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Another WIP I am working on; a quick black and white image to give me a break from the other, more detailed piece I was working on: Yandere-chan from Yandere Simulator! enjoy!

That is an awesome vacation day and I am a teensy extraordinarily jealous of that limited enchanted rose cup! It's fancy and pretty! Glad you had such a great day!

Ugh mopey yesterday and it's gloomy today. Pfft, let's see how yesterday went! Day 11 Concept Design: Get inspired from Nerdfitness rebels and especially from the recruits! Day 11 Details: 04/04 social days! Did a little bit better yesterday! So hurray More than one thread this time. Sculpting: Lets get rid of excess clay to a sculpt a masterpiece! Day 11 Details: 03/05 days of intermittent fasting! Did pretty good here! Made sure I kept the plan and not eat until noon. I was hungry but as mentioned before I am getting used to this! Molding: Need to fill this body with silicone (or water) to create a great appliance! Day 11 Details: 04/05 watering days! Doing quite well here so far with all the water! Also helps keep me hydrated and also helps with the hunger in the morning. Application: Time to put the above together some adhesive to make sure the mold and sculpt is strong! Day 11 Details: 03/03 strength training days! Did a lower body routine yesterday and man that was hard. I was really tired after. Here are some numbers! Pistol Squats @ 3 * 8 (per leg) Side Lunges @ 20 lb per hand @ 3 * 8 Ski Squats @ 34 lb per hand @ 2 * 8, 32 lb per hand @ 1 * 8 Straight-leg Deadlift @ 40 lb per hand @ 3 * 8 Sumo Squats @ 27 lb per hand @ 2 * 8, 30 lb per hand @ 1 * 8, Calf Raises @ 32 lb per hand @ 2 * 6, 34 lb per hand @ 1 * 8 Yeah...Owies. Last Looks: Time to spice up the sculpt with the final touches, including addition fabrications and some paint! Day 11 Details: 03/04 arting days! NOTICE ME SENPAI!!! A I have a WIP for you...I-I know it's not done and I have to fix a few things here first, but wait until I'm done! I know you'll love it... If you know what's good for you. Todays' Plan: Do some kickboxing classes after work. I was planning a double day of Kickboxing and Muay Thai, but my in laws will be in town so I'll just be doing kickboxing. I don't know if I'll do anything else after that other than some yoga. I think probably yoga will be good since my upper back is hurting again (all the strength training I suppose). I would take a break today...but it's gonna be a bit ugly with snow tomorrow and I rather not make that drive. Also with my MIL in town, I figured she may want to look at some neighborhoods in her nice and safe 4WD SUV. So yeah. Anywho; I am getting pretty close with my Yandere-chan image so I'll try to work on her more today and keep with my black and white manga style choices (so inking her hair black and some uniform accents as well). Shading will be minimal and I may clean up or add more firey texture to the background...unsure. We'll see! It's nice to do a quick image to take a break from another piece (which I did work on yesterday as well). ...QQ? Am I good enough to start commissions? I have Requests being Open but I may change that to commissions for Deviantart core memberships and have Commissions or Art Trades only. There is one request I got that I do look forward to doing (Circus-themed villain? All the ideas)! But that maybe my last one. Something I'm thinking about, probably silly. Anywho! After that, perhaps I'll have time for a visit to Andromeda .

Something is awesome! It keeps the habit going and the challenge moving :D. Awesome!

