Ummm.... that's quite a bit, for one week....

I managed to come up with a lot of stuff just before Christmas.... I'm not sure why, maybe it's something I'll look back on, one day, and it might make more sense, ....kinda?

Well, it's a bit skewed, really. I had quite a few ideas one week and was running a bit thin the week after. I guess, I could break it down to give an overview of each week's progress.

This what I came up with from the 15th to the 21st:

• [FLR] Another Shi-quote I completely forgot about, sorry it's a bit late....
  

"How.... do I.... stop speed????"

• [FLR] Putting contacts in wrong. Despite all of her stupidities, at least she's honest.
  

"Well, I guess I am a bit short-sighted...."

• [KIVA/FLR] Ok, I haven't thought this through yet, but I need to put this line in, somehow....
  

"Stop that, it's disgusting"

• [STK/Misc] Made a random posing sketch. Ummm, I forgot why I did it in the first place...
  

• [FLR] An Important Company Espionage Tip: Always listen to Eri's advice.
  

• [Misc/STK] "Secret admirer's day"? Ummm, I really need to stop coming up with these random un-stories....
  

• [FLR] "There.... I'm not always as dumb as I look!!!!" Miko proudly proclaims, as she triumphantly leans against a door.... "Uhhh-haaa????"
  

• [STK] I think, these bad puns are getting out of hand: "I'll be quick."
  

• [FLR] More Fun, Free-for-all, Factory Frolicking.

1. The Ritsuki method of heavy-duty, metal-bashing.
   
2. No comment. "Oh-hey! Looks like somone wants to get frisky with some big honkin' machinery!!"
   

• [FLR] You're not old, just early. "..."
  

• [FLR] "Lots of catching up to do...." Don't worry, Su-chan.... I know it's an aerosol can, but it's not what it looks like.... ....honest?
  

By contrast, the 22nd to 28th period was kinda slow....

• [FLR/SR3?] Su-chan.... did a funny????
  

"I would never go that far to hide what I'm doing."

"Oh please, you even considered duct taping the indicators on your car."

"Well, that does, sound kinda like something you'd do...."

• [FLR] "Ahhh! Ahhh! Citrus Attack!!!!"
  

• [FLR] Managed to decrease my backlog of ideas sketches, slightly....
  

Ummm.... oh yeah, I also made this quick sketch for a piece of Decade art, that I hope to finish, someday....

Shi-chan, no offense, but your Christmas present sucks.

(I know, I didn't place or proportion Swift very well. I guess, I didn't really care, because she kinda sucks....)

It's the final coun-- wait... is it????

Ok.... this update looks kinda short. Well, most of the time was spent putting in details for a big chunk of the later section of STK and it basically, covers everything from the later half of Part III, to most of Part IV. No major changes were really made, I re-did some of the fight scenes; added a few more explanations for why certain stuff happened; and put a couple of extra hints to foreshadow future events, since, I have kinda already finished them too....

• [STK] Worked through a handful of scenes for the fourties region in more detail, with some dialogue added.

• [STK] You don't have your mother's eyes, but you look just like her... What!?

• [FLR] Edge Vs Streak!! This time, it's for real! Well, kinda...

• [SPIN/CHI] I'm sure I mentioned that Gyo has a "counter-part" unlike my other projects. Well, I also have a cross-over in mind, for these two....

• [***/CHI] "On the other hand, I have no idea HOW this could have happened!"

• [STK] I'm thinking about making another pre-release image, with a semi-reveal....

Right, well.... I guess that's it, this time. I've kinda compacted most of what I've been working on as "late-to-tail-end STK ", because I really don't want to give everything away. I have some other ideas in mind as well, which I'll start working on for next time. As well as portioning time away to play on Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon. I play other games too, but always kinda forget to mention them, or it's too irrelevant to what I'm doing on this blog....

A Start.... no Middle.... and an End.... Did I, do something wrong????

I think, I might be giving too much away, by saying this....

Well, the news/rumours about Kamen Rider Decade got me thinking about something I had been planning, and in the end, I got round to sketching out a "reveal" scene, of sorts. I think my mind must have just drifted around from there, but I ended up sorting out some of the ideas I had in mind for the ending to Project Blaze.

Afterwards, I kinda noticed a pattern.... I seem to have set out the beginning and end for all my projects so far, including STK, Chain, Tamashii, Blaze and SPIN(I don't even know what I'm doing with SR3, at the moment). I guess, it might be a good thing, that I know where I'm heading.... but it also feels like, that now, I just need to put enough filler in to pad it out?

• [FLR] Never get into a mushroom-related argument with Shimi....

• [STK/Misc] Made a few sketches for a poll I'm thinking of puting up.

• [STK] Played around with the portraits for some the charcters, with.... interesting results....

• [Misc] Visualised a few details in the Satsu story.

• [SR3] Finished up the storyboard for a BIG SWORD scene.

• [STK/FLR] Sketched a few ideas for avatar images.

• [SPIN] Drew up some initial idea sketches for the Tech Rider. I don't quite know why, but I made him a card user as well. At least, it sorta makes sense....

• [STK] A slight re-do of the scene introducing Double form.

• [STK] Made a story-board for the epilogue part 1 ending that I had in mind, and how I should present it....

• [FLR] Planned and drawn out ideas for how most of the ending story happens. Goji sucks.

• [Misc] Su-chan addresses the problems of long-running sequels. Goji's doesn't care because he gets a new bike.

• [FLR] A bit of based-on-real-life, back-story for Shi-chan.

"Maybe, I ran out of worry-juice????"

• [SHF] Worked out a more detailed plot of the opening story. This is something I really should have done a long time before now....

There's one other thing I need to mention, it's definitely Rider-related, so it's important:

I'm not quite sure what happened, but I managed to snap-off S.I.C. X-Rider's right leg, when I tried to move it.... either I ended up with a duff figure, I did something stupid again or maybe.... both. Well, I guess it's not too bad, I can easily get a second one from HLJ for half-price. They're only 3000 yen right now, so I'd better hurry.... (Minor edit: Stupid credit crunch, the exchange rates are kinda working against me.)

Huhh? I guess, time's really flown by, recently....

Well, I did say I was going to do this.... I kinda, ended up spending half my time writing this up and the other half making sketches to go along with them. I didn't really get as much done in the remaining week, a few random ideas and sketches, but they were all.... sorta half-finished, in a way....

[SPIN] Riders, lots of them!!
Right, I guess, I'll start with the Project Spin updates first, since they're much simpler. Much of the work here was just spent on only developing the Riders. I haven't really touched on the plot, characters or anything else much since last time, but I have thought up some slightly weird reasons to put in a few Rider Vs Rider fights.

