Please, join me for some tea - Future Experiences Update (Patreon)

Hello dearest community,

Raven Experience Impressions and Learnings

First of all - a huge and heartfelt thank you for all your kind words and your feedback with the Raven Experience. I've been nothing short but overwhelmed with all your kindness and messages on how Raven touched you, maybe even on a more personal level. How she expanded your horizons on what's possible in sensual media, and made look forward to things to come. It's funny to think that just a year ago I was slaving away on film sets, putting in the same amount of effort for the sake of others, only to be treated as a throw-away instrument for others to reach their goals, inevitably facing personally directed criticism that made me question of why am I even doing this in the first place. And now - finally making something I believe in, something that matters. Something that I hope touches your heart, and something that I really love doing. Thank you for believing in me, and giving me the ability to create.

I won't deny that making Raven was very difficult - especially the final push to settle on something that I would consider 'Final'. At this point I honestly look at all my past works and have no idea how all of them come together. I've had people messaging me: "You should offload all of the technical stuff to others and just focus on story and stitching. That way you can make videos much faster! A video every week!!!" But what they don't understand is that every single production is a very personal process. A process where I must have full creative control over every single aspect that makes the whole experience. And a process that relies a lot on luck... and destiny. That mindspace shift sequence? Probably wouldn't happen at all or wouldn't be as impactful if a mix by Andrea Botez wouldn't come up in my autoplay and I would've not heard "Gravity". The part where you finally connect with Raven? Wouldn't happen if I didn't go that wedding past summer. And many others like that. I'm constantly observing, listening, gathering inspirations and taking notes - then taking a blank canvas and seeing what I can put together. So unfortunately I can't "push out these videos faster", and I thank you for your patience while you allow me to paint.

Resetting my head and Waifu Vote

Not kidding when I say I spent a good few hours walking around in circles wrapping my head around what I want to do next. if I wasn't doing that - me and CrushWaifus have been locked in the lab, cooking up new stuff and testing new tools. And boy oh boy is it all so exciting. Every month something new rolls around, and you're sure we adopt and tame it immediately. Just when I'm sure I mastered everything on my latest release - we got something that will once again amp-up the way in which you'll experience the next video. Inspired by all the new things: I already did a full photo session test run for the next major release, locking in the mood, characters and locations.

But before that:

Despite locking everything in, and even after a few days of rest - I'm still feeling pretty mentally exhausted, thinking of ways how I should approach the challenge and how I can one-up myself yet again. I've got at least... I don't know... 5? 6? Epic Experiences I've got lined up in my mind and eager to do. With that number increasing once you select the next waifu and I dive into the rabbit hole once again. But I need to take a step back and really think on how I want to tackle them. I need to reset your palette. Reset myself. And I need to clear my head from all the content that's piled up in my head for so long, so that I can approach future experiences voted by you, with a clear mind.

As a result - the Waifu Vote is put on temporary hold. Firstly, because of the reasons above. Secondly - because it has it's flaws. I noticed some of the waifus get immediately overshadowed if an OP contender enters the draw. To the point that it's not even close. I mean - we got a selection of the most tempting and/or quirky girls available, but throw in the Control Devil or your favorite Gyaru Girlfriend into the mix - and the others are left in the dust. We either have to do quirky and more niche girl selection only, or just agree that all the strongest ones get major experiences by default. I'll reassess and discuss this situation with you once the vote returns.

What's next?

So, before tackling the next major experience: I've got material from two talented artists sitting just waiting to be assembled, and it will be the perfect mental exercise for me: assembling the vision of what others have planned, and putting my own unique spin on it.

My plan is to make two shorter videos in the time it would take me to make one major experience. Let's talk about the second one first: I received absolutely insane imagery from someone I could only call a master content manipulator. In the same time that it takes him to make 1 photo - I would've already done 30! The location, the actress, the attention to detail - it all looks mesmerizing.

Please welcome - PROJECT: Elia

And that's just the sneak peek. The rest of the imagery looks just as beautiful - delivered in a concept that I wouldn't have thought of. An experience that I probably wouldn't have seen myself doing. Diving into depths of cosmic surrealism. I was taken away with all the photos so much that I didn't even know what type of experience it could be. But then ideas slowly started to materialize in my head. It's still all pretty vague, and I'll just have to roll with my instincts as I start to assemble it. All I know that it will be very ambient, sensual, cybernetic and personal. I hope you're as excited as I am.

I'm still missing a few shots to make it a coherent experience - so I asked the artist to craft up all the shots I need. While I wait for that..:

We'll do a (real) Waifu Session first, to see if I still want to be heading that direction. I've got nearly all the video content that I need so I'm starting assembly immediately. Let's treat this as the apéritif, before we get to the appetizer, and then being served the main meal.

On Discord: I'll write up an additional in-depth dive into all the videos that I made so far and how all of your feedback helped to shape each and every one of them. I invite you to take a read.

Thank you so much once again for all your kind words, your feedback and your encouragement - it's really, honestly what keeps me going.

Oh and that cup of "tea" I mentioned earlier? That was actually her inviting you...

"So... Care to take a sip?"