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So, I just got past one hell of a semester! I've had some tough years, this one wasn't as tough as it was just really tiring; lots of work. And that made it a whole different kind of tough haha. Nevertheless it was a successful semester and I've learned a lot. I plan on making this winter break pretty productive; particularly to make up for the lack of work here on this page. For starters Im finally gonna spruce up this page a bit, customize some stuffs. I've been wanting to upgrade for the longest time anyway....maybe it'll help it be not so quiet too lol. Also I'll be opening commissions up again soon, and I'll have a journal update for that. I had so much work that I just couldn't take any requests! Speaking of which, by the looks of things, next semester will be a lot less intense, so I'll probably keep commissions open for a while.

Um...not much else to say besides that lol. Thanks to those who've subscribed over time too.
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It's been a long time since another update to my journal, I tend to forget it's even there for this! xD

I'm just writing to keep those who read up to date with what I'm doing (and to occasionally set reminders for myself lol). Been on summer vacation since sometime early May, I decided not to really update since I was shifting from wrapping up finals work to focusing on commission work. Aside from really needing the money for said finals, it's about time I started doing commission work, and I finally felt comfortable enough to do it in the first place. I was fortunate getting the commissions I've gotten so far, and want to thank the people who helped me and commissioned me! It's really a lot of fun working with people's characters and develop pictures for people in general. As I do these I hope to constantly grow as an artist and steadily improve my work, and even over the course of this year even I can see a definite improvement! So I'm pretty pleased with this, but I can also see I have a lot of work to do. :)

All that said, I've fallen into a bit of slump these past few weeks; I planned to have a lot more artwork done in general (I've even got a few WIPs sitting around) but many complications at home have prevented me from focusing well. I don't really like to get into personal matters, but basically the past few years have been particularly tough, and the economy and such has had its fair share in making things worse. In short, working against this has been tough and sometimes I won't be as productive as I'd like. But hey, can't work myself to death, so I try not to beat myself up about it and take things easy :)

Anyway, won't make this too long, sometimes it's easy to make ridiculously long journals lol! This vacation has been pretty sucky, but trying to get through it and enjoy what I can. Been playing a lot of DS games when I can (currently playing Zelda: Phantom Hourglass!). I'm pretty excited about the lineup of some future games too, Tales of Xillia is actually getting localized, which is incredible news for Tales junkies like me! But, I'll save all that for a nonsensical/random update journal. I'll probably talk about future personal projects I'm planning as well, since there's a lot of 'em. =P

Welp, hope everyone else is having a decent summer! If anyone managed to read all this, feel free to post about your summer/life/whatever!~
And thanks to those that have commissioned me again!! :D :D
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Its been a good while so I figured I'd update my journal, and update peeps with whats goin on. Ive actually been on summer vacations since early May, so I've been mostly chillin after that series of intense art projects and finals. I did good on most of them, but this last semester has been a real eye-opener. I've really gotta start buckling down and investing some hard work into my classes. Granted, I have been going through this and that with my personal life and its been serious work trying to keep my head above water with classwork, but things may improve by the end of the summer and I think Im ready to go hard next semester. And Ive decided to start by relaxing and enjoying as much as my vacation as possible. Gotta start with a clear mind and know that I had as much fun as possible this vacation!

And to start, Ive recently gotten my hands on Marvel vs Capcom 3, Tales of Vesperia and a myriad of other games. Gotta say, MvC3 is good fun...though that fun is only at its climax with friends. I probably wouldnt be avidly practicing like this if I wasnt trying to best my friends who are better at the game. Great fighter. Easy to get into to. If you have any interest and fighting games, I highly recommend playing it before anything else.

Ive also started Tales of Vesperia....the real reason I got a ps3. And its everything I expected it to be....in fact, in vaguely reminds me of my days with Symphonia. Something about the lush lands and colors is very nostalgic. The battle system is verrry fun too; hats of to Team Symphonia for making fresh battle systems (Tales of the Abyss had a ballin battle system: skills that transform under certain element circles? Fuck yeah). And Xillia's Link Arte's are totally bad ass....thats something Ive been wanting to see in a tales game! I hope there will be something of dual hi ougis, like in Rebirth, but much more flexible.

