Poll 2 - Activity Preferences

It's time (for no apparent reason) for the next poll!

This one is about what kind of action you'd like to see - solo (masturbation), straight, gay, lesbian, threesomes, BDSM, whatever!  Even (gasp!) non-sexual stuff!

Let's face it, considering the tremendous range of sexual activities possible it'd be madness (or Sparta) to try and list them all.  So feel free to make heavy use of the 'Other' option but please post a comment here if you do to tell me what kind of Other you'd like to see!

Current Projects...

I've been keeping myself busy with developing new models for the various WoW races.  The boys are proving a lot trickier than the girls; in an effort to keep the girls looking as sexually appealing as possible Blizzard seems to have made the majority of the ladies at least sort-of-human in proportion and appearance.

Astromechsy!

Here's one for Certain Star Wars Fans out there.

©White Cairn Designs

RaceSquares!

So, I've been working on rebuilding my collection of models (as you know).  I've a way to go yet but I've had a couple of breakthroughs and done a lot of work on various races.

Blood Elf

Dwarf

Gnome

Goblin

Human

Night Elf

Orc

Results: Poll 1 - Race Preferences

Results are in, preferences are chosen, votes are cast, and all those kind of 'it's done!' sentiments.

But how did things turn out?  Let's have a quick look at the results, from most to least popular.

...Aaaand we're back.

My computer has been officially resurrected.

I've been doing other things recently so I'm still not back at 100% efficiency but after working out the last files I need to sort I hope to have stronger tools and more effective rendering systems than ever before.  RAR!  I am rendering, hear me roar!

An update with more art will follow in the next few days.

A Slight Hiccup...

Until further notice updates will cease.  My computer has died.  v.v

I'm attempting to resurrect it now.  If that doesn't work I'm considering necromancy.

Poll Update: Draenelf Prefs

Burning Crusade really was the 'pretty' expansion, wasn't it?

Currently we've three weeks left to the poll and the overwhelming majority of votes are for draenei and elves (of all kinds).  Seems pretty clear what people want!

So if folks want to see other stuff as well you'd better get those votes in or it'll be horns, tails, tentacles and pointy ears all over the place!

Remember you can vote for more than one option in this poll.

Draenei!

At last it's under way.  I give you...  A draenei!  And not just a draenei...

Yep, a mini-series of draenic naughtiness!

@.@

Poll Update: Race Prefs

Well, it's about 24 days left to go and I'm pleased to see how many people have voted.  Frankly, out of the 20 people I only actually expected about... four.

Out of curiosity a few folks didn't know you can vote for more than one thing in this poll - AND you can change your vote.  Feel free to do so if you like.

How are we looking so far?

Filling In the Gaps

I mentioned a few scenes I've done in the last post but I didn't actually post them.  Here y'go, here's a scattered few.

After this 'Read More' break, anyway.

Ongoing Projects...

Ah me, ah my.

It's been a little while since an update. I've actually not played with LuxRender since the picture of Aya I posted. I'm doing more work trying to get a wider selection of race types settled. I managed blood elves with no real difficulty (the glaring exception being their ears) and I quite like how Lacey, my gnome female, came out.

Then I turned my hand to the female orc and behold, Chekaya was born. I'm not overly pleased with her as she feels a bit scrawny for my tastes - but then again maybe she just needs to grow on me. She is meant to be fairly young.

A brief return to blood elves in order to create Atryth and I was left wondering 'What next?'

©WCD - Orcs Will Be Orcs

What next indeed.

Poll: Race Preferences

Hello, folks!

I'm not sure anyone out there is paying attention but for those few of you who are I've put up a poll.  It'll last a little over a month and relates to race preferences.

What does everyone want to see more of?

If you select Other (WoW) or Other (non-WoW) then please also leave a comment here explaining what you mean!

Once the poll is done I'll post up the results and my thoughts thereon.

Playing with Lux

Lux is Latin for 'light' and is also the preferred SI unit (International System of Units, or Système international d'unités in French, thus 'SI') of measuring luminescence, the less favoured being the lumen.


It's also a powerful hardware-driven rendering program, LuxRender, and something I've been mucking about with recently.  It's open source (and thus free) and has a number of extremely cool features.  But it's also very slow.  Have a look at these two pictures I rendered up today...

Remain Vigilant!

Just a little something I did for a friend.

Remain Vigilant!

He has this picture up at work that proclaims 'Raptor-Free Workplace' and says there's been no raptor-related incidents for [BIG GAP] days.  He made his workmates reset theirs the other day because he brought in raptor-shaped cookies.

So I made this for him.  Apparently he laughed so hard he hurt himself, which is certainly a better reaction than 'what is this I don't even'.  Actually, most things are better than that.

Most.  Not all.

Astute viewers will note the dalek.

The Sommeil, or Le Sleepers

Yes, the name is a joke.

'The Sommeil' or 'Le Sleepers'

This is a render of Ayalessa and her wife* Velispyr, asleep and smiling after a bit of nuptial naughties, based on the extremely avid painting Le Sommeil by the French Realist painter Gustave Coulbert, finished in 1866.  It was a painting he did for Khalil Bey and is considered one of the finest examples of lesbianism in art to date.  It was not permitted to be shown publicly until 1988 because, well, it's of two obviously post-coital women.  Khalil Bey had a taste for them, apparently.

Atryth and Nalorani!

Atryth is Nalorani's fiancée*.  She's a dancer and businesswoman and has a really nice backside.

Atryth Rubywing

Atryth and Nalorani

This is really just a pair of portraits, one of Atryth Rubywing herself, the other of Nalorani and Atryth together.  Their size difference is significant - Nalorani is well above average height (6'3").  And, of course, that raises a different issue: what is average height for an elf?

Character Portraits: An Elf, A Gnome and an Orc

So, I've been working out viable ways of doing character portraits now that I have the studies worked out.  As one might expect all of these pictures are of female characters but fear not!  There are boys in the works.

Nalorani Silvershine

Lacey Goodwrench

Chekaya Bloodthorn

Read on for more detail...

Character Study: Ayalessa Leannen Winterfall

Last night I sat down and whipped up a new White Cairn Designs background to use with some of my art pieces.  I had in mind the idea of using them to make portraits, character studies and the like, to give them a nice cohesive feel and a recognisable look.

Ayalessa Leannen Winterfall © WCD

I give you the Character Study.  This one, predictably, is of Ayalessa Winterfall.  I'm very happy with how she turned out.

Visitor to the Cairn

This is a girl you're likely to see a lot of.  Her name's Ayalessa, and she's my main character on World of Warcraft.  She's a very common figure in my renders, along with a few of my other characters and those of my loved ones and friends.

If you're familiar with the game you'll recognise her as a female blood elf (sin'dorei).  She's quite young and rather alarmingly clever but has an unfortunately blunt manner.