NEW Machinima - The Return of The Dark MsStress (2013)

Ten years after the webcomic, and four years since my last attempt at a Dark MsStress machinima video...
Here is my 2013 reboot of the project.
The original score was created on my ipad in Garageband, and fine tuned on my macbook pro.
Directed by Midnight, and filmed in Second Life.
Positive feedback, likes & comments will most definitely result in more.

The Dark Mistress - Part 2 (Pages 4-6) 2002

Here are pages 4-6 of 'The Dark Mistress', originally posted in June 2002. Continuing the subway encounter.
Even with no dialogue, you can see how closely the 2009 machinima followed the original material.

'The Dark Mistress' Pg. 4 © 2002 Midnight

'The Dark Mistress' Pg. 5 © 2002 Midnight

'The Dark Mistress' Pg. 6 © 2002 Midnight

Dark MsStress - The Machinima (2009)

Once I had seen that it was possible for me to put together an animated sequence using second life, I went back to an old favorite.
With the aid of some Dark MsStress friends, and fans with avatars in second life, I recreated the subway scene from Dark MsStress #3-4. It was pretty much the same as directing a real movie… working out camera angles, telling the other avatars actors where to position themselves, and editing the video clips in iMovie. 
It was a lot of work,… and no where near perfect. But, again… It was the next step in seeing Dark MsStress come to life.

Dark MsStress - A Second Life

By the time 2006 rolled around I had grown tired of producing the comix, which  although were being viewed by thousands monthly,… was getting me very little reader feedback with the exception of a few loyal supporters. The TG TF community consisted largely of closeted individuals who were too afraid to post in my fan groups even anonymously. My readers didn't seem to understand the importance of fan feedback to someone who creates content for free on a monthly basis… So I packed away the Poser files and moved on.

Second Life is a virtual 3D world where 3D environments are inhabited by user avatars. Although not as great as poser graphics at the time,… I did find it fascinating, and created an avatar for myself based on my Dark MsStress character.
Eventually, I played around with the idea of trying to create some comics using the Second Life engine, but that proved to be more difficult than i'd anticipated, and almost impossible to do without the help of other peoples avatars. So, I dropped that.

In 2009, When I'd finally gotten a computer that was capable of handling the graphics required for recording Second Life, I began to play around with the idea of 'machinima' (…movies using game graphic engines such as 'The Sims, Grand Theft Auto… Second Life…)

This Dark MsStress trailer was one of my first attempts at machinima. You can see the choppy frame rate I was getting from the graphically intense second life at the time, but it was cool to actually see an animated version of Dark MsStress running around.

Birth of a MsStress - 'The Dark Mistress' (Pages 1-3) 2002

I decided to continue the concept and turn the story into a series. Kick ass chicks were what was happening in movies and TV at the time… Dark Angel, Alias, Terminator 3 were amonst my favorites.
So, I developed the lead character of my story as a vigilante Dominatrix who uses her 'Synthetic Estrogen' drug to defend herself against ruthless males (...and sometimes not so ruthless....) who got in her way. She was by no means a 'Super Hero'... More of an excuse for me to find a way to do more transformations... But, differently than what other artists had been doing, which tended to be more light & fluffy,...or quicky one shots. but as I developed the story every month, I started going further into a back story that started to explain who Donna Simmons was, and her motivation.

This Subway scene from Dark MsStress #3 'The Dark Mistress' is a favorite of mine, influenced by Charles Bronson in the classic 70's film, 'Death Wish'

'The Dark Mistress' Pg.1 © Midnight 2002

'The Dark Mistress' Pg.2 © Midnight 2002

'The Dark Mistress' Pg.3 © Midnight 2002

Dark MsStress (2001) - The 'Her'story

Dark MsStress was originally a series of adult web comix that I had created in 2001.

The idea of the series was to combine & explore a variety of fetishes, satire which included Male to Female transformations, Breast Expansions, Mind Control, Hermaphodites, BDSM.. etc.. using 3D Poser art. I was one of the first in a growing community of TG TF artists.

Dark MsStress was updated monthly with 3 or 4 pages (with occasional special 5 page installments…) 

I discontinued the series in 2004, but have continued to develop my storytelling skills over the years with other mediums such as machinima for more mainstream viewers. 

14 years have passed since the original postings of Dark MsStress. Several more talented fetish artists have continued the TG TF genre, and have found dedicated followers in mediums we didn't have in 2004 such as youtube. (A few of the old ones are still around too...), but to my surprise quite a few people remember 'Dark MsStress'. 

So, although I really have no plans to regularly create this content, I do still want to share a few projects that I enjoy creating, and I think some people might enjoy as well. 

But first… Let's take a look back at the beginning...

' Reconstruction' (2001) a 3 page precursor to the Dark MsStress series which was an experiment in Poser 4 art & Photo manipulation in Photoshop.

'Reconstruction' © 2001 Midnight Pg.1 

'Reconstruction' © 2001 Midnight Pg.2

'Reconstruction' © 2001 Midnight Pg.3