• The Organic Rider - In my last post, I revealed the name as B10. Well, since then, I sketched down the ideas I had, including a fight scene, and.... well, I sorta added, a card system.... I know it doesn't sound like this will work out well, but I have thought it through, so it sorta makes sense. Oh yeah, one other thing.... while I was re-drawing/designing the helmet, I was playing around a bit and I've somehow ended up re-naming this suit to B-X. (Well, it's still B10, just a bit cooler sounding, I guess....)
  

• The Armoured-Tech Rider - I haven't begun making any proper designs, yet. But story-wise, this one is probably the most firmly rooted into the plot itself, but I kinda always do have at least one plot-Rider in each series....

• Orbital form - This was something I've actually been thinking about for some time, but only more recently, have I properly visualised this concept properly. At first, I was also thinking of introducing another Rider with extra-terrestial origins, but the only thing special about him at the time was his belt gimmick. There wasn't really anything else that special about him, so I kinda integrated that random idea into Orbital form, which actually fits a lot better than I first thought it would.

[SR3] Project STK still won't die, I guess....
Right, this could be the more important announcement in this update: Project SR3 is going to be the continuation of the STK line.

Ironically, it was my original idea on how to definitively cap the STK ending that led to this. In my last update, I mentioned going back and playing around with the idea for Ek. Well, one thing kinda led to another, and I ended up putting in a lot more detail than I had expected. I guess, this was more of an opener in way, as it mainly sets things up for the rest of the series.

At the moment, I'm still considering the direction of the plot ("If it even HAS any!"). The main purpose so far, is to experiment with and showcase many of the more random ideas that either had no place in or were too dis-jointed from the main stories in STK and BLAZE. So things are a bit of a mish-mash. It's also more of an emsemble cast, than a series with a focal character, although I do have someone in mind for that role....

Anyway, this what I've planned so far:

• Even though Ek was meant to end the former series by answering one of the last questions that popped up in the ending, it also re-starts things because of coming in contact with a certain someone....
• The Henshin PAC has actually become (slightly) relevant again! Ok, I'm partially using this series as a playground to bring out those unused ideas for it, but so far I've found that this situation is much more suitable to do so. It also feels like I'm running a rivalry between it and the Gyo-Core from SPIN.
  
• The extended Gekkou powers are being worked in to at least, form a mini-arc. I've changed things slightly from the original concept and it actually makes more sense to have them around than in the original idea. ([Gekkou! Fusion! Ike!])
  
• A story that focuses Ray-Z, mostly. (Darn those Sawano's!)
  
• Eri's going to be replaced by.... Eri!? This will make more sense when I get round to it....
• On a related issue, Eri's future fate is also going to be revealed.
• Also, as a running joke carried on from SPIN, guess who STILL isn't dead? (An under-aged looking 100+ year-old really makes no sense!)
  
• This opening scene looks familiar....
• Two certain characters are starting to act like nothing more than a pair of immature school-girls....
• Even I haven't decided how legitimate this claim is, but one person could have been responsible for the way everything's turned out so far....
  
• Double, Dynamic Dimension-Hoppers!!
  

It does kinda feel a bit too over-ambitious to be planning this already, since the original STK series hasn't officially got off the ground yet....


So, that's the main news done, here are a few minor bits of progress I made along the way:

• [FLR] It's a good idea to watch what you're eating....

• [FLR] How to ruin a cool entrance.

"Why does THIS never happen to Eri?"

• [FLR] " Ta-da! Hotaru Rider, ikimasu!!"

• [FLR] Mental relaxation class? Is it even possible to hi-jack someone else's flashback?

• [FLR] Lost and found at the most inappropiate times....

• [FLR] Mushroom-rage is serious business.

• [Misc] "I'm positive that you can't inherit THAT."

• [EDG] Fleshing out some origin stuff.
  

• [RTS] Ritsuki's gone too far. He can't belittle Batman's character like that!

Ok.... I think, I've got down everything I was going to say. It's become a lot more wordy, than I thought, so I think I'll end it here and leave the more recent progress for the next update. (I hope, I'm not going to start making a habit of procrastinating like this.)

Too.... much.... exploding-ness.... My imagination's becoming a walking combat zone....

I kinda, re-wrote the intro to this post over the weekend.

Ummm.... I still haven't quite got the hang of whether or not this is considered ironic.... but, well I guess, I should start from the beginning. I wrote the joke in the post title about explosions in my head, just under two weeks ago, based on one of the following updates about exploding trees. By a kinda, big coincidence, I did have a sudden burst of ideas for two of my projects at the very end of last week; so what I wrote in the title, could directly refer to that, even if it was unintentional. Well, this "ideas explosion" was too last minute to be put in this update properly, but check below for a bit more info:

• [SHF] Sketched out a few more (shifty) promotional images for Project TAMASHII.

• [Misc] I don't know what drove me to do this, but I've kinda designed and named Ek's three core modes: Photon, Luna and Energy and an intro-fight scene. Well, the only problem is they'll stay as un-used ideas....

• [FLR] How about a glass of orange-gunk?

"Ummm.... you think, it's safe to drink????"

• [FLR] Never swing tree trunks too hard, they'll spontaneously combust.

• [FLR] Made some intital sketch ideas for the Guardian HQ "makeover". Also, Ritsuki needs to eat....

• [STK/Misc] Mugen Su-chan??!! Ummm.... I'm not sure where this idea came from.... (Ultimate Photon Buster Canon!)

• [EDG/STK/FLR/Misc] Ummm, that's wierd. Ek might not be as unused as I thought. Just came up with a little idea involving Ek, Ryo, Eri and possibly a minor cross-over. I just can't stop doing this to Eri, can I....?

• [STK] New! Muteki Gattai, Saikyou Gekkou Ken!! I feel a bit guilty for making this up....

• [STK] Made a quick idea-sketch for Shade's debut scene....

• [STK/FLR] A few days later, I kinda turned that joke into canon, somehow.... I'm sure, Su-chan hates me now....

• [FLR] I'm sure nerve-endings are meant to be able to feel pain, aren't they?

Ok, the latest stuff is still very fresh and disorganised(in my mind), so I'll need to sort them out for the next update. I'll just try and summarise the most important parts as an overview:

• [SPIN] Quite a few developments for the bio-suit Rider from SPIN. I'll just reveal the silly pun-name and get it out of the way for now: B10. I think I deserve all criticism the I'll get for this one....
  

• [STK?] The future of STK(not Ek, well, kinda).

• [FLR/Misc] Oh yeah.... there's also, the usual Shimi-dumbness, as always....
  

Well, it shouldn't take me too long to write up. I guess, it was just a bit of a hassle to cram them in over the weekend like that.

