Interview. Pat two. (Patreon)

T - me    L - LatexKittyInTheBox - one of my subscribers.

P.S. Kitty, i still hate you for that! But still with big love XDDD  

Part two

About your plans

L: Do you have plans to expand your content creation areas?

T: Yes. Now this is mainly Skyrim, but soon I will add a number of other games to this and also the creation of professional DAZ content.  

L: There are rumors that you are planning something global for Skyrim. This is true?

T: Yes. I'm working on a new race of Dremora and Daedra. The statues are a training and character development process :) This is a complex project and it will take a lot of time. I plan to make the final version based on the Genesis 9 models. They are more advanced and gender universal (changing gender is just a settings slider and not different body models).

I'm also working on a global mod, which will be something like a futanari framework with a lot of content. But these are all long-term projects and I cannot say exactly how long it will take.  

L: I see that you work a lot with DAZ content. Do you have serious plans for the development on this direction?

T: Yes. I planing to create my own content for DAZ and will publish it here on Patreon. I'll be posting a few things in the first months of next year. In addition, I plan to start creating renders. Maybe even comic books.

L: Are you planning to publish your DAZ characters and other models / morphs / props that you create to make statues?

T: Yes, they will be published on Patreon. I need to finally figure out how to properly package my content for other users.

About your work

L:  Are you a professional artist?

T: No. My main specialty is applied mathematics. Everything I know about 3D modeling I learned myself on Google and YouTube.

L:  Have you received any special training in 3D modeling or specialized courses?

T: No. Such training is very expensive. I teach myself everything. I like what I do so I have enough motivation :) The rest is a matter of time and effort.

L: Do you plan to become a professional 3D artist and game designer?

T: Yes, I decided to make this as my main profession.

L: What software you are using for work?

T: For 3 years I used 3DS Max, Photoshop and ZBrush, but now I'm changing them to Blender and Krita. There are two reasons for this decision:

1) I can't afford to pay about $7,000 a year for all the necessary licenses anymore.

2.) The community I work with most often uses tools such as Blender, Krita, Gimp2.

L: Why don't you use pirated versions of the software or resources you use for work? Moreover, your situation justifies to some extent such actions. And who will deal with licenses there. Most of your Patrons and followers simply don’t care about this.

T: It's simple: I like it when people pay for my work, and when they pay a lot, I like it especially. And I really don’t like it when people steal something from me. It would be strange and illogical for me to treat others differently than myself.

In addition, we are now fighting for the right to live in a state where people’s work is valued and rights are respected, and not for a state of thieves.

I believe that you need to be consistent in your views and principles.

L: So you never use pirated resources?

T: Of course I use it some times but only for training or studying. Only gods are ideal, and even then not all of them :) But in matters of work and what money is paid for, I try in every possible way to follow the rules of the game.

L: What advice can you give to other people who want to try themselves in this profession?

T: Nike has already given the best advice for this situation: "Just do it". Wise thought. I have nothing to add to this.

About support

L: If I wanted to seriously support your work, what issues do you need support on?

T: What do you mean by "seriously support your work"?

L: For example huge donate as we talking before.

T: Hm....First of all, I have to warn you about some things just to be honest with you.

I live in war conditions and this is a serious factor that can make unexpected changes to my plans. At any moment in my life, something unpredictable can happen: a missile hit, a successful attack by the enemy, being called up for military service again (yes, the situation is very difficult now and I can be called up for military service again regardless of my health) This does not depend on my. I am telling you this honestly and directly so that you clearly understand all the risks.

Ok. To your question: I only need five things:

1. Safe place for work
2. Electricity
3. Decent 4k monitor. Now I'm working on an Acer 27" Full HD monitor and an RTX 2060 video card. This is enough for modeling, but not for creating high-quality 4k textures for models or renders for DAZ.

I'm not chasing anything overly expensive. The Asus ProArt Display PA329CV would be enough for me. This is necessary to work with correct color reproduction, 4k resolution and not ruin my eyes. I have already seriously damaged my eyesight by working on a full HD monitor. We have it costing almost $800 so for now it’s just a dream.

4. RTX 3080 class video card. This should be enough to render high-poly models with 4k textures and DAZ rendes. The RTX 2060 is rather weak for such tasks. Low video memory. I think you can imagine its cost without me.

5. Some tutorials for creating DAZ content (Professional training materials for DAZ can be purchased for money). Overall, this is an excellent system, but it has many of its own hidden nuances and details that you won’t find in videos on YouTube. For example, now I need these

Blender Content Creation for Daz Studio Bundle
Second Skin : The Complete Guide to Geoshells
Textures Universe: Creating and Editing Textures for Daz Studio and Poser

These are fundamental things, knowledge of which will save me months of work and help seriously improve the quality of the content.

That's all help and personal miracles that i need for now.

L: Ok. As a huge fun of your work I sincerely wish that all this comes true and that you get what you need. Especially the first two points.

T: Yep. Thanks a lot.

L: OK. What would you like to say to our readers at the end of the conversation?

T: Never believe a girl reporter if she tells you that in return for her help she will only ask for a small favor!
L: LOL. as you like to say sometimes: shit happens my friend, shit happens. So next time be careful  and think twice.

T: Eah....