I'm not sure how I should word this, so I'll keep it simple: I've been feeling like shit. For most of the year, I've been struggling through a major transition period with my first semester of university in late August and battling all of my mental funk, which has been preventing me from doing a lot of things like art and events. However, I've still been on the sidelines of Newgrounds in that time for voting, watching stuff, the odd comment, and trying to make my page "approchable." Regardless of scout status, I want to ensure that my work is displayed in a way that makes it look like I know what I'm doing.

Now that I'm "back" from my hiatus, I bring some important project updates!

A while ago, I mentioned I'm working on a re-release of Ultralius! That means I'm redoing all 170 pages of the first volume in a more cohesive and consistent style than whatever the hell I was doing before. This one will be all digital, with a new way of coloring to give it that manga-style I intended it to have. Currently, I only have one page of Chapter One finished, but once I get that finished (which I hope is soon), then I can easily release Chapter Two (it was much easier to make). Below is a preview of an original page verses a new one.

Next, I would like to mention that my hit book Obscurity is getting a re-vamp as well! As I've grown as a writer, I've taken into account some notes I've gathered from reading it for over 3 years now! In fact, the 19th was the 2nd anniversary of the book! I was hoping to have the revamp finished by then, but I have my excuses (as mentioned above).

Finally, I feel like I should have a place for all of this stuff, a place that's my own. While I love Newgrounds, I don't feel like it always works for what I want. Trying to release all of that on here, including my books, would be difficult to do and also clog up my workspace (plus, I would need Supporter status for later Ult chapters). With a little help, I've been trying to make a website on Neocities! While I don't know the most about how it works, having my own website would help with releasing my projects in bulk. This is something I've been thinking about for a while, and I think it's finally time to do it!

At this point, I hate giving myself deadlines, but I want to try and get some of this stuff ready and rolling by the end of the month. Because of all this, my other projects have been shelved and probably won't be back until next year. I figure if I can get these things out of the way first, then it'll be easier to do other things in the future. (Plus, I need a little breathing room, getting a bit stuffy in here.)

Lastly, I just want to thank everyone who's tolerated my "workflow." To all seven of my direct fans, I thank you for sticking around as long as you have. I hope this explains my extreme absence and gives you a reason to stay. I know this is a lot, but I wanted to make up for my half a year silence. I can't wait for you guys to see what I have in store and hope you've been alright since I've been gone.

TL;DR: I died, but I lived and I brought some cool stuff back with me!