"Don't rain tomorrow! Don't rain tomorrow! Don't rain tomorrow!" 🙄🙏

I skipped going to the gym and running today so I could participate in tomorrow's event, but I spent the whole day worried because of the weather forecast, it looks like it might rain... I really hope it doesn't, since I trained to swim long distances and it would be discouraging if the event gets canceled again. My knee is better, applying an ice pack to it eight times for 20 minutes throughout yesterday really helped.

People3_5, the Sailor, in the first Face/Bust design, I ended up giving him defined arms, but they aren't wide and I noticed that he's a bit tanned compared to the other RTP characters, obviously because of the sun. I tried to represent the bandana faithfully. As for the Character version, the design seems to have a better look overall, although I don't like the orange cloth tied around his waist, it looks strange on a tall character...
People3_6, the Maid, she doesn't change much, but she seems to have more clothing volume in her Character version. One thing that's been bothering me with adapting some Characters VX Ace to VXP is the level of detail, sometimes it ends up looking too empty if I follow the original pixel distribution faithfully. For example, the white cloth below the Maid's waist looks empty/unfinished, but it's more practical when creating tall characters with few details, like fabric folds/shadows.

I don't think I'm cut out for running 😥

Today was rough... instead of my shin hurting, this time it was my knee after running yesterday morning and that worried me. I didn't wake up feeling well today, I was already feeling a slight pain, but even so I had decided to go swimming. The workout wasn't long distance, there were no high intensity sprints, but it did include fins and I think that made the pain worse by the end of the swimming class. I was going to the gym right after my shower, but even a simple walk was already hurting a lot, so I decided to go home limping and as soon as I arrived I applied ice for 20 minutes several times and even used ointment for inflammation...

Now I'm worried about whether I'll be able to swim the 100×100 meters this Saturday. I want to complete the 10 km, it's a mark I haven't reached yet, only 8 km swimming. I plan to rest and apply ice throughout the day tomorrow, I'm not even going to worry about shaving or trimming to reduce a few milliseconds. What I want is not to miss the event.

I watched Stranger Things season 5 part 1 yesterday and today. It had been such a long time that I think I should have watched a recap of the previous seasons. Other than that, the quality is flawless, the effects, the performances, the story, the way every episode was put together, the technical details too. Even though 10 years of production went by and the actors have naturally aged while playing teenagers, that doesn't take away from it being a great piece of work. Now it's time to wait for the last two release dates in December to watch the end of the series.

People3_3, the Scholar Woman 👩‍🎓, reminds me more of a librarian. Converting the Character's design into a larger size felt strange to me when I trying to keep the original features faithful, from the waist down it looked too symmetrical.

People3_4, the Captain 👨‍✈️, has a small difference in his uniform, a Navy detail on the Character's hat. The decorative shoulder pads of the military uniform are also different, even the beard is different. Maybe the Captains could be different people.

🌞 "Huh? Wh-what time is it!? What, it's still 5 AM!?" 😪

Today I woke up really early, at 5 in the morning. My room was bright by the sun, so I thought it was 6 AM. Since I had already gotten up to go to the bathroom and take a pee, I ended up fully awake. So I decided to go to the gym earlier. It was satisfying; the weather outside was nice at 5:45 AM, the streets were quiet, the gym was almost empty when I got there, and many machines were free. I'm even thinking about waking up earlier so I can come back home earlier (/▽＼). Today was a new workout routine, but I never skip doing reps on the pull up bar. Unfortunately, I couldn't do 12 reps, only 11. I still need to improve.
After I finished at the gym, I decided to go for a run. Unfortunately, I forgot to charge my watch the day before, so the battery died as soon as I started running, meaning no running data today... After returning home, I worked and studied until the evening, eagerly waiting for the premiere of Stranger Things, its final season, finally coming to an end after almost 10 years since its debut, 10 years (。_。)...

People3_1, the Dancer Girl 💃, I changed very little about her hair in her Character version, I think it's similar to the Face/Bust version, except for the hair seen from the back where she has thicker, cylinder like braids... Other small differences are the hair color and the shirt under the jacket, as well as some differences in her gold accessories.

People3_2, the Scholar Man 👨‍🎓, just like the Dancer, he doesn't have many differences.

"👦: You're the one who teaches about TMs and HMs!?"

"👨‍🎓: What!?"

One month until Christmas 📅

In one month it will be Christmas, stores and houses are already starting to be decorated as the date approaches, the year went by too fast... Back to swimming, it was a bit tough. I don't know if it’s because I spent a week without training or if it's related to the more intense workout. We swam a thousand meters freestyle, then 500 meters with a pull buoy and hand paddles, then five 100 meters sprints still using the same equipment. I didn't keep track of all the times, only my best today, 1 minute and 22 seconds. I got tired and unfortunately I couldn't do 10 repetitions on the chin-up, but I managed to complete my workout at the gym.