I've kinda, spent quite a bit of time running around in circles....

Ok, the update notes don't really show this, but I've kinda been spending most of the time developing SPIN in last two weeks. Ummm, the first few updates sound like a bunch of questions, sorry about that....

• [FLR] Who let Shimi into the cockpit?

• [FLR] What's wrong with Su-chan today?

• [FLR] 100% Chemical-Free Mushroom Sample, for free???? Uh-oh. Shimi's going into emo mode(Shimo), again.... (Well, ok.... this is the first time, canonically.)

• [FLR] Crazy talk.
  

"Mad!!!??? I'm not mad!!! The best way to describe me is Saikyooooou!!!"

"Awful pun. MUST... kill..."

• [SHF] "Choujin! Kamen Rider Shift: IMAGO!" (It's not really a new form, just Shig-kun being Shig-kun.)

• [FLR] Ritsuki never seems to back down, not even when navigating through land mines.

• [SPIN] Breaker form has a big red X of death!

• [SPIN] I also, did some Breaker form design sketches while I was at it....
  

• [SPIN/???] Ryo, the inter-dimensional hobo with plot explanations.
  

"Eri would be SO proud of y- Ouch!"

"Aww, leave Ryo alone, Suzu-nee. I am proud of him!"

"You... WHAT?!"

• [???] "Ah-ha... Ha! So that's why Ma always found you so fun to play with!"

• [FLR] "Shi-chan, you're doing it AGAIN!"

• [STK/FLR/SPIN/Misc] All multiple timelines, somehow, all lead back to Ryo.... again....
  

• [SPIN] I guess, that's one way to reveal a secret ID....
  

Well, apart from the minor tweaks I've made to existing stuff, that's most of it.

Wait, I guess I could also put up this picture of Saga, that I didn't manage to finish in time for the last update entry:

An update of two halves, in a way....

It's been a bit of a wierd week, this time. I've spent most of the first week putting together a few ideas, and in the second one, mainly making sketches to go along with them. Um, I guess that's it for the intro, this time. I can't really think of much else to say....

• [FLR] Another idea for the HBV: Su-chan in "What in the?" World.

• [STK] I've kinda been playing around with Mugen, for a bit. This is a tiny preview of what I'm hoping to finish one day:

The world is safe once again.
Crowds gather to cheer for their hero, but has he already left?
"Where is Streak?"
Goji Kikouchi doesn't need to be thanked.
As long as everyone's safe, he can return to what matters most in his life...
THE BIKE IS ALL.

• [FLR] I think some of the SNT stuff I'm coming up with is starting to get a bit ridiculous now....

• [FLR] Blade Meteor Storm, now with extra kick(s)!!

• [FLR] You're the real Eri? Prove it!

"Let's see, let's see... 83/58/84 Vs. 81/59/83... Oh! You win this round, Suzu-nee!"

"Hey, wait! Don't say THAT out loud!"

• [FLR] Time to take a risk:

Ummm.... I guess, I should try one of my "All-for-Nothing" plans????

I... really hope you didn't mean that, Shi-chan.

• [FLR] Homage time, Double Assault - Z!

• [FLR] Ryo's new duds. I don't want to say any more....

• [FLR] Blobby-blobby Fight!!

• [FLR] Su-chan, what're you reading....?

• [FLR] (4/10/2008) Special announcement, Duet version!! And as usual, Eri and Suzumi couldn't resist invading....
  

Well, maybe I'm running out of steam in writing these updates, but at least things are still moving on the creative side. This is a good thing, right????

The Sawanos are back.... already????

Well, this is a kinda, spur-of-the-moment post. I'll just give a brief re-cap as an intro.

Somehow, I ended up staying up most of last night. It started off as just sketching out a quick idea I had for Eri's ***** form helmet, it kinda gave me another idea to retro-fit back into an earlier, yet-to-be-finished helmet design. So, I tried a few things out and realised there was somthing else I could've done, except it wouldn't look "right" on an Eri design. By that, what I mean is, I try to keep certain distinctive characteristics to every character's Rider designs, so that you could look at it and instantly recognize who was under the mask. This might seem very sudden, but is a concept I've actually been using for quite a while now. Maybe I should have explained this all properly in detail on an earlier post or something....

"I'm not sure if it was really necessary to explain THAT much. Why not just put the picture up and be done with it?"

Wait.... this wasn't meant to be another of those conversa--

"Hurry, hurry! C'mon keeping a girl waiting is one thing, but two girls at the same time? Big, big no-no!!"

Sorry, I don't know how those two got into this post. Well, anyway I just finished this sketch to commemorate their finished designs:

"Preeesenting... US!! Double Duet, Double F version!!"

"Doubl- Just WHAT are you taliking about?!"

"Shh, Suzu-nee. Details."

...And I guess I might put these development sketches up as well:

Ok, I think that's about it. I just thought this was important enough to deserve a separate post outside of the regular progress log.

"Uhhh.... if it's not too late, can I, ask a question? If you finish anyone else's designs, like my *** form, are you... going to make a special post for them too?"

Ummm, uh-hello? Is anyone.... still there????"

"....It's not fair...."

Ummm.... I somehow managed four Shi-centric updates in a row....
I know what it looks like.... and well, showing over-favouritism can look a bit bad, but.... that's just how the process of thoughts happened to start off this time....

• [FLR] Ummm, epic.... yawning????
  

• [STK] Another show of "Obliviousness" in a phone exchange.

• [STK] I'm feeling a bit guilty, about the promotional images I've thought up for "Shigou".... Just a bit....

• [STK] Picking and choosing out a few display pieces for "Shigou", without giving too much away....

• [SHF] Thought about linking two details that kinda overlap:

1) The Fujima bloodline, "Descendants of an Assassin King/Satsu-ou" - Able to kill someone at any moment of their choosing.
2) Satsu - Any attack could possibly become a killing strike.

Well, I'm not going come out and say this is a definite link, but that the possibility is there. However, if it were, this would raise way, way too many questions....

• [FLR] Mapped out the attack sequence for Hurricane Torrent. ....Including the embarassing parts.
  

• [STK] Kenny-kun really can't do big entrances....

• [Misc/STK] Mollusca Rider???? After all this time as well....

• [SHF] Grow-On/Glow-On/Glow-Up/Go-Up? This is definitely a Shigey thing to do
  

• [STK/Misc] No more "Sou ka"'s for Goji.
  

• [STK] A slight re-do of a stairs scene. CN's becoming a bit too good....

• [STK] "Hey, Kenny-kun! Think fast!" *Throws a pitchfork*

• [FLR] "Uh-oh! Now you've done it! Time to turn on the heat!!"
  