I suppose so! But I am restless. Thanks! *** Day 10 Concept Design: Get inspired from Nerdfitness rebels and especially from the recruits! Day 10 Details: 03/04 social days! I have only been replying to one thread at a time! I may need to do more commenting and gif-giving! Sculpting: Lets get rid of excess clay to a sculpt a masterpiece! Day 10 Details: 02/05 days of intermittent fasting! As mentioned, not yesterday due to meetings blocking most of my afternoon. Hopefully I can get back into the groove today cause I was starting to get used to it. Molding: Need to fill this body with silicone (or water) to create a great appliance! Day 10 Details: 03/05 watering days! A lot of water yesterday! Awesome here! Let's hope I can make two more days! Application: Time to put the above together some adhesive to make sure the mold and sculpt is strong! Day 10 Details: 02/03 strength training days! Woo! I did kickboxing which was all elbows, thus mostly upper body! I followed that up with an upperbody workout that was very shoulder and chest heavy! Here are some numbers: Chest Press @ 30 lb per hand @ 2 * 10 Dumbbell Row @ 27 lb per hand @ 2 * 10 Supine Ventral Raise @ 10 lb per hand @ 2 * 10 Dumbbell Pullover @ 30 lb total @ 2 * 10 Lateral Raise @ 10 lb per hand @ 2 * 10 Side Pullover (Left) @ 10 lb per hand @ 2 * 5, 5 lb per hand @ 2 * 5 Ventral Raise @ 10 lb per hand @ 2 * 10 Side Pullover (Right) @ 10 lb per hand @ 2 * 5, 5 lb per hand @ 2 * 5 Last Looks: Time to spice up the sculpt with the final touches, including addition fabrications and some paint! Day 10 Details: 02/04 arting days! So remember that song up above? Worked on inks for Yandere-Chan and sadly trying to figure out her body out. At least for her body that is still in a sketch phase so easier to change, but I am not sure what I want with it. I had one idea but it's not working out in the composition...hmmm Todays' Plan: Already perusing the forums a bit while finishing up final work on a tech presentation today so I left a comment here and there! I am not planning on going to Muay Thai fundamentals tonight; I may do double day of kickboxing and Muay Thai tomorrow (4:15 to 6:00 pm). The reason why is mostly because I'll be heading out of work early to visit Zeke. Anywho, enough of that angst! I shall be doing another lowerbody workout tonight after the visit and after some work! After that, I shall do some more ink on Yandere-chan and my cute Sloth and Gluttony image too (@Luciana Valerosa Culming mentioned a few tweaks to fix so I shall do that). Then of course, Andromeda! Hurray! Ciao everyone!

Huh...His eyes were bugging me for a while and that might be why! I'll need to go back and fix that a little! Thanks!

So the lasso trick you used on Kessa? Yeah I do that a lot. It sometimes bothers me to see everything falling into place with the sketch, then the inks, and the coloring and then see a mistake that makes me groan and have to tweak things. A lot of pieces have been saved through adjusting the image. Really so happy with digital technologies :D. Speaking of Kessa! She looks great! I really like the background too! Awesome work :D. Ah yes...Andromeda. What a great galaxy...

Life happens; you still kept on track and hit specific goals you can hit while recovery. It's perfectly fine to start late when it comes to your goals. Take it slow and work your own pace

I tend to plan ahead! I can't help it! I hope that I also have this Seal of approval too: *** So I was listening to this: Which gave me the dumbest idea of tweaking the lyrics to fit for the character of Yandere-Chan from Yandera Simulator! Isn't she so adorable?! All for her Senpai of course...any who, check out my stupid lyrics under the spoiler (cause they are dumb) See? Dumb. But stuck in my head. Stupid Yandere Simulator... Anywho! Day 09 Concept Design: Get inspired from Nerdfitness rebels and especially from the recruits! Day 09 Details: 02/04 social days! Minor social day yesterday on the forums! Sculpting: Lets get rid of excess clay to a sculpt a masterpiece! Day 09 Details: 02/05 days of intermittent fasting! Made it again! Molding: Need to fill this body with silicone (or water) to create a great appliance! Day 09 Details: 02/05 watering days! Barely made it this time, but I shall keep this up! Application: Time to put the above together some adhesive to make sure the mold and sculpt is strong! Day 09 Details: 01/03 strength training days! Lower Body day! Hah no. Lazy yesterday after a long day of work and gloomy skies. Last Looks: Time to spice up the sculpt with the final touches, including addition fabrications and some paint! Day 09 Details: 01/04 arting days! So remember that song up above? I actually started to sketch Yandere Simulator fanart...god save me. I am totally posting that song with the image. Todays' Plan: So I broke the intermittent fasting streak today because I was hungry and I have a meeting from 12 to 1pm AND also had a meeting at 1:30pm with work to be done before then...so yeah. Blah. Ah well! Today, again, I plan on kickboxing, upper body training and doing some art when I get home! Also need to check out my fellow peeps too! I know I have two images to work on now. I may work on the Yandere-chan one cause it'll be black and white inks, so should be quick...I hope. We'll see. Till tomorrow! I know...why did I write those lyrics...stop judging me with those soulful eyes Senpai! I mean you...

