Aquarius [Merry Christmas]

I still have no CC updates so going to update here again~ especially since the blog title was changed 8D.
I drew some SEM fanart of Gunnar. It's funny, since he's relatively timid, but his name means 'war' and 'warrior'. I was doing research in that area of naming and his was one of the names to show up. As was Levi's but I'll get to that later.
In other news, the new PSP's bust too easily. My Square button in my new one jammed within 15 minutes of play. I was like "YOU MUST BE FREAKING KIDDING ME!". I also got a book on anatomy. The male they used for most references looks like an extremely dumpy rugby player. His legs are so FAT! I don't think I'll ever draw my legs like that, unless they're really, really fat. He also hat really fat ankles, and since ankles are the hand equivalent of a wrist, they shouldn't be fat since there's just skin there. That's why getting tattoos there hurt, which I am never going to do (not on the ankles...might get one on my right shoulder blade.) But yeah, his anatomy didn't look right.
Plus I'm used to censorship excluding boobs so penises were unexpected...I don't think I've actually seen a penis in real life.
WHY AM I TALKING ABOUT PENISES?
I wrote 3 pages of Golden Wolf. Yay for writers block -.-. I remember when I was getting 3-5 pages done a day. My record is 50 pages in a fortnight. That's the kind of standard I have to get up to so I can get my books out there.
*sigh*.
Skie updated with a Christmas blog about the new rank system in SEM with MOAR GUNNAR SCREENIES 8D (this is kinda weird, being a Gunnar fangirl, but he's awesome =3.)
I can't help but be curious about what Gunnar's 'true form' would be (Veili's is an ice demon form...her wings kinda reminded me of Cirno. Was going to draw Veili vs. Advent Cirno but couldn't get Veili's pose right. Broadsword vs. Broadsword is hard =p). But yeah, Gunnar true form, probably more epic than ICE CREAM. I like my demon storylines. It always seems to be my back up.
"Your character stories don't make sense!"
"Ok then *demonifies them* better?"
"O_O".
(I seriously do this...)
On that note you can probably guess why Lex has blue hair and acid green eyes and is a naturally talented swordsman =P.
I'll post a pencil sketch of Lex here. I'll update later with a picture of my Cloud and Squall plushies in 5 minutes Santa hats. They still look as depressed as ever.

Capricorn

Well since this post has nothing to do with CC, I guess I'd better post it here.
(the weird title is my new consistent way of naming my posts. I'll use zodiacs for the Cosplay Crisis blog because I feel like it =P.
I'm currently actively working on a game I'm DETERMINED to stick to. It's currently untitled, but it stars a young man who is dragged into a world of crazy unknown stuff.
Sound familar? Well your second character's name is Alice. Your main character is trying to find a way home, as well as trying to shake off the nagging feeling that he's been here before...

Well, I'm planning to do all the graphics from scratch. I know the last time I said this I failed very badly at it, but I was doing 32x32 tiles then. I'm doing 16x16 tiles this time, and then I'm going to blow em up by 200% to use in RMXP. So far I have a bit of forest and the entrance to 'Wonderland' finished.

And thus I leave with visuals. The grass in the forest scene has been altered since I mocked it up.

BAH HUMBUG!

Starting trailer over again. I didn't like the story board I had in the first place for it, it annoyed me because it wasn't properly fluent or anything. And...
The USB with the trailer failed anyway -_-. Both of the same type USB's I've had for the same amount of time failed on me within two days of each other. Coincidence? I think not.
*swears at USB companies*
Aside from that I finished Ruby's front walk and side stand poses. I need to play FF9 again, it's been a while and it takes a bit to get me working on related stuff. For FF7, 8 and 10 I have the games available so it's a different story for them =/.
I also finished a couple of sprites that will appear in the extended version of the airport. Since I figured customs isn't going to let a 19-year-old waltz in with a .45 Magnum in his jacket (well done Levi -_-).
From this scene, the proof that Cosplay Crisis isn't just Final Fantasy will come through as he gets his ass saved by Leonard Shawn Kendal, or Leon S. Kendall for short.
Sound familiar?
Played RE2 or RE4 lately? Nehehe.

