I dropped the soap on the bathroom floor this morning, and WOWEE I did not think such a quick splat could collect quite so many pubes. But here we are, I thought, as I tried to redeem the situation and return the soap to its original form, desperately scrabbling against a torrent, nay a WIG – a THATCH of pubic hair. Fortunately it’s not all mine, I thought, but then after a quick ponder I thought I don’t know if that is fortunate or not … and actually, I would prefer not to be trying (and failing) to clean pubes off a soap in the first place. I won eventually.
Now that’s off my chest, here’s my initial character haircut tests for Sophie – of Skybloom comic fame:
Just for a laugh. That was back in the day, when I thought I was going to use the La Femme character from Renderosity, before I discovered it was unusable as a character and so I had to create a V4 (old, trusty, battle-proven V4) that looked mostly like her, because … I did like those boobs.
Aaaaanyway. Funny what a difference a haircut makes, isn’t it? Seems like a completely different person with some of those haircuts.
I so nearly went with this combination:
… but then I realised that no matter how excellent your boobies, if your hair looks like it was painted on, and your lips are incapable of moving beyond some sort of Anime expression, then we really can’t work together.
So what I did was put V4 inside her, and like shadow-mould the V4 mesh so it fit inside the La Femme mesh – to make a boob morph! Literally sculpted her into La Femme’s wonderful chests! Hahaha! Sometimes I think I should stop making comics and just focus on ‘character development’ – that’s really the fun bit. Hence all the recent comic concepts and shenanigans.
Aaaaanyway. How are you doing, eh?
Glad you asked. Very well, thank you.
Happy to hear it!
Ah, well. That question can be turned into a lengthy answer for some.
I am currently undergoing chemo-treatment, luckily for me, it isn’t cancer related!
However, it is shitty process to go through either way. (insert toilet.)
Positive side, of it all, is that I have had the condition Alopecia since, early childhood and never really had any hair to loose either way, downside is, that it is rare condition and it may affect other parts of my body and I’ve gone through a slew of doctors and specialists through out my life regarding my condition without any clear answers to why or how.
It has now come to point where They suspect that it has begun affecting other parts of my body, which makes it difficult for me to maintain a stable life – hence the drastic action to undergo chemo-treatment, as a last resort to see if that will improve my q.o.l.
Here is my counter-question or maybe more of a philosophical wondering?
Since, it is usually, and depending on culture, to say that everything is fine and all is going swell (that is how it is for me anyways.). I, Tended to be more open and informative about my struggles. People would tend get more apprehensive, give me a sympathetic reply or “there-was-no-need-to-tell-all-that.” kind of look.
From my perspective, I don’t expect anything in return, but sometimes the reactions, from different people leaves me to think, why did you ask?
Well I hope the treatment goes as well as it can – sorry to hear it’s rough though. You’re quite right people tend to say ‘fine’ when things are not fine – I believe we should be in the habit of being honest and as vulnerable as we dare – otherwise we’re not really connecting with humans, are we? We’re just two facades connecting with each other. So thank you for your honesty!
I am literally struggling to focus on the hair. I know you’ve put a lot of work in but… BOOBS!
I’m well, thank you.
Boobies. The secret real reason I created Skybloom in the first place.
Been away for while, 9 months? Anyway, glad to be back!! Glad you are still working, phew a lot of blogs to work back through…
Welcome back, John! Have a nice little read 🙂
I often think one day I’ll go back through them all and have a little reminisce haha
I’m glad you settled on the hair that made the final cut. Sophie just wouldn’t be Sophie with any of the other options, I’m sure. As for me, I’ve had it kinda rough since the emperor of Ethealdor took my loving wife of 44 years last month, after a prolonged illness. I’m doing okay, having the occasional mild breakdown, but my two daughters and six grandkids have been there for support as have my genuinely caring co-workers. Their efforts have greatly eased the pain of losing the woman I have spent two thirds of my life with. Knowing she’s no longer suffering has also helped me maintain my equilibrium!
Ahhhh, flippin heck Fred, I’m so sorry to hear that, I’m sorry for you, that’s a huge thing to come to terms with. Really glad to hear you have people around you during this, because it’s tough isn’t it – balancing seemingly opposite emotions, both being gutted that they’re gone, but also slightly glad that the suffering is finally over for them – and then also maybe feeling a little guilt at feeling any sort of relief! It can be a rollercoaster, for sure. I also lost someone this summer; a good friend, he was my age and we’d holiday together now and then, known him 25 years. Grief is a funny thing, it hits us in waves. And as the good Emperor says, allowing those feelings to hurt (ie. not avoiding them) is a real act of bravery. I have to remind myself of that fairly often!