Advanced: Monster Hunter! Part #332Discuss mounting monsters, talk about the games, etc.Monster Hunter Doujin/Smut Index of Monster Pornography>https://rentry.org/redmhgPrevious Threads>https://desuarchive.org/trash/search/text/%22monster%20hunter%21%20part%22/type/op/Steam Group>https://steamcommunity.com/groups/advancedmonhunWilds' "League of Monsterphiles" Squad ID: LU5B89FVREMEMBER: Post your ID/Name in the thread when requesting admission so we know you're from /amh/Hunting?>For Wilds, check the thread/in-game to see if a Squad Lobby is up>For Rise/MHW, check the thread and see if there's any session IDs>For other games, make inquiries and simply use /mhg/'s standard room setup if possibleTopic of the thread: What kind of locale themes do you think are unexplored or underutilized in the series?
Sorry but if you're willingly spreading hyperrabies, you deserve to go chaotic.
>>78454346The elder recess, tower and other places with the excess bioenergy effects of change (like gender) on some monsters
penis' cute tobi fleshlight...
I want to palpate lagiacrus' throat pouch while I kiss his tiny front teeth.
>>78454346>tottI barely played tri/3U but I think adding a underwater setting to the franchise is a cool idea. I like the idea of swimming in the locale and checking out all the fishies and watching all the small monsters swim below or hell just looking at non aquatic monsters attempt to swim from below would be funnyI dont know I just like the underwater atmosphere I guess
>>78455102FATSALADNOW
Showing Vaal Hazak in a corner for now, do you think monsters would enjoy proper hygiene? Surely they'd appreciate having a breath that smells like mint, scales that shine in the sun, a pair of hands to rub those itchy spots and a good old cloaca scrubbing.
>>78455663Would regular monsters? No. Would "humany" monsters as we imagine some of them? Probably? Especially with that sharp sense of smell. Can't complain about your human lover smelling like gross human sweat when you also stink.
I too am in this thread
>>78455986Malzeno! You still haven't paid rent yet! And don't think you can get away with the excuse of not having enough money again! I've seen all those crates of pineapples you've bought over the past few weeks!
>>78455986How do we differentiate what is qurio and what is funky purple hair on Malzeno? This is very important for his intervention.
>>78456151There is no "funky purple hair", anon. It's all bugs.
>>78456222>>78456151>primordial malzeno is just malzeno but without all of the drugs and other degrading addictions
>>78456222
>>78455986YoU'Re GeTtInG dRaGoN aIdS, PrEtTy BoY!
>>78456682wrong, nulberry
>>78456151>>78456461Malzeno and Qurio are a 2 in 1 deal. You wouldn't let a few bugs stop you from having a good time with a monster.
>>78447543>>78452922>What did anon mean by this?>body exploration [...]. That, or mawplay I guess, it's technically not sex.Mawplay, huntplay, slitplay, tailplay, wingplay, poisonplay, horn-/spikeplay, talon play, and the worst of all... clawholding.There are many ways to play and have fun that don't involve sticking your naughty bits into each other.
>hello I am here for the hunter tryouts
Alright, here's the results of testing jiggle physics on Jaggia's ears. Another tool has been added to my animator's toolbox.I have to say though, I'm profoundly disappointed in you anons right now. Here I am feeling like I've unlocked the secrets of the universe, and yet there was no enthusiasm for my discoveries.Can nobody else see it? The glorious future that awaits us?Are you unable to visualize that moment, that slight ripple that runs up Anjanath's thighs with each heavy step?How about giving Espinas or Uth Duna a belly rub, watching as it flexes and moves under your touch?Or is my own personal fetish of snuggling up against my monster waifu, her hide pressing in slightly as we engage in loving, post-marriage clawholding, too extreme for these threads?I thought I was among fellow anons who had taste for the finer, more exquisite things in life, but I may need to reevaluate that assessment now...(/s if you're unable to tell)
Anyway...>TopicAll of them. The way the MH formula is set up, you only ever get to see and explore a small little section of a much larger area. There's so much out there that we don't get to see.For example, in World, I really wanted to go explore that archipelago chain off the coast of Wildspire Waste, especially the big island to the east. Surely there's some unique and interesting ecology happening out there.Could also incorporate some swimming/underwater stuff into it, like >>78455135 said.Also >>78425910I didn't end up responding to this before the thread ended. I don't really want to be transformed into anything; I would happily volunteer to remain as a human, so that those of you who did take up the offer to transform could fulfill your innermost desires to receive snout rubs and other associated things.But if I absolutely had to? Well, I know which monster I would pick, but for the sake of the thread I'll make it a bit more fun.I would let you anons decide what monster I transform into for a day. Could be one that you think fits with my perceived personality, or maybe you'd just want to troll me with a monster that probably wouldn't be enjoyable to live as, or any other reason.
>>78459768lovely jaggia animation, I've always loved her big floppy ears
>>78459792You should transform into best t-girl Lunastra at a point where they visit the tower (when the gender change happens)
The legends where true... Palico sex-doll being created as we speak.
>>78459768Soft and pettable
>>78460437absolutely terrifying
>>78459198why is he so f r e a k y
>>78459937Why do you keep trying to push this narrative, anyway?>>78461307>heYou didn't actually play Wilds, did you?
>>78460437I'm disgusted, yet curious.
>>78461818>>78460493smug looking gremlin
>>78461705> Why do you keep trying to push this narrative, anyway?NTA, but probably because he’s trying to troll and start shit in the thread. Just ignore him.
