Update!

TL:DR:
- This month I worked on Dragon Growth. Junes rewards will be active, but delivered a bit late. August’s payment cycle will be cancelled. 

1 - I got my job back:

I got my job back this month! Thanks a lot for everyone who have supported me over the years, but especially those who did so in May; it really helped me out over that stressful time, and I really appreciate it.

While I haven’t been able to work on this full time like I did last month, the good news is that now that I have a primary source of income again, I plan on resuming reinvesting a lot of the patreon money back into the projects. So hopefully there are some cool additions again soon, and not just what I can come up with myself ^^.

2 - Work I’ve done this month:

The work has primarily been rigging work for the wolfess. I’ve skinned her body, remodeled her face to enable good morph targets, and made her facial morph targets. The face remodeling was actually a bit more work than I anticipated, which did slow me down some.

I’ve also been switching over the rigs in a shot (the one which I have included as a cover picture here). It’s also taken me a bit longer than I anticipated; the technical work and polish for switching rigs around was about what I was anticipating; but the surprise came in some artistic issues. Because Renamon is such a simple model with such a simple texture, she was very flexible when it came to posing. However, once I put a detailed model into those poses, they start to look pretty crooked and broken, particularly around her torso and neck area.

This one shot has taken me about a week (part time) to transfer over and clean up. It’s been frustrating, but I’m not alarmed on what this will mean to the rest of the shots that will need cleaning up just yet. I chose this shot especially because it was going to be the most complex to switch over (extended shot, full body, flips over and does not simply stay on a single plane). I've also added several seconds to this shot, which took time. The other shots will still be a lot easier (and quicker) to switch over than this one.

In the coming weeks I intend to switch over another shot (this time from the Renee rig, not the renamon rig), as well as make a couple of polished shots from the start of the animation, as well as some more WIPS to help close the gaps of missing shots. This month’s rewards will be entirely Dragon Growth Animation related, though many will probably be renee-focused as she was the big thing I worked on this month. 

3- The current plan:

Because my time was eaten up by rigging work, and I still need to do some rigging work on Andre’s wings next month, I currently plan on cancelling August’s patreon. I will divide the time I spend in July up into June’s and September’s rewards. (so, patrons will be charged on July 1st, and September 1st, but not August 1st.)  This means that Junes rewards will be a bit late, as I want to work on the shots I mentioned before delivering.

4 - When will it be released?
I don’t have an exact date yet; but it should be around the middle of July. I’ll keep you noted, but it will be once I think I have something worth showing you guys :) 

5 - Not happy with this update?
As usual, if you aren’t happy with what I have been doing then send me a note and I can refund you your pledge. The only people I have ever refused refunds to were to first time pledges that got all the rewards and then wanted a refund.