• [FLR] How does Ritsuki play Minesweeper? His way.

• [FLR] I wouldn't exactly call Ritsuki a matchmaker...
  

• [FLR] Who is the new Rider? ("....So.... tired....")
  

"Ummm.... Actually I...."

"??"

"...."
"...."
"...."
"...."
"....sorry, I don't know...."

"Shimi-channn... don't get our hopes up like that!"

"I... think she's gone back to sleep."

• [FLR] Kinda unexpectwed stuff....

"Gee, I never thought of it like that before."

"Well, I guess I should act like a senpai, sometimes."

"Wha- Heyy, Shimi-chan!! Were you teasing me?"

• [SPIN] Why are there Wild Weasels in Gyo?
  

Well, apart from the updates, I don't have much else to say, this time.... I'm working on a few other things, behind the scenes, but nothing I can solidly put down.... for now.

The Sawanos have taken over!!!! Ummm.... help ????

"Hi-hai, hiya!! This time we're having a...

Stunning Special Edition, Talk-thru Post, Duet Hostess-Style!!"

"Eri, do you know what's going on? Somehow, we've turned into lines of dialogue!"
"Oh Suzu-nee, it's just a wittle-bittle, one-off thingy! You don't need to get all panicky about it. "
"I'm NOT panicking! I just want to how we ended up like... THIS."
"Come-on, it doesn't reeeally matter! You're making too biggie of a deal on the minor details."
"...Minor? So it doesn't bother you that we've suddenly been plucked out of whatever moment in time/space we were supposed to be from and given full omnipotent knowledge of EVERYTHING that's so far been developed in our fictional universe, even across multiple timelines? That's not including knowledge on other unrelated series, of which we do not (or should not) take any meaningful part in. And the purpose of this strange turn of events? We've been "chosen" to do a mock presentation of the latest progress made across the various projects; offering our "patented" comical duo-like comments to each one. (Since I wasn't paired-up with Shi-chan this time, I suppose I could at least consider that a blessing.) Honestly, does any of this even remotely make any sense?!"
"Way, way too serious, Su-nee! C'mon, you're no fun at all!!"
"*Sigh!* ...It's just like you to stay in character like this, isn't it?"
"Ha! Would you really expect any less of me?"
"To be honest, I thought your first reaction upon learning all the what-ifs, would be to hit me. VERY HARD."
"Truuue, but that would be a teensy-weensy out of character, no?"
"...This unexpected breakdown of the fourth wall is giving me a headache."

• [Misc] United Riders character designs/clothing.

"Watch me, as I burn through a fistful of outfits!!"
"I really hope you don't mean that literally."
"Shh. Spoileys, Su-neechan. Big no-noes."

• [FLR] The return of GDR-01's Target System.

"This ability has been brought back, but now belongs to what used to be GDR-03."
"Having plenty of Swappie-swappy fun?"
"Just, why... are you asking THAT to me?"

• [FLR] A story of amazing plot conveniences.

"Shi-chan!? What are you doing here?"
"Ummm.... I dunno. I'm just, kinda walking about... in this particular area????"

• [CHAIN] Kamen Rider Scour: Pile-Up Formation
  

"Hee-hee."
"You just HAD to do that, didn't you? Anyway, surprising as it is for a CHAIN update, Pile-Up Formation is the descriptive name for Scour going into Muteki form."
"Didja see wat Su-nee did thar?"

• [FLR/Misc] Lock-on attacks.

"Aaand over here, we have an imaginary game-mechanic for Su-nee if she were to appear in a video game. Interesting idea, I must say! Using a multi-lock function to target the same enemy again and again!!"
"It makes me sound cheap, I don't feel comfortable with this unfair attention."

• [???] A.MiBa-chan

"What is this?"
"Hmm... a little more explanation sure would help.
SCENE SWITCH, START!!"
"What did you just d--"

"So-so-soo... We should think up some casual nicks, right now! Let's do it!"

"We.... should????"

"Yeah, of course! That's a real no-brainer, right there!"

"Uhhh????"

"Now, Mi Oba-chan's no good. You look too little for that. Aunt Miko? Hhh-no, too plain. Now let me just me concoct an... Eureka! Compound them both together and we got ourselves an A.MiBa-chan!!

"Ummm.... ok, but what's an "Amoeba"????"

"That... still doesn't make much sense! You just revealed a major spoiler as well."
"True, true. But this is a personal blog full of spoilers. Remember, Su-nee? We can let that pass for now."
"...No one can see you wink, you know."

• [STK] Fusion: Aque and Alloy battle scene

"That... was interesting..."
"You show'em, Kenny-kun! Now that's how you fight with a fire hydrant!! Although you did get your suit a tad bit wet..."
"I think we should watch Keni-- Hikawashi-san in action again! Re-watch from the very start in slow motion... for... critical purposes, of course."

• [FLR] Upgrades come in pairs.
  

"You see? And you said you weren't the over-competitive type!!"
"No... I am not. Can I actually help it, if that's how events were made to play out?"
"Shu-Wah, Su-nee. You can try and explain all you want, but we both know the truth."
"Why do I even bother talking sense to you?"
"Don't pretend you don't like it, because it's fun, 'natch!!"
"Oh yay... fun. Of course..."

***

"Just before we go, I would like to point out this is definitely a one-off event!"
"Awww, that's too bad... I had a great time playing the hostess! Still, you never know. We miiight just decide to make a surprise return in two weeks!!"
"There's NO way that's going to happen! I can absolutely confirm that the next entry is going back to the standard format."
"Heeey! No fair, Su-nee!! You can't take a peek at the next scheduled post, that's cheating!!"
"I haven't. You know as well as I do we're just being used as proxies to get the message across. That, and the fact that I'm NOT prepared to through this madness again."
"You think so, Su-nee? This little show of ours is gonna pop up again some day and you'll be there, ready and willing as always!!"
"...Thanks for that, Eri. Now I have something to look forward to for the rest of my life."
"Anytime Su-nee, you know how much I care, hmm?"

Hmmm.... it's a lot more real than I thought....

- [STK] Kinda pointless, but I was thinking about some of the expanded powers that I rejected, for Gekkou. It's kinda weird that some of the personality combinations can end up with something completely different.
- [STK] More summer special quotes:

"Do you ALWAYS have to do that?"

"Muu-mu MOO mu-mu-mu-muu?"

"One day, it's going to happen. Oh, yes indeed."

- [SPIN] New design/mechanics for the Gyo core.
- [FLR] "Numm-num num, num, num."
- [FLR] A re-do of clothes-line. The cameras were everywhere.
- [STK] "It doesn't come down to just the user or the equipment. What's important is how well they work together, man and machine..."

