So, the poll results on the latest upped graphic settings are finished and it looks like I'll be saving the superous colossalistic massively big render settings just for the really good shit, cause yeah, that took way to long to render Black Cat Cafe. What projects fall under that category? Ones I think deserve that kind of extra bump and have the time to render for it.

    So I spent this week recouping from the "Render Blues" and sorting out things. Tossed several saves that were never going to go anywhere or never started to begin with. (I had several named saves that had nothing more than the girl to be used standing in the spawn pose. That's it.) Renamed a lot of saves for better organization. Stuff like that.

    Came across a Touhou Project practice animation that's nice. I like it a lot. They animate really well and I've wanted to use them again, so I'm going to continue on with it and make it a full thing. (Full as in a release, not necessarily a 10+ minute animation.) Same two girls as a previous one, who's names are uh....Yamashiro Takane and Kawashiro Nitori. I've no idea which is which; I know nothing about that game. Henceforth to be referred to by hair color. Or eye color since I just noticed it's the same as the hair.

    Anyways.

    In other news, Halloween 2026 might not get the second song added to it. It's a full length animation as is. Discord stream reactions would suggest it's a really good animation. It'll depend on how things progress from now til time to get rendering.

    Sancus 3 is already on pause. It started out so shitty I lost all drive to go go with it. I've been sorting a different introduction to the OC Zjai, since I really wanted her out and about sooner.

    Lastly, Christmas 2026 is moving a long nicely. Marie Rose is having fun. I think. Probably not.

    Alrighty.

    So, I was looking through projects the other day and eyeballed Black Cat Cafe once more; a project that has been on hold for a long time. I'd talked about rendering it as is, and honestly "as is" is pretty good. It's at least 8+ minutes in length and of the same kind of quality as that Metal Gear Eva animation not long ago. The reason it stalled was it was meant to be really long; a slow wearing down over time. I lost interest after so long, so it lingered. So, it's not gonna be what I was shooting for, but it's a good animation, I think, all the same. It's being rendered for next Saturday release. It's going to be a Supporter+ Tier release.

    I really enjoyed making the Discord Streamed animation with the Sister of Battle, so Raven, who was a very close 2nd place for who to use, will be next. Still sorting what happens, so it might not start get a start on the stream tomorrow. Couple of nice suggestions for it so far though.

    Christmas 2026. Streamed the initial start of it last Sunday and worked on it most of this week. Gonna be a fun one, I think. I'll try to sort a preview or some kinda trailer poster later on. Christmas is still a ways off.

    Sancus Program 3 is a bit slow. It started off so rough that my enthusiasm for it was stomped pretty fast, even if it'll have my Original Character in it. I'm thinking of doing a separate project with Zjai, the OC, before it. Sorta like a mini preview or something. I dunno, we'll see where things go.

    Only thing worked on this week was rendering the Discord Stream built animation of Warhammer - Sister of Battle. The animation is simply making the black/white illustration animated with some extras and some artistic liberties. Animation will be finalized in video format on this Sunday's Stream and released as soon as it's finished and yes, I mean released to all, not just on Discord, so you'll find it here, on X, and wherever else I might throw it.

    After the Sister of Battle is finished, since it won't take long to stream compiling it in Sony Vegas, I'll be starting this year's Christmas animation. Yup, Christmas in July; kinda. Anyone who's followed me awhile knows I like to get Christmas going early to be sure it's ready each time. What's the concept this time? Well; Marie Rose, since she's replaced Gwen Tennyson for such things; at least until Zjai, my OC, is debuted and going, and machines, music and more.
    In fact, typing this I just thought of things to add to it. I won't stream all the creation of it, but when I do stream, (and by the way I mean to try to every Sunday starting at 8-10PM EST and going til whenever), it'll be of Christmas. Mostly.

    Merry Christmas all. Hope you enjoy the day.

    And here we are, once again nearing the end of 'my' year; December 25th is my personal yearly anniversary for releases, for those who don't know. As usual, I sit and think I've released nearly nothing, only to find out once I start sorting everything for the Yearly Review video that I've made, on average, an animation every month or more. No, they're not giant Valentine's Day releases, but they're something decent.

    Christmas 2025 is ready to go. Just needs the 25th to come along. That being said, Christmas falls on a Thursday. Assume the Weekly for next week to be canceled. I like to release on Saturdays, but not holiday date specifics. January 3rd, 2026, will be the release of Year 4. Probably gonna reuse music for it. I've found it a bit harder lately to find music I like for Black Menageries, so I certainly don't wanna waste the use of one on a recap video.

    Looking ahead some to 2026, an obvious 'need to do' is finish the Black Cat animation. It hit some major hangups and completely got sidelined, but I've not forgotten it. I also have an animation to sort and make for Eva from MGS, since she won that recent poll. I also had been pranking with a Farah Karim from Call of Duty idea. I've wanted to use her for some time now. The preview pics this week are of a possible intro/trailer animation like how Valentine's Day had. Farah Karim finds herself being transported to who knows where in an uncomfortable way. Hope the road isn't bumpy.

    Other than those, and a possible couple I probably have forgotten about, 2026 is wide open for ideas. Where will the year take us? HIT THAT LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE TO FIND OUT!

    Sorry. Had to be all 'YouTuber' for a second. That shit always annoys me.

    Only thing that's gone on this week is Christmas 2025 rendering/compiling. Good news is it's finished and waiting for release.