The hubs and I have had a lot of talks about life and death due to a recent, very unfair, and very painful loss. I give my condolences to Dans' family and I also wish him and very peaceful rest :(. The photo is very peaceful and matches the mood of the day it seems like. I hope today is a little brighter for you.

Week 1 Summary!!! Well the first week has been completed! I had a few challenges (ski trip, tree fight, Mass Effect Andromeda...) so let's see what happened! Concept Design: Get inspired from Nerdfitness rebels and especially from the recruits! Results: 04/04 social days! A lot of awesome challenges this time around! A few with cat gifs! So yeah been keeping up with peeps :D. Week 1 Grade: A Sculpting: Lets get rid of excess clay to a sculpt a masterpiece! Results: 06/05 days of intermittent fasting! This was a bit rough during the work days, but during vacation where I can sleep in, not too hard. Though one day when I was skiing, I still hadn't eaten so that was tough. But I pushed through! Week 1 Grade: A Molding: Need to fill this body with silicone (or water) to create a great appliance! Results: 05/05 watering days! Did good on this one too during my break! Nice! Week 1 Grade: A Application: Time to put the above together some adhesive to make sure the mold and sculpt is strong! Results: 02.5/03 Not as great here. But not horrible either! So I'm good with this. Week 1 Grade: B Last Looks: Time to spice up the sculpt with the final touches, including addition fabrications and some paint! Results: 04/04 arting days! This was well done! Granted I'm going slow on my next image, but still making decent progress since adding more detail! Week 1 Grade: A Hey there! Not bad WEEK 1! Not bad at all considering my challenges! This looks like I shall have a grade of...!!! Week 1 Final Grade: A The strength training could be better, but hey, I hit a tree, which sucked. Dealt with icy trails, which sucked, but also meant added resistance so had to make sure that is counted as some kind of strength training. The fact that I managed everything else is pretty exciting! Really happy that I managed all that through my challenges and distractions. I just hope I keep all of those quests up including keep my strength training up! I have decided to start thinking about cutting down a few things, like carbs. Maybe not going full paleo at all, but definitely thinking about lowering the carb amount somehow. Granted that depends on if I need energy. Since I won't be skiing anymore this year I may not need to worried about keeping that extra energy. So we will see how that goes! Definitely will be something to do next challenge. Already thinking about a new challenge theme for next challenge (Mass Effect is the current front runner) and perhaps having that more fitness and eating focused (so four fitness/diet quests with one art quest) and the art quest will be heavily model painting focused. Cause I need to paint some models. Ugh reminding of all the art I need to do this week too! Let's see if I can keep going and even improve during Week 2! Kicking ass!!

