03/16/26 - 21:25

Lately I've been drawing a lot of Toffee art with my character, it's really nice to draw wholesome things with cute characters ::3c!

03/07/26 - 11:00

The worst part of being sick is that I can't draw at my full capacity or do anything else I would normally do easily. I'm already taking everything necessary to get better, but it's frustrating not being able to do those things anyway T_T...

03/04/26 - 08:25

After postponing it many times, I finally bought a new mouse. This one is much better than the previous one since it has some extra buttons on the sides and the scroll wheel actually works... I hope this one lasts much longer; in theory, it's a much more reliable mouse.

02/21/26 - 08:33

Yesterday I was on a call with some friends and we ended up doing a VA for a game (Starry Flowers) I really like. For some reason, they gave me the gayest character (well, all the characters are somewhat gay, but it's not related to my real orientation) and it was much more fun. I'd like to do some voice training to improve （￣︶￣）...

02/16/26 - 10:53

I want to make a desktop layout that makes better use of the screen, but I can't think of a layout that's attractive without looking forced. I want to use the space correctly (︾▽︾* )...

02/15/26 - 20:40

I was away for a few days again, because for some reason I spend more days out than at home lately... Anyway, now that I'm back I should start working on some commissions I have pending and some other drawings of Toffee...

02/12/26 - 09:12

We're back again with more changes, this time it's a bigger one and it seems like every 3 months I feel like making them because I've redesigned the page once again to make it more retro, just the way I like it. Every time I learn something new, I want to apply it in one way or another ^_^!

01/07/26 - 23:47

I completely forgot to wish you all a Happy New Year, better late than never! Aside from that, a lot has happened; I'll explain it in more detail in the monthly blog, but I think many interesting things will happen here this month.

12/21/25 - 23:33

I don't think I mentioned this, but I finally bought headphones with a decent mic. They're great together with Windows 11's Voice Clarity feature. It's a in-build noise cancellation! It's amazing how well it works, I don't understand why no one has highlighted that feature before. I think it's new because I don't remember seeing it before. It cancels noise very well and focuses on the voice, it's perfect for when I make Minecraft videos for YouTube.

12/19/25 - 23:37

I finally got Minecraft. It's funny that even though I've been playing it for so long, I never bought it, but it makes me happy to finally see progress in my life with all the work and commissions I'm getting.

12/15/25 - 18:21

I have an incredible ability to mess things up unnecessarily. At least I learn things as I mess everything up, I guess, but I'd like to learn them in a different way. Well, at least I know what things I shouldn't do...

12/10/25 - 23:06

Another comission, it's was a pleasure to work on it, all the money that I get from it I going to buy some games in STEAM deals this Christmas. It's great to see that I'm starting to get clients more consistent.

12/03/25 - 21:56

Lately I've been feeling somewhat sad. There isn't any specific reason—just sometimes I look at others and wonder why I'm the way I'm.

12/02/25 - 08:32

It's very likely there won't be a blog this month. I don't think I'll be doing much; I like to take December to rest and slow down my constant activity. I enjoy planning what I'll do in the coming year. Maybe I'll make a summary of what I did during the year.

11/29/25 - 13:07

I finally feel like I'm starting to understand JavaScript; maybe by next year I'll have it more mastered and be able to make a simple online game to practice. I work in the old page switcher viewer and looks nice, here is the page if you want to check it out!

11/26/25 - 22:38

Remember what I said about Dev maybe being too much? Ignore that. In the end, I ended up joining the Windows Dev Channel in the insider program. I just like to try things out as they are released. My relationship with software is always about looking for the seams to report stuff and feel like I'm part of it all.

11/19/25 - 19:42

Well, another little QoL improvement, feels nice to have a mechanical keyboard for the first time. It's perfect for improvising music, since with my old keyboard I couldn't press many keys on the same side...

11/14/25 - 10:45

I NEED MORE NOMNOMNAMI GAMES IN MY LIFE...I want to find more things like the things that she does, it's truly lovely.

11/13/25 - 19:15

I'm dying inside, NomnomNami's games are killing me inside. I love them so much...I want to make games that make other people feel the same way, probably my biggest inspiration in art and game dev!!! I need to stay more nights with Timber!!!

11/11/25 - 20:37

Lately I've been feeling a bit exhausted. I'd like to have a little more time for myself, but there's so much to do.

11/09/25 - 23:04

I love adding the appropriate tags to the music I download from the Internet. It makes my music library much more personal and visually appealing.

11/08/25 - 22:04

I enjoy testing Windows Insider builds (Beta Channel), I like updating the system, seeing what changes they make. I'm not a fan of absolutely every change, but there are a lot of good ones that no one really highlights. I've always had good experiences using Windows.

