#Renderpalooza!

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It's.... MERMAY-PALOOZA~

Finally, FINALLY I have collected enough assets to do MerMay!

This one will go a lil differently from previous Renderpaloozas - I'll be taking requests all week (5/1/23 - 5/7/23), but instead of trying to cram all the renders into the same week, I'll be pacing myself and releasing them throughout the month.

Choices and rules are under the cut. I can't possibly show every variation available, feel free to DM me if you want to see texture options or have any questions!

Requests are now CLOSED.

You can find the request queue here!

RULES:

Please limit to 2 requests per requestor.

One character per render.

Renders will have a prefab underwater scene as a backdrop.

Poses will be chosen by me.

If you request someone else's OC, I will have to okay it with the OC's creator first!

I reserve the right to close the request window at any time, I am but one little guy and I can only do so much T_T

I will append a request queue to this post as requests come in! If you send a request and don't see it appear in the queue within a day, tumblr probably ate your request :c Try again!

Tail Choices:

Classic Merfolk (choose tailfin)

Seahorse Tail

Fantasy Lionfish Tail

Octo-Mer (fem base characters only, sadly)

Shark Tail (choose arm fins, scars, body paint)

Classic Mermaid (with gills, fem base only)

Eel Tail (with gills, masc base only)

Fancy Tails (choose fin options)

Snake Tails (choose scale options)

Texture Choices:

Color - most of these have a huge array of colors and patterns available. Feel free to DM me about the choices available for the tail you've chosen! I can also make some basic color adjustments to suit. You can also just leave it up to me!

Glossy/Metallic/Pearly/Bioluminescent - I can make the tail have a fancy sheen or bioluminescent markings!

Clothing/Jewelry:

Pearls, gems, gold, silver; rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings and body chains; facial and body piercings - I can adorn your mer in jewelry if you like! Give a general vibe and I'll do my best to fulfill it from my large library of jewelry assets. (Otherwise, they'll just have their usual jewelry.)

Armor - I can put armor on the top half of your mer. Choose from fantasy or realistic styles.

Modesty top - if your mer has breasts, they can go bare (will mark the render as Mature) or I can choose a little fantasy top for them to wear. (If your mer goes bare, I can absolutely give them nip piercings btw)

Masc mers can absolutely wear a little crop top too, as a treat :)

Hair:

Unless otherwise specified, characters will have their usual hair, but you can request a long-haired version for your mer!

Available Models:

Julian

Asra

Nadia

Portia

Valerius

Jinana

Heron @vesuvian-disaster

Marcus Aquila @vesuvian-disaster

Hjordis @vesuvian-disaster

Miloš @xx-sharpfawngz-xxx

Donna @bottomvalerius

Vida @apprenticevida

Turel @fullyfunctionalapprentice

Bastien @daisydevorak

Ell'iandyr @foxfirefallout

Tsedi @joasakura

Arsenic @arsenicxarcana

Coatli @coyoxxtl

Evander @luasworkshop

Yeshe (because it's funny)

Have Fun!

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Snippet Sunday

Thanks for the tag @midnightprelude!

I stg, I am about ready to just call this next chapter 'done' and post it.

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Rhys shakes his head, but he pulls the mabari charm from his pocket and holds it out. “I found this, grandmother?” He hasn’t managed to drop the Ostwick Circle convention of addressing all elderly women as grandmother; although, Josie – and the Grand Enchanter* – has warned him more than once about the likelihood of offending someone. “Do you recognize it? It was in the caves.” The old woman's face changes. She dabs at her eyes with the hem of her apron and then pats his hand kindly. “Bless you, child, but no. The people in the caves weren’t ours.” Rhys's face softens at the sound of someone calling him child. Not Herald. Not Inquisitor. She must not recognize him as anyone important. “Who were they then?”

--- It's late, but I'll tag @pinkfadespirit @atypicalacademic and @ankoku-jin (although I recognize you're in deep with renderpalooza).

*I just enjoy the idea of Fiona sitting Rhys down to explain for the hundredth time that "yes, you're a nice young man, but if you call be grandmother on more -" and is interrupted by Alistair chasing Kieran through the Skyhold library.

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Just a note for folks who are new around here - custom OC models take many, many hours of work to create (some poor folks have been waiting the better part of a year!) and so unfortunately I cannot offer custom Apprentice models for a Renderpalooza.

I do list the available models at the bottom of Renderpalooza request posts, along with the owners of OC models - all renders made with someone else's OC must be approved by them first.

Muriel and Lucio are coming along, but do keep in mind that I am disabled, have a massive case of ADHD, and a lot of other projects going on. Thanks for understanding!

