I can finally set up the release schedule.

The Snu-Snu Survival Guide will update each Monday, Wednesday and Friday with a new page. So starting this week, expect a more stable and predictable release window.

I'll try to rotate the girls and guys and the delivered poses/fetishes in a balanced way - however this will be affected by whether I have an idea for the girls and guys. So some guys and girls may repeat or have a longer window of absence, based on lack/excess of ideas.

Right now, we have Mark, Ben and Emmett as our Guys. While I will try to rotate them, be aware that each one of them is basically tied to certain likes/dislikes they have.

For example:

- Mark likes legs/feet and likes to explore the female body but dislikes rough sex.
- Ben likes when the girl is rough, but is not very explorative.
- Emmett basically sticks to Ryume and sometimes Suon-ko. He's quite vanilla.

So you may see some of them appear more often, sometimes less often based on the pose depicted. I will try to rotate the girls to the best of my ability, but they also have their kinks.

Some examples for the girls:

- Keila loves to wrap herself around her partner with her full body.
- Ryume is pretty Vanilla and only appears with Emmett.
- Gala has quite the disregard for the structural integrity of the furniture.
- Dinah likes to use her legs/feet.
- Eva is often bored/unamused and very methodical.
- Marry is shy, passive and inexperienced.
- Suon-ko loves teasing, petting and every part of her body is an erogenous zone.
- Nirra loves to use her breasts and is often forceful about it.

However the girls will sometimes perform something off-main kink. For the sake of variety.

I hope you'll join me on this Journey through the Size-Difference Kamasutra. It's quite a Meme, that no longer is just a dream.
You can join the Patreon and help me reach the goal of DAILY UPDATES!
- For $5 you get access to pages one week early + Textless versions.
- For $30 you can choose a Guy from the roster that will appear TWICE A MONTH mandatory! (This can be your Human OC - but we need to talk before you choose this role, so I can judge if he can make it in.)
- For $50 you can choose a Girl from the roster that will appear ONCE PER WEEK mandatory! (Also can be your Human OC - but we need to talk before you choose this role.)

Since my commission status is permanently closed - hell - no extra charge for the addition. But you'll need to discuss the matter with me, so I can tell if the OC can be added. Absolutely no non-humans, although "furry accessories" like bunny ears, cat ears, etc. can be added. If your OC joins the roster - they get permanently added, even if you later choose to not continue the subscription, so be careful who you add. (The OC will just not appear on a mandatory schedule anymore).

I started up a Discord Server, since Twitter may or may not shit the bed at any time...
https://t.co/vI7tagxAjM
https://t.co/vI7tagxAjM
https://t.co/vI7tagxAjM

I'll post my art there and links to downloads.
You should be able to just lurk around there - but if you want to chat in there, you will have to wait a moment XP.

I just wish there was like a Twitter - but purely for r34 artists...
All the sites are either:
a) Pretty unknown and dead.
b) Require some BS verification, so growth is impossible.

What's the point of Social Media where people need to jump through hoops to join...

So, my Government is now discussing what to do, cause Russian Missiles hit our Territory.
For now, there is no information on what really happened - aside from the fact that 2 people died from the missile.

Hard to say what will happen now. Will it blow over or start WW3.
Russia might just escalate and attack us - and my government is beyond incompetent. So if Russia decides to attack, we're all gonna die.
Hopefully it was just some mistake, but knowing what is happening beyond our borders does not fill me with hope...
At the same time, I am not exactly in a panic.
We're not yet in the same boat as Ukraine - they have it way worse at the moment. WAY way worse...

Right now - nothing's changed.

That said, if I suddenly vanish with no contact - ladies and gentlemen, it's been an honor to make THICC Furry art with you.

It's time to test out Blender 3.0 (no plugins)!

For the sake of the review, I will not be using any external plugins for this. One reason being that sometimes a bug or crash might be the result of the plugin, which would be a strike against Blender without it being at fault. The other reason being - Blender would get points for the work of someone who fixed or improved the original. At that point, even DAZ Studio would pass as a modelling app.

Just so you know - I always shit on Blender. So my review will be the most honest thing you hear on the internet. Not a fanboy - I hate how Clunky it was. (Not "hard", not "weak" - but CLUNKY!).

So let's check 3.0.
Amaze me.

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So quick look at new features added - Blender is still... a lot. Which is fine - it's a "one-tool-to-do-it-all" solution.
I already know a ton of it will not be useful for me. But some look cool.

Although truth be said - I am not certain if these big packages are a good thing.
One reason Hexagon is good is because it doesn't offer more features. When you right-click and see a menu, it will not contain all the features important for other functions.