So yesternight I had a threesome with a Nargacuga and Mizutsune hybrids, and nargacuga bent over for me so I start fucking her but then noticed how soft her fur on the back is and I fully lean over and lay on her back, it felt so soft, like laying on a cloud, when suddenly the mizu comes behind me and starts fucking me, then he leaned and laid on top of me making his purple fur completely cover me from the top side while I was still laying on narga on bottom
>>78463849Gotta be fake. There's no way Great Girros came in first place for anything - hell, I completely forgot it even existed until this post, that's how forgettable it is.
>>78466060with all these natural sources of raw electricity literally flying around you'd think researchers would have gone through an industrial revolution by now
>>78466060I wonder what a turf war would look like with these two
>>78466848You're looking at it. The problem is that they're opposite polarity from each other, so...
>>78468167>>78468187Once we're done arresting Gaismagorm for dealing qurio and causing countless men to cower in fear over the mere mention of pineapples, we're going after Astalos and their Monster Energy mafia.
which monster would you NOT want to share a couple of beers with?on a slightly related question, what kind of beers do you think they have in the monster hunter universe?
>>78469052>on a slightly related question, what kind of beers do you think they have in the monster hunter universe?Not sure, but they definitely have SOMETHING - back in World, it was possible to sit in the Guild Hub and literally drink until you passed out.
>>78469052Garuga, they'd be an angry drunk.Dalamadur, the canteen costs would bankrupt entire nations.Any monster capable of spewing fire would be a health hazard.What about monsters you WOULD drink with?
>>78470320I'd drink with rathalos for sure.
Do you even lift?
What did they mean by this?
Rathian's futa cocksleeve, ________?
Hey, Newfound Nobles Anon, I have returned once more to that render I made for you several months ago, because I recently realized that I inadvertently did you dirty on that one.In a nutshell, back then I was completely unaware of a concept called Tonemapping, and what it means in the context of Blender. It's too much for me to try and explain on here, but I encourage everyone ITT with even a little interest to look it up, because it's genuinely fascinating.Basically, the part that matters is that it's a way to simulate content, that has a higher dynamic range than what TVs/monitors/etc are physically capable of displaying. In other words, converting HDR to SDR. The effect of doing this, is that you get super realistic lighting, highlights, shadows etc. However, it also produces severely unsaturated, washed out colors.I knew that the colors I was getting out of my early renders seemed off, but I could never understand why until just recently. I learned that the intended proper workflow is to actually finish out your renders/animations with manual color grading and other adjustments, either directly in Blender or in other popular software like Resolve.If any of you may have noticed the colors in my work getting better after I started working on Kulu stuff, this is why.Yet another of those certified Blender Moments™, where you can go completely unaware of core tools/functionality for months, or even years.Anyway, here you go, hopefully the final version, now with the colors manually graded to my original artistic vision for the piece. The sky is actually proper blue now instead of that weird dark blue/grey thing going on, and Russell is now nice and vibrant, as a Rathalos should be.Speaking of, I also discovered that the shader system was slightly out of whack; Russell and Aria's bodies had a reflective index equivalent to glass kek. Way too shiny.If you want, I can send you a 4k version of the image. Also, do you mind if I post this piece elsewhere?
Quick and dirty comparison gif, so you can see the different of what comes out of a render by default with the AgX tonemapper, versus the (almost)same render after a color grading pass.
>>78475322Haha lookit him go
Since it's a given that seikrets will be in Stories 3, do you think they'll do us dirty and swap the baby version with a tiny adult version? Surely they can't be THAT lazy
>>78475887>Surely they can't be THAT lazy
>>78475887If I saw my seikret running around with a greatsword that would just be so cute
>>78477536No, anon! Do NOT let the Seikrets learn fighting techniques! They'll be unstoppable!
>Husband! Check out how loud I can roar!
>>78474512>>78474559This is great! Thank you so much!And yeah I'm fine with you posting it elsewhere, just make sure to mention the story's name alongside it. You could upload a 4k version to catbox and post the link here.
>>78477727>deafens you
>a kutku flock has taken an interest in me>now I can't leave base camp without being ganked>they do mating dances, bicker among themselves and get waay too close for comfortWhat do I do, I feel like if I ever chose one of them, all the others will rip me apart...
>>78478855set up a battle royale for them and then just choose the last kutku standing
>>78477727Rathian thought the hunter was referring to her when he said, "Honey, let's take a photo together"
>>78478855Beat them all up. Don't settle for a monster that can't match your strength.
Never get a garuga girlfriendIt took years to break up with one
>Did I, the only huntress to never be infected by monster particles in my lr and hr career, get myself infected with Velkhana particles on purpose, and on the same day a male Velkhana was spotted near the outpost?>Don't be silly.>Visiting the chemist for a cure?>Can't, I just so happened to fall into a hidden pile of Velkhana scales without protection so it's permanent now.
>>78477727Looks like someone's a Manderville Man.For the record, Godbert's probably the only person alive who could suplex a Dalamandur.
Looks like they didn't forgot him after all!
The way she looks at me is so sexy flustering
>>78478855>>78482196I feel ashamed for the impure thoughts I had about Kut-Ku after their recent glow up in Wilds
>>78482401It's the eyes; there's profound power within them.
>>78482039They just cant stop winning!!
>>78482685>powerJust admit we're all easy lays and would get weak in the knees if any monster gave us that look.
>>78483146not me, I'm built different>raises lance shield
WAKE UP
>>7848314690% of you ain't getting past your own palico.
