[cypher_7z]

I hope this is the right place, I just want to vent for a minute.


I cannot draw. I have never been able to draw; even my stick figures are bad. I can write, but that never got the traction here that images do. And that makes sense, as trying to write can get very repetitive; you can only say “whack” so many times before it loses meaning, and eventually you run out of synonyms for “crimson”. And while artists also run into blocks from time to time, they at least have the advantage of only needing to make a snapshot of a single moment rather than constructing a scene from beginning to end. So I had resigned myself mostly to enjoying the creations of others, at least on this site.


And then a few years ago I discovered a whole new medium: 3D. I started using a game called HoneySelect, specifically its side program StudioNeo. Suddenly I could make my own images. I could create character models, dress them in costumes I chose, pose them and give them facial expressions and even make them move, construct sets for them to inhabit, I could create scenarios or even whole stories! It was amazing. Earlier this year I started using GIMP to edit screencaps and give them a comic book feel with narration and borders and speech balloons.


And of course, I cannot share them here. I get it, it’s not the admins’ fault they have to follow some extremely stupid and irrational laws, but it does get very frustrating not to be able to contribute at all. Even though I almost never post on here, I have been a part of this community since the old site way back in 2007. I finally created a blog, am hoping somehow to start getting traffic, and maybe my scenes will filter out.