Greetings to everyone from the land of Mang-or! Moved into my apartment in Osaka last month, and more than settled in now. Things are going well over here - had my obligatory anime shopping sprees, my job is a lot of fun for the most part, and the atmosphere here is generally very pleasant and friendly.

Still don't know much Japanese though, which I should really read up and study on...but alas I got the survival language down:

Beeru kudasai?
Ego wakarimaska?

Only lines I'll ever need.

Anyways.

Onto the meat of me update. I have a few requests.

First. There are people who've put nothing but complete shite for comments on some of my pictures. I don't mean flames, I don't mean one word comments, I mean just general garbage that doesn't make a blind bit of sense. Seriously, I don't care for what relevance my picture has to your avatar, I don't care if you have DBZ fanart in your gallery (if I wanna see it, I'll find it myself kthx) and I don't care for your fursona's fetishes either.

I even had a comment asking if you have to sketch something first before you can CG it...not to state the complete and utter obvious, but come on, a little logical thought please?

Keep your comments relevant, PLEASE. I'm here to get my art critiqued. Not to be drowned in a tide of spam.

Secondly, I'm getting notes from many a Sonic fan regarding my Sonic Battle tutorials - seeing if either A) I will draw them something, or B) they can use them on their own websites.

Let me give the answer here.

No.

Several reasons why. First and foremost, I do not have the original files to hand. They are currently on my Desktop PC back home on the other side of the world. So even if I was to offer it, I couldn't physically give it to you.

Secondly, I've had enough problems with idiots taking the JPEGs and passing them off as their own artwork. I do not wish to be further plagarised, so the tutorials will stay here, and here only. I'm sorry for those who genuinely want to share it, but hotlink if you really insist on it.

I know it exists on this tutorials website. This is the only site I gave permission to use this tutorial on. It's either that or here on DA. If it's posted anywhere else get them to take it down or contact me directly.

Thirdly, the tutorials were generally shit and badly written to begin with. I coul probably do an updated one with better ways of approaching the style, but this brings me to my last point.

I don't draw Sonic stuff anymore. I may do one final piece of fanart for it, but that is it. I don't like the series anymore since I found out Sonic 2006 is a furry's wet dream. I dunno about most of you, but I'm not really into Interspecies Necrophilia.

I tried to like that game so much. I really did.

Apologies for what must be a bitch, but alas, it's been pissing me off for a while now.

Expect something remotely good from me soon, got a lot o inspiration flowing at the mo.