I guess this is one of the major factors why Blender feels so "clunky" - cause it easily switches between "modes of operation", while a Hard-Limit of "rooms" would be more beneficial for it. Mainly cause when you are posing the model, you will not need Vertex Grouping or Rendering or Armature Adding.
Still - this is something you need to endure with big software packages. So while a gripe, I would not call it a strike against Blender 3.0
Let's check the functions:

Modeling - Average. I think Hexagon 2.5 is better, but Blender so far doesn't crash under specific operations. Tool selection is mediocre. It has enough tools to model, but honestly it is... well, "fine" I'd call it. Has some interesting functions, but at the same time lacks certain ones I find in Hexagon. So I guess this is a score of "Average" from me. It does the job - nothing bad but also nothing outstanding.

UV Mapping - Not Good. (Prefer 3D Coat)
UV Editing - Average with benefits.
3D Coat is way better, while Hexagon is a DEBUG. This however seems to get the job done with some work. On a side note, it offers some extra functionality - so worth adding to the toolbox.

Sculpting - Inconclusive. (Seems fine at first glance, but also just... feels like a poor-man's ZBrush. Kinda needs more to dethrone the king. You can try out sculpting in it I guess... I would have to sculpt something actually serious in Blender in full to give it a proper mark and test out how far I can go with it.)

Texture Paint - Good enough. I think I prefer 3D Coat for painting, however Blender's tools for painting textures are quite good. Can easily carry you around after you go through the basics. Worth having.

!!!!!!!!!
Weight/Rigging - Holy fucking shit, WHY?! Blender, FOR FUCKS SAKE - you were doing SO WELL!!! FUCKING SHIT, FUCKING FUCK WHAT IN THE FUCK!?!
I'll return tomorrow, cause I need to be at 100% mental capacity to delve into this...


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RESULTS SO FAR:

Not gonna lie - Blender 3.0 so far is looking very good. I could see myself using it.
And then it drops this steaming pile of shit on you which is the Armature/Rigging creation.

I stacked some videos on this topic and apparently it is 6+ hours of content to make stuff and USE IT in Blender.
OK... that is... wow.

I'll go through the material tomorrow - and give you my review of Blender's armature/weights system.
Perhaps it just has a vertical wall of difficulty that is explained in a complete shit way - but once you get tutored it is easy and makes sense.

So you know - stay tuned.

If you'd ask my personal opinion on this - NFTs are a scam. I say this based on the following:

1) The "product" is actually worth nothing. The "art" you use already existed and had its original value.
2) It is incredibly hard and confusing to explain why an NFT has any kind of value. Which is a big Red Flag, cause if someone has to spend a lot of time to convince you their product does anything useful and you are still confused about it - it means they are spinning BS.
3) A 3rd party is basically adding a fee to a transaction between two people, who don't need that 3rd party.

My most charitable take on this would be to call NFT's "gambling". Since you put some money into it and may lose or win money.
My realistic take is that NFTs rely on the "Bigger Sucker" business model. You become a "Sucker" by spending money on this "investment" and hope that a "bigger Sucker" will bail you out of it.

Worst part - I see a lot of people just FOMO-ing into this thing, hoping to make money. "Fear Of Missing Out" is always the worst advisor in financial decisions. Even big companies make NFTs, like Adobe apparently wants to get into this. And as we all know, Adobe is well known for their artist-friendly approach to monetization, right?

I won't tell you what to do. Nor will I judge you based on your choices.
Just be careful people - don't spend more money on it than you can lose.
Stay safe - out there be monsters.

I am currently really swamped with various work and all art is heavily delayed. The work on the 3D comic with Berry, the Cobra base, comms - EVERYTHING.

I cannot give out any ETAs - and if you want to talk commissions, we can talk but I literally cannot give you any ETA, so unless you are willing to wait a longer time, I'd have to apologize here, but you might need to consider other Modelers.

I can add you to the queue, but at this pace it might be a longer waiting time...

Everything will EVENTUALLY make it through once I get another period of time where I am not this busy... But for now, it doesn't seem likely for at least a month.

For those unaware - I have a Gumroad shop where you can get some of my 3D models in.
https://gumroad.com/idsaybucketsofart
https://gumroad.com/idsaybucketsofart
https://gumroad.com/idsaybucketsofart

It's been an experiment, but it seemed to work out a bit fine. It is a way to deliver 3D models at an affordable rate ($15 for a model is cheap compared to custom $1000+ orders or a $120 adopt). Was wondering what would you want to see in the store.

I made a poll on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Idsaybucketsof2.....22274214719494
https://twitter.com/Idsaybucketsof2.....22274214719494

But the options are:
1) DAZ Studio Shaping Morphs
2) Custom Anthro models
3) The SnuSnu Survival Guide
4) Suggest something else

If you could comment below what would you like to see in the shop sold (whether characters, bases, render packs, etc) - it would be cool of you.

After I am done with the current comm - never touching Blender again.

Ever.
It's an exercise in frustration every time.
It's clunky.
It's unreliable.