"Power Extr- Mmph!"

"Stop trying to get us into trouble."

- [FLR] "That's... NOT how flashbacks are supposed to work!"
- [FLR] What to do if it suddenly rains. Ironically, this happened to me two days later.... (See below.)
- [Misc] Hair-swap. I kinda realised I gave the wrong hair styles to the wrong people.... Ooops.
- [STK] Some slight, last minute design revisions to the Henshin PAC and for consistency with the Henshin PEN(Name pending).

Hmmm.... just a little funny story that happened last week. I guess, the "Shi-Curse" that I've joked to myself about, might actually be real! I was walking back home on a cloudy day and in my mind, I was going over how many times a certain mushroom and tea loving character became plot-convenient. Well, I jokingly dubbed the name "Shimi the plot-device", and at that exact moment, it rained. Really heavily. I don't know if it's correct to call it torrential rain or not, but it was heavy enough to instantly soak through my trainers, bag and all the way up my trousers. Luckily, I was only a few minutes away from going indoors, but even so, it did seem like I had just taken a dip in the river.

Is.... two at a time, too many????

Well, things have been kinda slow in the past two weeks. I also kinda had a slight problem over the recent weekend, a folder of notes and rough sketches got water-logged. I guess, I was sorta lucky. Nothing irreplaceable was damaged and everything was still legible/viewable.

But, there was one exception. Remember that image of a medieval Edge, that I posted about a month ago? That picture ended up getting badly soaked around the edges and corners, but the actual picture area was completely dry and fine! I guess, Ritsuki had luck on his side, but in his words, he would probably say luck was actually begging on all fours to to be allowed on the winning team.

"Alright, isn't that that enough waffle for one day? There's still a progress report to do."

- [FLR] "Yay, barrels!!"
- [SPIN] There's a part-time Rider in every series.
- [FLR/STK] Another Gekkou scene. When Agile/Guard aren't enough, while showing better control and some slight restraint.
- [SHF] A couple of re-takes on the visual images for the "Plotto" attacks.
- [FLR] The sweet smell of fresh bread.

"Hmmm.... I wouldn't mind some bread myself.... Maybe with a mushroom, or two, or...."

".... toasting the whole thing together and then, a squeeze of orange juice.... or lemon????"

- [SHF] This technically happened in a cross-over, but I just wanted show off a Yamaguchi quote:

Believe it or not, I'm so business-savy, I don't even need to get out of bed to make a huge profit!

Right... what kind of "business" did you say you were running?

- [SPIN] Time-stream? What time-stream? Things are always sooo much better with Ryo around.

Once again, I think I might have forgotten to mention one or two things. Well, if I remember, I'll add them to the next update. If it even does come back to me....

Sometimes.... you wonder if failure is worth all that effort....

Hmmm.... I've kinda been drawing a blank, for an intro to this update (for the whole two weeks since I started). Well, I guess this is mainly filler.... and ther's plenty of things to report anyway.

- [STK] Thanks to Shadow-Lock, Goji managed to make Double Form more than a gimmick. I think it might be a bit cheap, if it was in a fighting game....
- [STK?] Made a new concept sketch for Vortex Shear. Ummm, it really is very hazardous to.... well, everyone.
- [STK/Kiva] 4 guesses who this is referring to:

You... you worthless person! Even your life energy is no good!

- [STK] Ummm, is that how dual cannons are normally used?
- [EDG] Smashy, smashy.... big chunk o'smashy? That's one hefty repair bill.
- [FLR] Fin Vs Edge? Is.... this a face off????
- [STK] Suzumi: "A Summer holiday special? I already KNOW it's going to be a disaster." (See below)
- [SPIN] Despite all the flashy gimmicks, it turns out Gyo's a kick specialist.
- [SPIN] More more Riders today.

Face your fate... Fight or die?

- [SPIN] What's Ryo doing here?!
- [SPIN] Ummm, hold on. There's also an Old-Ryo here?

"Grandaughter? That's my Aunt!"

- [STK] Added a bit more story behind that left arm injury....
- [FLR] SC-Crush! Is this, also Eri-style?
- [FLR/STK] People are bikes? Sure, Goji. That TOTALLY makes sense.
- [STK] Those merciful beatings sure are convincing....
- [STK] Those silly, blinding status attacks don't work on God-mode! Plus, Shimi the kleptomamiac of weird crap.
- [STK/EDG] Another day at the Ritsuki Corner.
Toad Being: "Oh yeah, that hurt reeal goood!"
Ritsuki: "There's worse, moron."

Well, like Su-chan said earlier, there's yet another side-project in the works, now. I guess, this could be considered the "major" news of this update. It's meant to be set as a post-series, vacation special. So, uhhh.... here's a few ideas thrown together so far:

• Goji, the fun-in-the-sun party crasher.
• Prep time, for a plan to fail????
• "Hhaatch!!!! Uhhh.... I guess, it must be the sea pollen."
• An amazing revelation? Time to re-read the entire series again....
  
• Suzumi: "It was good while it lasted."
• WTF, Shimi?! That was the WORST time to show up!
  
• Plastique-Hippo Being
  
• "Ahoy!!"
• Having a crate time at the port?
• Chucks away, Shi-chan.
  
• "Rider Breaker."
• "You... got that onto the deck. Should I even ask how?"

P.S. Just want to mention a colour-quote key I should have made a couple of entries back:

• That Bloody Edge guy
  
• Baiku-Man
• Eri-ness
• Su-chan
• HiKen
• Ryo
• Shimi Shi-chan

I think that's the whole ensemble, for now. I can't think of any other main talkers I have, at the moment....

"Hhuh....? Ummm.... that's weird...."

Well, I know this might sound surprising.... I actually started writing this update, on the day after the last post (so, if I'm being too value, that means on 1st July). This is really unlike me, I know, but.... well, since I've already set this post to publish on the 14th, I'm going to try and add updates as they come upto that date.

Strange.... it's not like to me so organized.... I think, this is all starting to confuse me.... in an organised sorta way????

- [STK/FLR/Misc]

ZaEnnnn-- Oops....!

- [FLR] Where did the Tapeworm kaijin crawl out from?
- [EDG] Re-designing ummm.... Blaster's Blaster modes. Hmmm.... I might, need to make a few name changes.
- [SHF] Revised and updated the Rider stats.
- [FLR/Misc] More madness, Eri-style.

Reddo Namari Kan!
Two-for-One Shopping Sweep!
Beserk Chicken Form!
Pow! Pow! Pow! Yay!

- [STK] Uhhh.... thanks for that, Goji. That's more BAIKU than we needed to know....
- [STK/Misc] Those alternate colours look familiar....

