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Aloha mai kākou.
For those who don't know how these work, these Memo journals are basically my indicator from me to you that I'm still active (for the most part) and to inform you of anything that might have come up that will affect my posting schedule (however erratic it is).
Current events (aka "Real Life")
Stuff about RL / full-time job
As of today, 4:30 pm, I'm no longer employed as an Civil Engineer with a city agency, so...time to do some job searching again. See my last status about this, but yeah, had to move up my resignation to today.
Right now, I have a couple applications going out, but whether I find another one remains to be seen. The reason I need to do this is mostly for health insurance purposes. (I am still covered until the 30th under my now former employer, but need to reapply on my own elsewhere for time being)
Until things smooth over a bit, I'll have to live with being a water park cashier a lot more often (which is perfectly fine). Still got half a year's salary + my unused vacation pay I should've accumulated (idk about sick leave though).
So yeah, I may have more time to work on art and stuff, but really depends on my mood. Remember that now I have to go job search again, so things may get stressful.
(For reference, header pic is actually a photo I took on my now-final project site visit near my home [yes, I was on the clock]. Might use it for other stuff later.)
Other things
On the bright side, I can least go practice for my driver's license, which might've been a factor in why I wasn't hired for certain jobs, even if not explicitly mentioned as a requirement. Reason I haven't done so is because I don't drive often, and insurance agent said it's cheaper to keep the permit rather than get a license / pay for car insurance, etc.)
I've been driving since 2015, so I do have a fair amount of driving experience. Just need to iron out a few flaws.
Current projects
This is probably what you're here for anyway, so let's lay them out.
Cherry Rabbit - Still need to work on the ED artworks and some of the backrow. Probably got sidetracked.
Legacy artwork - Mostly stuff from custom archetypes I have made and/or stuff for real life ones I actually play / have interest in.
Posting some of the custom Numbers art (and cards I made). I also made a few other cards for custom archs I made, but they haven't been posted [however the pictures have been]. You'll be able to put pictures to effects and stuff soon after this.
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I don't really have a deadline for when I expect to post these, given schedule, motivation and other factors, but I am trying to complete them in a timely manner.
At the very least, let's get Cherry Rabbit finished. (Or if it helps, probably will post the arch file so you at least have something). You got most of the pics already, so now you can pair them with their effects.
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And while I really don't enjoy the aesthetic / impression this might give you about my art, yeah, I made a subsection of the Diver archetype (artwork and cards); remember the anthro deer and horses that have wetsuits and stuff? This subsection is a continuation of my archetypal equivalent of "World vs COVID-19". Will probably make more sense once posted. The art and cards are already done, but gonna hold off on posting them until I get the other stuff dealt with. (So...don't expect to see this for a while, unless you look at my Wikia)
Upcoming projects
Sonic Forces archetype
I have the screenshots from my characters now that I completed all of the missions with the available animals; issue is just making the artwork and designing the card details.
Card details are easy, whereas making images is not.
I really don't think you want to see cards that use screenshot pics (even though they would be much easier to deal with). Or you can get the archetype file once I write it. IIRC, I have their data stored on TCGEditor.
Need to make the Wispons as cards now, but figuring out how to adapt their function to Yugioh mechanics.
Other Stuff
Artwork site
In the event deviantArt goes to shit in the future and I leave (or you all do), my art will also be found over there.
It's a Google Site though (because not professional and I don't want to invest money into hosting my own site elsewhere), but that should be sufficient for now.
Said site will also have artwork that I'm not posting here, so consider it as a bonus. All of them do have my copyright, because I know art theft across the internet is real.
Still need to set up some of the other pages and stuff (and reorganize), but yes, it's technically functional. If you'd like to see it, shoot me a note for the link.
For mobile users, yeah, I apologize, but you all might know by now that stuff wasn't originally designed for people browsing on phone / tablet / any mobile device.
Watcher folder
For rewarding/encouraging (active and genuine) watchers, I suppose I could release the base character models used, so you can go use them for your own non-card related things. Will likely be in ZIP folders, as opposed to uploading all of them individually. (Might need to learn how to upload ZIP stuff in PostyBirb)
Rules and things like that will be mentioned in the folder name (and probably in the description).
Though...don't be those kinds of people who only watch to get access, then promptly renege. Note that I have notifications enabled, and will block you if this happens.
Yu-Gi-Oh fanfic?
[This is technically new content]
Basically, it's a 5D's hybrid one I've been writing since 2010 (or was writing from then until 2019-ish, when I stopped due to university and writer's block).
I alluded to it a bit in passing when some cards/pics were posted a while back, so might make some sense if you actually see it.
At the time of writing, I technically have a Google site for them, but a lot of the formatting needs to be fixed (and the writing in places kinda sucks). This is mostly for the first Season, which was done in high school, and was still getting used to writing proper fanfics / stories around this time.
Kinda skeptical about posting it here due to the current major antagonist's nature because based on a city agency (as I used to work for one prior to this afternoon) and potential problems with it being perceived as reputation smearing, etc (even in a fictional universe and names that are generic by design). Though to be fair, governments aren't exactly devoid of their shares of drama, controversies, etc.
There are scenes that are roughly the level of what you'd see on Naruto Shippuden (or for older teens), albeit implied in writing and not depicted graphically.
If you'd like to see the fanfic otherwise, do shoot me a note and I can send you a link. May need to clean up some writing though.
Finishing up
So yeah, thank you to everyone who either favorited my stuff and/or began watching me since the last time (which is only like 3-4 days).
If I don't thank you individually, please note that I really am grateful for your support, even if I don't say it.
For those of you who I've started watching/favoriting, yeah, I do look at your stuff even if no comments or faves. I just don't have the time to look through everything in the limited period I have.
For those of you who I've faved, but not watched, trying to keep my following list low so I can give enough attention to everyone, and not get overloaded.
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Anyway, thanks for reading and have a good day/evening (or whatever it may be for you at the time of posting this journal).
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P.S. Some of the journal is mostly copy/pasted from previous ones, but it is a template of stuff (and yes, I do plan on finishing some of those tasks when time/interest permit)