Whoever tells you otherwise - LIARS!
LIARS ALL OF THEM!
DO NOT LISTEN TO THE FANBOYS! THEY ARE LYING TO YOU!
There is a reason the professional industry never uses Blender. That software does what it wants.
Troubleshooting is impossible - and it works as long as it wants - then it stops and nothing can be done about it.
You are just waiting for it to finally decide "oh yeah - gonna work now".
Never use it on anything that has a deadline...

I am done with it.
Maybe some glorious day - they'll patch it up so it works like real 3D software.

For now - not touching it.
I'm never offering any kind of Blender files.
At best - I'll offer you an imported file in Blender. But I give no guarantee on it working or doing anything.
There is a plugin that offers a "DAZ Native import" option. That is the best I can offer you.
Anything else - it's your problem. Never touching that shit again.

Every time I try to use Blender it makes me wanna quit 3D and go become a Priest.

Just...
Go to people who somehow have it working.
I have no clue how they do it - but I am not delivering any Blender files ever again.

April 1st is coming - and just now I realized I told people in February that I'll open comms again during April...

I'll open comms on the 22nd of March so it's not considered the April Fools joke.

As for April Fools... I might have an idea.
Hopefully it will turn out as funny as it is envisioned in my Aphantasia-suffering mind.

In the end - decided to just make the Version 3 Cobra base.

On the long run - it'll be more beneficial than taking in comms.
In the meantime - gathering more info on proper treadmills.

I am actually considering getting a treadmill...
Main issue is - I have to somehow cut down on sitting, cause my spine is getting damaged horribly from it. Not to mention I am getting fat from all the lockdowns....


I enjoy walking a lot - and it's quite a good thing for your spine to walk (not run - walk). So it would be a great way to exercise for me and actually get some cardio in there.
Normally "walking outside" used to be an option, but as of late, the air condition in my country is in a horrible state (people burn weird shit around and at times going outside in that cloud of smoke would be a health hazard) not to mention all the covid restrictions.


At the same time - a Treadmill also let's you actually DO STUFF while you are walking.

Watching Youtube is one thing during exercise, but listening to podcasts, learning stuff (cause I learn a lot actually)...
+ the Switch Joycons allow easy gaming, since you can just walk with that split controller - having a gaming session.

My lifestyle currently is a lot of watching tutorials on stuff.
But being able to exercise WHILE doing it... I could get an easy 2 hours of exercise per day with it. Regardless of weather or my neighbours deciding that the air needs more benzopiren in it.

Because it would be an extra expense - was wondering if I shouldn't open comms again for that 60% OFF in March.
Then again - it does cut into other projects...

I am unsure.
Anyway - we'd probably do another one like this:
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/40295119/


Anybody of you has any experience with treadmills?
I did read up a bit on them and the main issue to have in mind is space and how much the person using it weighs.
(I wouldn't be running on them though - in my current state it would break my knees)

You can see the models here:
https://twitter.com/Idsaybucketsof2.....10017911607297

Basically - had a Hekapoo, Spider Lady and Projekt Melody models to finish "some day".
But by now, I doubt I'd have the time to finish them.
So just gonna axe them.

The Hekapoo and Spider Lady are kinda "nobody heard of them" but Projekt Melody was newer, so it's mostly a heads up about her.
Not gonna finish that Projekt Melody 3D model.
Lack of time - also most of my followers seem to be following me for giant titty mice more than they are for human girls with normal proportions.

Comms to finish - afterwards probably other fan art.

The last client from the December queue had some unforeseen circumstances and had to cancel their slot.

I'll be opening a slot tommorow then for a Game-Ready 3D model commission at the "Old price" which means a full model at the $500-800 price range. (They generally cost around 650-700 unless you have some real complex stuff there).

Be aware that depending on how labor-intensive your character is, it will be less or way WAY MORE. Details tomorrow.

I know this is sudden.
Surprised me too. D:

You can send me a note if you wanna get a price-check on your character before tomorrow. You don't have to buy - but I can estimate your order.
Just send some reference.

Considering doing a Commission Discount on my prices around April.
Maybe do something like "$750 for the Game Ready model" - but only 1 slot.

I should probably get some of the Fan Art out of my system by April so I might do a model for someone in need by then.
Afterwards back to personal projects.


Aside from that - been considering looking around for 3D artists and compiling a list of people. Cause whenever I tell people they can find talented folks out there, I keep hearing nobody is around that does 3D. Which is beguzzling to me, but I never have a ready list to give to people.

Marry's promo code has been removed after a week of Free Cobra downloads!
Thanks for the interest - hope everyone who got her will enjoy the model!

The promo code worked out nice, I might consider future giveaways this way as well!

Alright I think it is enough!

With a crushing victory - Titty Boy Ducky wins with a massive 13 vote lead over Dubmare!
Thanks everyone who participated!

Ducky shall be made into a Poseable Game-Ready model right after the current Comm is done!
(Yes I know, I made Ducky back in the day - but this is different! This time it is Titty Ducky!)