Remember the sausage tax when your Seikret saves you from that Rathian that has been stomping you repeatedly for 10 minutes straight.
>>78484941>catI don't think you realize what fleet you joined. While palicoes do get posted here sometimes (I think by the same one or two anons), most of us are in it for the monsters.
>>78486243I need her
>>78485720>savesSaved?! You didn't save my life, you ruined my fun! Damn overprotective bird.
>>78484941My palico is my wingman. So what if we occasionally indulge in platonic cuddle sessions, gog-forbid two adults enjoy each others company without wanting anything more.
You guys my Seikret keeps stuffing my Ancient Potions in her other "item pouch" and I have to get up to my shoulder to get them out. I DON'T HAVE TIME TO BE FEELING AROUND YOUR INNARDS WHILE I'M ABOUT TO DIE FROM MONSTER ATTACKS YOU HORNY CHICKEN!!!!
kulve has been fairly absent from these threads, I wonder what happened to her...
I dont think I've seen anyone ask this question before, but do you guys have preferred names for your monster wives/husbands or do you just refer to their monster name?
>>78490906nice sparkledog
>>78490906Naming your husband/wife seems in questionable taste so I dunno. Maybe we could go through names and see what they'd want to be called.
>>78491124Sorry thats what I was trying to say. Like if you were to find a monster and they had a name, would you have a preferred name or does it not really matter to you
>>78490906I'm not very original...(I named my Anjanath "Angie" before changing it to "Hot Stuff", in reference to an old green text posted here).
>>78491369Im trying to be creative with some monster name ideasFor example I named my gypceros becky because some crazy people I met are named becky
hmm, this isn't my usual seikret...
>>78492535>ride her thinking nothing bad would happen>she brings you back to her nest and strips you of your weapons and armor
>>78491252Yeah it wouldn't matter, I'd call them whatever they want. Species, Hun, Sweetie, Love, Daddy, anything goes.
You’ll be gentle, right anon?
Narga!
>>78494976I'll ride him so hard, he'll have trouble walking straight for many, many days.
>>78492535Monsters CRAVE the petting hands.
>>78499933>Everyday this lunastra girl asks to sniff my hands! I want to tell her no because she always uses it as an excuse to start licking them and not only is it super uncomfortable but it also burns a little. Even if I say no she does it anyways and will grab my hands by force. How can I get her to stop being so weird about my hands?!
>>78500650>tsundere lunastra girl with a hair trigger temper melts in your arms as you let her suckle a finger while brushing her mane with your other hand
Tried Grok's video generation. It censored everything slightly suggestive or explicit I threw to it EXCEPT Jaggia. I didn't give it any prompt; it did these on its own after uploading the image.And whew...(I know I know, AI is shit and all that. I just wanted to see my own artwork moving quick)
>>78501462It's funny how big cats and house cats are basically exactly the same behavior-wise. The problem is that all the biting, kicking and clawing they do during their inevitable mood swings tends to be fatal when they're scaled up to that size.
>>78502354I heard that grok is okay with lewd stuff as long as it isn't realistic so that's probably why it went so hard with this gen.
>>78502354Also some Great Wroggi squish>>78502507It clearly didn't like Mizutsune except for the render I did of it licking balls.
>>78502535"This is ok"
>>78502354>>78502535>>78502608Omega will use the data of all monsters to make Ai slop porn and thats why hunters and monsters must band together to stop him
>>78503062Imagine the petting he would be able to provide, if only he wasn't evil
>>78503062>>78503476kek
>>78503476Lol
>>78502354>>78502535>>78502608You really didn't need to post these.
why are hybrids like this
The blos girls
>>78505435She's cute, but I wanna fuck Eris.
>>78502608>pink tongue>#notmytamaBut in all seriousness, I have conflicting feelings about this. On one hand I fear about how things like this will affect the motivation of people who spend all their time animating clips like these by hand. Sure, it will be hard to let it generate complex scenes, but for short clips like these? Looks like all you need is a reference image.But on the other hand, it's more monster content... Wholesome monster cuddles are more than enough to satisfy my needs. That Wroggi is beyond cute. Thanks for sharing.*Small edit at the end, I just noticed the human like feet and hands on that Wroggi and it's too uncanny to unsee now. Jank like this, in addition to valuing the effort put into it, is why I will always prefer traditional/assisted over purely generated work.*>>78459768>Can nobody else see it? The glorious future that awaits us?Please forgive me. It is indeed hard to understand the technical aspects if you aren't familiar with 3d or animation. I just know that it takes a lot of time and effort which is why I will always appreciate even the smallest clips or render. Not everything will be a masterpiece, but I hope you keep going so you eventually reach the level you aspire. I know I should comment more on oc work that get shared here. So, I just want you to know that more than the pics and clips it's your journey and excitement for it that brings me joy to watch. It really helps to show that there are actual passionate people behind the work that gets shared here.>>78504430If you're the same anon from last thread you need to chill for a moment. AI is basically never posted here, so why make such a deal out of it? I understand that simply by it's nature, AI slop can get created and spammed really fast, but that's clearly not happening here. If we see an uprise of low effort/variety AI slop like /scaly/ did a year or so ago, I'll be one of the first to suggest grouping them in one post with an external link.
>>78506519>AI is basically never posted here, so why make such a deal out of it?Not him but it's called standards, retard. I go to the AI threads for AI, I don't want to see that shit here.
>>78506519Yeah, I did it just for fun and to see what this AI was capable of generating (and to what extent I could bypass the filter). I always appreciate human work rather than doing something like this from scratch (and after all, it's my own artwork). However, I would love to see some AI that could help us correct inconsistencies or improve certain aspects of an animation. For example, the way the hair reacts in Jaggia's video, or how Wroggi's sack gets pressed... It could save a lot of time and headaches.>>78507135As long as it's not spammed and it's not absolute trash like most generated "art", I don't mind it. We can't talk about "standards" in a thread in which most have very questionable taste and standards (including mine). Just do what I do when I see something I don't like here: ignore it, unless the whole thread becomes about that.
>>78507513>We can't talk about "standards" in a thread in which most have very questionable taste and standardsFalse equivalency, try again.
>>78507135>I go to the AI threads for AI>Content x should only be posted in thread xWhat a shit take to have. You know topics can overlap, right?Should we ban all 3d animation and renders to /3/, all anthros to /hmofa/ or similar, all feral monsters to /ff/, monster like Anjanath or Girros to /scaly/? I don't like all content that gets posted here but you don't see try dictate what others are allowed to enjoy. AI in these threads is literaly less than 1%, just ignore and skip over the content you don't like. Or if you have to announce your opinion, try to engage in an actual discussion.
stop fighting
>>78507764AI has its own threads because of how easy it is to churn out btw. It's fine now but I've seen threads become slop dumps so I get the distaste.
>>78508377I was about to say the same. I'm fine with AI pics being posted sparingly, but being able to generate so many images so quickly can lead to invasive spam in non-AI focused threads.
>>78508377>>78508490So... many here agree that as long as it's not being spammed, it's fine... and that's what's happened here so far. He only posted three videos, and they are generated from his own art (unlike what most people post in those AI threads, stealing the style of others). So I don't get the fuss, as if suddenly the thread has been filled with AI crap. What's next? Crying because someone posts a few vore pictures? Because someone posts about transformation? Because someone posts a felyne? Do we want the same type of content posted over and over again so that this thread becomes more dead than the hopes of Wilds getting a real performance update? Relax a little and don't act like the average twittard.
>>78508377Let me repeat >>78506519>I'll be one of the first to suggest grouping them in one post with an external link.I don't want the thread to drown in bad AI slop either, but I don't think outright banning everything is a fair response.
>>78508887>What's next? Crying because someone posts a few vore pictures? Because someone posts about transformation? Because someone posts a felyne?Considering no one fusses over those to this degree of bickering, it's safe to say no one gives a real shit about anything posted here but AI. >Do we want the same type of content posted over and over againSeriously? This isn't the good argument you think it is. No one's stopping anyone from posting it but don't be surprised if they receive backlash.
>>78476014this is criminal
>>78509792>backlashI'm not surprised that AI receives backlash anywhere, but I can still call you a whiny bitch for crying that only 98% of the thread conforms to your personal tastes.
>>78509792You must be new here if you think that the anons who posted that kind of content in the past didn't receive the same level of backlash the first time they posted it. And maybe I'm also forgetting other types of questionable content. And what happened with that? Many left, leaving the thread with the same anons posting the same images over and over again. Only a few years later, a few dared to post that content again and saw that, actually, >no one gives a real shit about anything posted here. Only a very few, like you now, complained.Therefore, I'll encourage other anons to contribute with their MH-related content, as long as it's varied and not spam. Acting like a police only encourages people to leave the thread. In fact, this thread is almost always dead in activity. If you want curated content, go and create your own thread and make that clear in the first post. Let's see how long it lasts.
Im not gonna touch this ai argument with a long stick But I just wanted to say that I think the fluid like animation is a little weird thats all
>>78502608>>78502535>>78502354These ai vids have no different effect than seeing the original image and just imagining the movement, cool but at the end pointless
>no matter where I post, some stupid drama always comes upI'm so tired.Anyway, it was just something for fun that I wanted to share. Sorry.(also, it's not like I'll be posting more of that... even less with Elon asking 30 USD per month lol).
>>78510038Go ahead?>>78510611>You must be new here if you think that the anons who posted that kind of content in the past didn't receive the same level of backlash the first time they posted itThat you say this with such confidence when anyone can check the archives, when the bin was full of said content since the beginning, is incredible. You remind me of an anon in /scaly/ some time ago who claimed the general was born from awsw. Complete bullshit yet said with complete confidence.I think my favorite part about this is for all the "it's mh, it belongs" you continue to bark, there's content that you and the majority will and have unquestionably rebuked at first glance.
check this out
>>78512077M..my move?!
>>78512077
>>78513227why is he so mean
>>78513776He ate to many might pills again
>>78514090sounds like more research is needed
>3d renders, of assets that were not originally created by the person rendering, using programs and tools that they did not create (beyond tuning things), for an IP that they had no hand in designinganons: :D>AI renders, of assets that were not originally created by the person rendering, using programs that they either paid for or logged into, for an IP that they had no hand in designinganons: >:(
>you should NOT be able to carry all that!
>>78515983Also>digital drawings, of assets that were not originally created by the person rendering, using programs and tools that they did not create (beyond tuning things and downloading brushes) that greatly reduce the effort of drawing on a paper, for an IP that they had no hand in designingWe should go back to drawing original content with our bare hands in caves. That's real art.
>>78516153Hunters carry a crazy amount of weight already, I'd bet anthro monsters could carry an even more ridiculous amount of weight.
>>78517228Hunters are literally the decendants of ancient supersoldiers, they don't count.
>>78516580Call my arguments invalid or flawed, but I think digital art is incomparable to 3d rendering on the "purity" of the medium and required effort and skill.
>>78517379Just let these geniuses think they found some ebin "gotcha." A waste of words at this point.
>>78517351Isn't that fanon? I've forgotten just about everything related to Rise but iirc it starts with you having just completed training right?
>>78517900It's Frontier canon. The lore wasn't popular though so Capcom shifted focus away from it in subsequent games and is letting it hang out in limbo.tl;dr humans used to rule the world and treated the elder dragons like cattle, the three Fatties led a dragon revolution that knocked everything back to the stone age.
>>78518191>the three Fatties led a dragon revolution that knocked everything back to the stone age.FATTY RAPE CORRECTION!!
Bandaging and taking care of monsters until they are healthy again
>>78517900>>78518191There was some pointless speculation about it on /v/ more than 15 years ago, as a means to justify shit like no fall damage and other superhuman feats, so something like Chinese whispers can be believed. Frontier or not would be irrelevant; hardly anyone in the west gave a flying fuck about the game and got most of their information from Rhyperior's webms until private server software leaked. Not to mention that those hunters are something else when you have like 15-20 fucking armor skills and the transcendence buff being an honest-to-god powerup state.
>>78470320You just KNOW Archveld would be solid for getting blackout drunk with, and you'd have a really pleasant time learning about different types of drink from Malzeno. He'd be able to rant for hours about how to tell quality from trash, how to describe flavors, etc.
>>78506519I don't know which anon you're referring to, unless it's the anon(s) having an autistic meltdown above.>On one hand I fear...Well, as the one who has been trying to learn how to animate, I'll tell you exactly how I feel: It's very hurtful and demoralizing.Not even a few days after I enthusiastically posted about my discoveries with optimism, here's some gens made with a click a button, demonstrating some of the very things I was talking about, done at a level that I may or may not ever be able to replicate myself. How do you think I'm supposed to feel about that?See, the fact of the matter is that while we rightfully call it slop, it's mostly exquisite on a technical level. This is true for both video like Sora 2/Grok, and images via normal SD gens; at their best, the pure technical skill of what's being produced is beyond what 99% of people who try will ever be able to do themselves.However, where this falls apart, at least for now, are the fundamental flaws with LLM tech itself. It's unable to reach that last mile to give it true authenticity. That's why how with an even moderately trained eye, you're able to tell that even the best current gens are AI just from a glance at the thumbnail. Despite the high technical skill being replicated, they all still have that "look", with few exception, no matter what kind of tuned model, lora or other tricks you throw at it.Big tech and world governments are desperate to try and brute force LLM past that final threshold though, with the untold billions/trillions they're dumping into it. They're the real ones who benefit from it, after all.
>>78521027Regardless of all that, the reality of our post-2022 world has created a sort of Sword of Damocles situation. It's one thing if you've been around for years and have already thoroughly established yourself, but for people like me who are trying to start from nothing? It's an absolutely miserable prospect.While I don't personally believe that LLM tech will be able to make that last jump in advancement, at least not without new revolutionary tech coming out, there's always that figurative sword of "What if?" hanging over the head.What if it actually does happen? What if the potential hundreds, even thousands of hours that I may spend learning a craft, become irrelevant overnight?What if even after a thousand hours, I'm still unable to make Wroggi's poison sacs squish and stretch and jiggle, in the same way that millions of hours worth of illegally sourced training data can?Speaking of training data, that's another thing which sours the mood and motivation; knowing that anything and everything I make will just be fed into the machine, regardless of if I consent to it or not.Anyway, this is turning into a ramble, as I'm trying to express too many different thoughts and feelings for a place like this, so I'll wrap it up.The bottom line is, the state of our world sucks. LLM AI is yet another divisive net negative on humanity, that has been heaped on top of the pile of all the other problems we have. It's invasive, and has become thoroughly infested in the spaces that I once sought out, to escape thinking about just how bad things really are, for at least a few minutes.
>>78521041I don't want to see it anywhere, to be reminded of it constantly, but I know it's not going to go away; or at least not in my lifetime. While I do look down on any AI posting, I've long moved past getting mad over it and calling it out. It's never productive to do so; all it does is shit up the spaces it happens in(see above), and the majority of people who are pro-AI don't give a shit about what other people think anyway, they're devoid of empathy and will likely never change their stance on the matter.Doesn't help that there's the significant crowd who came out of the woodwork, who practically make it their job to be actively antagonistic and demeaning towards others who speak out against it. Much like janitors, they do it for free, too. Very sad.(Just like some ITT who I won't bother engaging with. Probably /scaly/ posters; there's quite a few like that over there. Misanthropanon casts a deep shadow upon that general...)Just to be clear, I'm not mad at Ivory for posting what he posted, but he just chose some piss poor timing to do so, which ended up hitting me a bit close to home, so to speak. It's also why I chose to comment on it, rather than just letting it go like normal.Having to go through this regular mental battle of trying to decide whether to keep up the effort despite the risks, or just give up and move on to avoid the heartache is very tiresome.I'm weary. There isn't much I wouldn't give to be able to rewind the clock a few decades, or be swapped over to a different timeline.Going to sleep for a thousand years often sounds wonderful as well. Imagine getting a Planet of the Apes kind of situation out of that, except instead of apes, you wake up to an Earth full of genetically engineered, sapient raptors that took over after humanity got wiped out, or something like that.Living out the rest of my days like that would be pretty kino, I think.>actually end up in Planet of the Kulu
>>78521041>What if it actually does happen?Then we go back to the days where people create things because they enjoy creating things instead of doing it for money or clout
>>78459768Anon, you sound like a cool guy with a big heart so I just had to come in and comment with my dumb thoughts. You CANNOT get mad at anons for a lack of engagement with your posts. There may be a number of reasons that no one replied to you, but it isn't in the interest of your health to really feel bad that you got a minimal number of replies to an in-progress update. Yes, you can feel excited that you are learning new skills, but to expect a lot of engagement for posting something like that is not healthy. You can put dozens of hours into applying jiggly physics to Jaggia's ears, and I'm sure a lot of anons thought "Oh, neat." but didn't exactly feel like making a reply or posting something beyond a word or too, and that's ok. As someone who poured a lot of effort into making things in the past, I rarely RARELY posted much WIP stuff. It's so much different for 3D renders than it is for a traditional artist posting a sketch, I much rather preferred to minimally engage with the thread before dumping my completed stuff. If the thread really appreciates your work, you will then see engagement and accolades, and even if I didn't see much traction, I just chalked it up to not being my best work and started on the next thing. Anyway, that's my $.02...>pic unrel
>>78459768>>78522384+1The biggest trap a creator can fall into is conflating a lack of response with a lack of interest. You do that and you're training yourself to see anything other than express praise as hateful criticism, which detaches you from reality and breeds bitterness toward imagined slights.And yes, I saw that /s, but I'm gonna bet you genuinely had those insecurities and tossed it out as a joke to test the waters. And if I missed the mark, ignore me.