Also, I extended the Alleys by LOADS. In fact, it even has its own boss fight in order to get through the gate to get to the Subway and an extra branching map. Thanks InFeCtioN for this suggestion, now I don't have to edit the boss in the Battle Circle.
I'm also in the process of extending the Battle Circle to resemble its FF7 counter part better. This means more fights before you fight he boss, which I will one day get around to changing from a Rangarok Online monster to Elvoret/Enoyle from FF8.

In the meantime enjoy the Kumo picture. I remembered his ear ring!!

(I bet there's tons of Engrish in this post, I typed it up at 3am after crashing from energy drinks =D. I'm not thinking straight, believe me)

Sprites...Just incase anyone wanted them.

Tifa one is an edit, I don't know who made the first one. Rest are mine.
The boobs on Tifa and Miri were based off a template by Monkeydlu.

Also, if anyone wants the Cosplay Crisis gang in normal outfits, SUCKO!
I'm not sharing until the game is done.
If you however want the action poses I have for the sprites, just ask (don't have any for Leon, (old) Miri or Vincent, however).

If you use these in ANY GAME, I require my sprites to be CREDITED. If I find that you are using or stealing my sprites without my permission I WILL flay you then shove a Handcannon up your ass and fire.

*ahem*.

Girl in blue is mine, Tifa, Cloud, Squall and Vincent are Square Enix's, Leon S. Kennedy belongs to Capcom.

WTF PEOPLE

I was just browsing Sims 2 downloads and I came across something that kind of creeps me out...
A barbeque to cook and eat your babies on. Seriously!

What kind of parent would EAT THEIR KIDS?! WHAT KIND OF GOVERNMENT WOULD ALLOW IT!!??!?!

Hello everyone =C.

I'M SO DEMOTIVATED >=[. I can't bring myself to work on anything for more than 5 minutes *pulls hair out in frustration*.
I wrote down some more back story for Reaper...and evented some more of the character interaction. Still...I feel so annoyed with myself. I don't want to sprite, I don't want to draw, I don't want to write *sigh*. Damn my lack of inspiration *grimace*.

IF I could bring myself to do it, I would be finishing off Shadz's battler (finally) and maybe starting Zane's or Ruby's. Life just doesn't work like that...

I need to so something. I'm going to see if I can be bothered colouring Blank. I probably can't, but oh well...

I kinda have a want to play Sims 2. I wonder what Sims 3 is like? I want it! But I need a new video card...*sigh*

*sigh* Cosplay Dilemmas

<- not mine =C.
Not about the game, because I'm waiting for Beta Testers to get back to me.

Alright, so here's the scoop. As most people ought to know by now, I'm cosplaying Squall Leonhart this year for Armageddon. It's in October, but I like to be prepared. I know already my sister is not going to have her Inuyasha cosplay done in time, and when I go to Armageddon I'm going to laugh at her.
A lot.

So here's my problems:

Hair. I have natural Squall hair some/most days, but my hair comes almost past my shoulder blades, so unless I was cosplaying his 25-year-old self I don't think I can pull it off. So my next option is a wig. Upon Googling, I found I'm going to have to fork out $40 in American, most likely. My other option is my friend getting me a brown wig and I use a ton of hair gel in it, but I heard hair gel doesn't work to well with wigs. *sigh*.

Gunblade: Not really a problem, but it's another $30 and it's not that good a quality. But I'm not prepared to make my own (I repell costruction materials, except for clothing), so it's going to have to do.

Dissidia?: My biggest problem. Dissidia won't be released in Aus until around Christmas, me thinks, but it's still his latest incarnation and FF fans will probably already know the outfit really well. It won't be too hard to do, I already know how I would do the fur sides and the leather cape-thing, but I'm just not sure about it. Also I probably wouldn't be able to get the Griever belt buckle, which is a problem. However, if I do go as Dissidia Squall, one thing is certain. I LOATHE the way his shirt and necklace are designed, I believe the original FF8 is a lot more elegant and not as rough and choppy. So if I did go down the Dissidia path, only the bottom half of the costume would be incorporated. Not only because I hate the way it's designed, but because the shirt cuts WAAAYYY too far down for me to get away with it, which brings us to my next problem.

My well-endowed chest: *sigh*. I bought $13 bandages the other day, and I'm probably going to have to buy another 2 to get my chest flat enough to pull this off. Guys get it easy when the cosplay girls >=[. Sometimes I wish I was born as a guy. Then being as I am wouldn't be so friggin' complicated >=[.

