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[Announcement] The Curve Control - Part 1

Published: April 22nd 2025, 2:44:21 pm

Hi everyone!

I know, I know — many of you were probably expecting Part 6 of Contagious Augmentation at this point. And I do plan to continue that story! But I’m currently not completely satisfied with the initial draft of Part 6, and I’d like to revise a few things. So the comic will be going on a short hiatus — similar to what happened back with Part 2/3 (though hopefully shorter this time!) — and will return at a later date.

In the meantime, though, I hope I can bring you some joy with a brand-new comic series: The Curve Control! With this one, I’m trying out something totally new in terms of setting: a comic that focuses almost entirely on ass expansion. I’ve talked a few times in the past about wanting to create a comic like this, but the challenge has always been that ass size is much harder to control in Stable Diffusion than breast size, which makes ass expansion comics a lot trickier to pull off — especially when it comes to keeping the size consistent over multiple panels.

But I think I’m finally up to the challenge. Through the various ass expansion sequences I’ve done in earlier comics, I’ve picked up quite a few new tricks and techniques, and by now I retouch pretty much every image in Photoshop anyway, where I can fix inconsistencies and make sure everything looks just the way I envision it, so I'm pretty sure I'm finally able to pull this off!

I’m super excited to see what you think of this new premise and comic series! You can expect Part 1 sometime early to mid next week!

Tasty Temptation – Part 3

But before I get back to work, it's time for my thoughts on the latest release: Tasty Temptation – Part 3!

First off: It made me incredibly happy to read all your comments on the comic and to see that this somewhat different kind of expansion was so well received. I’m really glad you enjoyed it! <3
I also had a ton of fun creating it and I’m quite proud of how the comic turned out. Pages 13–17, in particular, are my personal highlight of this comic — the premise there is just insanely sexy in my opinion, and the final result came out almost exactly the way I pictured it in my head while writing the story.

But alright, enough tooting my own horn haha — let’s look at some specifics: In this comic, I tried out a few new techniques to make the backgrounds more consistent and, in some places, a bit more interesting. What do I mean by that? Well, if you look at pages 7 or 8, you’ll see that the food in the background gradually disappears from panel to panel. On page 8, for example, there’s a burger with fries at the top panel, the middle has just the burger, and in the bottom panel there’s only the wrapper left. Which makes sense, of course — after all, we’re watching Evelyn stuff more and more food into herself to grow bigger, so it’s only natural that the food around her starts to vanish as it finds its way into her belly.
These kinds of small details are something I often miss in many AI-generated comics, and I really believe they contribute to why such comics can sometimes feel just a bit "off" compared to comics made by real artists. I think that even if you don’t consciously notice them, your brain still picks up on them subconsciously, and they help make the comic feel more natural and alive. So… yeah, this was my attempt at incorporating those small touches into my work. ^^
Let me know if you noticed the disappearing food in the background — and whether you share my thoughts on that! I’d be really curious to hear what you think!

Now, aside from those small details, maintaining background consistency on those same pages (7 and 8) was a real challenge. In general, it’s actually not that hard to get a consistent background across images. The trick is to generate the background and characters separately and then merge them in a graphics editor. It gets tricky, though, when characters start interacting with the background — like when they’re not just standing around but sitting on a chair (as on pages 7 and 8), or lying on a bed (like on pages 14–17). That’s when things get a whole lot more complex, because it’s not as easy to isolate and replace character and background independently.

Pages 14–17 were especially tough in that regard. Here, not only does the character interact with the background (lying on the bed), but the camera angle also shifts slightly between each panel (you can see this well by looking at the bedposts and nightstand), which means I couldn’t just reuse the same background each time. I had to create slightly different versions for each panel — each with a slightly different angle, but still containing the same objects and setup to maintain consistency. That consistency is crucial — especially in sequences that stretch over multiple pages, where the reader clicks through and watches the character grow. The viewer’s eye naturally picks up on differences when flipping between panels, and I want your focus to be on the growing (i.e. changing) girl in the foreground, not distracted by a jarring background shift. So with these, I pay extra attention to making sure the backgrounds are as precisely aligned as possible — which, I think, worked out quite well in this case. That said, I’ll definitely reconsider the slight camera angle changes in future sequences, since they do kind of go against that whole philosophy I just explained.

Anyway, I want to close with a quick word on the design of the comic pages themselves rather than the images in them: I’ve been experimenting with a bunch of different stuff over the course of the last few comics, and now I finally have a bit of space to talk about it!
For one thing, I’ve been putting a lot more time into illustrating the comic pages — especially when it comes to speech bubbles and the overall page layout. The little hearts I already mentioned in a previous post are one example, but there have been lots of other changes too, especially in the bubbles themselves: Previously, I only really used round bubbles and had one or two variants for shouting or more dramatic dialogue. Now, I use a lot more different shapes. Wobbly bubbles for inner monologue, various forms of jagged or stylized bubbles for shouting, moaning, you name it!
I also pay much more attention now to where I place speech bubbles within the panel. I might still need to brush up on design theory, but I’ve noticed there are spots where the bubbles just feel really awkward and unnatural — and others where they just click. Then there are also things like characters breaking the panel borders (which I’ve been doing for a while now, but I think I’ve finally gotten it to a pretty polished level), sound markers/effects (not sure if there’s a proper term for that haha), like the *BZZ* and *BRR* effects with the wobbly lines around the vibrator in this comic, and a few more little details I’ll talk about another time ^^
All these things combined, in my opinion, make the comic a bit more lively and vivid – and I think that's exactly what's currently missing from many AI-generated comics out there.

Alright, I think that’s everything for now! I hope you weren’t too set on a continuation of Contagious Augmentation and that you’re just as happy with a brand-new comic. The series will definitely continue, and as soon as I have a clearer update, you’ll of course be the first ones to know.
That said, I think The Curve Control is shaping up to be a really interesting comic too, and I hope it’ll be one you’ll enjoy just as much.

Talk to you all next week for the release of The Curve Control – Part 1!
Until then, take care!