People2_7, the Bard 🎻, there isn't much difference. In this version, the cyan clothing is tucked under the white cloak, while in the other design the clothing or vest, if it can be called that, is worn over the white cloak.

People2_8, the Bar Mama🍸, according to her, I added some accessories that appear in the Face/Bust version and lowered her breasts to give a sense of volume 🍈. I adjusted some bangs and changed the fur scarf to fit the new body that "Mama" received 💃.

This time I couldn't play anything over the weekend... 🎮🙃

On Saturday I arranged to go running with an acquaintance of mine. I had mentioned that I usually run after the gym and he invited me to run early in the morning along a route close to our homes. We started at 8:00 AM. We ran 3.52 km in 17 minutes and 48 seconds at a pace of 5:03. When we returned to our starting point, we sat at the nearest square and caught up. After resting a bit and drinking some water from a nearby fountain, we decided to walk along another away where we didn't measure the distance and after getting quite far from where we were, we ran back to the square at a lighter pace, which ended up being 1.17 km in 7 minutes and 17 seconds at a pace of 6:12.

He tracked it with his phone's GPS, while I used my watch and the difference was huge. I wondered if at some point my watch paused and resumed the exercise, but I believe that since my watch tracks movement based on arm motion, the measurement ended up being inaccurate, so all this time I've been running using my watch, I was actually running more and at higher intensity ha ha ha. For my next runs, I'll try using my phone's GPS, although I'm a bit afraid of moving my arm too much and sending my phone flying or someone on the street trying to steal it, since unfortunately the world has been getting less and less safe lately... :/

I watched animes on Saturday and Sunday. I wanted to play a game to have some fun last Sunday, but I ended up not managing to do it, so I'll leave it for another week.

Spy x Family, Anya saved the day! It was nice seeing her growth and it seems like the next episode will show the consequences of her actions and maybe bring her closer to the mission's targets.

To Your Eternity, -.- I hope, I really hope this arc with the pervert ends soon...

Gnosia, an episode without a new type of authority, but it had comedy and romance, it made me laugh a few times, especially the way the invaders gave themselves away since they copy the personalities of the bodies they invade. Now, something strange is the AI being infected... so it makes me wonder, will the final villain really be one or more Gnosia or the AI inside the protagonists themselves? Could this be a hint for the finale? Hmm... now I'm curious for more episodes of this infinite cycle of repetitions.

Boku no Hero, it was an episode showing the support of all allies and friends made throughout the series helping to defeat the final boss. "Unity is strength" happens a lot in works with many characters. The animation is still excellent and the emotions the episode conveys are strong. The next episode will be about the Todoroki family, some things are still unresolved, so it'll be good to see them addressed. I don't know if there's a continuation in the manga or if there will be one in the future. I find it unlikely since the big villain who called himself the Demon King was defeated. Maybe they'll explore the past of Deku's predecessors, but honestly, I don't think I'd watch it in either case, I'm a bit tired of long running series. I plan to finish only the ones I've already been watching with many seasons and after that, stick to movies or short series with a definitive ending, since many times I watched shows that were never renewed or if they were, it took years to happen.

TODAY I MANAGED TO GO TO THE GYM!!!! YEAAAAHH

Finally! I went 7 days without exercising, I couldn't take it anymore and I was surprised today because I managed to do 11 rep pull ups, almost getting to 12, my chin was just a little bit away from passing the bar. And I decided to run on the way back. I had to slow down because I started feeling Saturday's fatigue. Even knowing my watch measures things wrong way, I'll at least record that it was 2.1 km in 13 minutes and 6 seconds at a 6'14" pace.

People2_5, the Weapon Shop Owner ⚔🛡, to me he's also a blacksmith, there's little difference. The white leaning toward light blue on the Face/Bust while it's white to grey in the Character. Same with the different clothing color and piece type. In the first design he look older or more tired.

People2_6, the Fortune Teller 🔮, she's always present in RPGs, like crystals, magic circles, slimes, an NPC that never fails to appear. The differences between the designs are in her hair and some accessories, like the one on her forehead and her shoulder pads. I ended up making the crystal ball smaller for the first design, maybe I'll increase its size before making her walking animations, maybe.

A very unusual week 🍃

Not much to say about today... Because this week was quite, hmm, unusual.