On a happier note, one of my biggest dilemmas, the belts, has been remedied. I have found a set of great marron belts perfect for the waist belts, and I also know where I can get my leg belts.
I'm not afraid to admit it, but I'll be using dog collars. At least they won't slip down like the ones I got in my costume o.o.

Hey! It's a post!

O.o yes it is.

Hiiii Carl!! Image: Yugi from Yu-Gi-Oh! Drawn...slightly...realisticly.


On life news: I got Crisis Core and passed all my exams! But I nearly failed Maths. Toldya I would >o<. I also made a trailer for FF8 and wrote a comic for Cosplay Crisis. Whoooop.

I went to a party yesterday, and I met someone who was also into Final Fantasy. Jesus I was surprised! I thought the entirety of Australia hated it! Well, just about anyway! We talked for an hour about it and then I started trying to avoid being dragged into dancing. One of the reasons I'm not mentioning just in case anyone I know decides to come snooping around my blog (hey, it COULD happen, y'know).
My sister watched Twilight AGAIN tonight and just about drove me nuts by saying lines as people said them. Look, I'm already doing that with Crisis Core, but at least I do it IN MY ROOM.
I also got minorly obsessed with Yu-Gi-Oh!. Season 0 is the best!! I swear, 4kids really sucks. REALLY.
I should probably finish Dragon Ball though, eh?

Y'know, I'm up to the final boss fight of Crisis Core, and I have something to say about Cloud.
WHAT KIND OF USELESS GUY ONLY SAYS "MNGH" FOR A JOURNEY HALFWAY ACROSS THE CONTINENT!?!?
Plus, during the events at Nibelheim before Hojo got to them, Cloud could jump waaaaaay too high for a regular 16-year-old guy. He jumped the entire staircase!! Unless he was experiencing a bloody adrenaline rush, it's really going against the whole 'Cloud-was-a-regular-guy-then-Hojo-stuck-him-in-a-tank-and-now-he's-stronger-than-most-SOLDIERs' plotline.
Then again, he also suffers from Main Character Syndrome and Super Hair Disease.
To quote Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged:

Cloud: My hair gives me super strength!
while Rufus Shinra goes:
Screw the rules I have mako!
and Zack goes:
This next mission is going to be super-special awesome!
While Barret yells:
BROOKLYN RAGE!
while Aerith says:
Look, it's Scantily slut slut, oh wait I mean Tifa.
while Tifa gets angry and says:
MY BOOBS ARE NOT FAKE!
*rest of party* riiiiggghhhtttt. Cloud: I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!
Ok why is Cloud Tristan in this rendition O.O.

Cloud: I was never really in SOLDIER.
Cait Sith: In that case can I be the main character?
Cloud: NO FUCKING WAY.
Cait Sith: Bugger.

Soz >_<

I got addicted to Dragon Ball after I became obsessed with proving how crap-tastic Dragon Ball: Evolution is. God, if I ever meet the idiot who directed that movie, I'm going to Kamehameha Wave him in the face at point-blank range.
However, after I managed to use up 75% of our internet usage in a week (ehehe >.>) I'm not allowed to watch it *wails*.
So I'm going to get back to CC.

The game is about 40% done game-play wise, since I want to add a few extra bits in order to make the game more lengthy (i.e, instead of going straight to the train station, you have to catch a plane...wearing cosplay outfits. Kehehe). I've sketched up both Hanna's and Lulu's face sets, and I have sketches of body poses for Hanna, Lulu, Zane and Ruby. Only missing Theo, who's a pain to draw because of that stupid arm-guard. Where Nomura got that design from I'll always wonder >.<. That said, yes, I've drawn and coloured Shadz's face-set and redrawn Levi's. Last version was horrid >.>.
I've got exams in two weeks *dies*. I'm going to fail my Maths one, I really shouldn't be in the hardest maths class. And despite the fact I'm pretty sure I'm failing, everyone still thinks I'm a nerd. Oh, the irony.
Hopefully I'll have Lulu coloured by tonight. Hehehe.