Day 08 Concept Design: Get inspired from Nerdfitness rebels and especially from the recruits! Day 08 Details: 01/04 social days! Done and Done! So far so good everyone! Sculpting: Lets get rid of excess clay to a sculpt a masterpiece! Day 08 Details: 01/05 days of intermittent fasting! I was pretty damn hungry towards lunch time, but I lived! Molding: Need to fill this body with silicone (or water) to create a great appliance! Day 08 Details: 01/05 watering days! Woo!!! All the delicious life juice! Application: Time to put the above together some adhesive to make sure the mold and sculpt is strong! Day 08 Details: 01/03 strength training days! Lower Body day! Let's see if I can remember some numbers: Alternating Lunges @ 20 lb per hand @ 2 * 8 (per leg) Side Lunges @ 20 lb per hand @ 2 * 8 (per leg) Squats @ 30 lb per hand @ 1 * 10, 32 lb per hand @ 1 * 10 Straight-leg Deadlifts @ 40 lb per hand @ 2 * 10 Ski Squats @ 34 lb per hand @ 2 * 10 Weighted Bridge @54 lb per hand @ 2 * 10 Sumo Squats @ 27 lb per hand @ 2 * 10 Calf Raises @ 30 lb per hand @ 2 * 10 Yeah...my legs are talking a bit. But good news! One of coats no longer randomly opens up at the zipper, so yeah definitely trimming down the legs a bit :). Yeah for strength training! Last Looks: Time to spice up the sculpt with the final touches, including addition fabrications and some paint! Day 08 Details: 00/04 arting days! Not yet...Mass Effect stole me away... Todays' Plan: A Week 1 Summary is definitely needed. Also I plan on going to Muay Thai Fundamentals tonight as well as doing an upper body routine afterwards (so what I didn't do yesterday). I also really wanna play Mass Effect Andromeda, but I shall do some model painting hopefully sometime tonight cause Arting needs to happen! Wish me luck in fighting temptation! Indeed but so is playing the damn game until 5:30 am and no one should've done that...

Definitely don't be hard on yourself: the entire household was sick and you had quite a bit on your plate! It seems that things are satisfactory so let's see how the next week goes!

Take times with your update. I ended just compiling several days into one since I was out. Welcome to the Andromeda, Pathfinder. The future of the Initiative rests on your shoulders.

LOL Yes a tree-'friend'. Though we're more like 'frenemies'. I shall remember that tree for ever now. So will my neck and back. Yes! I have the same rule! I also set a timer for three hours last night so I can also go to bed. I end up losing track of time in that game. Though I do like Vetra, I also like Liam now and shall make a new character just for him. He's incredible adorkable and his loyalty mission had the best dialogue options ever. I have laughed and loved every moment of that mission. Bring Vetra along for that one cause one of her lines is hilarious. It helps that my current character is the casual personality most of the time. Thank you! I really like that pic

WOO!! Hahah a different kind of Face Off, but I do love me some Nic Cage C-C-C-CRRRRAZY FACE!! Pfft rangers with your crossfit and rangering activities! Pfft! ...ALSO WELCOME ABOARD!! *** Day 07 Concept Design: Get inspired from Nerdfitness rebels and especially from the recruits! Day 07 Details: 04/04 social days! Complete! Ohh I hope I make this an actual habit! Sculpting: Lets get rid of excess clay to a sculpt a masterpiece! Day 07 Details: 06/05 days of intermittent fasting! Did this even yesterday! Nice! I was pretty freaking hungry after a pretty intense quest in Myth (awesome DnD-lite game in board game style). We won, but after throwing out our care about threat penalty in order to win (I was the tank at three health and everyone else was at 2 health even after I kept tanking hits), so the meal and beer was well earned. Molding: Need to fill this body with silicone (or water) to create a great appliance! Day 07 Details: 05/05 watering days! Nothing yesterday but hey! Still made! Application: Time to put the above together some adhesive to make sure the mold and sculpt is strong! Day 07 Details: 02.5/03 strength training days! Nope. I decided to just go 'fuck it', and played board games and Mass Effect Andromeda. Last Looks: Time to spice up the sculpt with the final touches, including addition fabrications and some paint! Day 07 Details: 04/04 arting days! I did continue here and started on shading. I'm updated my shading technique with a few layers of 'soft shading' before going into my usually hard shading. I like how that has been working out with my style so we will see how that goes. Todays' Plan: Kickboxing with upperbody is the plan for today! Followed by a little bit of art (most likely model painting) for about an hour before I go back into the Andromeda galaxy. I have a lot of work to do today so I'm gonna be busy before then! I also haven't slept well, which makes sense since I was on vacation with odd sleeping patterns...at least my back does not hurt anymore, just minor aches. I shall also peruse the forums! Need to to check in on my peeps! Expect a Week 1 Summary sometime today or tomorrow! Ciao!