People2_3, the Village Chief 👨‍🦳, as she classified him, is an elderly man who has a slight difference in appearance. His clothing changes very little, he has black buttons or holes in his outfit, a wider headband, and a yellow cloth around his neck. I used to think those were gold chains in the Character design. Maybe I'll revise the cloth I made, it looks disappearing in the full set.
People2_4, the Merchant Man 🎒, ended up looking thinner in his Face/Bust version and apparently taller. I tried to follow the reference faithfully for the beret, but I still don't feel satisfied, maybe because of the beret's colors.
I'm reviewing everyone's palette, but maybe I'm being too strict by leaving too few colors available. In the future, when I finish reviewing all the designs, I'll probably increase the number of colors in the palette.

A hospital couch is “way too comfortable” to sleep on... 🥱😴🤕

Since I was accompanying my relative at the hospital last night, I slept there, but I couldn't sleep well because the patient’s room had a short couch and the hospital pillow was very thin. So once again, I ended up not doing any physical activity today. I wanted to sleep after I switched places with another relative of mine, but it was already past 8:20 in the morning, and I got home around 9:15 with no sleepiness at all.

Trying to get back to delivering 2 characters per day.
People2_1, the Priest ✝, in his Face/Bust version, he looks like he's preaching a mass with that ceremonial cloth, and his hair is swept back as if he had used some gel. But in the Character version, he looks older and doesn’t seem to have very detailed ornaments...
People2_2, the Sister ✝, there's a difference between the veil in the Face/Bust and Character versions in how it falls over the shoulders, the colors and the border details. In one, the dress seems to have black tones while the veil has dark blue tones. In her first frame, I ended up leaving the dress too high because I reused it from another frame I made for 031-Cleric07. I might change it to look more similar to the Character version, or leave 2 pixels of height for the shoe since she’s an NPC in this RPG Maker.

Another day without physical exercise... 😩

I think things were pretty bad at the place where I work out, it stayed closed today again. It must be that the agency responsible for safety is preventing the place from opening due to the storms we had last weekend. I thought only two trees had fallen, but maybe there are more with a risk of falling... I worked and reviewed the subjects I studied yesterday and other relevant ones and later at night I went to the hospital to accompany a relative who underwent surgery.

People1_8 and People5_8, a Grandmother 👵, didn't have differences in the design. I imagine that the scarf, if I can call it that, is the main highlight of the Face/Bust, so besides the colors, what differentiates one from the other is the monocle and where the scarf or cloth is tied.

Another day without physical exercise... going without working out is give withdrawal symptoms!? 🤣😂

I woke up really early and unfortunately I didn't know the gym and the swimming classes were still closed, I hadn't seen the announcement. Since I woke up early, I took the opportunity to get ahead on the commission. After that, I worked and studied in the evening.

People1_7 and People5_7, the Grandfather 👴, I designed him inspired by the Face/Bust, he looks like a different person. Then, next to him, I made a recolor version with the head following the Character design. After that, I made versions with the same clothes as the Character. Above those 4 sprites, I placed 4 more with variations in the width of the clothing over the sleeves and the height of the head in relation to the ground to give a bent-over feeling. But even after all that, I'm still unsure which frame I'll keep 🤔🤕🤯. And I thought the pants suited him better than the dark gray ones...

Gunfire, punches and explosions! 👽💥🔫👮‍♀️

On Saturday, I woke up again at 5:00 in the morning and went swimming. Since the water was warm and the sun was very strong, I couldn't swim more than 4,250 meters. Three thousand were in sets of 100 meters, one thousand in 20 sets of 50 meters and the last 250 meters were 5 sets of 50 meters. The gym was closed and I even tried doing a few reps on the pull up bar outside the gym, but I was too tired to do… At night, I watched anime episodes while eating popcorn.

Boku no Hero, The episode was good. I was sure he would solve the problem with Tomura, but nope, All for One reappears. About his memories and the revelations from the past, I already suspected that All for One manipulated Tomura's life. I was surprised by the loss of the arms, but Eri appeared at the beginning of the season, didn't she? That would be the famous "MacGuffin".

To Your Eternity, I'll just say I found the episode weird... 😣

Spy x Family, I liked the episode, they still haven't solved the problem with the kidnappers. The funny faces the characters make in the anime are hilarious,  the anime itself is very funny, a kidnapping situation with comedy.

Gnosia, The voice actor of the new character with the hat is the same one who voices the god in To Your Eternity :O. This time there were 12 participants and 3 Gnosias, they added the Guardian Angel authority to the "game". In the next one there will be a dolphin wearing a spacesuit and it looks like there are still 3 characters left the ending all episode shows all the crew members of that ship.

On Sunday morning, I decided to finish playing the third and final stage of Zero Tolerance. In the Sub-Basement levels, I had forgotten that this was where the labyrinths and scares begin.

