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Slave Song
Jan. 9th, 2026 09:42 pm
The tears run swift and hard and cold as pain
Even, even the comfort of a stone would be a gain
Had I not had the strength and wisdom of a warrior
I would have to give up
But I'm thankful that I'm
Strong as I am and I'll
Try to do the best I can
Sade, "Slave Song"
Ellery Petrezza redux, 2026 january 8
Jan. 8th, 2026 11:03 pm
I framed the shot to ignore it, but the left forearm of this sweater is borked.
So encouraging e_e that the company that makes my tools changed how they work so much that the old hacks are just unavailable.
And I can't even run the old version of the program on this PC.
It's New Year's Eve.
Jan. 1st, 2026 12:49 amIt's New Year's Eve.
I was going to try to produce some new art when I was doing the Art Advent Calendar on Bluesky, but it's hard to start again.
About to get through a calendar year having made NO VISUAL ART, and that feels so wrong.
My old version of DAZ Studio doesn't work, the newer versions confuse me still, and most of my old files I lost a few years ago. That last part is the most discouraging; I had years of character designs & personal hacks that just don't exist anymore.
I got on the DAZ3D site today, and they're breaking up with 3Delight, the fast render program. Ugh.
And yeah, I haven't cared enough to figure this out all year.
I'm trying to render something from a forgotten file that looks like I started it & left it 27 months ago, that's how bad it is.
And I have no clue when this new render program thinks it's even done.
Well, I still have 3Delight, so I can redo it.
But what is this lighting? I didn't put these fills in!
...
Somebody buy me a camera. I should go back to 35mm film.
• ◘ •
Anyway, here's an artless piece of art.
I wonder where my wild animal models got to. :-(
I was going to try to produce some new art when I was doing the Art Advent Calendar on Bluesky, but it's hard to start again.
About to get through a calendar year having made NO VISUAL ART, and that feels so wrong.
My old version of DAZ Studio doesn't work, the newer versions confuse me still, and most of my old files I lost a few years ago. That last part is the most discouraging; I had years of character designs & personal hacks that just don't exist anymore.
I got on the DAZ3D site today, and they're breaking up with 3Delight, the fast render program. Ugh.
And yeah, I haven't cared enough to figure this out all year.
I'm trying to render something from a forgotten file that looks like I started it & left it 27 months ago, that's how bad it is.
And I have no clue when this new render program thinks it's even done.
Well, I still have 3Delight, so I can redo it.
But what is this lighting? I didn't put these fills in!
...
Somebody buy me a camera. I should go back to 35mm film.
• ◘ •
Anyway, here's an artless piece of art.
I wonder where my wild animal models got to. :-(
Stevie O'Tierney
Dec. 31st, 2024 01:06 pmNot only had I not opened DAZ Studio in over a year, but I'd pretty much stopped using my PC. I've been using smartphones to get online.
But OK, let's render something. I used to know how to do this! In an older version of the program, that I'd customised to suit myself.
And I had so many files to draw from, now lost. Early on, I thought of trying to rebuild. But I haven't.
This isn't very good, nor is it interesting; this is just me relearning & updating the process.
( Stevie )
Have I posted an image of Stevie before? A decade ago I created her to be cartoon Nia's evil opposite (a silly idea).
But OK, let's render something. I used to know how to do this! In an older version of the program, that I'd customised to suit myself.
And I had so many files to draw from, now lost. Early on, I thought of trying to rebuild. But I haven't.
This isn't very good, nor is it interesting; this is just me relearning & updating the process.
( Stevie )
Have I posted an image of Stevie before? A decade ago I created her to be cartoon Nia's evil opposite (a silly idea).
This summer, I lost my PC, and all my art files from the last several years, and notes. I hadn't been backing things up.
I have a new PC, which doesn't want to run the old version of DAZ Studio I was using. The most recent version of DS is an adjustment, and I am not adjusted yet.
I don't know if I'm going to be able to rebuild much of what I did over the last 5-6 years.
Add to this that it seems like no one cares about my artwork. I'm feeling pretty close to done.
( new render )
I have a new PC, which doesn't want to run the old version of DAZ Studio I was using. The most recent version of DS is an adjustment, and I am not adjusted yet.
I don't know if I'm going to be able to rebuild much of what I did over the last 5-6 years.
Add to this that it seems like no one cares about my artwork. I'm feeling pretty close to done.
( new render )
Well, I don't know where I'm goin'…
Dec. 6th, 2022 09:03 am( in nothing but pants )
DAZ Studio, Photoshop
Nia
I seriously considered placing lyrics from Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" over the background. Decided against it.
well, I don't know where I'm goin'
but I sure know where I've been
hangin' on the promises and the songs of yesterday
and I've made up my mind
I ain't wastin' no more time
but here I go again....
DAZ Studio, Photoshop
Nia
I seriously considered placing lyrics from Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" over the background. Decided against it.
well, I don't know where I'm goin'
but I sure know where I've been
hangin' on the promises and the songs of yesterday
and I've made up my mind
I ain't wastin' no more time
but here I go again....
Blue sky, big field, Ellery
Nov. 26th, 2022 10:22 pm
( alternate version )
DAZ Studio, Photoshop
Ellery Petrezza
I put together the portrait-orientation version, then made a square version for Instagram, which I’m including because...maybe it’s better.
Then I uploaded these images and spent a half hour unable to come up with a title.
