Feeling Better/Final Fantasy by *Niraven on deviantART

Hey everyone. As always, I hope all is well with all of you.

Just another little journal on my end, because I've missed being more social with you guys. Now that I'm back home and finally feel settled, I crave to get back to things as they were, and being more active and social with my dear friends here on dA is one of those things!

I've been doing better in general lately-- my cold is *almost* gone now, I've gotten to play Sonic Generations and Soul Calibur V, too! I thought I wouldn't get to play until March, so being able to do this earlier is awesome for numerous reasons, namely that I can play now and while I'm playing, catch up on messages and commission details for my formal resuming in a handful of days' time. While I was in America, I didn't get to play games hardly at all. I can't believe how much that killed my ability to have fun and my inspiration, for you see my husband and I play games very often-- not as an addiction, but as a simple and effective way of having a lot of fun. I can't tell you how much I missed it, and I feel my spirits and creativity pick up again on levels I haven't felt in months.

Speaking of creativity, I have something very exciting it looks like I'll be working on. I won't say anything just yet, but it'd be "the next step" for me in regards to my artwork. I'll share more soon, but know it's a very very good thing!

So that's about it for now before I formally restart the commissions. I've been spending large amounts of time on the Soul Calibur V character creator, as could be expected. Among others, I've made Midna, (SS) Zelda, Ghirahim, Groose, and Impa to such an unexpected level of near perfect, I literally lol when I play with them. Ghirahim especially turned out so unexpectedly well, it's hard to believe he's a "custom character". I will share a picture or two in my scraps soon if you guys would like to see.

How have you guys been? Any good news on your end?

P.S. I've also happened to come into the possession of two Final Fantasy collectibles: Final Fantasy Master Arms Squall's Gunblade from Final Fantasy VIII, and Final Fantasy Master Arms Seifer's Gunblade from Final Fantasy VIII. They both have their original boxes (from Japan) and come with a display stand. They are 1/6 scale replicas. They are also for sale! I'm very flexible so if you're interested in them or would like to offer me a price, send me a note! Thanks!