"It's Captain Kousen! Protecting the planet while riding a gas-guzzling bike!"
- [STK] That's.... not really fair. Pike just pops up and sweeps the crowd.
- [FLR] Battle-banter, Eri-style?

Oops!! Nice try!!
Aaalmost there!!
Don't give up yet!!
Try slashing sliiightly to the left...
Ouchies!!
I... think that's enough help for today.

- [FLR] " ...an assortment of badly colour-coordinated individuals."
- [FLR] I'm pretty sure metatalism isn't a real word....
- [STK/UnT] "No, we do not currently have the luxury of retreat. Having had to embark on such short notice, there is an urgent need for supplies. Unfortunately, we will have to fight for them."

Laughing out loud.... falling down the stairs????

"And now, it's time for another edition of: Slow Shimi's Super Stall-athon!"

- [SHF] Kenshi receives a redrawn make-over and now looks.... Exactly the same!*
* Excluding Master Form.
- [UnT] Ryo subtly mingles with high society!

"It all began around twenty years ago, give or take a decade or so..."

- [Misc] Belated announcement!
Kiva Emperor/Impaler Form sketch: Finished!
- [STK] Last minute tweaks for Skull-Chameleon Being!
- [STK/Misc] What Pokemon would the cast choose?
- [FLR] It's a huge Eri-style blowout!

"Eri-chan, SUUPAA MODO!!"
"DROPPU SHOTTO!! Eri-style!!"
"It's the Wheel of Fortune, Eri-style!!"
"Here it comes!! Eri-chan's Blazing Bullet!!"

- [FLR] Fierce Fin Fighting FTW! Plus, extra Su-chan overkill!
- [FLR] Altered/Kaizo Scorpion Being, "Zasor" makes his debut!
- [FLR] Su-chan remains as practical as ever!

"Did you think these were just for show?"

- [FLR] A forgotten entry! The Su-neesan incident!

P.S. Ummm.... "normal" scheduled updates should resume, next time.... I think....

P.P.S. It's not really important, but finally remembered to use the blockquote function, this time.

Everytime I do something, my to-do list kinda grows....

I really haven't managed to focus on one thing at a time, lately. I've kinda done this and that stuff for the various projects I have running, so it's only been small progress for each one:

- [SPIN] More Gyo designs. I've actually kinda imported some of my homeless designs over as well.
- [FLR] "Eri no Heddobatto, ikimasu!!"
- [FLR/SPIN] Speaking of which, I'm thinking of making "Kine"'s actual name, Ek (Ike).
- [SHF] Threw together a few more special finishers/fight scenes.
- [FLR] "Since when would Eri EVER fight seriously?"
- [FLR] Suzu, to bell, to... belle? Ummm, even I'm not really sure how Eri's mind works....

There were also a couple of bits of STK that I did, but well, not really substantial enough to list as its own entry.

A few renovations here and there.... wait I- I'm sure I've forgotten something....

I might, try and do things abit different this time. I'll try to list everything as chronologically, as I can remember and mark each bullet-point by it's type, along with a few pictures:

- [SHF] I didn't know the Skull and crossbones could become a very practical design.
- [EDG] Messing around abit with the helmet mechanics for the GDR-01 line.
- [UnT] Re-doing/developing a couple of character designs from their original form.
- [EDG][UnT] Ummm.... Oh yeah, along the way I also made this one.

- [STK] Another little reference. The Wave-R aquarium, owned by a certain "Diver" company.
- [MISC] Made a few sketches to mark DoGaBaKi form's debut. I could have actually done this sooner, since I already had all the "component" sketches....


- [SPIN] Played around with a few Gyo helmet designs.

- [STK] Drew up a few more ideas for "The Thunderous War-monger", a Pretend-type Hibana life-form and his marathon-style fight scene.
- [UnT] More hi-jinxes with Satsui, which are kinda semi-canon. I'm not really sure....
- [STK] Added a few last-minute details to Hercules Beetle Being.
- [SPIN] Assigned a couple of symbols with the corresponding MetaRe forms.
- [STK] Time for a make-over, mushroom-head....
- [EDG] Szm: "...Only Shigeaki-kun would get into a head-butting contest with a rocket-propelled sword and win."
SAk: "My horns are better!!"

A lot of things have kinda hit a road-block.... ummm, should I keep hitting it..??

I think, I've found out why progress always kinda slows down so much: Photoshop. Right now, I have Trailer01, the STK logo, Mk.01, Mk.02 and Battle Sample Edge all at the touch up stage, not including all the other miscellaneous pieces of artwork I've scanned in. Usually, it doesn't take too long to figure out what I want to happen, do a layout sketch, a full-sized sketch, put in the details, then scan. Well, the problem is, there's so many things I can tweak at this point, but that doesn't mean I SHOULD mess with everything. It's a kinda fuzzy area and I guess, the perfectionist side of me isn't really helping....

Ok.... I think, I've whined enough about my photoshop incompetencies, for now. I should just finish off with the important stuff... and leave it there..??

- Started logging in the GDR and STK details into a proper format.
- A proper, detailed sketch for Uni-form. I'm sure Su-chan would be pleased. Yay.
- I came up with a name for the gang's new hangout, the Ramen Rider. Sorry about that....
- I've been having a lot of fun with those S.H.Figuarts figures. They've helped me re-visualize some of the existing poses I've thought up, from a different perspective.
- Sketched a few ideas down for the character portrait pictures. As simple as it sounds, choosing the "right" one can make a difference.
- Planned out and made a layout for STK Trailer02 (I know, I should fisinh 01 first).
- Spent abit of time on FttE. Created layouts for 2 trailers and some promo pictures. The second trailer kinda makes Kenichi awesome and worst father of the year, at the same time.... Kii-bu.
- Looking into the future bike designs and things I might change.
- Compiled together the concept sketches for GDR-02(Shigeaki branch). I'm still not happy with Dragon mode's mouth piece....
- Drew out a GD progression page.
- Rib-Octopus, anyone? Disturbing cannibalism aside, I worked on a few new Being designs, I can't leave them out, right?
- Re-working some of the future story elements that I thought I could experiment with.

Oh.... one last thing. I thought I'd put in a few Su-chan quotes, for fun.

1. Ryh: "How did you know it was me?"
Szm: "I've NEVER seen Shigeaki-kun block during a fight."

2. Eri: "Hoo! That was some ride! Right, Suu-nee?"
Szm: "Oh, of course. Speeding down the wrong side of the road, stuck in a washing machine, smashed about and almost dying ten-times over. Yay."

3. Szm: "Why are we back here and sitting on the same table as yesterday, with NO explanation at all?"

"It's not safe, here.... JUMP!"

