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.

    In the word of Shang Tsung from the Mortal Kombat movie, "It has begun." Christmas 2025 is being rendered. Each section gets checked to be sure it's how it should be and kept if correct; fixed and re-rendered if not. I got pretty concerned if I was going to have to completely scrap the project and start over a couple of times, but it finally decided to work with me after a great start and it finished relatively easy.

    I spent the time not being able to do much (cause rendering takes pretty much all the pc power) sorting what to work on. I started a project with Farah Karim that has a lot of potential and promise; an intro to a full animation. I'm not going to show it off at all til I know it's going to become something, but I've been wanting to do something with her for a while, so I hope it keeps going well.

    My favorite model maker is having a Black Friday Sale and I hope to snag several models from them. I 100% will be getting Isabela Keyes (#1) from Dead Rising and Eva (#2) from Metal Gear Solid. As a poll, I'd like to know which character you all would like to see something, whether big or small, first.

    I'd hit various snags along the way with Christmas 2025 - Anna/Elsa and nearly started from scratch a few times, but I kept at it, and it's turned out pretty good. Quality Assurance assures me it's of quality? There's really not much more to say/show about it til the release other than 'it's coming along'.

    Since that's the case, I thought I'd add a little more to an older one, just for 'shits and giggles'. Anyone remember Violet Parr's little loop? Just adding a 3rd transition to it. I'll probably release it the week before Christmas, looks like the 20th. If you recall, it was already opened, right? So, no need to wait til the actual day this time.

    That's not gonna be enough to fill in for "Christmas 2025 is coming along", so some new ideas will be sorted and something else will be started, or an abandoned thing restarted, etc. etc. Not sure what yet. I've several I wanted to do, several I started to do, and have several ideas to do. I've gotten back into the swing of things from a pretty hard lull, so we'll see what grabs my attention.

    Christmas 2025 is moving apace. More pieces are fixed and ready, more still need created. That's about all I can really say about it, really.

    The Garage (a quick name for it since it was just a test thing) is getting it's lighting and final checks. Another test/practice that when I came back across it, I thought it would be a decent small release once it was spruced up some. Rendering on it should start sometime next week, for a next Saturday release.

    Lastly for this week, since Halloween falls on a Friday, the Halloween 2025 release will be then and not Saturday. Will there still be a weekly one the 1st? Maybe, we'll see.

    Alrighty. I'm back.
    Vacation was needed, but it turned out pretty horrid and a vacation from the vacation wasn't gonna work, so back to it.
    I was sifting through some partials/practices and came across a Life is Strange Chloe Price idea that I decided to continue and expand upon. So that one and Christmas 2025 are the focuses; Christmas mostly of course.
    Chloe is rebellious. She gets into trouble. Her stepdad David decides it's time for some creative punishment. It was a rough scene to start with, so it's not that far along. I came across it, looked around at it, and thought it'd be a good thing to work on. That's it so far besides grabbing some quick pic previews.
    Christmas 2025 is right where I left it.