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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 1h

The public release of Short Love Story Episode 4, and the early-access release of Episode 5, are being delayed till next Monday October 12. I apologize for the inconvenience. Public release is being delayed because I don't want the releases to get desynced. That's just a headache waiting to happen.

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 13h

Milly came in with the steel chair with her Triss audio during yesterday's stream. Sitting down to process it now. Her recording style is very stream-of-consciousness, she just hot-mics everything. And it leads to truly incredible things. This genuinely made my day. It's a dream reaction for me. 🥹

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 21h

Source Filmmaker should never drop down to 500MB of memory usage. Especially in a project that takes 2230MB baseline. You do get some trippy effects out of it, though.

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Primordium crisis has also gotten me reevaluating next year's plans. Specifically, my original plan was to take 2 weeks between projects, and spend those 2 weeks prepping the pipe. EG, in the two weeks between Project A and Project B, I build Project C and send it off for voicing.

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just letting ya'll know, the next episode of Short Love Story - originally slated to release October 5 - is being delayed. In between the 4-week-long confidence crisis regarding the next project, and then the 2-week-long crunch to get Primordium in the pipe and sent for recording, I, uhh...

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hello, everyone! It's time for another stream! Today's agenda has 3 simple goals: Facepose DMon, rig her hair, and get her base outfit put together. If all goes well, we'll make a test pose with her, and then see what all we can do with outfit bodygroups. Come join us! picarto.tv/lordaardvark...

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A clever change that Underspace makes to the Freelancer trading system (go play Underspace) is the concept of economy heat: Buying a commodity temporarily raises its price at that station, and selling temporarily lowers its price. This is clever for both the player, and the developer:

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I am a notoriously easygoing filmgoer. I am one of those "well I can see what they were going for" kinds of people when it comes to the shlockiest shit you can find on Netflix. I watched Fantastic Four (2025) today, and it may be one of the most intellectually offensive films I've watched in years.

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Now that I am finally out from under the crush of trying to get Primordium in the pipe as quickly as possible, after spinning my wheels for 6 weeks, I can finally return my attention to other projects. Decided to finish up Caldreth's outfit. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

FINALLY managed to get all of the Primordium blocking done, for the four episodes that compose its first Chapter. And FUCK me. 😩

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It just now occurred to me that I never actually showed what all we got done on past Sunday's stream. We managed to get DMon built, and cleaned up her rigging. There were a few unforeseen complications, but overall, very happy with how she's coming along! Next Sunday, we facepose and outfit her!

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hello, everyone! It's stream time! Today, we're going to start building a DMon model. Come join us! picarto.tv/lordaardvark... I mentioned a few days back how I've been writing a new on-stream film project. This is for that.

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

With Primordium Episodes 1, 2, and 4 fully blocked out, I am now working on the most narratively challenging of the batch, which is Episode 3. Unlike the previous episodes, Ciri doesn't have anyone she can banter with in Episode 3. She can't even banter with the Eldritch abomination she summons! 👻

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As I finalize getting Primordium down the pipe for the next Micro project, I have been putting together some character profiles for next year's OC projects. The goal is to share them with prospective voice talent, see if any characters appeal to them, and help them find said characters' voices.

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's honestly impressive how Discord just IMMEDIATELY fucking fumbles rolling out this age verification bullshit. "90% of users won't have to confirm anything," meanwhile at least 5 people on my Discord server (which only has maybe 30 regulars) immediately got flagged as minors or "Unconfirmed". \1

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

SHORT LOVE STORY - EPISODE 3 - NOW AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC STREAMING Runtime: 2:22 Watch for free here: files.lordaardvark.com/Micros/?elem... Watch Episode 4 on Patreon: www.patreon.com/lordaardvark... Credits: @voicelikecandy.bsky.social @incognitava.bsky.social @mimihungvo.bsky.social @DeafSfx

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

While there is (obviously) no stream today, I am hoping to stream next Sunday. I mentioned it in passing a few days ago here, and in more detail in this week's Patreon Progress Report (linked for posterity), but I am eyeballing a new on-stream film project. We'll be building a DMon model first! 😁