It always surprises me to hear how people break their systems by doing nothing, while I do crazy things with my PC and nothing happens. Maybe someone can consider me a Windows fanboy, I just like it...

Windows 11 desktop with a Syrup 2 from NomnomNami as wallpaper behind.
11/07/25 - 12:52

I would like to code a proper guestbook, but for now I will use Atabook for that, and then when I have something better prepared, I will transfer everything to that new guestbook. I don't think many people will comment anyway.

11/04/25 - 21:05

I hate being here; I would like to be anywhere else but here.

11/03/25 - 23:10

I made a simple piece of music. I like how it sounds, but I can't upload it directly to Neocities without being a Supporter. So I'll look for another way to share it. I don't know if it would be worth uploading it to YouTube...

11/02/25 - 11:11

That moment when you realize that by changing your Microsoft account, it automatically starts downloading the Insider build from the channel that was linked to that account. I like testing preview updates, but the Dev channel is too much for me. Beta is enough.

10/28/25 - 18:42

It's great that they finally updated the Minecraft Bedrock GDK, so the process won't freeze when I leave it in the background. Other than that, I'm now making music!

10/27/25 - 10:48

I think I'll have to modify the gallery section a little to turn it into something more like a portfolio. I'd like to do music and other things.

10/26/25 - 23:56

I spent a few days out, it helped clear my mind a bit and gave me time to think about some drawings.

10/21/25 - 10:36

I'd like to develop my characters more, I feel like I've been neglecting them. I'm sure more than one person would love to get to know their interactions.

10/20/25 - 12:49

I like to imagine that there are people reading this. I know there probably aren't many, but it's fun.

10/19/25 - 17:07

I feel so, so bored. I'd like to try doing something different, lately I've been stuck in this constant cycle of doing the same thing every day.

10/18/25 - 17:35

I've been thinking about making a game again...I'd like to do it, but I'm not sure what I want to make. Maybe something simple to start with would be good.

10/17/25 - 19:48

I wanted to test how this page worked if I posted an pic. This feeling is so real.

Toffee by NomnomNami
10/17/25 - 09:36

I have finally cleaned up most of the code mess I had, which will allow me to do better things and different layouts...

10/17/25 - 08:23

Zed is overhyped. Isn't specially better than any other code editor...Yes is fast, but the others are not specially slow neither.

10/16/25 - 23:26

Testing the look and behavior of this thing...

03/14/26

New mouse, new look, new plans!

A lot has happened since the last update. I'll recap the highlights first, and at the end, I'll mention a few things I wasn't too thrilled about...

First and foremost, I bought a new mouse and mousepad. Having those extra buttons is so much more comfortable, they're incredibly functional for Blender and other programs. Plus, the scrolling actually works now! My old mouse had a broken wheel, so I basically had to pray that whatever software I was using had visible scroll bars... It was a bit of an investment, but a necessary one.

I'm also planning a complete PC upgrade, not just a specific component, but replacing everything to modernize the whole setup. I've saved up a decent amount from commissions and I'm hoping to earn more soon so I can finally build my dream setup. Hopefully, my regular client feels like placing some more orders (¬‿¬).

I've also completely redesigned the website. It now has a full retro look based on Windows NT, which is one of my favorite aesthetics. I implemented several CSS improvements to keep the codebase maintainable, along with a new theme selector. Using variables gives me much more precise control over the colors, so it's very convenient. I also integrated a chat feature directly into the page so people can reach out easily, and I added several dropdown buttons to get rid of redundant, nested menus.

One thing I haven't enjoyed lately is that my job has been buried in paperwork. It's not necessarily a bad thing, just tedious to be running back and forth because these documents take forever to process. I'm hoping to post to the blog more frequently now that I'm finally wrapping up that process.

11/25/25

A look back…

It's been a year (a little more to be honest) since I started this page and also since I began programming. I've done many things, learned many things, and grown both as a programmer and as an artist. In honor of that, I've made a remake of the first version of this page, the same one I coded in 2023; but now with a refreshed look and cleaner code, applying all the knowledge I've gained over the past year.

This was code a disaster... Now looks a little more organized.

Looking at the old code, I realized how disastrous that page was. If I had to edit it today, it would be a headache. It was much easier to rebuild it from scratch. For example, I used invisible "li" tags to keep the page from sticking completely to the bottom edge, when it would have been far simpler to just make a footer with padding. There are many questionable decisions on the original page.

What the hell is this...

Another thing I learned to appreciate is adding comments to the code to make it much more understandable in the future, because looking at the old page there were no instructions about what each part did. Many CSS classes weren't entirely clear and a lot of code was repeated because I didn't know how to use variables or consolidate similar styles.

The folder structure wasn't good either...Everything was in the root, and for some reason I capitalized filenames and put "HTML/CSS" at the start of each file so Windows would sort the files together (when you can just sort by file extension natively). The fonts were even worse, they weren't included in the project itself; I pulled them directly from Google Fonts.

