Happy 4th Of July!

Happy 4th of July!

Rant below the cut.

As an American, I know there's some pretty mixed feelings on our country, especially from other Americans. But let me tell you my standpoint, mainly speaking here to other Americans:

To love this country is to want to see it made better. If you think we're not doing great, you'd probably be correct. But the fact that you can reflect on that are good signs that you still care for the country you live in. That you want things to change for the better.

So this 4th of July, let's celebrate the things we've won as a nation. But on the 5th of July, and every day after that, let's remember that our nation sits at a tentative state and its our job to make sure it continues to improve. Vote in all elections (both the big and the local ones are really important!), be politically active, go to things we've won like Pride events, or simply support the people who do vie for a better America. They are so important to improving this nation and prove how American you really want to be.

And for those who think voting and being active isn't worth it, I'd like to remind you that the people who want to ruin this country WANT you to not vote. For the second enough of us join together, their plans to line their pockets and suck our nation dry fall apart. It isn't perfect, I won't forget that, you can probably name hundreds of times the system has failed. But it won't get any better if you don't do anything, and really, without action, it'll just get worse.

And for everyone not of the US: Hi, sorry, we should be back to normal by next week. Please excuse our raucous noise and overbearing enthusiasm for just a moment.

Happy Independence Day everyone!

Have you ever thought about getting some of your renders 3d printed?

Yes actually! However, I haven't done a render that I feel would warrant being turned into a 3d print since it's kinda like trying to print the entire scene.

I have thought about posing and 3d printing the engineer outfit version. Alternatively, I'm currently working on a set of Helldivers 2 armor for Civ and that could look pretty cool 3d printed.

The Sandwich

This is an object of anti-horny thoughts. You cannot think of dirty-minded things while looking at this sandwich, you can only think about how good a sandwich sounds right now.

You are now going to make a sandwich.

CIV NOOO!!!! IT ISNT SAFE TO HAVE LIT FIREWORKS NEAR YOUR EXPOSED BODY!!!! What if it catches on you and explodes!!!! Your ass nor balls would survive that

I"m gonna do it more.

BECAUSE ITS MY RIGHT AS AN AMERICAN TO DO DUMB SHIT! SCREW THE CONSEQUENCES, I'M TOO AMERICAN TO BE LIT ON FIRE, UNLESS THAT FIRE IS A FIERY PASSION FOR THIS COUNTRY. YEE HAW CHUCKLEFUCKS IT'S AMERICA DAY!

civ most species dont have thick ass tails and the ones that do have more species focused talents job things shit that they can do

Sounds like someones got tail envy.

I mean, if it helps, I think this was previously owned by a gator gal, so maybe it's a 'big-tail-gang' thing. It's like some other species-specific stuff, like how big-tailed species need special pants cause they don't fit in the normal ones, or how birds and bats need special shirts.

Otr Wtr

Get your Otr Wtr, the most refreshing water this side of the river!

Now selling at boutiques, airports, and pet stores! Only $6.99 a bottle!

Details and additional render below:

Learning Log: less learning and more making better use of features. I made use of the sapling tree generator several times for the branch and grass, noise textures for materials to make them better, and physics sims for the bubbles. If anything, its just a good sign that I'm learning the program well instead of learning anything specific.

It's been a minute since I pulled out the ol' graphic design skills from high school, but I think I nailed the 'bougie, pretentious, modern simplism-style label'.

I spent probably an inordinate amount of time on this, and it started as a joke name from @kabandcoyote, calling me Otter Water since I'm an otter (duh) and do a bunch of water-related work for engineering. And thus Otr Wtr was born.

Also: WHY IS UNDERWATER SO HARD. I STILL HAVEN'T FIGURED IT ALL THE WAY OUT YET DAMMIT. WHY DID I CHOOSE TO MAKE ART ABOUT THIS DAMN LIQUID SO MUCH WHEN ITS SO MUCH HARDER THAN ANYTHING ELSE. WHY IS SWIMMING AND WATER MY THING.

Closer Up Render: