Well, I don't have time to put up whats been going on, but I assure you it's a LOT. But, to make things short and to the point for the purpose of this journal, I am putting the Elite comic on hold *Along with the other 3 on hold rough drafts* and starting on my Luke and Jan canonical comic of a tragic life before joining Millennium. Not to say it wasn't tragic in Millennium, but you get my drift if your a Hellsing fan and know these characters. It is fairly short, but I took a lot of time writing the rough draft and going over it again and again. I just feel like I should relax and do a more down to earth story; nothing with the fate of the universe or super powered ninjas. Just something about more realistic problems

I would have started that sooner, but I just finished a HUGE and FUN for once project for Language Arts. I had to read a book for honors, and I chose DRACULA by Bram Stoker. See were this is going? I am a big fan of Hellsing, and Alucard's story is derived from Bram Stokers version. So, I read that, and it turned out pretty good. A bit dry in some parts, but eh. Now the project had a list of things I could do, summarizing the book, blah blah blah. But the final, and longest and most difficult, made my heart alight.

I got the option to do a graphic novel version of it. A comic book, detailing the major events in order. Leaped, because my teacher had made the option just for me, on the account that I spend my time working on projects of my own like this whenever I get the chance. This was going to be my crowning work for Sophomore year,and while I typically don't see much point in doing busy work, usually half assing everything just for a barely pass, I found myself spending my small break of a week working on this project.

Using Hellsings style as reference, I managed to finish this project on the last night. 18 Pages of glory, and I had fun with each page *Yunyin helped me on a few scenes if you know her, she's awesome and a good friend*. I turned it in last Friday, and my teacher practically had a heart attack. The description stated I only needed 9 panels; I had managed to do over 45 and each page was, for lack of better words, stunning. She stated it was the most hard worked on project she had ever seen, and I managed to get it in my portfolio once it was done being shown and graded. I plan to use it as an example of my work in storytelling and art for Sophomore year, since it is from one of my core classes. It will be seen during senior year, and I hope will land me into a helpful art college if I plan on going to one or at least show my talents and hard work.

Once I get it back sometime later, I'll be posting it up here *A week or two from now* for anyone who wants to see it. Some pages were hasty, but in the end I liked nearly all of it. It gave good practice too. And now I find that for the next quarter, I had to choose another book from a list to read, and more then likely do the same thing. I chose this time "The Three Musketeers" which is long and old, but I hear is a great book. If all goes well, I'll turn that into a comic too.

So, with all this other school work and stress from life, I hope to find some time to do the Luke and Jan, then get right back to Halo. I'll probably do some more pictures of the Halo comic, since I play the game so much and am excited for Halo Wars and RECON. Things look to be a busy and stressful year, but if I am not either of those things I get lazy and bored after all. Oh, and a last note, I will be doing a TRIBUTE TO CARMINE from Gears of War 2; I loved that guy :*( I liked Anthony Carmine from the first game, and even more his poor brother from the second. I feel bad for his family, it's going to end up like Saving Private Ryan. Except, with Carmines. If you played Gears of War 2 you'd understand

Thoughts if you will, and thanks for reading.

Holy Halo shit, it's been....*counts on fingers* about FIVE months since I updated my journal! Jesus; I feel ashamed for waiting till now to do it. Then again, with Halo tournaments, drawing, school, more Halo 3 xbox live fun, and friends I've been so busy. Personal life has been going through a load of hurtles and abyss's, so let's just say it's been a bit tiring and stressful as well. But I'll get to the reason I'm posting this journal.

I have been recently doing a lot of Halo and Halo 3 fan art, attributing to the fan fictions I did some time ago *which, are actually still widely liked and I am amazed they are good considering I did them nearly 3-4 years ago.* I love the Elite's *Sangheili* Their honor system, their armor and blades, their general appearance *They don't need to be beautiful; they are bad ass warriors and beauty is overrated* And of course, drawing them has been fun. I've since gotten better at drawing human's and male anatomy over the summer...well, more or less. Elite's are a nice break from drawing men whose arms and lower torso's look like crap. Plus, I get more freedom with drawing the aliens.

