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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. :-(
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....