>>78521047I truly understand your points, but don't let that discourage you. Did this take just a click to generate? Yeah. Was it *exactly* what I wanted to see? Nope. It took many attempts and it still fucks up doing weird shit. At simple glimpse it may look "woah" but the more you stare at it, the more mistakes and weirdness arises, something that characterizes AI generated content of any kind. I always think and say that AI shouldn't be used to create art from scratch, it should be used as an assisting tool, like many others. Like when someone draws scales on a drawing using a brush instrad of drawing them one by one. For 3D art or animations, it could be great to fix some stuff or add effects that are a pain to do manually or take ages to render.>demonstrating some of the very things I was talking about, done at a level that I may or may not ever be able to replicate myself. How do you think I'm supposed to feel about that?It's a matter of attitude. I would feel challenged and demonstrate that with enough practice I can do something similar, an especially, the way I want it. AI will never do exactly what you ask. But you can do exactly what you want. As an example, the other day I saw someone generating art in the style of another artist (I think the artist was "the crab mage"). He saw it and instead of crying or taking an extreme decision like ruining his own artwork with "anti AI measures", he said "lmao, I can do better than that shit" and drew the exact same scene.These videos can be VERY useful as a reference to how you want to animate things: you see the movements and you can quickly tell if it looks realistic or not, you can then learn how to replicate most of it, and do your own variations, etc. Yeah, takes time and practice, but it's useful as a quick reference and ideas. At least, that's what I use it for. None of my art is or will be AI generated or assisted (aside from upscaling textures)
why are monsters so cruel toward their children sometimes?
>>78523935I do find it funny they made gravios sound like a grizzly in wilds
Do seikret hybrids ride regular seikrets? Would they ride their parent? Do they get tired of all the riding puns everyone keeps throwing at them?
>>78525247>seikret child riding on his hybrid seikret parent's shoulders while the parent rides on the grandparent seikretit's seikrets all the way down
MMMhhmMM!!
>>78526586Remember to thank your Wulg tailriders for working so diligently to keep you warm!
>>78522689What hasn't been mentioned yet is the method of interaction on this site. There's no view count, no favorites, no numbers. Replies are all you have, which is one of 4chan's strongest points but also a detriment if you're gauging interest. We all lurk in some way, and when you lurk your presence is invisible since again, posting is all we have. But yeah, anon is putting too much stock into responses especially when he's heavily in the learning stage. I don't completely agree with >>78521674 as people have always done it for both, but the rise of social media probably shifted the average balance towards clout.
>>78522384>>78522689With all due respect, I don't understand this fixation on my Jaggia post, or what it has to do with my feelings on matters above. You're off on a completely wrong track.The post about the "discoveries" I was referring to, was a post I made in the previous thread not long before it hit the bump limit. It's expected that it wouldn't get much of a response, if any.I took advantage of that to try and make some thread humor with those overly dramatic, rhetorical questions. /s meant /s.If anything, I'm a bit offended that you're thinking I'm the kind of melodramatic faggot who is obsessed over (You)'s.That's just the way it goes sometimes; it's fine.>>78523245The subject of AI assistance has a lot of facets and nuance to it; far more than is appropriate to try and discuss ITT.I will say this though. It's a very fine line and potential slippery slope between having it save you time and effort in fulfilling your own vision, versus it becoming the vision itself for you.For example, I would personally not be comfortable importing a genned video into Blender, and using it as a frame by frame reference guide while animating. To me, that's no different than the plague of people who trace over SD gens and call it their own. Also, I can already hear the>Uhm ACHTUALLY people have been using references and comprehensive guides for hundreds of years and-Yes, they have. It's a good point, but again, not the place for that kind of discussion. This is the Wyverian basket weaving forum, not the ethics committee.
