Infomercial

Here is a short video in the form of an 'infomercial' for an LLP product. It arose out of a mechanism (i.e. python script) I designed for Episode 3 that counts credits 'realistically' from the level shown on the collar in accordance with the explanation in Episode 2. It was originally intended to be a simple video demonstrating that mechanism. However, as often happens with these things, it expanded into something a bit more elaborate. Anyway, hope you enjoy it.

A Brief Word about 'Cuckahol'

I received a comment asking me about cuckahol, which was referred to in my “Short LLP Comic/Illustrated Story” post but not explained. In response, here is the back label from a bottle of cuckaholic wine. As in the case of many products, it’s definitely a good idea to “read the label carefully before use”!

Muscle Stud Massage Sauna

The playing card in the picture below is something I designed for a CG animated ‘LLP Infomercial’ advertising a specific LLP product for ladies. Although it’s not explained in the infomercial itself, I thought of a little back story for the card, which is given below.

The infomercial is in turn an offshoot that came about through working on the next ‘John and Susan’ episode, and it arose because I designed a mechanism within the CG program (Blender) for counting up credits in accordance with the actual rules explained in Episode 2.

As you can see, I keep getting diverted by different ideas! Anyway, at least the diversions lead to me producing something. The ‘Infomercial’ should be finished in the next week or two. It doesn’t have any character animation, but I think it includes a fun idea.

Change of Plan

WARNING: This is a long (for me anyway), wordy post about my “creative process” (lol), but I’m very enthusiastic about this new idea, so I’d like to share!

First, thank you for all your comments on my nymphobug videos. Seeing them in isolation, you’d be forgiven for thinking that I might be about to send the story off on some strange tangent, a direction that doesn’t really fit in with the cuckolding fantasy idea etc. Please don’t worry - that’s absolutely not the case. The nymphobug is intended just as a kind of decorative detail, and won’t have any substantial impact on the main characters or narrative.

Nevertheless, modeling, rigging and animating the “nymphobug” was interesting and instructive. In addition to some technical aspects, it also taught me the following:

(1) Once you’ve created a CG character, animating it isn’t all that difficult, and

(2) It can be very motivating to do a project on a relatively short time scale.

Those points lead me on to the main theme of this post, which is to tell you that I’ve decided to follow ptathuk’s suggestion, i.e. to make a video about John getting his collar. When I first saw this suggestion in a comment on a previous post, it didn’t really “gel” (so to speak). But last night (as I was walking the dog), I realized what an excellent idea it was, for the following reasons:

(a) First and foremost, I thought of a scenario that I really like. I can’t guarantee it’ll press everyone’s buttons, but it certainly pressed mine!

(b) It’s the most natural continuation in terms of the narrative. I carefully set up and explained the collar in Episode 2, but was in danger leaving it unexploited as a peripheral detail in Episode 3.

(c) It’s a great bridge to the episode that follows (involving “doing the wild thing” with Sebastian, which was to be Episode 3, but will now be Episode 4). I was originally planning a bridging episode with a different scenario, but dropped the idea, because it didn’t seem worth the effort involved. But this new “bridge” is definitely worth building! It brings Susan and John together in an intimate way, indicates a shift in their relationship, and raises anticipation for the next episode.

(d) Technically, it involves relatively little effort (which relates to points 1 and 2 above). It involves only two characters (both of which I’ve already modeled and rigged), and can be done on a relatively short timescale, giving me room to add a few embellishments without feeling they’ll make the project too long.

...Well, that was kind of a long explanation, but I wanted to give it. That way, you can maybe get an inkling of the “Wow! Everything just fell into place!” feeling that I experienced! I wish that would happen more often! Anyway, just a final word of thanks to ptathuk. Thanks for making the suggestion; I hope that you - and all you other guys who are kind enough to take an interest - will be pleased with the eventual result.

Regards.

Nymphobug

Here are two short videos featuring the Nyphobug character that will feature (briefly) in Episode 3.


Nymphobug is curious about our camera...

Nymphobug finds a nice Spurt Flower. I assume you can guess how she's going to 'collect' that tasty nectar!...