LizTail Studios

Morrowind Mod Updates

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:25:04 -0500

I've just uploaded new versions of my Unique Shadow Pack and New Beast Body mods! These 2.0 versions add in the long awaited female Khajiit, which finally completes the set! Now all beast races are finally upgraded by my mods =) Enjoy!...

Overdue Update

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:38:43 -0500

It's been quite a while, hasn't it? I've actually added some updates to the site without really mentioning them here on the front page, so it's probably about time I did so. Things I've added to the site before today, but haven't really announced are: Art Gallery: * Increased the size and rebalanced the colors on all images. The maximum dimention is now 800 pixels either tall or wide (depending on orientation). * Added a new piece of artwork, Zan's Dirty Photo. * Changed the default to hide mature items. You will have to intentionally click the link to see them. Games Section: * Added sound and music to my Yoshi RPG Demo. * Added two Morrowind Mods: - New Beast Bodies (clean, mature): Replaces the bodies of Argonians and male Khajiit with better looking ones - Unique Shadow Pack: allows each beast race and the Mog race to have shadows that look like them. * Re-uploaded my old DragonRealms website to zekris.liztail.com and added a link to it in the Game section * Added my old text-based DragonRealms fan game, the Virtual S'kra Village. * Added a link to NifTools, an open source project I used to work on. My web host updated to PHP5 recently, and while my site still seemed to work fine, reading about PHP6 made me realize that I would need to do some updating before that version comes into widespread use for sure, so I took the opportunity to make a few changes as well, which are now in effect. The biggest new thing is that I've finally cleaned up and revamped my links page and removed all the links that appear to be dead (so sad :(). In the process, however, I've added several new links to new comics I've grown to love lately, so I hope you'll check them out :) I also made some minor updates: * Re-exposed the old news items on the front page. * Split the writing section up into story/poetry categories. * Made it so you won't see mature images or projects if you have them hidden, even if you follow a direct link to them. * Corrected all the PHP warnings that were caused by moving to PHP5 so the site should hopefully be a bit faster now. * Other misc. bug fixes. ...

New Host

Thu, 10 Mar 2005 23:09:04 -0600

Well, my contract with my previous host FINALLY expired! Their servers were fairly fast and reliable when it came to the web site, but the e-mail and FTP servers were awful. You'll notice some changes around the site, including the addition of the "Quickies" category under Artwork and a new (well, actually fairly old) image too :) You also now have the ability to decide whether you want to see images with mature themes or not by clicking the link near the top of the Artwork page. If you have cookies enabled, your setting will be saved for the next time you visit as well. :) There may be some glitches for a while as a result of the changes, but hopefully they should all be cleared up soon! If you notice something, don't hesitate to tell me! I also removed some mostly un-utilized features and made some changes that I hope will streamline and improve the performance of the site. That said, I'm still in school and I still work full time, so there may not be any major updates for quite some time. I wish it weren't so, but it is :(...

Small Update

Sat, 21 Aug 2004 01:13:27 -0500

Hello everyone! I'm sure you're all wondering where I am (again), and I'm here to shed some light on the situation and roll out a bit of an update at the same time. First of all, where I am: In school! That's right, I'm finally getting my education on track again. Unfortunately, since I can't afford to ditch my full time job... and I'm also now a full time student... well you can see where this is going, can't you? My time is really limited now, so there may not be many updates for quite some time. I had been focusing on a new programming project, but now I have to face facts that I probably won't have time to finish it right now. I'll keep you all updated as things progress :) Now for the update... unfortunately it's not content, just some updates to the website code. Here it is in all it's bullet list glory: The RSS Feed now contains the full text of my news updates. The RSS Feed also includes the date of the news item (I noticed how annoying the lack of this can be when I switched to a new RSS Aggregator) The look of the site has been updated a bit, and is now finally stylistically consistent again. The behavior of the download links in the Game Projects section has changed; now you can simply click the link to download the game. Windows XP SP2 discourages website designers from launching automatic downloads, so I had to stop using the easy way to count the number of hits on those files ^_^;Well, that's about it! Thank you for visiting LizTail Studios and I do hope to have some more positive news for you soon :) ...

Front Page Face Lift

Sat, 15 May 2004 22:01:03 -0500

The other day I was looking at the front page for LizTail Studios and just thought it was really boring and stale... It needed to be more dynamic, exciting, alluring! ... Or something :> Anyway, you can see the result of this realization! Enjoy! :) Update: I've applied the same design to several other pages around the site as well... I may continue to make small changes in this direction as time goes on ^_^...

Anniversary!!

Tue, 11 May 2004 04:40:07 -0500

::dons a party hat and throws confetti!:: Whee!! Can you believe it's already been a year? Astounding! Today LizTail Studios is 1... and I'm 23. (Kinda convenient how I we have the same birthday, huh? ;)) As promised, I've got lots of nice stuff for you! 3 new pictures to be exact! Hope you enjoy them! :) And now I just want to take a moment to thank everyone who has visited LizTail Studios... You guys and gals have really made this whole art thing rewarding in so many ways and I'm honored to have received every comment and every visit from all of you. I hope you will continue to enjoy the site and continue to be forgiving when I don't update often enough ^_^;; Happy Anniversary, LizTail Studios! May you have many more to come! :D...

JPEG Conversion

Thu, 08 Apr 2004 13:42:25 -0500

Well, recently it has come to my attention that my artwork was big... huge even.... I picked PNG as the format for my images because of quality, but after realizing that it could take someone on dial up up to 2 minutes to download a single picture... I decided to change my mind Consequently, all the images in my gallery (except one that I'm going to have to re-scan) have been converted to JPEG with 90% compression. I did some comparisons and the quality really is very close, but they'll load much faster. The biggest ones will probably take about 12 seconds for 56K users now. :) I hope you all enjoy the changes! If you've visited my gallery in the past and were frustrated by how long it took to browse... well that should all be cleared up now! Questions? Comments? Feel free to contact me any time :) One more bit of news... the one year anniversary of LizTail Studios (and my own birthday!) is coming up on May 11th! There will be... nice things for you on that day, so set your calenders! ...

New Art!

Tue, 24 Feb 2004 01:18:34 -0600

Wow, you thought I was dead didn't you? Didn't you!? Well... I'm not! ^_^ Today I've added two new pieces of artwork, Luna Shippin' and Knock Knock! ...You may have noticed that I finished "Knock Knock" quite a while back and didn't post it. Well... truth be told... I've actually been putting it off simply because I had to change the tab image for the first page of art to read 2001-2004... Eh heh e_e; Anyway, enjoy ^_^...

Updated Comment System

Sat, 10 Jan 2004 15:53:55 -0600

Hello, all! I've just rolled out a small update to the comment system... Basically rather than having to go to a new page to comment, you can now type in your comment right on the same page as the thing you're commenting on ^_^ Also, I added the ability to click on smilie icons to insert them into the text. :) Unfortunately there's nothing new for you to comment on at the moment... but it won't be that way forever ^_^;;...

Happy Holidays!

Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:59:43 -0600

Wow, have I ever been lax, eh? Almost two months since my last update and I haven't even got anything to show for it. Oy! Sorry to be a further disappointment, but it may still be a little while before you see anything new. Aside from just needing to take a break, the direction of my whims is random, and now it seems to have shifted back to programming. The good news is that I'll probably have fun things for you to play with eventually... the bad news is that programming takes even longer than drawing ^_^; In any case, I'll try to mix the two... might even do a little writing along the way, even though I realize most of you never even visit that section :> So don't lose hope, I have not vacated the premises. I just needed a bit of a vacation. :)...