>>78527501Personally, I'm really looking forward to some of the non-AI advances in tech that are in the works as the speak. Have you seen the recent buzz over OGC cloth physics?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ccqBMkSriAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NF3CdXkm68There's also that absurdly performant hair/fur system, which I forget the name of at the moment, that has been rotting behind a patent, which I believe finally expires in like 2027 or 28.The point being that in the relatively near future, things like easy complex interactions between cloth, skin, tissue etc, along with almost fully realistic hair and fur, are going to practically become solved issues without the need for AI to do it for you, also without the need to have a crazy 5090/threadripper type rig.Anyway, let's just move on from this little incident now. We'll probably forget about it in a thread or two anyway.
>>78527382Alright, this is really annoying. Let me reiterate what I've said in prior threads: My primary motivation to learn to animate, was to fulfill my own long held dream of being able to recreate all the things I imagine and see within my mind's eye. It's a very selfish pursuit at its core.Being able to share that work with others, and possibly bring them some enjoyment, is a secondary benefit.Posting my little bits of progress here was meant to bring some of that enjoyment, to fellow people who are passionate like me about the Monster Hunter universe.If you anons genuinely think that I'm just chasing after attention and clout by doing so, then if you want I can just stop doing that and fuck off for awhile, and instead simply post whenever I have finished, major works completed.Posting the little things aren't worth it, if that's what your perception of me is going to be.
>>78527731>Posting my little bits of progress here was meant to bring some of that enjoyment, to fellow people who are passionate like me about the Monster Hunter universe.I for one enjoyed watching your journey to bring life to these beautiful creatures.>>78527516>Have you seen the recent buzz over OGC cloth physics?I've seen the second video. Even with my limited knowledge of simulations (mostly from pretty youtube animations) I could see how much better this new method is. The one with the knot tying was absolutely crazy to me. Even shared it with a few friends.I am however not educated enough in that topic to make assumptions on how (or better when) this will get implemented in current 3d tools or videogames. Could've been useful for extreme bone chains for Wilds' cloth physics that I've seen.
>>78527926Supposedly someone has already made a prototype implementation of OGC into Blender, though no proof has been shown yet.Regardless, there's plenty of active discussion about OGC happening within the Blender community right now, and the papers documenting exactly how it works were made publicly available, and are supposedly relatively simple from a mathematics perspective to implement.I'm optimistic that we'll see it soon-ish. Maybe not in Blender 5.0, but one of the subsequent updates, like 5.2 or 5.3.Imagine the physically accurate simulations of getting Arkveld's arm chains tied into a knot.
>when the dream becomes too real
I was bored at work so I decided to paint it as well, funny how you can see the difference in smoothness between the ms paint lines and sketchbook lines, also goven I did this entirely on worktime today it's like I paid myself about $35 for doing it
>>78528627>I did this entirely on worktime todaybased
Why does lagi bitchslap you when you swim near her?
>>78529145You're telling me you wouldn't do the same when a monster dives bomb on top of you and keep poking you with their hard snout unprompted?
A passing monster gives you a playful slap on the ass and you're sent to the infirmary.
>>78531394What monsters would be the most evolutionarily suited to giving passing hunters slaps on the ass?Personally I’m not putting anything past Gypceros’ stretchy whip tail, that thing is literally MADE to beat hunter ass.
>>78531820jin dahaad
>>78531394>when a monster tries to gently slap you
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>>78531394>>78531909>Ratha didn't get the message to soften his blows when training with rookie huntersI simply love the ragdoll physics in this game. You can almost hear the spine breaking just by looking at it...
>>78532671I like how ragdolling in this series has been mostly simple knock back animation, then in rise some attacks would send you flying across the map, and wilds has this healthy balance of the past examples
>>78533169>cartsAnd that's why the guild only authorizes the most stalwart of hunters deal with overly forward elder dragons.
They should bring white fatty back and remaster this songhttps://youtu.be/qsPfYTS9LT8?si=fgELCv7-5BIeMvtH
>>78534282I'd love it if they brought back Grandma Fatty, period.
There's no safe word with monsters. When the felynes arrive is when they stop.
>>78536512I bet arkveld would be a big bundle of fun as a juvenile
>>78538735I have a mighty need to swing one around by their chain. The smaller the better so I can launch them as far as possible. Mom definitely won't try and kill me for that.
>>78533169>"You can be as rough as you want tonight baby girl, I'm using protection.">End up being wheeled away as she follows along in embarrassment, avoiding the judgmental stares from the felynes
>>78540169Use stronger protection next time, dummy.
>>78469052>Velk after one glass of anything
>>78541142Stronger? What could possibly be stronger than a mantle that automatically hurls you out of harms way whenever your monsterfu gets a little too heavy in the heat of passion?
>>78541622Relying on mantles, huh? Well then...The Guild doesn't want you to know this, but there's this little unsanctioned piece of equipment called the Bromelia Mantle. You don't know what REAL power is until you've felt that woven, spined amalgamation protecting, and perhaps even enhancing your body. Not that I know anything about that, of course.If I did know anything, it would be the rumors of a certain m- ...individual, who may be able to supply you with one. For a price.
>>78541312Where the FUCK did you get that picture you miserable little shit, I could eat you in ONE BITE so delete this RIGHT NOW
Anyone know what the procedure is to file a restraining order on an Elder Dragon?This kind of urgent please reply quickly. I'm scared.
>>78542407Oh nooo haha, don't swallow me whole, what a hell it would be haha, oh no I tripped and removed all my clothes by accident haha
>>78542921Uh oh, I also tripped and am now naked! And then I fell in some cake frosting!!!