So, I was doing an Elite vs Spartan comic, but I am thinking I'll put that on hold for a long awaited project that will also be a fanfiction, a story that takes place not long after Halo 3. It's about finding another one of the Rings, an Assault Carrier of Elites encounter Brutes who were sent to take it before Truth was brutally murdered by the Arbiter. They have to prevent the Brutes from alerting other surviving Covenant, and make sure that they don't release the flood or get a human to activate the rings. Oh, and it involves scenes with over 30,000 Elites and 60,000 Brutes, not including Grunts, Hunters, and Jackals. Plus scarabs and all the other favorite land and air vessels. I am taking PAINSTAKING time to make sure the plot's good and done, makes sense, and that each page is taken with a careful consideration for detail. I was inspired by Elites themselves, but after recently seeing more Halo Wars, that's helped get me ready for drawing the war and the Gurellia warfare afterwords.

Note that also, it will follow a careful cast of characters. I don't want it to be disorganized and hard to understand, so I doubt I'll really do a rough draft or final, just start each page slow with what I want and plan ahead. I hope more people will view it once I get it on, I'll be uploading a picture of what you could call a poster of it soon, that mirrors one of the earlier scenes. I look forward to getting back in the groove.

Alright, thanks a lot for reading and please stay tuned to my art!

Wow, I haven't updated since Feb 4....Well, I guess so much has been going on I haven't really felt like updating a whole lot. At least not untill I got the chance to get a good start on a doujinsho project, which is going pretty well for a rough draft. The comic is turning out to be rather long, more then likely 60 pages or more. I've split it into three separate parts, and I am well into the second. I'll be sure to post a few pages of the rough, though you really shouldnt peek since it's all really crappy quality and it's purpose is to help me plan for a final. Ah, I forgot to mention that it is a battle between Itachi and Pein during the timeskip. With the recent information on Itachi finally flowing, I feel I am prepared, and am working on a script to please fans of both. But really, it's mostly just because I wanted to do a doujinsho battle, since Free-energy really helped inspire me. I don't plan to start posting the final untill I am well ahead of it, and I am sure that I'll be able to keep intrest in this. Once it's done, I'll move onto a few other projects I look forward to.

Aside from that, the aura *or whatever* smells great; what I mean is that when I go outside the smell in the morning and afternoon reminds me of a lot of good times from the previous years, mostly summer related. My birthday is this friday, and I'll be 16. Damn, already? I am not too excited though, it's not that big a deal. A lot of friends will probably come to my house, and we'll play something like Halo 3 or Gears of war or Super Smash Bros Brawl. Pizza, etc. Man, I've got to go get my license EVENTUALLY...some day

Well, recent things I've plunged back into include MEGA MAN *Rockman* Battle Network series, especially 3. Bass/Forte is totally badass, and I always enjoyed the EXE series. Then there is Inuyasha, which is actually coming to an end in the manga. MY GOD. Unbelivable. I loved all the characters from that so much, and it was my first/2nd anime I ever saw some 10 years or more ago. First was DBZ I think..*ahem* Anyway, there's all that and playing a lot of Brawl lately; I "Pwn" everyone long as I am MetaKnight Fun for the whole family! I managed to quit an online game, Cabal. It was fun while it lasted, but such a collosal waste of time and meanigingless lvling that I finally decided to get off it and enjoy some console games and maybe even play some M.U.G.E.N.

Well, I'll probably update this journal later; I'm in school right now. *Chuckles* My teacher apparently doesent mind that I managed to get through the blocks onto deviant art.

Ah, and thank Free-Energy! He was awesome inspiration, and always tells me to have fun with what I am doing.

Well, to anyone watching my page, this is just a little something that was given to me by a very talented artist, and new friend.

Thanks for such support my friend! And don't worry, I tried to draw the manga as much like Kishimoto as I can, so that's quite a compliment!

For the line art, I ink my sketches with .005 Micron pens, which are really thin, and then I scan the picture, and polish it up on Photoshop. (Adjusting Brightness/Contrast) and then manually smoothening one-by-one with the eraser, so it certainly takes me a long time doing it that way.

And as for how I come up with it, I've been reading Naruto obsessively for the past four-or-so years, and I study the art a lot, so after that long, you kinda figure out how to make a battle flow like the real manga.

Hope that helps, if you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask!

And thanks!

I may edit this journal on how Im doing, but I'm just so busy right now.