Other than that, Ive been reading up on tutorials and basic things for these programs.....my goal is to greatly improve by the end of the summer with my digital ability. So I'll be uploading random things with no real consistency; and hopefully when I get a scanner sometime this year, I might start up that manga again. Or do some one-shots this summer. Idk, just goin' wherever the wind takes me.
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This is totally random/nonsensical (hence) but I guess thats kinda what journals are for.

SO! I just finished Final Fantasy XIII (better late than never huh). The ending boss was pretty cool. Definitely one of the most impressive looking final boss battles from the series. Surprisingly not surprising, the end boss was not nearly as hard as some of the bosses during the course of the story. Or even some batches of random enemies.....some of those fights at youre current level are damn impossible if you're not using shrouds to beef up your party b4 the fight. Whatever. What was actually surprising tho, was that this was the most enjoyable FF experience Ive had since 7 and 9! Although, I thought the overall connection/chemistry between all the characters was kinda lacking. Probably since you spend a rather large amount of the game traveling in twos of your overall party until a certain chapter when you have access to them all. And even then, aside from story related scenes, everyone felt just kind of....together. There aren't really super extended moments with the whole party either(tho the scenes that ARE there are pleasingly powerful/have meaning) that help you become more attached to them, but I guess that also emphasizes the fact you're constantly on borrowed time. And they all ARE just kinda......wrapped up into an ordeal. A couple of them were just ordinary people before they turned into l'Cie.....To summarize this, I guess the story in itself was just weird! Not a terrible story, just very weird. Overall though.....good experience! Looking forward to XIII-2 sometime for the US next year.


Annd~ To complement my step towards getting back into action games with Devil May Cry 4, I bought Ninja Gaiden for PS3 very recently. This game is balls. I....don't know what that means, but its the only way to describe it.....or you can say, "insanely difficult". Seriously, this game is hard. As soon as you start to get a grasp of the mechanics and learning combos, and once you start feeling confident, its like the developers went :icontrollfaceplz: saw that shit comin and found ways to SHUT YOUR PRIDE DOWN. T.T And yet.....its still so damn fun.

Meh, too much tl;dr? I know. I'll probably do more of these in the future whenever I....do stuff. lol
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OH-KAY. Im not dead. Not yet! No, in fact I'm ready to draw. Stuff. Ive been thinking about a lot of stuff to do, and what my page is exactly. I know I started a manga a loooooong time ago (Its been damn near a year, wow) but tbh, I didn't really know why I was doing it, till now. At that time, I wanted to try doing a new story and experimenting with different chars and so on. I wanted to make it long running, but I see now that would only be a waste of paper, time, and a lot of unnecessary work on my part (mostly since Im dissatisfied with the quality of uploads). I see now that it wouldve been best to just make it a rather short story (well not TOO short, but not as long as I first wanted it) and do it on my absolute free time when I felt like it. Annnnd that's what I'll do with that. =D

Ive also become increasingly interested in making lots o fan art. Dunno why, but some stories/games/characters have compelled me to draw them myself lately. That, and I want to greatly improve my digital skillz, since I've found them rather lackluster compared to my traditional stuff...

To wrap this up, basically expect to see more of me, w00t. Im not really outta my "totally demotivated" phase, but this page sure has been quiet, huh? :P
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I'm Still Alive/Page Updates! by lonerurouni187, journal

Updates: Summer Vacation, events, etc. by lonerurouni187, journal

Nonsensical: MvC3, Tales of Vesperia and Summer by lonerurouni187, journal

Nonsensical: FF XIII and Ninja Gaiden Sigma by lonerurouni187, journal

Finally updating this thing! by lonerurouni187, journal