Since they're corridors upon corridors with many doors, I had to walk with extra caution not to get surprised and I did, I ran into 8 enemies at once after opening a door in a room near the elevator to another level. Up until then, the first three levels had lots of ammo. The fire extinguisher I'd been carrying since the previous stage ended up being useful later on and there were others to refill it.

In level 3 the "big fingers aliens" started showing up, I call them that because of the way they were drawn, their fingers stick out in front of the sprite, making it look like they have big fingers and they attack melee. One thing I noticed was that the Rocket Launcher was getting in my way in tight spots, since I'd take damage too. The Bullet Proof Vest protected me when I tested the weapon. I messed up and could've collected many Handguns from infected humans in levels 1 and 2 while restocking the Shotgun ammo spread across those levels.

From level 5 onward, the scenery starts to change, it looks like I'm inside a "hive", with hexagonal wall textures. As you can see, I was almost out of ammo, I had just enough to finish off all enemies in level 5. I had to go back through many levels where I didn't pick up Shotgun and Pulse Laser ammo to refill everything again before moving on to level 6, another maze, as you can see.

After restocking, it wasn't hard to eliminate enemies, but the fear persisted because the enemy counter on the left side of the screen only counts up to 99. It didn't go down immediately when I killed some enemies, meaning there were more enemies than the counter could track. And since each weapon's ammo cap is 99, I had to make sure I could beat my own challenge of clearing all levels/maps of this stage without wasting ammo. However, in levels 6, 7, 8 onward, ammo started appearing again throughout the map, which was a relief.

The walls that were previously green and hive-like were now red and the layout of level 8 resembled the corridors of the previous building stage, with long hallways unlike the other maps. Here, they provided plenty of Flamethrower ammo to burn the aliens, so I used that to save ammo from the other weapons in my inventory. Some aliens fired from a distance and the ammo they dropped upon dying was Hand Grenades, more useful than the Rocket Launcher in closed environments. From level 9 onward, it looked like the walls were... dripping blood?

Now from level 10 onward, the floor was probably stained with blood. The second-to-last level, level 11, had the most symmetrical map layout I'd ever seen, resembling some of the maps from the first stage, Space Station. I wasted some time there because I forgot to go through one of the dead-end hallways and because of that, one alien was left. But after running across the whole map, I ended up bumping into it, leaving me with just the final level against the Boss. It felt like an eternity to get there, more enemies, scarce resources, and lots of corridors and paths that can confuse you or lure several enemies toward you.

When using the elevator, I was surprised to see the counter showing more than 1 enemy, I didn't remember there being enemies besides the stage Boss on the same level. It seemed obvious that the big one would be at the center of the map, so with that in mind, I walked around the edges of the map counterclockwise, eliminating enemies one by one. I didn't want any of them interrupting my fight against the last Boss on the same level. It seemed obvious that the big one would be at the center of the map, so with that in mind, I walked around the edges of the map counterclockwise, eliminating enemies one by one. I didn't want any of them interrupting my fight against the last Boss. Each lap I made, I closed in the circle a little more. There were only two enemies left near the Boss, I managed to get away and kill the smaller ones, leaving just 1 on the counter, the Boss himself. Only then was it possible to use the Rocket Launcher I had been saving since the start of stage 2 in the building, along the long extreme hallways. It took me a while to defeat him, he was fast and started shooting from far away. I even lost my entire Bullet Proof Vest and some HP. I thought I was going to die, but I held on and killed the last invading alien.

This is the final screen, after this text, the credits roll, finish and the game returns to the Start menu to begin from scratch. By the way, the spinning SEGA logo fits the atmosphere of the game perfectly. For my childhood, it was an excellent game and it made me replay it many times, like this year, but I had never registered for myself that I had defeated every enemy in every map of all 3 stages, not even the game itself tracks that. It would be interesting if the new Collection, which brings a stage with additional canceled levels for the SEGA-CD called "Underground", and the never-released prototype, had extras like: a kill counter, a timer to finish the gameplay, and if finishing with one character in single-player prevented choosing them in the next run. If they had something similar to when a character dies and can't be used anymore, I'd probably try beating the game with all of them, just out of curiosity to see what extra content might show up. It's a shame it didn't get enough success to become a solid franchise today. There's a YouTube user recreating the stages with modern graphics and smoother gameplay, just search the name of the game and add "remake".

I received a commission request for a CharSet in RPG Maker 2000/2003 style. I've been working with VXP larger sprites for a while and it felt strange again to go back to the limited 24x32 frames, it's really hard to make detailed human/small characters that way *🤏.