*falls through four floors* "....owww.... uhhh, I-I'm ok...."

I guess, this is going to be one of those bigger updates. The best way to summarise what I've done, is to say I've been kinda multi-tasking across a few of my projects. I'm not really in a writing mood, right now, so I'll just skip the silly anecdotes and put down the progress report:

STK:
- Making a few last touches to Battle Sample: EDGE in photo-shop, before release.
- Worked on a few more designs for the Velos story.
- Re-doing/updating the reference sketches for Kousen.
- Spent some time on the attacks and designs for Centurion Bomber, Centurion Bolt and "Hayato".
- Compiled together the GD serial listings.
- "Aw, you're not getting it THAT easily!" ~ B-Ball Eri
- Talking about Eri, there was this talk of a mid-series power-up:
Eri: Aw, come on. It's not like I'm "The First" to do this!
Suzumi: Eri, please remind me later that one day, I'll need to kill you for all your bad puns.
- "Please, I'll do anything!" ~ Suzumi. What happens next is very disappointing....
- Su-chan's apparently also quite a tease. A one series later type of tease, just like her sister.
- Drew out a few more attack sequences in SD-format.

SPIN:
- Concept/scenario for Gyo Gravity form.
- Origin/explanation, mechanics and finalised drawbacks for RE:volve form.
- FINAL REVOLUTION Punch!
- Initial designs, concept and origin for MetaRe(Metari) and his forms. The current unfinished list is Breaker, Limber, Asplo/Burst/Blast/Detona, Toxic, Mugen and Nightmare.
- Series finale ideas. A bit premature, I know....
- HBV moments. Too much mushroom silliness, sorry.

CHAIN (I've haven't completely neglected them, afterall):
- Ok, not much really. Added a few more details into Miu's backstory.

TAMASHII:
- Finalized a few more character names.

Ok.... that should be it. There's still plenty of loose ends I need to wrap up, but I hope to make updates to the STK site soon....

Details.... I guess, that's what makes or breaks some.... uh, stuff??

I've been kinda tidying up loose ends, again. Ummm.... well, I guess it makes sense, since it's like spring cleaning, in some way.... uhhahha.... I think, overall, the side-stories have been receiving some useful extra details.

- I finally managed to finish off a handful of battle samples that have been stuck at the break-down stage for.... um, has it really been a year? Oops....
- I'm not entirely sure what I was thinking at the time.... but I now have a page of portrait sketches for most of the major STK cast.
- Created a page for all the cover thumb-nails I have so far, just to keep a better record of that area.
- Finalised a few more chapter titles for the STK set. There's also an idea for a Kiva cross-over, which I'll most likely start working on after at least ten years time.
- Made a few more last-minute tweaks to the Vulcan. I hope I'm not slowly becoming more and more like Goji....
- Put in a few development touches to the Velos/Kikouchi plot, especially the ending: "Souka..." *BOOM!!*
- Added one more character to the list of S.I.C.-styled designs, the always well-adjusted and gentle Satsui. Ohh yeah.... I forgot to mention in my last update, about S.I.C. Ray. ....Umm, I think I made Kazuki angry again....
- On the subject of people who are clearly in their right mind, there's going to be a cross-referencing between two side-stories of "strict discipline" during childhood. I really don't know who's the bigger lunatic, Ryo or Eri....

Discount shopping sprees and gossiping grannies? AbsoW00tely!!

Um, I guess the title for this report, might look a bit.... odd?

Well, it's because I've kinda been doing some clean-up of the story and dialogue notes I have scattered around, both text files and old fashioned scribblings on scraps of paper. It's actually taking a bit longer to write them up properly than I thought it would....

I've also started putting some of the details onto the STK site. I'm thinking, of cropping out portraits from my older images for the GDR cast, I think that should look ok.

Although Mk.01 is finished, I don't want to leave too big a gap before Mk.02. So.... I guess, it's a good idea to start work on later parts first and release them in batches?

Oh yeah.... one last thing to remind myself of: I need to focus more on STK's current progress. I've been spending more time than I should playing around with those SIC sketches in photoshop.

It's a bit of a weird update this time. I guess, things have just been a bit strangely, lately.

Ok, I'm sure I've spent too long with photoshop.... My eyes feel funny....

I guess, I'm at an annoying stage of development for Mk.01 right now. The base colouring and shading is done, dialogue written up and inserted. The only thing that's holding it back now are finishing styles. I still haven't decided how to set the lines for the final presentation; each of them can look good, I'm just not sure which one to pick, because whichever one I choose, I'll have to commit to using for at least the entire series....

Right, this indecisiveness is really getting to me now.... Well, I'll try and move on to the other stuff I've done:
- A bit more dialogue work. It's not a big deal, just minor refinements here and there.
- Mk.02 has almost reached the same stage as Mk.01, I won't work on any finishing for this until I've decided how I want to present this series.
- Oops.... I think, I forgot all about this on the last update.... I played around with a few more Being designs, some are a bit.... well, special I guess....
- I decided to do a sample sketch of dynamic henshins, including the failure henshin.
- Just for fun, I laid out the attack lists for Streak A/G in an SD/SRW style.
- Finished off the kick-style sketch sheet I started some time ago.
- Some more FLR work. I came with another dynamic finisher for Fin, this time taking advantage of recoil from explosions. Su-chan's really been standing out recently....
- I've been doing a lot of catch-up work recently. Over the weekend, I turned a out fair number of SIC re-designs for the major STK characters. I'm really sorry about all the recent neglect to everyone from TAMASHII, CHAIN and uh, SPIN. ....I just remembered I haven't even made any finished-up concept sketches for Project SPIN, yet....

Ok.... just for reference, I'll note down the SIC versions I've done so far:
- Streak A/G
- Swift(Hide)
- Flare v.1
- Fusion (Reflect, Aque/Suisei, Alloy/Goukin, Variable, Rider/Hybrid)
- STREAK (Shin Gekkou)
- GDR Edge
- Fin (Uni)
- Flare v.2
- IMPACT
- Aura. NOT a re-colour of IMPACT!

Well, one more little thing to say. I played around a bit and made some SD Kiva sketches. Maybe I should put them up on the PhotoBucket album I haven't touched in a while...?

Things, are kinda all over the place, recently.... I'm confused....

Well, like I said in the title, things are a bit cluttered, at the moment. I've also, been slightly.... distracted, by all the new Kiva forms and IXA info coming out. In some way, it kinda happens every year, when new riders or forms come out.... I end up sketching stuff I like. That's not a bad thing, is it?