Latest WIP on a piece I worked on last challenge: Currently like how it's coming out and I got farther a long since this progress. Let's see what I get finished!

Awesome work during week one! Really like how your format the check list and definitely don't cancel anything that keeps you sane! Sane is most important!

Yeah the animations and bugs I have been seeing are everywhere, but so far everything is fun and I enjoy the exploration and the characters. I was gonna go fro Vetra and then another character appeared and well...gonna go for that guy instead! Vetra is so pretty though...maybe another playthrough! Yeah...so I have been playing the game nonstop today and last night after I got back from skiing. It feels like I say "Okay one more mission.." and then two hours past me by O.o. I need to get my workout on! Heya!!! Nice to see ya here and welcome aboard! Now I feel like I need to make a mass effect challenge soon! Perhaps next challenge :D. *** Heya! Sooo...I went on a bit of a mountain escape. Was getting a little stressed out and wanted to get in some skiing! Got in one day of skiing of which I and a tree had a bit of a disagreement... So that hurt. I am not seriously injured or anything but my back is still hurting and my neck was messed up for a bit. I was planning on doing lower body lifting today but my upper back was not having it. Yikes. Hopefully I can do a workout tomorrow! That also explains my very very late status updates! Here we go! Day 02 to 06 Concept Design: Get inspired from Nerdfitness rebels and especially from the recruits! Day 02 to 06 Details: 03/04 social days! Need to check in on some more peeps tomorrow! Sculpting: Lets get rid of excess clay to a sculpt a masterpiece! Day 02 to 06 Details: 05/05 days of intermittent fasting! Managed to keep this up! Didn't eat past 9 pm and didn't eat until 12 pm! WOO!! Molding: Need to fill this body with silicone (or water) to create a great appliance! Day 02 to 06 Details: 05/05 watering days! All the water! All the water drinking! Especially when skiing! Application: Time to put the above together some adhesive to make sure the mold and sculpt is strong! Day 02 to 06 Details: 02.5/03 strength training days! As listed in my previous update, I did do a lower body routine. Since skiing was hard on my elgs due to ice and slush thanks to Spring skiing, I am counting skiing as a half point. My legs are still sore from it and so is my back. Yeah...I shall count it a bit. Last Looks: Time to spice up the sculpt with the final touches, including addition fabrications and some paint! Day 02 to 06 Details: 03/04 arting days! Didn't get too far on my adorbz picture but still got a bit of it done with flats! Check out my latest WIP! I did get a bit farther on it! Now I need to do flats on the background! Tomorrows' Plan: Board game day tomorrow so maybe..just maybe...I'll be pried away from Mass Effect. I need to do a workout tomorrow with some strength training, but that will depend on my neck and back. I shall also continue on my art though I need to do some model painting...in fact expect next challenge to be nothing but model painting...hopefully. In any case, I shall also keep an on my awesome Nerdy peeps! I may check in with work since I have been out for a while and may have email to look into, but it was nice to get away again. Sadly no other break planned until June. So wish me luck till then! See ya next time!

Hehe Thank you! I try to keep up my challenges as much as I can :D. Also! Never fear, the next challenge link is here!

Awesome workout day! Krav Maga and some lifting?! Nice! A lot more focused than I am at the moment

Reviews haven't been kind to recent things I have liked. Apparently critics hated on Iron Fist something fierce and while I agree that the show was the weakest of the Defenders, it certainly didn't suck; I still finished it in two days, I had a lot of fun with it, and it was as cheesy as a (albeit dark) Kung Fu film...which was kinda the point. I do agree that the face animations of MEA are wonky, but I still played three hours straight and so far like what I see so... IF is going quite well which makes me very happy! Hopefully tomorrow can go well, especially with skiing! We'll see! Woo Thanks!