There were heavy rains in the city over the weekend and apparently the gym had to close today because of it. Knowing that, on Sunday I used this morning to wake up a bit later and get ahead on the commission I received. It rained all day, even into the evening when I was studying and reviewing my work...

People1_6 and People5_6 👩 follow the same direction as the previous one, their clothes are similar with differences in the hair and, in this case, the headscarf. This time I'm seriously considering keeping the sprite bodies from the outer and using the heads from the center sprites. The center designs seem too thin, while the Character design does not.

I reached 11 reps, now it's time to keep it up!!! 💪😆

I woke up really early today, at 5:00 a.m. I made my coffee and scrambled eggs, changed clothes and went to the gym really early, there were only a few people there. This time I managed to do 11 pull up reps. I want to maintain that for a while, and I'd like to go to the gym tomorrow, but because of a national holiday, it'll be closed. So I finished my workout earlier and decided to jog back at an easy pace, I'm not sure what the best term is for a lighter pace. I managed to complete the whole route without any pain. My watch recorded 1,935 steps, 1.92 km, 153 kcal, 9.3 km/h, a 06'24" pace, an average of 130 BPM, in 12 minutes and 18 seconds.

These two are making me uncertain, People1_5 and People5_5 👨. I'm not sure whether to keep only the two center designs. The Face/Bust looks completely different from the Character, but the clothing colors are similar. For the gray-haired one, I was thinking of keeping the chubbier version because it matches the Character head design better and changing the clothes to match the Character so it doesn't look too similar to People1_5. The problem with this recolor is that the two stripes disappear both on the original Character and on the taller sprite I made, which makes it look to me like an unfinished sprite or like the pixels are wrong.

I overdid it with the ice and burned myself... 😓

I managed to swim and hit the gym today, no issues with lack of energy this time. I did find it pretty hard to work out after swimming though. I guess going a week without doing two activities back-to-back made my body lose its rhythm for high-intensity training or maybe it was for some other reason I don't know. The event that was supposed to happen last Saturday already has a new date, it's been moved to the 29th. I'm thinking of keeping both activities during the week of the 29th and only resting on the 28th.

As for People1_4 and People1_5 👩, I feel like keeping only the second and the fourth, since that way the ribbons, hairstyles and skirts have varied styles and it still connects to the design of the Character and Bust, in People1_4 case. By the way, these differences and others I noticed throughout this whole process make me think about how these RTP's are built among different artists. I don't know if I've mentioned it here before, but I regret not asking her, MACK, about that in the interview.

Still feeling pain... 🏃‍♂️😖🚶‍♂️...🏃‍♂️😖🚶‍♂️...🧊🦵

I woke up early, as usual, made my coffee before hitting the gym. I still haven't received any update about the rescheduling of the swimming event. After finishing my workout, I thought about going for a run to see if the shin splints pain had gone away. Unfortunately, it hadn't. I only ran two segments of the route and whenever I felt pain, I stopped and walked back. I spent the rest of the day icing both legs, I really hope it’s nothing serious.

People1_3 and People5_3 🧑, up to this point, I had been taking advantage of the differences between the Face/Bust and Character designs from the previous ones, but this time both are quite similar. I even tweaked the hair on the second sprite to make it resemble the Face/Bust more, while I considered making the third sprite a bit fat.. Then I made the first and fourth sprites, which are just recolors. Now I'm not sure whether to keep all four or make the third one slim again, keep the Character style hair and stick with just the two in the center of the image.

Damn electronic gate... aaah ⚡📉

Another bad morning for my workouts 😢. I woke up early to make scrambled eggs with banana and cheese, but then I noticed the power was out. To open my house gate, I had to unlock the gate motor manually. Unfortunately, it had been a long time since I last touched that mechanism and I couldn't get it unlocked in time. By then, my swimming had already started, so I gave up.

I even sent a message to my city's power company chatbot and it replied that there had been an incident overnight and it would take some time to fix. Not even six minutes after the class started at 7:00 AM, the power came back on... It feels like this month started off on the wrong foot, it rained with lightning on Saturday and now on Tuesday I couldn't swim or go to the gym.

This date, 11/11, reminds me that in the year 2011, eleven weddings were held on that same date in Japan or was it on 12/12/2012? I’m not sure why my memory holds on to random stuff like that 😑.

Just like before, I decided to make the Girl 👧 from People1_2 and People5_2 a bit different from the Character design. I tried giving her a similar dress, but since she "grew up" in this new format, it looked pretty strange to me. I don't think I'll go back to edit the People characters that are used as NPCs in games. Unfortunately, only the Face/Bust art for the People characters up to number 4 was ever made, just like in the 2000/2003 version. I never understood those decisions, leaving parts of the RTP without art, with only some getting Battlers/Faces and others not... So the main difference was the Face/Bust design for People1_2, which now uses pink tones instead of red, almost making her look like a different character.

