The STFW series; analysed

Blimey, 80 people have filled out my feedback form. Can't believe it, thanks everyone - I hate filling out forms, so how you lot have managed is quite amazing!

So here's some of the findings...

General Erection.

Spoiler alert: there will be nudity in the upcoming comic! SHOCK!

Ah well, some sex going on between Tom and his good friend Zan isn't a particularly big spoiler. So here's a few random renders to celebrate that this is the biggest comic I've ever worked on! Yay! 165 pages now pretty much in the bag, so a personal best. Wait a minute ... Personal Best ... PB ... Project Bellerophon ... COINCIDENCE?! Anyway screw it, I'll aim for 200 pages all-in as that's a

SITREP!

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TEACH MEEEEE

I figure all the best people learn from others; those who think they know everything tend to be dicks (sorry, but you know ... it's true!).

So to that end, and before I splurge the final chapter comic on the internet and piss off / sublime into the ether, here's a proper chance for you to be heard! Super simple (and anonymous) form below - please let me know what are my best/worst comics and why, any frustrations, any memorable...
peaks for you? TEACH MEEEEEE! (if the form below breaks, please use this linky)[link now removed, form closed]


Fill it out more than once if you change your mind, just be honest is all I ask pliz! :)

The problem with anonymity

So I've been emailing this guy for quite a few years now, his handle on this blog was Tittilywinks (some of you will recognise that name). He's a great guy and always polite/mature about stuff, always able to give sensible/encouraging feedback which is a blessing.

Anyway he emailed an apology months ago for not being in touch for a bit because he'd been in-and-out of hospital with a certain quite

Glossy Wossy Num-Nums

I've been experimenting with shiny skin ... FOR SCIENCE!!!!

OK, there's no point really. Anyway, I've done a few scenes with some sweat going on, and in order not to give away spoilers I've re-rendered this old pose from comic 19 FOR SCIENCE!!!!!

For science, I tell you.

Turns out (literally science, this bit) that anistropic is the way forward when it comes to sweaty/shiny skin. I'd always thought you just used 'glossy' (one of the standard shader settings, like Blinn (?) or Phong (?!). Seriously, who comes up with these shader setting names? Must be a mathematical thing. Lambert - that's another one. I know lambert means matte finish, and blinn seems to