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Progress Report - September 16, 2026 | Lord Aardvark

Hello, everyone! I apologize for being late in getting this Progress Report out this week. If this week's preview image didn't already give

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

While putting together character profiles for casting next year's projects, I decided to overhaul the physique for Nal'Azoth, the Demon Queen in Demonseed. I like her old "wiry physique with demonic strength" design, but now she LOOKS like she can pound a fat-assed half-elf right into the ground 🤤

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Algorithms are funny things. I viewed one (1) French media Bluesky thread several weeks ago, reading about the financial troubles dontnod are dealing with (praying that Michel's team survives, I need more Lost Records). Now, weeks later, French news on my timeline. Coincidence? I think probably!

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So I jumped over to sex.com to fish up some potential references for a project, and got flashbanged by one of my old Patron animations as the second result on the front page for gifs. This isn't the first time it's happened but it will probably never not feel weird to get jumpscared by my own work.

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And now ALL of the Sombra audio has been OFFICIALLY processed. Including the earlier batch which I never actually got around to processing. That concludes the work that Cinder and I had together for Overbreed Episode 1, but don't be surprised if you see Cinder's name show up in future projects! 🤭

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Don't stay up till 6am writing. You may just end up coming up with a full three-act treatment for yet another Overwatch film, this time exploring the relationships between sex, stigma, and liberation. I do not plan to shift the long-standing schedule of Overbreed Episode 1 then Blue Star Episode 4.

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

HARLOTYPE - EPISODE 3 I had the skeleton of this episode laid out for over 2 weeks. There were a lot of elements to get done for the final render, and it's just been a hectic few weeks for me. Can read and download everything so far on the Galleries page: images.lordaardvark.com/Galleries/?t...

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This isn't the first time I've made a post like this, and it likely won't be the last, but Sometimes I'll just be minding my own business, just vibing and having a good time. And then suddenly I'll remember tumblr. And then I'll be sad for the rest of the day. I miss tumblr so fucking much man.

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Pictured: Me, constantly shifting my thoughts, opinions, and focus between Primordium, Frozen, and a secret third option, all of which have fallen through and frustrated me at various points. I don't even know what the next project after Short Love Story is gonna be. It's been a whirlwind.

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A small look into the enigmatic genius decision-making that goes into producing these videos, specifically in reference to how labor-intensive lip-syncing can be.

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I just sent off the last batch of Sombra dubbing to the wonderful Cinder, which means that, once she returns the latest recording in the next week or so, ALL of the Sombra audio for Overbreed Episode 1 will finally be done! 😱 It's been a massive recording endeavor, taking almost exactly 5 months.\1

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

While I am still bothered by my Primordium ideas falling through, I can't deny that I have been having an extraordinary amount of fun actually being able to animate something wholly new again. Prototyping the potential Frozen idea has led to a handful of unique animations that were a blast to make!

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

SHORT LOVE STORY - EPISODE 2 - NOW AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING. Runtime: 2:22 Watch it on the Series page here: files.lordaardvark.com/Micros/?elem... EPISODE 3 AVAILABLE NOW ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/lordaardvark... Goes public September 21. No need to wait for all the episodes! Watch now!

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

One of the ideas I'm exploring for a new Q4 project involve Elsa writing bondage-themed self-insert smut. I figured that I could visually express someone learning of her curvy fantasy alter-ego via pencil sketches she made. So I experimented with Photoshop filters. Here's what I came up with.

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

So I'm not making an executive decision right now, because I am currently spiraling and I know better than to make decisions while spiraling. But I am strongly considering replacing Primordium as the Q4 project with something else. No matter what I do, I can't make it work. Not sure with what yet.

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

As has become tradition in recent months, I took this non-streaming Sunday to focus on writing. Today, I focused on writing out the Fallen Throne lore primer. With Fallen Throne slated to have its first formal release in late 2027, I want to get the primer ready for it. A few first-draft excerpts:

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

All of the films released to date have been added to the temporary Films page! The Wayback Machine had archived the titles, release dates, voices, and tags of everything released up till Peasantsday, so that sped things up. It didn't capture any film descriptions though. Adding them is next!

