Just so you know, I haven’t forgotten you, [Test Subject Name Here], and I am working on uploading the last two chapters of “Lemons”. I am working on the artwork for those chapters and I have already finished the first chapter of the next story!
I am happy to see the interest in my story even after all these years between Portal 2 and now and will continue to work on more stories in my Trusted Friend universe, so if you enjoy this project, please let me know. I might be able to use ideas suggested by readers in my future stories, so…
Always stay “Team Aperture”, fellow Cores and Test Subjects!
https://diranda.net/aperturescience/2023/12/25/happy-holiday-name-here-test-subjects/
I just read a great article on the concept "Art for Art's Sake". I think it's a nice idea to create art for the sake of the craft and it's what I am focusing on right now.
I've been thinking about this for a bit and I think I'd really like to go in and update the core uniforms. I loved the designs I did for the Series 1 and 2 and the Corporate uniforms (which were all designed recently) but the older design for the Standard was one I wanted to change. I'm also trying to find content to do a better design for the Monitor uniforms.
So I think I'm going to work on that for a bit.
So I've been learning a lot about Daz, particularly Daz 4. Even as a beta tester for Daz, it's taken me a long time to warm up to 4. I finally settled in to learn 4 this last few months and I have really begun to enjoy working with it. I don't think I could go back to 3 now, even if I tried.
Working on cover art (which is something I have been doing since the early 2000s, when I was doing covers for my published novels) is something I really enjoy, but branching out into different kinds of composition, not only for covers but other pieces is a fun learning experience for me.
Primarily I am a character artist. I write character-oriented stories as well, which reflects in the character designs I have done and continue to develop as the stories progress and my experience with Daz continues to grow.
I'm considering doing some character designs for past work I have done as well. Those might appear on the gallery if I'm happy with them. I may decide to experiment with converting older character sculpts from the "Dirandan Chronicles" as well, even though I have retired from professional writing and the "Chronicles" is considered finished and retired along with that. There is quite a bit of artwork and designs I'd like to improve on in any case.