#64 - slackers (Patreon)

Please visit this MEGA link to download the entire project, along with the mini-comic. It's way too big to upload onto Patreon.

This project is from Jan. 2018.

I thought I had posted this onto Patreon before but it looks like I missed it. And for good reason too: I'm not a huge fan of this project at all, sadly. I think it's botched; the execution is just a little off all around.

Let's try and understand where everything went wrong. This project was on the tail end of projects (but not the final one) where I'd include a complimentary mini-comic. The problem there was that I was feeling creatively bankrupt (something I'd poke fun at myself in #66 - feed face, which also had a bad mini-comic), and I've since learned that forcing myself to do creative things does not end well. So the mini-comic was kinda cursed from the start.

Then I think the next biggest issue here was with the models. The Human is fine. He's like the one saving grace of this project. The NE/BE on the other hand, are botched. 

Let's start with the BE. Well I don't have to say much there, it's a BE. Nobody cares for BEs. Unfortunately it was also a very old iteration of the BE model I used to use (Rexx's), which did not include an ass among other things, so it was definitely lower quality than the Human/NE. Oh I'm sorry, it's actually a *HE. Same difference.

But the NE himself isn't that much better either. I've gone through several iterations of the NE models that I use, and this was a then-newer iteration. Unfortunately, I think I botched his morphs a bit, so he actually looked *worse* than in previous iterations of the model. The only thing this particular model had that the older iterations of the model didn't was a fully functional ass. I've actually discussed this "NE 2.0 vs 3.0" or w/e debacle in great detail on Tumblr back in the day, and I may type that up again for Patreon at a later date. Not that it really matters because I need to re-rip a new NE model with all the SL assets anyways.

And then, I think I really could've used some more exciting angles. I don't think these poses are horrifically bad, but they're perfunctory overall, and I really should've used some more exciting angles to spice things up. The closeup of the NE being ****ed and the solo shot with the Human are definitely the best of this project because they're actually kinda interesting. All the other shots are just really...meh.

Meh is a good way to describe this project overall. There was a lot of potential here, but my shoddy execution squandered it. It's a shame because I recall the commissioner being a very cordial person and it makes me sad when I feel like I've underperformed for them (even if they appear to be happy with the final product).

Would I remake this? Possibly. We will have to get rid of that BE though. I'm sure another NE   (or NB?!) in his place would do just fine.