Is killing alien dogs wrong? 👽🐕💥🔫👩‍✈️

Unfortunately, it rained around 5:20 AM on Saturday. I had already woken up at 4:30 AM to make my coffee, scramble some eggs, pack my backpack, and change clothes ahead of time for the event that was supposed to start at 6:00 AM. I was really disappointed when they had to cancel it because of the thunder, even though it wasn't that bad and by 6:10 AM, the rain has already slowed down and there was no more thunder. Since I had already eaten, drank my coffee mixed with cinnamon, cocoa powder, honey and taken my creatine, I couldn't fall back asleep. To shake off the frustration, I decided to play a bit more Zero Tolerance, continuing from where I left off last week.

I think I missed a secret room inside Floor 163. I remembered there were cameras with alarms on this floor of the building, when the alarms went off, doors would open and enemies would rush you, which was risky. So I destroyed the cameras from a distance. But when I reached the far south of the map, I found a completely sealed room... too late.

Honestly, that building level wasn’t hard. It was really easy to find shotgun ammo on every floor and the robots weren't that tough either. I even used the Laser Aimed Gun they drop when they die, but it's not very accurate and takes a lot of shots to bring down the enemy robots. The only real trouble I had was with an infected human enemy who threw a grenade, but since I was wearing a vest, I was protected and didn't let them get close again. The maps have wide spaces, so you just need to move slowly and take them out one by one. The dogs, they went down easily with a shotgun from a distance. I stockpiled the Rocket Launcher up to Floor 151 to fight the boss, after clearing the maps, I collected a total of 60 rockets and only used 10 on the boss, leaving 50 for the next stage in the Sub-Basement. However, I ended up losing my bulletproof vest, which is a very important item. Even so, I was well-equipped with 99 Pulse Laser, 50 Rocket Launcher, 60% Fire Extinguisher, 99 Shotgun and 6 Handgun rounds, thanks to the character's unique ability to use handgun ammo and her superior firearm skill compared to the others on the character select screen.

The 2nd phase was quick. I could’ve continued playing the Sub-Basement, but I'll leave that for next week. I woke up early and had breakfast really early, so I got hungry again before lunch. I also need to review my studies, it's good to keep things balanced. I don’t want to spend the whole day gaming or binge-watching series and even doing pixel art all day can get exhausting. So I try to divide my day with different activities to avoid burnout.

On Sunday, I got up later. I wanted to stay in bed longer but couldn't. Since it rained through the night and early morning, my sleep was great. I caught up on some anime series like I usually do on weekends.

Boku no Hero, It felt like a final episode, but it wasn't. It was one of those episodes where the side characters reminisce about moments with the protagonist from previous seasons. There are so many characters in this universe, some I barely remembered. The animation is still excellent and the story is quite different. The anime keeps delivering great fights and memorable scenes between various characters. I wouldn't mind if the ending went in a different direction instead of relying on the usual display of overwhelming powers and massive explosions.

Spy x Family, Great setup for the next episode! I feel like the story is progressing and getting closer to the Desmonds. It's already the third season, so the characters and their story arcs need to evolve.

To Your Eternity, So they became too small to be noticed, yet they still seem to have traces of evil. Also, Mizuha attacked her mother, so she definitely has a Nokker inside her. If Fushi lays eggs, would the offspring be natural? Since he copies the genetics of objects and beings, I think so.

Gnosia, A cat passing through a guy’s neck, never thought I'd see a design like that. This anime is really unique. They even added a "Doctor" role to the game, I mean, anime. A story with time loops really needs fresh ideas to keep us entertained.

The Long Walk, That’s right... a movie among the anime list. I felt like watching something with real actors for a change and I'd seen the trailer for this movie a while ago, it caught my interest. I liked how it was put together, the situations each participant faces, their struggles, their personalities and the actor's performances. From what I read online, the ending is different in the movie than in the original book. I read the book's ending and between the two, I preferred the movie, it felt more satisfying. I think I'd have done the same.

Starting the week going to the gym, I struggled a bit. Maybe I didn't eat enough dinner last night, or maybe it's the lack of sleep... or perhaps the days I skipped workouts to rest before the event that didn’t even happen. I'm not sure, but I was feeling unmotivated and ended up skipping my run. I'll wait to see if the swimming event happens this Saturday,  if not, I'll go back to doing two workouts in the morning, one after the other. After the gym, I worked and studied until night.