Sprite Updates >.>

Ugh my head >.<. I've been working like mad on battler sprites. Shadz/Vincent is nearly finished, but I still have so....much....to....do >.<. I'm completely redoing Kyer/Rinoa and Levi/Squall, since I've been lazy and been using the FFVIII-2 battlers >o<. On the bright side I'm currently bug testing the CC demo, which is actually finished, but still needs some minigames and events finished like teaching Kumo how to do Cloud's victory pose. Unfortunately there's no savepoint before that scene, so I can't just load a test file, I have to go through all the introductionary drabble >.>.
Meeaaggghhh.

MORE UPDATES

Weeeoooo. I've finished Shadz's sprite, and just started his battler. I've also done a ton of character art (will ink Miri tonight, and possibly Lulu). Just got up to the 2nd boss fight, against the Tree Spirit (who is notably easier than Randgris) however you fight with two new characters, Kyer and Shadz, neither of whom have Materia, so it's recommended to give all the Materia to Levi prior to going to the Event Circle. I also have added the first EVER switch spot, were Levi gets all excited because he gets to choose the party and be the party leader (not for long, you're searching for Kumo and his spiky head at that point ^_^)

LOLICON

Hiya random ness blog. Dododo.

Got up to first boss battle in Cosplay Crisis today. Feeling really unmotivated though. In fact I'm doing just about nothing right now....no drawing, spriting or writing. I'm a very bad girl *slaps own wrist*. I drew some sketches of Levi, Kyer and Lulu earlier, and I need to ink them, but I'm not in the mood. Maybe I should listen to some music?
All I've got on the computer is my sister's crap and a couple of songs of my own. Time to do some USB raiding, dododo.

Cosplay Crisis: Updates

I was having difficulty finding a tileset for the carnival, but I'm now using one by DeathLock.
Station Circle is currently mapped out, which means the mapping section of the game is almost completed (didn't think it would take me this shorter time....). Databasing isn't finished, however, since I'm having difficulty picking out weapons for characters like Theo, Zane & Kumo, since their characters had multiple weapons throughout the game, and I mean a LOT.
Tonight I'll probably start working on Vincent/Shadz, or continue working on Zidane/Zane and Garnet/Dagger/Ruby.
OR I'll finish off Kumo's battler (which will be a relief...) then start working on Elvoret since he's the first boss battle of the game, which is fought, ironically, in the Battle Circle.
Then you can free roam through the Battle, Wonder, Event and Station Circles (rest are currently closed). A recommendation is that you explore each area thoroughly, or you may miss Materia, including an All and a Steal. Yet to discover if All works with RTAB, however >...>.
I've also got to draw up face portraits for everyone except for Kumo (already done ^_^), since the Menu system is going to use faces.
Ahh! And I have to sprite a moogle! Damn Savepoints >.>.
I also screwed up eventing this morning while test playing (forgot to change the screentone from black in an Autorun event), and I didn't have time to play it again. Still wondering how I'm going to time the events right, so I can display the logo if I want to >...>.

Cosplay Crisis: Finalized Character list

Yes, the character list for CC has been finalized, and your characters stand thus:

Kumo Atsureki, 19, Cosplays Cloud Strife. Limits: Braver, Blade Beam, Meteor Rain, Omnislash.
Levi Raionomoi, 19, Cosplays Squall Leonhart. Limits: Rough Divide, Fated Circle, Blasting Zone, Lionheart.
Miri Joumaeshin, 19, Cosplays Tifa Lockheart. Limits: Beat Rush (will add rest later)
Kyer Shinyuri, 18, Cosplays Rinoa Heartilly. Limits: Trinity Rush, Trinity Cannon, Trinity Phoenix, Invincible Moon & Angel Wing.
Shadz Barentain, 18, Cosplays Vincent Valentine. Limits: Galian Beast, something, something, Chaos (>> i haven't gotten all the FF7 limits yet...)
Lulu Shinyuri, 16, Cosplays Selphie Tilmitt. Limits: Full-Cure, Wall, Rapture, The End.
Zane Atsureki, 16, Cosplays Zidane Tribal. Limits: (I'll have to look em up)
Ruby Alexanders, 16, Cosplays Garnet til Alexandros the 3rd or 4th or whatever. Limits: (undecided)
Theo Carter, 17, Cosplays Tidus. Limits: Spiral Blade, Slice and Dice, Energy Rain, Blitz Ace.
and Hanah Daniels, Cosplays Yuna. Limits: (undecided).

