I’ve moved my AI art to its own page. It’s now a sub-menu under Nyght’s Art.

New AI Art Section on Nyght’s Art

I’ve created several more pieces of AI-enhanced art and given them their own section on the Comics page of Nyght’s Art. They’re the last gallery on the page. Everything except By the Numbers is brand new.

Podcasters at it Again

Last year, two women – a Private Investigator, and a former fetish model – started a project called Deep Dark Secrets. They built a website, established a social media presence, and started a weekly podcast. The fetish model once worked with a long-since defunct fetish production studio called Chris’ Corner. The P.I. was investigating a cold case from the mid-90’s. They became acquainted after the fetish model drew a connection between a Chris Corner morgue shoot she performed in, and the P.I.’s cold case. The connection involved a watch the client who commissioned the shoot insisted be worn by whoever Chris was able to cast to play the corpse.

After spending the year before “undercover” by “infiltrating” community forums like Femme Fatalities and Deadly Desires, and pretending to be fellow fetishists, they concluded that we all harbor latent homicidal desires, and that it’s only a matter of time before any of us act on our fantasies. That was the genesis of their Deep Dark Secrets project. They formulated an agenda to have fantasy death fetish content removed from the web by starting a petition to get Congress to strengthen federal obscenity laws. Their plan included kink-shaming the community, spreading lies about content creators, and (unsuccessfully) trying to get authorities to investigate what they believe was criminal activity. They appeared on several other podcasts who, while admiring their mission statement, expressed doubts about their ability to accomplish their goals, citing 1st Amendment concerns.

The first season of their podcast was spent “exposing” various elements of our community. One of the first episodes included an interview with the former owner of Chris’ Corner. Chris did an admirable job answering questions and explaining what our community is about, but it wasn’t the smoothest discussion, and I felt he could’ve done a better job clarifying various points. One of the last episodes included an interview with an Investigative Journalist and leading expert on the “dark web” whose written two books on that subject. She advised them there’s a huge difference between what happens on the dark web and the staged productions involving consenting adults that our community enjoys consuming. She also said there’s no correlation between violent porn and real-world murder, and reminded them she wasn’t there to kink-shame anyone.

The model has since moved on to other things. Meanwhile, the P.I. started season 2 of the podcast with a new co-host in January, and a focus on the topic of human trafficking. This week, they pressed pause on that topic and have decided to re-record season 1, with a renewed focus on us. Apparently, they’ve chosen to discard everything the journalist told them. To their credit, they’re at least acknowledging this is just fantasy for the vast majority of us, and anyone who would who act on their fantasies likely already had a screw loose. Nevertheless, they believe fetish videos should be outlawed and not considered a form of artistic expression, partly because they’re convinced some models are being harmed and murdered.

I posted this story because part of Cinemagore’s purpose is to share news related to the community, and I believe this qualifies because it effects our community. I chose not to include links to their content because I don’t want to draw more attention to them than necessary.

Finally, I’d like to note that they’ve removed all of their first-season episodes from their podcast accounts on Spotify and Apple, so don’t bother looking for them.

Artist Added

Necroboy3D Art & Comics – Paid 3D artist specializing in peril, morgue, mortuary and funeral themed art and comics.

AI Art Revised

The other day I posted my first official AI-enhanced piece of 3D art called By the Numbers. I’ve updated it with a revised version that includes a foot shot. It’s on the Single Page section of my Comics gallery.

Preface: AI Art

There’s a relatively new type of art medium that’s made quite a bit of noise in the art world during the last couple of years. It’s called AI art and, at present, there are about 30 different apps available for creating it.

I first learned about the technology in March 2023 and shunned it hard for artistic and ethical reasons. I spent the rest of the year learning more about it.

Despite the adverse impact AI has had on creative industries, professional artists have found ways to incorporate it into their workflows and continue making a living. Hobbyists told me the ethical debate surrounding its process of scraping the web for datasets is a separate issue for them. As fellow hobbyists, they just want to have fun and test its limits, whether enhancing their original work or creating new images.

As a digital artist, I’m both fascinated by its creative possibilities and terrified by its potential for swaying public opinion on political and cultural matters. Last month, I reluctantly added it to my workflow after successfully using it to enhance a 3D art project I completed last month. As much as I love and prefer working in 3D, rendering engines are simply incapable of producing photorealistic images at the level of fidelity that AI can. It’s the closest fetishists like me will ever get to working with real models.

With that in mind, any 3D art I enhance with AI will be clearly marked.

New AI-Enhanced Art

The project referenced above is my final take on Bob’s death from John Carpenter’s Halloween, my single favorite kill in the entire franchise. It’s called By the Numbers and is on the Single Page section of my Comics gallery.

New 3D Art

A couple months ago I created a 3D version of a botched custom video commissioned by someone through Crime House Studios in 2018. It’s called Offed Nurse and is now on the Multi Page section of my Comics gallery.

I have a personal website at nyghtfall3d.com. I’ve been using it as the central hub for my 3D art. Now that Cinemagore has proven successful, I’ve moved all of my fetish-themed work here and re-purposed my personal site as a mainstream portfolio. You’ll find my work under the new menu option, Nyght’s Art. I hope you’ll enjoy it.

I’ve also removed my personal site from the Artists page, and updated the Site Info section to expand on my history as a 3D artist. It’s on the renamed Me, My Art, & Cinemagore page.

The artist behind The Lance Saga has re-built their site. Details on the Artists page, under Lance Saga.

Someone recently informed me that the site has been returning a form submission error when trying to submit a link request. The problem has been resolved. My apologies for any inconvenience this has caused others.

The link to The Lance Saga has been removed from the Artists page per the artist’s request – he closed the site.

Gumroad updated their Help section with info on their new NSFW ban. As of March 21, 2024 the following sexually explicit content is prohibited (copy/pasted from the article):

What is sexually explicit?

Sexually explicit content is media that is created for the primary purpose of sexual gratification – fetish content, media with characters depicted in sexual situations, or content that is clearly produced for titillation. If your products can be understood as being primarily for sexual purposes, then they are not eligible to be sold on Gumroad.

To be clear, this includes all types of media: photography, videos, animations, illustrations, written media, audiobooks, and audio products. This can include but is not limited to products that feature…

• 3D models or assets built for explicitly sexual purposes
• Animated pornographic videos or animated nudity or characters portrayed in sexual situations
• Fetish-driven content where the purpose of the product is the sexual gratification of the customer
• Financial domination content
• Sketches/artwork where the content’s focus is sexual gratification
• Videos with lingerie or nudity where
• Audio-erotica or role-play audio
• Adult comics with nudity or sexual acts
• Cosplay/boudoir/lewd photography that’s focused on sexually explicit poses or activity
• Sexual coaching services or explicit instructional content that is meant for gratification purposes rather than educational
• VR Chat avatars displayed in compromising or sexual positions, or avatars that advertise NSFW uses or modifications like, for example, “breast expansions” where the purpose of such a modification is understood to be solely for titillation or part of an overall sexually explicit character.

Möbius’ Twisted Tales – “Tales of horror and peril in comic strip form, mostly hangings but beheadings and other forms of death too.”