>>78542521>guild administration>floor 6, left wing>bonds, partners and handling>forms 34-C, 102-A and B-029>call extension (441)>obtain a signature from both parties>attach administration processing fee and send it to appeals>pray it gets looked at within 30 days before you have to re-submit itgood luck.
>>78541312>>78542407>>78542521>>78543518>BREAKING NEWS! THE RENOWNED WRITER V. HANA IS INTO VORE!>Strange day in the coral highlands, where the reclusive writer was spotted with a naked hunter halfway down her throat.>Witnesses declare she quickly coughed up her lover after noticing she wasn't alone, and proceeded to flee the scene while mumbling about "a huge misunderstanding".>The hunter, after recovering from the ordeal, told our crew he would "like to do it again, but without being interrupted next time". He then proceeded to loudly describe the experience to the gathering crowd while showing photos of the Elder in various out-of-the-ordinary acts.>A Legiana that was near the scene declared that "[she] knew that smug bitch couldn't even hold down a single human".>Vore as a phenomenon was still restricted to a few adepts, but the coming out of the famous writer might bring some major changes, as already groups of curious monsters are looking for experienced partners to try out this new fad.>The Frost Elder was seen at her nest in the Hoarfrost Reach later that afternoon, but declined any further interview.
>>78544025>needs a signature from VelkhanaSee you in Gog's country, I guess.
>>78545049these subspecies are getting out of hand
>>78545049>>78545059I'm so proud of my spooderwife for branching out from flower gardening (after that legal incident involving that handler) into other hobbies.
>>78544870This is all lies and slander! I, a fellow Elder Dragon, by the name of P. Malzeno of the Frost Islands, know Ms. Ana to be of quite reputable stuff. Though I have never met her, I cannot help but feel this to be all a misunderstanding! For who among us has not put a smaller creature in one's mouth for dental hygiene? I can name exactly one irredeemable curr who most likely has not: that damned drug addict Malzeno! And even moreso, when one finds a Hunter of the 'smaller' stature to love, who here hasn't found a way to "make it work"? I will assuredly not go into any further details, but I'm sure those with larger bodies (and open minds) can piece things together! Yes, no one was harmed in this stunt, and such I feel it should NOT be a stain on such an upstanding Elder Dragon's character! So I say: if there wasn't BLOOD--then everything's probably GOOD!
>>78545585Regular Malzeno, I know that's you. You can't skip paying rent by simping for Velk.
>hey whats up?
>>78545935it says gullible on the ceiling
>>78544870>>78545585>Scandal in the New World as more and more large monsters admit having engaged in "internal interactions" with humans and small monsters!>"It can't be hygienic!" says Rotten Vale resident Vaal Hazak. "I heard they even do it in the back side!">The Commander of Astera tried to downplay the outcry as "Some spelunking is bound to happen from time to time!" right before being silenced and dragged away by his Kulve wife.>Debate rages on about the morality of the act. "It's completely safe if adequate precautions are taken" says local Rathian, "and if all parties are consenting, where's the harm?". Further dialogue was interrupted by multiple turf wars breaking out at the same time.>V. Hana still denies being involved despite report from multiple eyewitnesses, to the outcry of many monsters accusing her of being bigoted.
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>>78546991THEN WHAT GOOD ARE YOU?
>>78546991Would you be willing to wear a hazmat suit 24/7 while Gore was on the path to literacy? Gotta be mindful of those scales.
>>78550689Anon, he has no eyes...
>>78551249They see through their scales so if they want to read they'd use them like a blind person uses braille. Only problem is said scales give us super cancer.
>>78550689Be a man, just munch on some nulberries from time to time. Let Gore know his ecosystem devastating existence doesn't bother you.
>>78546776I don't know what the hell they've been puttin in the water but monsters cahorting with hunters just aint right, it's Unnatural. Just like I heard those Sycophant Deviants up in Wyveria ENGINEERED their monsters to have sex with Hunters. Gog Almighty, can you imagine???!?! I say if you aren't procreating the way GOG intended, i.e.: with your Palico or Palamute, then I think we should just cull these stains on society and start over. --Fugen-17th Rampage - Present-Kamura Village Chief-----------------------------------------------------------------------"IF YOU AIN'T LONGSWORDIN, YOU'RE WRONGSWORDIN"
>>78554877Get with the times grandpa, nowadays every rookie has done it at least once with their seikret.
>>78544870>>78545585>showing photos of the Elder in various out-of-the-ordinary acts.>if there wasn't BLOOD--then everything's probably GOOD!I have a strange fascination with the dangerous physical aspect of monsters and would love to personally explore them with a monster careful enough that it won't end in a bloody mess. Be it their sharp claws or teeth. The talons of flying wyverns like Rathalos, the raw power of brute wyverns like Anjanath, the cunning speed of raptor like bird wyverns. Specifically, Izuchi's tail scythe, the three pronged tail of Malzeno or the stabby icicle tail of Velkhana, Hirabamis weird grasping clawblades or Nargacugas wingblades.Just imagine the talons of a monster gently press against your chest, or their jaws closing around your waist. Feeling their claws and teeth against your skin, but not breaking it. The thrill of danger, but also something deeper... respect, trust, affection...
>>78546776>It can't be hygienic!"Sadly this might be the case for many monster. Even simple smooches could prove dangerous if your immune system isn't strong enough to handle the kind of bacteria or other germs found on monsters. Theirs of course would be stronger due to their constant exposure to the wilds.This is why I often find myself sideline these aspects of monster biology. It's just more fun if you don't have to worry about getting sick or dirty and can focus on the more 'sensory' stimuli.
