Different artists work at different speeds, that's true. But 30 renders in 2 months is pathetically slow, even for high quality work. I'll give some examples, along with average outputs, later in this post.
I am someone who has defended Alishia several times in the past, and may defend her again in the future. And I've been active in this thread (and in Alishia's Discord server) pretty much from the beginning of development for this game, so I have a pretty good understanding of her capabilities. But I'm not going to resort to making absurd statements to defend her. And to suggest that 30 renders in 2 months is not bad for an experienced digital artist is beyond all belief. If Alishia had just learned Daz a couple of months ago, that might be believable, but she's been working in Daz for years.
All of that being said, I'll go on record right now as not being bothered by the proposed size of the update. Even though it's a pathetically small output, I would be fine with 30 images every two months, or even every three months, if we could just get consistent releases. If she was releasing new content every two or three months, I would be okay with updates of that size.
Do these renders look "bland" to you?
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Lighting, composition, posing, DoF? All top notch, and all done from scratch. Those renders are from a developer named PaleGrass, and he has consistently averaged 290 renders per month for the past two years.
Or how about these renders?
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Those renders are from a developer named Ketzal, and he has an even higher output. He averages between 300 and 350 renders per month.
Now, I'll grant you that those two have exceptionally high outputs. They work very fast, and they're both workaholics, pretty much never taking a break.
But take a look at the work done by Quonix, if you want a more reasonable standard for comparison. His work is of a lower quality than Alishia's, but it's still fairly decent, and he averages 180 renders per month. Or take a look at the work done by Lazy Monkey. Despite his name, he's been pretty consistent in his work. On average, he puts out a new update every two or three months. The smallest contained 160 renders, and the largest had 360. And the quality of his work is pretty close to Alishia's. Some would say his work is better. Other's would say Alishia's is better. But an honest person would have to admit that they're pretty close.
And that's just four examples. I could easily keep going.
All of the developers I named above are also writing and programming.
You've now been shown. Have you changed your mind?
-Edited for spelling.