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

After finally getting the technical work for the Primordium finale done, I started drafting together the screenplay for it, for a sense of runtime. I knew it'd be a heavy episode, but... Current projection is 12 minutes. And that's conservative. Absolutely not tenable. So I thought on it. \1

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Pushed an update to the Films page. Added all of the films that the Wayback Machine managed to archive, which goes up to and includes Peasantsday. It managed to save titles, release dates, tags, and credits, but not descriptions. So no descriptions yet. Next up is adding the remaining films.

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Working through the first batch of adding entries to the temporary Films page, and it's wild to me how, over the entire year 2021, I only put out 18 minutes of video, spread across 3 videos. By comparison, this year, I've put out 16 minutes of video (in Love and Degeneracy) across just 2 months. 💀

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Now that I'm finally out of the crush that was getting Short Love Story ready for its announcement release, I am able to return to work on Overbreed. While scrubbing through the next dub sequence to send out to Cinder / Sombra, I couldn't help but think: "The Alters work animations be like" 😂

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I will NEVER get over how much of a difference a good color grade can make. Been doing this for over 10 years now. And every time, it still blows me away just how much it changes the feel of an image. I get the lighting to a point I think it looks pretty good in SFM. Then I grade it. And just... 🤯

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

For those unaware, LordAardvark.com is currently back online, albeit in a crippled form. The blog, AMA, etc are all missing still. But links to the satellite pages, such as Assets and Series, are available. Over the next few days, I will be working to restore functionality to those pages. \1

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

While working on the shortstack goblin model this past Sunday, I couldn't stop myself from starting to dip into the weeds of Fallen Throne lore a bit. After the stream, I figured that it would probably be prescient to make a primer for Fallen Throne lore. Especially with its slated 2027 Chapter. \1

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

HARLOTYPE - EPISODES 1 AND 2 Back on March 22, you all may remember I posted a quick little one-off poster of Chloe being distracted by an app that shows Max as a bimbo. That idea has since evolved into a full comic. I will be releasing it irregularly in episodes, only a few pages each. \1

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I just want to say that, while putting the release post together for the Short Love Story early-access reveal, learning that the first Marie Micro was released in March 2025 did major psychic damage to me. What do you mean it's been over a year already? 💀

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

SHORT LOVE STORY - EPISODE 2 - NOW AVAILABLE FOR EARLY ACCESS! Watch it here: www.patreon.com/lordaardvark... Runtime is 2:02 Episode 2 goes public on September 7! Episode 1 released back in March 2025. Watch it here: files.lordaardvark.com/Micros/?elem...

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

While working through the rigmarole of getting the website back online, I collected links to the webpages that are hosted on the fileserver (and such are still live), for linking to on the temporary "under construction" page. While looking around, I came across the old Films page. \1

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

And we managed to get our generic gobbo shortstack nominatively into Source. She doesn't have any faceposing or bodymorphs yet. Or clothes. Next time we stream, we'll probably work to finish her up and at least get her usable. Hopefully I'll have a functional website to release her on by then. 😬

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Hello, everyone! It's FINALLY time for another stream! We're going to do some model work for Fallen Throne characters. Specifically, we're going to put together a shortstack goblin, because shortstacks are always fun! Come join us! picarto.tv/lordaardvark...

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Should anyone decide to play Sinking City 2 (which I'm loving), I have one piece of advice I wish I figured out far sooner in the game: Calvin's foot is a goddamn cannon. Stomp enemies every chance you get. It does SO MUCH MORE DAMAGE than any of his guns. Just, Dead Space the FUCK out of things.

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Dead Space Stomp

ALT: Dead Space Stomp

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LordAardvark @lord-aardvark.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

If there is one trope that I personally would love to see horror-game devs leave in the past, it's the unkillable hunter enemy you have to avoid. I don't find it fun. I don't find it scary. I don't find it tense. I just find it REALLY fucking annoying. Highkey makes me want to not play the game.

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