jujube wrote:I guess the point behind my post was, we can't help you if we don't know what you want us to help you with.
If you want someone to make something for you, they have to know what it is you want them to create. Just like how if you asked for a pair of pants, we'd need to know what kind of pants, "intersex" and "hermaphrodite" are broad terms and we need to know which one you want.
If started the journey towards making a 2d or 3d image of your own, people would be happy to help you, as long as you make concrete steps towards it. If you drew up a picture of your ideal genitals, someone might even get inspired and model it for you, if you're lucky! But right now, if the implication is that you wish someone would make a 3d model for you, you'd basically be asking someone to do all the creative design work in addition to the work of making it exist in 3d space.
(And back to the issue of clingy cloth: cloth that clings realistically to male genitals is something we don't have that would be probably be useful. But if you've seen cloth clinging to a vulva... I'm pretty sure you either need to have very thin cloth, where you're putting people in lingerie on your cover, or if under everyday clothing, you'd need to get seriously deep in there to create camel toe. This is why we can't help you get what you want if we don't know what kind of non-standard genitalia you want, of which there are many. )
And one last thing: I don't think every novel starring humanoids even needs to have pictures of humanoids on it! Lots of books have abstract covers and there's nothing wrong with that. No reason to pity yourself for not being able to draw, if your talent is writing.
Your clarification helps. As for drawing, the only drawing I've done in decades is a quick rough for an actual dagger or sword I've worked on to determine what someone wanted. Art of a sort, just a very different venue. I can craft decent furniture as well.
I did manage a rough mockup of what I'm trying to do done in MH by combining the male genitalia topology with a full female as well as the vulva sliders. Crude but only semi-effective. The computer that can handle Blender won't be back for at least and month, then there's the issue of my skill level with Blender that isn't.
I can upload the image I was able to render (at glacial speed), though it's Not Suitable For Work and I don't want to offend anyone. If you care to see it, tell me, and I'll upload the nude.
The issue I'm having is getting rid of the scrotum, which would be require proxy / topology work. I'm trying for vulva, penis, internal or non-visible testicles. Figuring out how to get the penis upright and flat against the body in order to go under clothing would be my next hurdle.
I've seen abstract covers, and creating one of those would be even further from my skillset. I've got five books to finish in this series, so five abstracts would be a headache for me.
I don't pity myself for an inability, I just get very frustrated with myself. I also grasp how long creative processes can take. I want to learn how to do as much as I possibly can, but at present I can't take a week or three off to learn the software. It was hard enough just getting a day to have a colonoscopy done.
Writing is one of my talents, and my offer to send a free ecopy of my last release stands -- send me a PM with an email address and it's done whether I get help or not.
Edit: 19:11 CDT
I also have done some tinkering on the other models I would want to utilize. I may not be an artist but a certain level of psychology went into my work with the images.
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