Woah, I'm back uploading again!After saying I would several times months ago.. I firstly want to apologise to everyone for the absence. It turns out, I was grieving a lot more than I originally had thought, there were a few times, I felt ready, made the post I was coming back, to then get hit by another wave which just killed all motivation in life. I will be honest and straight up, I am still grieving, but it's a lot more under control and I'm able to actually function again. I mention this as if I vanish again, it's not because I got bored, or I'm done. I'm just having a bad week. As I've stated so many times, I like to keep my personal life personal. But I will say, that little cat of mine, she meant a lot, was my best companion for 18 years, she was the only solid thing in my life that was always there when I needed her. A lot of people build strong bonds with their pets, thats normal! But my cat was a huge fundamental foundation to my support structure. I didn't grow up with many people to lean too for emotional support, so I relied heavily on her.So the way it's been for me, not only did I loose my companion, but it completely toppled my entire support foundations inwhich I've had to spend the past few months rebuilding the hole she left. I'll leave it as that, I don't need to justify my grief, but I just wanted to give some context to why it's been difficult and a slow process for me to get back to uploading again. Now for some good news stuff :DI did make a mention, or at least I think I made a mention about a game I am creatingWhile it has been on the back burners for a little bit, the foundation has been layed alreadyThe games concept, it's a mix of an IDLE + plague inc (if anyone remembers that game)My core idea, is you start a genetics testing lab, you hire workers to help build new transformation serums, and then you get to test them on subjects you hire! As for the plague inc inspiration, later on in the game, you will start releasing these serums, to fully transform the world! I'll be releasing more info + play tests over the next few months, so keep your eyes peeled! As for my models, with the recent new qwen image models, I have been slowly tinkering with them, and planning to ditch the stable diffusion pipeline to switch over to these newer models. This process will take several months, probably not until by end of summer, as I need to do a lot of testing, plus training for qwen image, it really does put my pc to it's knees. Well, beyond that, it puts it on the guillotine block, inches away from dropping the blade hahaSo upgrading my GPU is a must for this new pipeline. However, from the tests I have done using qwen image edit, and qwen image, the model is VERY impressive, and clearly holds a lot of potential in understanding the transformation concepts far better than SDXL ever could.It's something I'll be tinkering with over time, and I'll release any test posts and updates on the process when I can! And lastly, I want to say thank you to everyone who still continued to subscribe during my absence. It really did mean a lot to know people, despite the lack of content, still enjoyed my work enough to stay subscribed! I also don't blame anyone that left, it's a reasonable reaction to no content. So thank you for being patient with me!
We're in the new year now, and many exciting ideas and things I can't wait to create and share!
All the best
-Solavine