Since last week was so busy and tight, I almost lost motivation to continue with the redesigns and palette adjustments for a few days. So I decided to switch to the People sets, since they only have Face/Bust and Character as design variations, it might give me a little boost to stay on track until I finish them. I started with People1_1 and People5_1, the Boy👦, unlike other RTPs, in this case, set 5 is just a recolor of set 1, with no changes to the character's features, just color swaps. Initially, I had planned only two designs in the center of the image following the Face/Bust idea. For People5_1, I thought about improving the outfit to my liking. I ended up making two more versions for both sets, faithfully following the Character design, but I still prefer of center sprites.

Anything goes to win! 🥇🚴‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏊‍♂️

Today I woke up a bit later than usual because I skipped the gym to let my body rest for tomorrow. I also started shaving the remaining body hair early in the morning, while it was still bright out. In case you're wondering why I shave before swimming events, it's because it reduces drag in the water while swimming. Just look at professional swimmers who compete, in swimming and other endurance sports, every little detail matters. For example, the proper way to pull with your arm in the water to maximize power and movement, the correct leg position when kicking in freestyle or in another sport like running, how the right foot strike and body posture can help you gain more distance while reducing impact on parts of the leg that can easily get injured.

I remember there was a time when full-body swimsuits were banned in competitions because, just like swim caps that keep your hair from getting soaked and therefore reduce weight and drag in the water, those suits were cutting drag so much that records were being broken too easily.

Finishing up the Spiritual set, God as the eighth design has a slightly more interesting design variation than Goddess, in my opinion.
Recapping the design order, 1º Battler VX Ace (ART BOMB Inc.), 2º Battler VX (Miho Midorikawa), 3º Face/Bust (Fumio Minagawa) and 4º Character (MACK).
I know that pointy ears are common for magical creatures other than elves, but looking at these four, the third one to me would be a deity for the elves, while the second would be for humans. The first and fourth could represent, respectively, the elder and the middle-aged ones.

“A goddess, a crazy woman, a sorceress. She's amazing.” 🎶

I woke up more rested today. This time, I swam just 2 km at an easy pace, using fins for the last thousand meters. The trainer made the session lighter so it wouldn't interfere with our swimming event on Saturday. When I got home, I started shaving my arms and back, tomorrow I'll shave my legs. I always used to shave before competitions when I was a teenager, it's been so long that I’d forgotten the feeling afterward, like when you put on a shirt or dry your arms with a towel. Now I don’t have to rub the towel over and over to dry my back, arms and chest.

Spiritual_7, Goddess, honestly I think I could have made only these versions: Battler VX (2nd), Battler VX Ace + Face/Bust (1st and 3rd) and of course, the 4th matching the Character design like all the previous ones. I believe three designs are enough since they all look very similar. The Battler VX, for instance, looks like a Goddess corrupted by something or someone.

15 more minutes... 😴🛌

So sleeeepy aaah（＞人＜；）, I woke up really tired, but that didn't stop me from hitting the gym. Today my leg felt better, no pain near where the shin splints probably were. Still, I didn't run today, I want my body to be ready and rested for the 10k on Saturday.

Here's Spiritual_6, Angel 👼. I hadn't made her version to match the Character design before. I also tweaked some of the colors. Looking at the second angel from left to right, her hair reminded me of a character from an anime I only watched the first three episodes, the premise was about the protagonist's girl childhood friend returning after having destroyed his family's sunflower field.

Rest is also important 🙄

Today I was still feeling pain in my left leg. Yesterday I put ice on it, and today I did the same. I hope I'll feel better tomorrow and that the shin splints won't get any worse. I went swimming as usual on Tuesdays. But this time, I decided that for this week I won't overdo it, I'll do one activity per day and on Friday I'll rest, because this Saturday I'm going to swim 100x100m, a total of 10km. It'll be my first time doing that, the most I've swum so far was 80x100m, 8km.

As for Spiritual_5, the Fairy🧚‍♀️, there's little variation between her Battler VX Ace and her Face/Bust versions, so I thought about leaving her out. The only difference would be the drawing or some detail on the wings. Her VX version Battler looks to me like one of those enemies from dark fantasy stories, the kind of Insect that disguises itself as a Fairy to deceive children, you know?

Since the Fairy's Character version is already small in size, I think if I made her even smaller, her details would barely show, even though many have already seen them in VX version. I actually made a Fairy in the "correct proportions" compared to the characters on the cover of RPGツクール Dante98Ⅱ and I found it quite strange, maybe it's just a matter of not being used to it. I even posted it on my X.com account:

I, without realizing it, made the hairs similar... 💇‍♀️💇‍♂️

RPGツクールDante98Ⅱ (RPG Maker Dante98II)
Cover Art by 米田仁士 (Hitoshi Yoneda) pic.twitter.com/OOCK1fwQuW

— Victor SenArt (@Victor_SenArt) August 9, 2025

Cleaning up the area 👽💥🔫👩‍🚀!

