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Would you buy physical artwork and merchandise?

One of the things I am wary about with digital media is how intangible it is. It really is great to look at an artwork in its physical form. And it looks...

Self Shot (working title) WIP

Hello Steel Hard patrons. Here is a little preview of the next animation, as well as a bit of insight on some of the process of animation, and how I approach it. 

This is something a bit more of a challenge to animate, considering also ...

What kind of animated content do you want to see?

When making animation and art, I try to choose subjects that many people would like. Admittedly though, I do tend to get into a few niche subjects that ...

Colour study for next animation

Hello Steel Hard patrons. As I gear up for the next few months, waiting for poll results, and getting in contact with voice actors and sound crew for future projects, this month I figure I would do a simple animation of a horny guy feeding himself...

Would you like more style, or more story?

 It's time for another poll. I hope the question is cl...

Which characters would you like to see more of?

I've been getting requests to bring back some characters for more sexy times. Maybe their story is relateable. Maybe they just look hot. For whatever rea...

Back to the Drawing Table for 2020

Hello fellow patrons. I hope you had a great holiday season. I certainly had a wonderful time getting sleep, catching up on Fire Emblem 3H, seeing family and eating lots! Just returned from my vacation yesterday. But now my hands are ready to star...

Happy New Year!

The holidays are coming up real soon! This is my celebratory picture that I will post on New Year's Eve. The hot waiter returns to give his champagne.

This past year has been amazing for me as an artist. I decided to make gay erotic animatio...

Star Love Zero Gravity

Across great distances of outer space, three young men in their spaceship embark on their first transport mission, while getting up to all kinds of sexual nonsense and emotional moments that get in the way. 

This is the most ambitious a...

Star Love Zero Gravity is now finished!

This morning I have finally accomplished a dream of mine, to make an erotic animated short with three adorable guys on a spaceship. It's been 4 months in production, and I am so glad to have it complete and in great shape. 

Your support...

Star Love Zero Gravity WIP06

Hello once again, Steel Hard patrons! It's been quite a journey for me but I am almost ready to deliver the finished animated short next week. In the meantime, I took some time to show you one of my favourite sequences, from storyboard to finished...

Want to be credited in Star Love Zero Gravity?

If you were a patron at any time between September 2019 and December 2019, and would like to be named in the credits of Star Love Zero Gravity, please respond to this post before December 20 with the name that you would like to be credited as!

Star Love Zero Gravity Special Preview!

 Hello everyone, here is the third and final special preview for Star Love Zero Gravity!

You know, I've been staring at this project for so long, I forget what I am looking at. But it's always re-assuring when I hear your comments, it l...

Star Love Zero Gravity: Original Music!

Hello everyone, it's time for a few updates on Star Love Zero Gravity. 

Firstly, I am really excited to have Neko Boy on board to provide original music and sound effects! He has done music for other gay erotic projects like Sana's "Gob...

Star Love Zero Gravity WIP05

Hello Steel Hard patrons! I've been quite busy keeping the project Star Love Zero Gravity on schedule. I would like to share this cute animatic for the first half of the animation. The storyboards can be a real challenge to make, considering story...

Suck it Keitaro! Suck My Fucking Red Tiger Dick!

I finished some Camp Buddy fanart, as a nice break from animating. This was actually an old idea from back in June. But with the new Taiga Route coming out soon, I figure it is a great time to finish it. For fun, I also attached the original thumb...

Karl Envies Jordan's Udon-eating Technique

 中二病！あと太い面尺八くれ 。 

This is almost a wholesome situation. It's just Karl's thoughts that are dirty. I had alternative thoughts for him:

"Show-off! I'll give you a big fat noodle to suck on later..."<...

Star Love Zero Gravity Special Preview!

Here is another special preview of Star Love Zero Gravity, featuring a scene with voice acting from the recently announced talent of Pyre, Small Lizard, and Kyle Davis providing their voices. 

It also involves a subject I have always wa...

Star Love Zero Gravity WIP04

Here is the latest work in progress, involving something I haven't animated before, a three-way kiss!

This animation was more dependent on the voice acting, so I had to wait for all the VA's to deliver their lines before starting this. So th...

Star Love Zero Gravity update

I'm pleased to announce the voice actors joining the project! 

You know Small Lizard who has voiced some of the guys from "Two Of A Kind" and "In The Heat Of The Moment". He returns to voice Ryuta.

Pyre, who has voiced many of my ...

Star Love Zero Gravity WIP03

Hello Steel Hard patrons. Time for another update on the progress for my Star Love Zero Gravity project. The animation is progressing pretty quickly! But I am wary of any other things like finalising the animatic for the first and last section of ...

Because Galo Means COCK

I saw Promare in theatres last week and was astounded by the animation and art style, as I am sure any of you who have watched it would have experienced. The style of drawing reminds me of how I used to draw, a bit more angular and lots of abstrac...

Star Love Zero Gravity Special Preview!

This month, enjoy a special preview of Star Love Zero Gravity, which is so far on track to finish before the new year. If you are a Steel Hard patron, you will have seen regular updates on the works in progress. Here is what the visuals will look ...

Star Love Zero Gravity WIP02

 It's time for sharing some more progress. These are potentially the most difficult scenes in the project, so it feels good to tackle these first, and they are turning out better than I expected. 

You can see in the first few clips...

Star Love Zero Gravity WIP01

I just started animating yesterday and couldn't wait to share this with you. I can't believe I somehow was able to rough out this scene in one day! While I am tempted to go right ahead and clean this up, I should try and rough out some more scenes...

Star Love Zero Gravity is in production

Hi everyone, I just want to give a brief update on my next project, Star Love Zero Gravity, which will be an animated short with multiple scenes. While last month's animation was quite successful with multiple scenes, I will return to the cel-shad...

Terry Bogard (Thank You Twitter for 10000!)

So Terry Bogard was just announced as the new DLC for Super Smash Bros, and since he was a big crush of mine when I was younger, I decided to make some fanart. 

This is the image that will be posted on Twitter when I hit 10000 followers...

Sleep Mode

Don't you love weekends, when you can play video games and sleep in? Karl and Jordan sure do. 

And so did I. I spent the past weekend relaxing and eating out with friends, sleeping in, gaming, not touching a pen. I do love creating art ...

The Waiter Is Really Hot

 A cute waiter adds his "special sauce' to a pizza, at the request of his pervy customers. 

This time I tried an animated short with multiple scenes. Because it has so many drawings, I had opted to remove the cel-shading, which oft...

The Waiter Is Hot (working title) WIP02

Things are coming along with this project, and it is shaping up to be something quite different. By sacrificing cel-shading, I can make more drawings and more movement. 

You may notice some of the drawings are at varying stages of loose...