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Happy October!!! A younger me would’ve told you Christmas was my favorite holiday of the year, but I’ve come to enjoy Halloween and October. Dressing up and eating candy is still as much fun as it was when I was a lil girl.

Anyway, the update this time around is short since not much happened in terms of project progress last month.

What’s Happening in October?

Nothing too exciting project-wise. I decided to be real with myself, so I’m taking a small break from drawing and dev work to plan our wedding and prep for a lifting competition. Once those things are out of the way, I’ll fall back to old habits (lol…).

In the second half of October, I’ll be on vacation! I was told to spend more quality time with my fiancee and to enjoy our wedding planning process more, so I’m taking full advantage LOL.

As for the upcoming cover art, here are some potential cover models! Poll drops Friday, October 4, on Instagram Stories and Twitter/X Polls!

A) Kou, an ex-gangster who now owns a bar
B) Noel, a shy were-lion
C) Mochi, a bratty Pomeranian
D) Monty, a stoic Siberian Husky

To me, November screams “Thanksgiving” and “Fall/Autumn”, so here are some themes I’m considering for November’s cover…

A) Feast: a spread of the cover model’s fave foods.
B) Pumpkin Spice: the cover model in desert, but make it pumpkin and make it spicy… hehe…
C) Specifically if Mochi wins, brat outfit lmao. But I guess “brat” fits Kou too…

VN Dev | Froot Basket White

I didn’t give myself much opportunities to work on my projects last month. I just felt overwhelmed with work and a bunch of other projects and life stuff. When I did have time to sit at my desk to draw, I chipped away at some of those new Sutoro sprites! Here’s a lil peep!

Other than that, I’ve been figuring out some fun compositions for the CGs in Sutoro’s route. I can’t seem to settle on anything, though, so I’ll be spending this month trying to tackle it again.

The holiday season is coming up, so progress on project work will probably slow down drastically. I hope to at least finish drawing the new sprite art and coding it into the game this month so I can spend next month worrying more about the CG art and other extra art items and visuals.

Cover Story | Kaimana as Vegeta

I love love love Vegeta. I love his overwhelming confidence, his witty comebacks, his arrogance. Wow. Honestly, so hot. Plus he’s so cute when he gets flustered!!! When everyone cast their votes last month for the tsundere character Kai should cosplay, Vegeta won by a hair! I was so excited!!! I’ve been a long time DBZ fan and I don’t often draw DBZ fan art. Having the opportunity to draw Kai dressed as one of my fave character’s of all time was such a treat! I also mentioned wanting to draw someone cosplaying with Kai, but who that would be depended on the character that won. Of course, if I’m drawing Vegeta, I have to draw Goku! And who better to cosplay Goku with Kai than his best friend, Satoru! It honestly fits them so well. Satoru is so fun-loving and energetic, he plays off of Kai’s grumpiness well.

I went with Vegeta’s Namek Saga look because that’s the outfit I associate him with the most. I considered having them pose in their iconic battle poses, but I went with Galick Gun and Kamehameha because they fit together on a cover better. It looks so cool!!! Also it gives me an excuse to have fun with rays and beams of light!

Here’s the final illustration! I removed all the extra fun stuff for the actual cover because, otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to read all the words…

I considered doodling a lil Masa as Frieza in the background, but ended up leaving him out. That would be pretty funny tho… Maybe next time… xDD

Other News…

Not much honestly. Just vibing out here, picking up as many shifts as my body will allow me to make more money to fund my wedding vision lol and enjoying time with the boo thang. Actually, for the last six months I had enjoyed working at a single location, but now I’m back to traveling for work. It was easier before and I didn’t mind it as much, but now I just have to get used to it again??? Or just need to figure out how to make things work better for me again??? But no biggie. Gotta make my bread somehow, know what I mean? lol

If anyone’s interested in fitness or lifting at all, I’ve been training for a powerlifting competition! It’ll be my first meet, so I’m a lil nervous. I’ve been having a lot of fun though! I dunno, but carrying heavy things is just fun. Better than running LMAO (sorry, i dislike cardio so much…) Right now just been struggling to make weight… Is it stress? Is it my inability to stay away from ice cream? Or a bit of both? Maybe its my refusal to do cardio LOL.

Next Month?

The plan is to get wedding stuff out of the way so I can focus more of my creative energy on my projects again. Meaning, don’t expect much updates about project progress from me in November LOL. Just being real.

Peace. Love. Rock’n’roll.
xxAri