[July 2019] FabPharma Member's Briefing (Patreon)

Pictured above: pending main piece for this year's pool party!

Hello everyone to this month's briefing!

This month was quite a doozy as far as production and prepping goes, I have to admit!

First and foremost, there's the comics. Let me know what you think of both issues in the comments, they were a very big part of this month's work (specially the first part of Plastic Obsessions 005), since the image density in the layouts is pretty robust.

Furthermore, going through the entire layout and revising the past writing, I took the opportunity to further fine-tune the dialogue to make it more comic-y as well as giving a better fleshing out of the character's personalities (at least that's what I'm aiming for, hopefully it resonates with you all!)

On to the more regular work stuff (renders), since I got the new rig I have to admit I had been dreading going through the process of updating file paths and setting up everything in the new system to finally make the move to use it as my main workstation (up til this month, the new rig was being used as my super-powered network slave I'd use to help with the render load/work).

However, last month was a bit of a final straw as far as system instability with heavier scenes are involved. And, considering stuff is only getting more complex as time goes by, I've definitely been toying with the edge as of late.

But finally, I'm happy to say I've transitioned to the new rig fully, and it handles multiple character scenes like the preview above without even slowing down. Rendering however is still the same as before, since video memory is still a hard limit. I'll be chopping up the final scene you see above into renderable sub-sections and have it ready soon enough.

On to models and materials, I've been working at updating the main girls' meshes and skins yet again, as well as gathering assets and beginning setups for the upcoming Welcome to Unreality issue.

Still, that did leave this month a little light on the render work, so I'll be working extra hard this coming month to make up for that.

So, here's what to expect for August:

- The final second part of Plastic Obsessions 005, in comic format

- Finalized storyline for Plastic Obsessions 006

- Production frames for WTU 003

- The usual pinup work, with an emphasis on image sets

- Whatever else I can fit into the month

On a final note, I actually have been rather curious for a while... how many of you have been picking up on the hidden content/story I've been dropping once in a while? There's some things there that are rather relevant, specially with the next issue in Plastic Obsessions, which is aiming to take a rather... unexpected turn!

- bd