Awesome idea for tracking laps! That is really neat and definitely earned that reward! I really enjoy Muay Thai and kickboxing and sometimes when I can't make class I end up doing some workouts at home too so it's awesome that you got advice from your instructor

Indeed! It is legit! And awesome All the cat gifs!! Everywhere!! *** Day 01 Concept Design: Get inspired from Nerdfitness rebels and especially from the recruits! Day 01 Details: 01/04 social days! I made sure to check out how my fellow Rebels are starting out with their challenges, including those who are a bit newer to this awesome community! So many cat gifs!! Sculpting: Lets get rid of excess clay to a sculpt a masterpiece! Day 01 Details: 01/05 days of intermittent fasting! It is getting easier to hold off eating till lunch time. That makes me happy since it was really hard when first starting out. Molding: Need to fill this body with silicone (or water) to create a great appliance! Day 01 Details: 01/05 watering days! Barely made this day but I got it! I need to keep this up for a strong first week! Application: Time to put the above together some adhesive to make sure the mold and sculpt is strong! Day 01 Details: 01/03 strength training days! Did upper body yesterday! Here are some numbers: Chest Press @ 30 lb per hand @ 2* 10 Dumbbell Row @ 27 lb per hand @ 2 * 10 Overhead Press @ 20 lb per hand @ 1 * 10 Dumbbell Pullover @ 30 lb per hand @ 1 * 10 Later Raise @ 10 lb per hand @ 1 * 10 Side Pullover @ 5 lb per hand @ 1 * 10 (10 per side) Bicep Curl @ 20 lb per hand @ 2 * 10 Tricep Extension @ 20 lb per hand @ 1 * 10 ( 10 per arm) Tricep Kickback @ 14 lb per hand @ 1 * 10 Ohh man my arms...and yes...my legs are gonna hurt too! Last Looks: Time to spice up the sculpt with the final touches, including addition fabrications and some paint! Day 01 Details: 01/04 arting days! Continued with my adorbz pic! Finished the inks so now starting on flats! Todays' Plan: So I already did a pretty hefty leg workout today; A tiny bit of burn out HIIT and a lot of strength training! Here are some numbers: Squats @ 30 lb per hand @ 1 * 10, 32 lb per hand @ 1 * 8, 34 lb per hand @ 1 * 6 Straight-leg Deadlifts @ 34 lb per hand @ 1 * 10, 37 lb per hand @ 1 * 8, 40 lb per hand @ 1 * 6 Curtsy Lunge + Side Leg Raise @ 14 lb per hand @ 1 * 10, 17 lb per hand @ 1 * 8, 20 lb per hand @ 1 * 6 Weighted Bridge @ 50 lb total @ 1 * 10, 54 lb total @ 1 * 8, 60 lb total @ 1 * 6 Reverse Lunges @ 20 lb per hand @ 1 * 10, 22 lb per hand @ 1 * 8, 24 lb per hand @ 1 * 6 My legs will hate me during skiing tomorrow. But I have two days complete with strength training! So yay! I plan on going to Muay Thai Fundamentals after work tomorrow which will complete my workout for today, and I shall be drinking all the water! Hoping to finish that off today too. It'll be a bit hard for drinking water tomorrow during skiing...so we'll see how it goes. I'll have to drink some water during the morning before we head up to the lovely mountains! As for the rest of today; I will be catching up with a few awesome threads here and after Muay Thai I will also continue the flats on my current work piece. I hope to finish all the flats today too but we'll see. Either way expect a WIP! Also playing Mass Effect Andromeda...I need to fight the temptation to go straight to that or else nothing else will get done. So far it's a lot of fun! Till next time folks!

Awesome Zero week! Love all the YAYS!!!