If my Dad ever plays this game (which he won't >.>) his party would consist of:
Kumo (he has to pick him, he's the main freaking character >>)
Theo
Levi

Why? Because all there limits are multi-hit doomsday attacks, that's why.

Bed time, g2g.

Announcing: Cosplay Crisis

Weee super serious work, bed time for you!

I've got an itch I need to scratch and it happens to be one on the parody side of life, which is why I've started work on Cosplay Crisis.

It's basically got the same things as an FF Parody, however all the characters are original characters...awesome, eh? Main character's name is Kumo Atsureki, which translates literally to "Cloud Strife" :/.

The game basically revolves around a bunch of teenagers, who during a fun day cosplaying, contract a virus that turns them into the character they're cosplaying...or so I've lead everyone to believe!

The virus actually works by turning them into the character the person is most LIKE. It's a super-special spoiler that not even the Story & Characterization section knows about, because it's the major twist in the game- it forces the entire group to admit they are like the character they cosplayed.

As such, the main character does have quite a few flashbacks in-game, though often no where near as violent as Cloud's. He does talk to himself sometimes but, unlike Cloud, no voices answer until about 8/9 through the game, and the voice IS Cloud.

The systems and crap are simple, I just need to ask the creator of Final Fantasy: Awakening about the limit system he's using for it. My current system didn't support Limits for some strange, bizzaro reason.
Also, I've been working like made to get the Materia System intergrated and I think I may have succeeded (yay!!) by using a version created by Atoa.

I'm planning to have 4 limit breaks for each character, since that's what FF8 to FF10 had. FF7 had 7 limit breaks p/c, but Kumo will only have:

Braver
Blade Beam
MeteorRain
Omnislash

And to answer your question "Is Omnislash going to be as frustratingly difficult to obtain as FF7?!"

And my answer is yes. Yes it is.

That's all for now, it's late, I have to go to bed.
Will update tomorrow. And yesh, the logo is mine. MINE!!

Cyas!

Physical Theatre, Games and whatnot

Hey hey, I really wish it was Saturday =P.
I've really decided to knuckle down and work on my games. And if anyone catches me talking about Mobile Phone game systems, supernatural powers, and button mashing battle systems, kick me, quick, because I suddenly got an urge to make a Heroes fan game and I'm just too loaded up as it is! >.>. Yeah, the sprite IS Peter Petrelli >_<. *kicks self*. So, today in Drama was ok. I really got focused into Baton Twirling, which our group was handed the task mainly (my opinion) because our performance on Thurs last week kind of sucked in my opinion. My opinion, remember, gotta make that clear.
I'm sort of looking forward to Diversity Week, it's going to be interesting to see if I screw up =P.
Ack, ack, GIMP is being bitchy. It refuses to follow the path my mouse makes since I have to use the mouse that came with the Bamboo FUN tablet I got a little while ago. Unfortunately I kind of have work to do, I have 8 battler sheets need by April, I haven't finished ANY of the battlers required for my own two games demos, and the count for THOSE stands at...hmrph...16. 24 BATTLERS? I think I ought to prioritise a little :/. I'm not even counting walking sprites >.>.
At least I'm still getting H/W done, I guess.
Oh, oh, today I got the ENTIRE SET of the "The Black Mages" albums. Most people probably haven't heard of them. They're a Japanese band that focuses on turning the compositions of Nobuo Uematsu, a theme composer for a lot of games (mainly Final Fantasy) into rock songs. They focus on battle themes mainly but they do others. There are 3 Black Mages albums, The Black Mages, The Black Mages 2: The Skies Above, and The Black Mages 3: Darkness & Starlight. They're like...totally awesome.
Ack, sisters kicking me off. Predictable.

Laterzzz o_^. Big Image is of Squall Leonhart, awesomest dude EVA!

Burnt Toast Memorial

If you're wondering why my blog happens to have such a weirdo name, I'm about to explain it ^_^.
The "Burnt Toast Diner" is a main location in the first season of Heroes. Despite it being a small, almost insignificant diner, a lot happens there, just like my own life.
The Memorial part is from my username, SorceressKyrsty. My favourite video game had a location that was almost insignificant but a lot happened there too... the Sorceress Memorial.
A combination of two insignificant but important places.
I started this blog mainly so I could follow my drama classes blog but I might use it for other purposes as well, such as drawings and stuff. For now I'll just add something I recently made, hehe ^_^.