First art on the new PC! Rendered this at 2160p at 600 samples, and it came out in just 3 minutes - for comparison, a render of similar resolution with only 300 samples (and the same models, as Lia's models are fairly resource intensive) on the old PC would've taken 10+ minutes. Quite the upgrade.

Believe me, I wanted to do a custom build, but with the recent spike in part prices due to AI demand, I was kinda left with no real choice without spending a small fortune on good stuff. Prebuilds are still fairly affordable.

I'm likely going to default to Mint, unless Valve releases a version of SteamOS that works better with desktops, as I'm more familiar with that one.

Blender is already 100% compatible with Linux, which I can confirm after testing it on the Steam Deck, so there's no need to worry about that

I remember when the Star Wars racing game showed up, everyone in my Discord call was saying "is this podracing?" That made me smile, because I loved the Star Wars Podracer game. Sadly, this one didn't look like it had podracers, but it's still cool to see a Star Wars racing game after so long.

I was in a discord call with friends watching the show. It was a pretty good time, but the mood by the end of it can best be summed up like this lmao

I decided to get a pre-build instead of a custom one this time around because of the price increases, since they are still relatively affordable. Managed to snag one with 64GB on a holiday sale. Also has a 5080.

I was planning to do a custom, but the price hikes forced my hand lol

That's my bad, I didn't realize how weird the font was until after posting. I just posted alternate versions with a font that should be easier to read: itaku.ee/profile/lego...

For the record, these abilities won't play THAT big of a role in the short itself. I just like to do excessive worldbuilding lol

Perfect comfy Christmas attire if you ask me