Sorry, about always having silly things to say. Right.... I'll jot down my progress:

- I've been re-re-working the the effects for the logo, again. It's looking more and more like a badge for a car or bike company.
- Took a few "photo-shop breaks" to re-write sections of older dialog and properly name a handful of the placeholder titles.
- I decided to make a "pseudo-palette" of regularly used colour samples. This should help consistency and save time in the long run.
- The appearance for "G-Tank" has somehow warped into a camper-van. Not good?
- Su-chan can be so entertaining just by being herself:
----
????: "Ah!! A fellow gunfighter!! We're not so different, you and I."
Szm: "Just... WHAT are you talking about?!"
----
????: "Stop the denial!! We both have a preference for distanced attacks!! Am I so wrong?!"
Szm: "That doesn't even make any se- Why am I reasoning with you again? You're insane!"

Ok.... because I'm getting sick of photo-shopping recently, I kinda went a bit crazy and ended up making this collage of spoilers. Ummm.... be careful...?

Right, time to.... try and get back, on track....

Ok.... I know, this is a bit soon, for an update.... Well, I wanted to try and get back on schedule, kinda.... so I, ummm.... decided to post this entry on its supposed update, nevertheless....

Sorry if this is sounding very muddled-up and confusing.... I just, well.... want to set things straight? So.... did I say that clearly enough, this time?

I'm kinda going in circles here.... Well I'll just, try to move on the important stuff:

- The STK logo is almost done. A few more finishing touches and it should be ready.
- Just for fun, I mapped out the GDR-01 series' Emit Systems and Visor layouts. I suppose it proved useful for putting down all those ideas I had on paper.
- I'm still coming up with new Streak-focused fight scenes after all this time. At least it's good that I have plenty of material to use in future.
- KouRyuu Crush, Photon Crush and Imago-centric ideas in the last few days? I guess I'm still trying to make up to/compensate for Shigeaki after all this time.
- I finally came up with a good quote to place Ritsuke's "emo-power". Now, I just need a good time to use it...
- When I was going through the stories I had planned, I realised I had unknowingly been using the "Female-Rider Curse" the whole time. Project Tamashii and SPIN seem unaffected, yet.
- I can't seem to ever end these updates without some Shi-chan related buffoonery, can I? Well this time, it's one of the most stupid, ill-thought out henshin sequences that literally rolled off the back of a truck/Suzuki Swift. (Edit: I thought I'd just mention that I have nothing against the Suzuki Swift, it just so happens to be a certain character's choice of car.)

So, I guess that's it.... well, I don't know if it was too obvious or not, but.... uhhh, those bullet points were meant to be written in "Su-chan mode".... Some, were a bit harsher than how she really is.... she isn't as mean as bits of that made her sound like.... I wasn't trying to give her a bad impression, sorry Su-chan. I guess, I might try something like this again, sometime....?

(Edit: I just checked the STK site and realised I kinda screwed-up, again.... It's getting late, so I'll try to fix that when I have the opportunity.)

I tried doing a crash-course in photo-shopping and kinda ended up crashing....

Ok, this update is a week late. I guess I can't put it off any longer or I would have completely skipped it....

Well, Mk.01 has been at the finalisation stage for quite a while now. I could just add in the dialogue and call it quits, right now, but I'm still not satisfied about bits of the shading and a few colour tones. I guess, it's a bad combination to be both slow and a perfectionist....

Ummm, this is actually a bit weird.... I'm becoming more like the character, rather than the other way round.... Anyway, here's a few other random things to put down:

- Platforms without heels are basically elf shoes....
- "Uhh, yeah.... he can get too focused when something very important to hi-- Oh, look! A truck full of mushrooms!"
- Su-chan and Goji's underground adventure.
- By intensive, four-year-preservation and four-times reduction in size, the end product is the highly concentrated flavour of a 4-Year Super Shiitake.... which is deadly.

Ohh yeah, right.... I'm getting tired of photo-shopping, for tonight.... so I thought, I'd just scan this in....

Things are moving along, I guess....

Like last time, I've been mainly working towards Mk.01 + 02. At the moment, this revolves around, sketch production, scanning and touching up. I'm also putting the finishing touches to the rest of the trailer and getting that put out of the way soon.

Oh.... right, before I forget again, an important date to mark down and remember: 14th February.

Well, I have been doing a few side things, as well.
- "G-tank"'s proper name is Weapon-Harness-Operating-Assault-Machine-Guardian-tank. Umm, I know how awful that is, sorry, I just had to do the joke....
- I've recently been getting a kick out of the "Gespenst Kick" dialogue in Super Robot Wars OG: Gaiden, and well, I came up with a few things, that I can't show yet....
- I know, I said I wanted to stay from this.... for now, but I did do a bit of work on one the forms in Gyo and also its "counter-part".

So, uh... umm... ahh....

Now then... I've focused on page layouts and prepping stuff for photo-shopping, since last time; so I don't have any solid updates to actually make....

Well, there are a whole bunch of ideas that I've come up with... it's just that, well... they're kinda all jumbled-up in my head, until I sort them out, by putting them down on paper or notepad.

Umm... I guess that's-- Oh!! Right, of course. It's not much... but I did jot down a little joke scene about using secret codenames. ...I don't think Oniichan was very pleased about that, I mean HiKen does sound a bit cool, afterall....

It's a new year.... So, umm... I'm back for more....

Well, I've just recently finished my little vacation, over the Christmas-New Year period; so I'm all refreshed and ready to get back to reality; including working on this side-project, now well over half a decade old... and nearing 10 years before long, oop.

Ok, right... I did do a few things here and there, I'll try to list what I can remember... and add some more if they come back to mind:
- STK trailer 1
I actually managed to finish this just before I left. All I needed to do was type up a few captions, but a lack of computer access and internet connection delayed this intended, surprise Christmas present over at the STK site. Sorry about that, I'll put it up very soon!!

- Ritsuke's first appearance/combat scene in FLR.
- Ritsuke's final fight at the end of STK's Arc1, including "The Quote".
- Opening to the first Agile form only fight scene, showing how Goji reciprocates to rising emo levels.
- Some pointless re-drawing of "birdy form"... and now, I'm not sure why....
- Bag adverts which cause unnecessary suffering. Sorry, Su-chan....
- Bit and pieces I don't want to really go into detail about, partial reveal of Shadow; overall summary of Goji's origins; Goji's fears; CN's true goal and possible genealogy links to Kine.

Oh, yeah... almost forgot. One other thing I did on holiday... it's kinda strange, what can happen when I gave my brain a break. Well, I probably won't, or shouldn't touch this for a long time... I have a more important project I really need to focus on now.... but, umm... I guess this will give a good idea about what happened:

Ok, I'll talk more about this last one some other time, uhh... I guess that's ok, right..??