by
BBBen
AIF
players are increasingly expecting images in AIF games. I don't
personally think you need images to make a good AIF game even now,
but a lot of aspiring authors might wish to do so but be put off by
the challenge. While the creation of such images can be difficult,
time consuming and expensive, there are some alternatives options out
there that are actually very viable and (so far) not widely used.
These are a few tips to get you started designing (hopefully good
quality) 3D images for games without the trouble or potential
expenses of making them in a 3D image design program like Daz Studio
or Poser.
3D
Sexvilla 2 or The Klub
The
Klub
3D
Sexvilla 2 is a game that allows the custom design of male and female
sexual partners, and then putting them in scenes and situations that
allow an extensive array of positions, outfits and certain other
variables. The game allows you to take pictures, so you can use it to
custom design characters for your AIF and then illustrate your game.
The Klub is an illegally hacked and then extensively modded version
of the game, which is distributed freely. I have to be honest – for
the sake of your game you're probably better off going for the Klub,
as it's got more content available and is more up to date. I will
not, however, provide a link here to a pirated product, so if you
want it you'll have to find it yourself. In addition to the Klub
itself you'll want the additional content packs – at time of
writing there was a mega content pack available that should give a
lot of options.
I
won't bother going into the process of using these programs as they
are actually very easy to use, and you might as well play around with
them and have some fun while you learn the ins and outs, so to speak.
Pros:
The biggest advantages to using one of these programs
is that they are fundamentally designed to show sex. They come built
in with a wide array of sexual positions, slutty clothing and...
The content works relatively well with unrealistically
proportioned people. Note in the image above how the bikini tops
actually fit the enormous breasts – it's actually hard to make
that happen in a lot of programs.
Easy to use and quite fun.
Quick to get started.
Cons:
The program is quite limited in some respects. You're
not going to have massive freedom of art design, and you can't
create anything that looks truly spectacular.
It's great for designing pictures of busty bimbos
getting pounded, but not so great for subtle storytelling.
Not all the pics look as good as the screenshots I've
included – those are unusually good.
People might just say, "hey, that's a screenshot
from 3D Sexvilla!" and then go off to play it themselves.
Also
from the Klub – note that the character models are clipping through
each other at a few points.
Skyrim
and Oblivion
From
Skyrim, with Caliente's Female Body
Mod Big Bottom Edition -CBBE-
For
fantasy settings, believe it or not your best bet might be to
actually set up scenes inside The
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
or The
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
You'll have to mod the games first, of course, but that's relatively
easy and you'll find there's a whole range of pornographic mods for
the games, as well as substantial graphical enhancements for
Oblivion.
It may seem odd that I include Oblivion
here, as it's quite an old game now, but in fact there is so much
high quality (and recent) content available for it in the modding
community that it might actually be the better choice, at least for
now. If you need further persuading that these games can be turned to
the purpose of porn, take a look at this Oblivion
video
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hreiOJ8M9Ms
(Note: you need a number of mods to make that kind of thing happen).
There's lots of this on Youtube if you just search for "oblivion
bbb".
Pros:
Great for fantasy as there's lots of content already
built in, and still all right for non-fantasy, as Oblivion in
particular has a lot of outfits and some mods that suit a more
modern setting.
Mods are free and not too hard to install.
Standards of quality can be quite high.
Cons:
Even more than the Klub, using these programs saps you
of a lot of your own originality and railroads you along certain
predefined lines.
Mods can still be hard to make work in the way you
want.
You have to have the games, of course.
Not really suited to a non-fantasy setting, despite
what I noted above.
People might just say "hey, that's a screenshot
from Skyrim!"
From
Oblivion, with HG EyeCandy Body
Mods
you will need:
Naked character models for both males and females
(presuming you want both).
Facial
models (the base faces in Oblivion
in particular were hideous).
Sexual poses/interactions (if we're doing this the easy
way).
Outfits.
Hi-res textures (optional – watch out, some of these
can be surprisingly demanding on your computer).
Note that you will need to sign up to the site in order
to access the adult mods section, but you won't be disappointed with
the number of adult mods available.
From
Oblivion, the DMRA BBB Cardigan and One-piece mod, this shot also
demonstrates some of the drastic character design changes you can
make. Characters do not have to look like this, of course.
The process:
Add all the mods – this will take you a little while,
and getting them all to work right might take a little more time.
Choose a scene & characters.
Pose your characters and props.
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Conclusion:
One last tip – the most time consuming stages in the
process are generally going to be setting up your programs/content,
learning to use them and then designing your characters. Actually
posing them and taking pictures is quite quick and easy.
Anyway, I hope this has given you some ideas and
encouragement on what can be done in 3D image design without any
particular technical skill or resources. The truth is that the
ability to create impressive, illustrated AIF is within just about
everyone's grasp these days. You just need to take the time and
effort to do it.
I've been considering making a small project using the Klub myself. Do you think you'd use these methods for image design? Or do you have anything you can add? If you've got any further suggestions for other alternative picture creators, or just on ways to best use the ones outlined here, go ahead and post them in the comments below!