On Saturday, I went swimming I wanted to test my swim goggles with the new strap that arrived last Friday. The old one had snapped and next Saturday I'll be participating in an event, so it's essential to test it a few days beforehand. I'll still need to make some adjustments because it's a bit tight and caused a small sore spot, but I really liked the strap's material. Now, what I didn't like was the pool water, it was way too warm. According to a friend's watch, the water temperature averaged 32.2°C, maximum 32.4°C.
My plan was to swim half the total distance I'll in the event, half of 10 km, but I couldn't even reach 3 km, I only did 2.8 km. I tired, I still went to the gym afterward. I joined a Google Meet meeting at 2 PM, it was my first time using it and I didn't like it much. I think it's because I'm used to talking face-to-face with people, so it felt quite different to me. I imagine that's not an issue for people who work remotely or study/take courses online.

On Sunday, I woke up early and tried to stay in bed to get some more sleep, but I couldn't. So I got up, made my coffee and started my day. I reviewed my studies before and after lunch, even with visitors at home and later that night, while it rained, a refreshing night 🤗, I caught up on the episodes of the animes I've been watching.

Boku no Hero Academia, the animation is still great! The villain got so strong that they need to come up with a rather strange solution to win the fight 😄.
To Your Eternity, I thought the new being would be a Nokker that came from the girl, since she scratched her arm and follows her will, but it seems not, as there are other Nokkers that have evolved apparently. I liked the episode overall, they gave a good reason for the school-life setting to appear in the anime. I thought Fushi was naive about relationships, but he actually understands his imortal situation with the people around him quite well.
Gnosia, I suspected the villain might be the AI, but maybe it's actually this living being inside they? More mysteries in this episode... and poor protagonist, he's going to suffer a lot to fill this living being with information.
Spy x Family, the episode focused more on Yor, which she really needed. I didn't expect her new friend to be that important and what a coincidence! If Yor's secret identity might be at risk this season?

After finishing the episodes, I felt like playing Zero Tolerance for the Sega Genesis when I learned about the Zero Tolerance Collection released a few years ago 😅. I ended up finding the Postcard Set artwork from Beyond Zero Tolerance on X.com, by Yasushi Nirasawa, incredible designs! Unfortunately, that game remained just a prototype.
When I started the game, I chose Captain Satoe Ishii and began clearing the levels. Strangely, a level called Engineering Level 2 was locked, the elevator just skipped it. I remember this map being accessible. I explored the lower levels to try to find it, but couldn't. When I reached Reactor 1, as you can see in the image below...

If you notice, the passwords for the other levels I've cleared don't appear until I finish the one listed in order. On the left side of the screen, it shows 60 enemies and on the right, my character's health at the max 99. Since I like to fully explore and complete games, I went back through all the levels I had cleared. Turns out, I just had to go back through Engineering Level 4, let the elevator skip Eng Level 3 and then it would go to Eng Level 2, how didn't I think of that before 🤦‍♂️.

One thing I noticed while clearing the areas in Eng Level 2, if I move away or take too long to pick up the Handgun ammo from enemy bodies, I can't collect it anymore. Luckily, I was well-equipped after going through so many levels. After cleaning out the enemies there, I went back to the previous ones to grab the passwords, since I had already cleared them, until I returned to Reactor Level 1.

It wasn't hard to beat the boss on the Space Station in Reactor Level 2. The Pulse Laser weapon is quite overpowered, I only used 29 shots to defeat it. I'll take on the next mission, at the Corps Central Command building, another day.

Today, I went to the gym again but still couldn't get past 10 reps on the pull up bar, felt a bit down about that. But that didn't stop me from running, I ran using only my watch's stopwatch because the battery was low, so it didn't allow me to activate the specific exercise mode that tracks and records detailed data in the phone app. I just ran straight for 11 minutes and 43 seconds, no idea how many kilometers or what my heart rate was. My legs felt really sore, I just hope it's not shin splints, my left leg hurt more than the right. Once I got home, I checked my social media, worked and studied until nightfall.

As for Spiritual_4, she got more variations this time. Like I said before, I like strong women and seeing her pose in Battler in the VX version, being the Earth Spirit 🌍, she must be stronger than the other element Spirits. In that same Battler VX, her skin doesn't look as light as in the other designs or maybe the lighting in the artwork is just deceiving me, but either way, it's nice to see more variations.