*Sighs*

Been awhile since my last post; eh? Well other then my laziness, I've got good reason.
These days I think I'm going to completely lose it sometimes. Just too many damn things going on at once, the stress is killing me and I don't know what to do. It makes me just want to go and be completely isolated and alone sometimes. When your as confused and a million thoughts are racing through you head, you get that way I suppose. Some examples of this include:

My Xbox 360 dieing on me due to 3 flashing lights and now I have to send it in for repairs in Texas, which could take 6 weeks and theres a good chance I wont get it back. Plus, I had just rented Assasins Creed when it decided to have the hardware failure.

My dad getting hit while driving his motorcycle; surviving but now in a lot of pain. Also, he's having some serious financial issues; in other words having trouble paying the rent.

My shitty house going to hell in a hand basket; Grandfather being more of a controlling bastard then usual; with me having nothing I can honestly do about it. My little brother; who I saved and cared for his entire 8 years of life; practically betraying me to my grandfather. I've always loathed him, but lately he's just such a pain in my ass. Makes me wish I had left him for dead; and now I'm at the point where I am going to screw being noble and forsake him to whatever problems he has. Im sick and tired of being burdened by him.

Some of my friends seeming to drift away from me; and new friends I have now apparently "Hate me". Basically, saying because I am in good shape, have some art skills, and am good at bloody video games I am completely superior or something. I wonder if maybe I am being a major ass hole or something, or if its just envy or jealousy? Everybody has their problems anyway, who am I to judge? Being dragged down by other peoples negativity is terrible.

My art sucks so damn much, and I just keep trying and wondering if my entire life will be wasted at my attempts at becoming a decent manga artist? Always there, creeping in the back of my mind is that thought of my goal never being completed. Coupled with that, recent slumps are causing me to draw things that actually seem worse then some drawings from months ago. Seeing people younger then you drawing way better is like being hit in the face.

Bloody slushy weather making my mood even worse; its like we cant just have normal, comfy snow. It all turns to a messy cold slushy substance.

School....Must I say more? Trying to keep up with all my work; stay in shape, make sure my grades stay up so that I can have a future; plans for social life slipping away and being stolen, just feeling alone and cold surrounded by superficial people, negative people, liars, cheats, people who act like their your friend but actually want to kill you, and teachers that simply detest you. I stay as positive as I can, but with all this weight crushing down on me I feel as though I am going to drown and never be able to come back up.

Coping with things like death and if life really is pointless, my thoughts driving me insane on that matter. I'm not even going to go into it actually.

Loves here too. What is love? Does it really exist? Are some people doomed to never have it? Is it better to just shun away from it and focus on other things? As though my other problems were enough to contemplate....

Anyway, I have a lot more but I'd rather not share that right now. Plus, my own ranting is bringing me down T___T. As for good things; Ive gotten more into Resident Evil, and we have a week of school starting with from the sea day; where you can dress up as a pirate or fish or something. I am not sure if I want to try anything for these days; I still need money to rent a tux that matches a red dress and pay for a tolo dance thing thats next Saturday. I just feel stressed and confused about what I want; even Christmas is not cheering me up and instead is doing the exact opposite.

I cant think of anything such as an item that I really want for Christmas. I'm sick of people just giving the finger to everyones religions too! If your an atheist, FINE. Don't go around spewing how stupid a certain religion is, just because your spiteful and feel like being a dick. If being a christen, mormun, Jewish person, or Hindu is what you are, then thats cool. Were not in the middle ages people, its not the crusades, nobody really cares that much. Besides, I know a huge percentage of people who aren't even christen or catholic and they celebrate Christmas so they can get with good family and friends and celebrate with gifts of affection and food.

Oye, did I just go on another rant? Good god, I've got to stop doing that O..o;; Anyway, I suppose that it was time for a post and venting might help. Ah, I just remembered what I might want for Christmas: A freaking Scanner/Printer. Then maybe I could scan some of my manga attempts.

Alright, well I'm going to go try and draw Wesker from Resident Evil and watch some television maybe. I haven't eaten in a while, yet I'm not hungry. I always hoped that depression wasent an illness; and that it was just when someone was feeling sad for awhile, but these days I wonder to myself if thats the case. Love all of my friends and people willing to read this; I am going to work on getting to see some of my best old friends soon, over winter break and spend some much needed quality time with them. Perhaps I can answer some of my own personal questions by then; or at least lose the stress.