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I don't quite have the spoons to do a whole-ass Renderpalooza, but if I've made a model of your OC and you have an ~Idea~ for Evander's Silk and Velvet event, hit me up privately and we'll talk. :)

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State of the JenJen: Back On My Bullshit Edition

NGL, I was hanging by a thread for a bit there at the beginning of the year and seriously considering leaving this fandom entirely... but in the end, I didn't want to leave the people I'd promised OC models to hanging, and I still have Things I want to Do!

(At this point I'm mostly just here for making whatever self-indulgent bullshit crosses my ten brain cells, and that's OK!)

AND SO we're looking at two upcoming Renderpaloozas:

#1: My birthday (coming up in April): GAY PIRATE BIRTHDAY PORTRAITS! I will set up a 3D pirate-ship playset, and you can request portraits of LIs or OCs stuffed into over-the-top pirate outfits from my assets library.

#2: MerMay Madness! I will open up request slots to be fulfilled throughout the month of May. You'll be able to request LIs or OCs as mer-things or water naga, with a variety of types and color schemes to choose from. :3

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Soooo I'm thinking of consolidating my never-ending To-Do List by just doing a big Dress-Up Game Renderpalooza to kick off the new year!

Basically, I will give a list of outfit types I have in my assets library, and you guys send in who you want to see stuffed into them!

Some examples, by no means exhaustive:

Flamboyant Pirate

Virgin-Killer Sweater

Steampunk

Boho

Retro Sci-Fi

Cyberpunk

Historical/Period Costume

Modern Formalwear

Prakran Style (inspired by real-world Indian and Southeast Asian styles)

Zadithi Style (inspired by real-world Middle Eastern and North African styles)

Alternately, I suppose I could make a grid with sample outfits to pick from, though that does limit me a bit more than just picking a genre.

What do y'all think?

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State of the Jenjamin, Winter Edition

Hokay so...

I currently have four OC models and two LI models in the pipeline, along with some minor texture updates to some existing models. I am aiming to get these done before Valentine's Day, when I will open up a Renderpalooza for dress-up smoochy renders!

(Modelmaking is going rather faster now that I have a shit-ton of new resources to work from, plus I now have enough experience with the hundreds of morphs in my library to apply them more quickly. On top of that, I'm learning 3DCoat and it's making all our characters with tats and scars and stuff much more feasible)

Meanwhile, I plan to drop a few of those self-indulgent Jinana-LI renders here and there, because dammit that's why I'm here. I also have a couple of spicy mixed OC/LI trio renders planned just for funsies, because I have some fancy-ass sets just languishing in my library, begging to be used :3

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Hmmm considering how I want to do the next two Renderpaloozas because I definitely won't be able to churn out 2-4 renders in a day like I have in some previous ones! (I also have to be doing some stuff in the yard so we can start growing some of our own food, and I only have so much energy in my crippled little body per day)

What I might do is open up the inbox for requests the first week of the month, then just spend the rest of that time fulfilling the requests at my own pace so I do not die ;P

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Jinana’s Birthday Renderpalooza! 

Requested By: @vissentasenadz

TFW you about to send that gurl into subspace right there in da damn club (ft. a special closeup to show off lil Scorp collar :3 ♏)

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Jinana’s Birthday Renderpalooza! 

Requested By: @vesuvian-disaster

Hugs for Pasha! 💗 LBR who knows more about the trials of putting up with her brother lmaoooo

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Jinana’s Birthday Renderpalooza! 

Requested By: @featherwurm

Continuing the tradition of Awkward Renders with Valerius: Jinana poking fun at him for being HoverHands McMike 😂

(Compare and contrast with this one, lmaooo)

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Jinana’s Birthday Renderpalooza! 

Requested by: @joasakura

Tsedi and Courtesan!Jinana in some of the most cyberslutty outfits in my library. 😁

Join The Morale Corps!

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Requested by: @fullyfunctionalapprentice

Turel effortlessly lifting this tiny binch for a birthday neck-smooch!

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Jinana’s Birthday Renderpalooza! 

Requested by: @xx-sharpfawngz-xx

Miloš and Jinana get up to some swing-dancing shenanigans in the goth club. 🦇 ( @vesuvian-disaster says that clearly Marcus Aquila dressed eir husband, lmao)

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1e for Portia and Nadia <3

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Since Nadia picks up Portia in canon, I thought it would be fun for Pasha to return the favor! I went Modern AU so that I could use some of the many adorable little dresses that are in my library. :3

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4c please for Nadia and Portia + Vesuvian/Fantasy Style

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I do not think it is possible to have more hair in one render lmao

(Link to full size render under the cut!)

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