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Intro
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Hi dudes and dudettes! How's everything been?  It sure has been a while, and I've lost contact with a good number of people to boot, so hopefully I can get back in the groove by posting some art in the coming month or so, for practice and for fun.  We'll see!

Everything's going pretty well for me atm.  I (finally!) finished that website I was working on with my brother.  Took long enough, huh? Well, we're keeping it under wraps for now, since we're getting used to the updating/maintenance of the site. You'll also notice that Mechanic Shinobi has been removed from the gallery ~ partially because it's going to be exclusive to the new site, but also because I've totally revamped the series and don't want readers to get confused .  I'll make sure to mention the new site again when it's ready to be revealed, please look forward to it!

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Weekly Lowdown
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I'm sure all the gamers out in the crowd heard about the recent cancellation of Mega Man Legends 3. It was especially disappointing for me, since I spent 8 or so months helping out at the Capcom Unity Devroom (Unity is Capcom's community interaction website, and the Devroom was a special section of the site for supporting the development of the game). A lot of fans poured a lot of love and effort into the game, so it's really disheartening that it wound up getting cancelled.

There are some fan-driven movements trying to revive the project, so if you're interested in the MML series (which comes highly recommended, especially if you enjoy charming action adventure games ), you should give the Legends3 site a visit here: [link] lists all of the major campaigns being waged to revive the game, including the 100,000 Strong Facebook page that's been popping up on several news sites.

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Artsy Wanderings
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While I was on Capcom Unity I did quite a bit of art for various Capcom series, so that's what I'm uploading to DevArt today.  Some of it's old, but still entertaining to look at I think.

In non-Capcom-related news, I've been studying a new anatomy book called "Anatomy and Construction of the Human Figure" by Charles Bradbury.  It's a really excellent text on human anatomy, with surprisingly thorough explanations and detailed illustrations on the skeleton and muscles of the human body.  What I really like is the well-framed structure of the book ~ it has a very practical and straightforward approach.  Overall I highly recommend it, I really think it's a great book for learning human anatomy.

Other than that, I'm mostly drawing comics nowadays.  It's mind-numbing, but satisfying too.  I need to get better at inking tho, since it's taking me forever and it's not something I'm particularly practiced in (I also need to experiment more with page layouts).

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Ciao and Vid of the Week
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The (sort of, but not exactly) opening song for Mega Man Legends: [link] brother got the Soundtrack CDs way back when (as a gift I think), and he'd use this song for his alarm clock in the mornings.  Very nostalgic. You'll get off that moon someday, Mega Man!  Someday!