I will launch both soon so you can see them in more detail. Thinking of some kind of JS that allows you to switch between both pages so you can see a much better side-by-side view in real time. Lately, I have been thinking about getting much more into JS to achieve more amazing things. What little I know is thanks to tutorials, me asking Copilot how to do some things, and trial and error...

10/18/25

Full Refactor Complete!

New update for the site and this time I've made major internal changes based on everything I've learned over time. The page should now adapt better to different layouts, and in the future I plan to create layouts that make better use of screen space with multiple content columns across different sections

Beyond the code refactor, I've also added new features to the site and made some minor design tweaks. You'll notice changes in the background, scrollbars, and the placement of post dates. I've added a brand-new section to the index: microblogs for more direct communication. This section isn't listed in the main feed, so I'll keep it as a more professional space for important updates using the Blogs

Now that the code is all cleaned up, I'll finally be able to properly implement the long-awaited chat feature I've been talking about for a while. I'm not sure which service to use yet or maybe I'll build my own if Neocities allows it. Hopefully it'll be ready before December!

10/05/25

New page and more stuff!

We're in that time of year when we're not sure whether to celebrate Halloween or Christmas, but either way, I hope all readers are having a good time wherever you are. I'm here once again sharing everything I've been through and plan to do this month.

As a first milestone, I've created a page entirely dedicated to myself. I've never really talked or written in depth about my personal life, but now there's information about many aspects of me. I put a lot of effort into the design to make it resemble Windows 2000, though I'm thinking of making an alternate theme inspired by Windows Vista—the first OS I had at home. I really enjoyed Vista…

I've also been enjoying Minecraft, but in a much older version. The first one I ever played, Minecraft PS3 Edition, which was also the first time I officially bought the game. Thinking about that, I should probably talk about my history with Minecraft on my “About Me” page…Whatever, I'll see what things I end up adding over time. I still want to keep it simple.

Besides that, I've made more drawings, played Silksong, and completed it 100%. It took me a bit longer than I expected, but I feel completely satisfied with the game. The wait was absolutely worth it.

09/13/25

Silksong and Minecraft with mods!

This month I've dedicated myself entirely to my personal development. I've spent more time drawing and spending time away from the PC, though lately I've felt a bit stressed. Aside from drawing and doing the usual things I do on the computer, I've also been playing Minecraft with incredible mods. I had never played Minecraft this way before, and with those visuals—it truly makes me happy to finally be able to enjoy one of the games I've spent the most time on in such a way.

I've also played the long-awaited Hollow Knight: Silksong, and I've enjoyed it so much. Even though the difficulty curve is quite steep in the first half, luckily I was already pretty good at the first game, so that curve didn't feel as punishing for me. In any case, after about 23 hours I was able to complete it. I still have a couple of things left to explore, but I think I've enjoyed the game to its fullest. I hope to see many things in the future, like an expansion or something like that.

I also went back to No Man's Sky, one of the games I played the most back when I had my Xbox One. I love traveling and exploring planets, getting lost, and finding new resources to exploit.

08/01/25

21 years...

Here we're once again. This diary entry feels special in a certain way. This month I'm turning 21 years old on this planet, and time has flown quickly since last year. I feel like I've changed a lot since then, probably even more than in previous years and I've improved in many aspects of my life. Good things and bad things have happened, but despite everything, I'm still here, giving it my all to grow and learn from everything I do. I hope to keep improving and giving my best in the years to come.

I've gotten hooked again on Cult of the Lamb (COTL); I had forgotten how fun it was. I really enjoy resource management games, and if it's a roguelike, that's definitely a huge plus. I've also spent a lot of time on Civilization VI, Epic Games gave it away for free, so I tried it and fell in love. I hadn't played a game that kept me hooked for so many hours.

Also, I've earned the WOTY "Worker of the Year" at my workplace (drawing isn't my main job, it's a hobby and I support myself through other means). I'm happy that my work is being recognized in that way, and I hope to keep spending time with everyone there.

This final paragraph is a small dedication to one of my cats, Vanilla, who passed away after being hit by a car on my birthday. I still feel sad about it…

07/17/25

Blender is way more fun!!!

These past few days I've been using Blender much more often, and without a doubt it's super entertaining to animate, sculpt, and model things in 3D. Now, thanks to my new GPU, I can do it more comfortably, it doesn't feel tedious anymore or anything like that. I'd love to share some of the stuff I've animated, but the files are really heavy and I'm not sure how to properly upload them to Neocities, so I'll just post a few screenshots of the poses I make. I'd really like to master Blender more deeply so I can make some cool stuff in the future.

I've also pretty much fully switched over to DaVinci Resolve. I used to use Kdenlive, and while it wasn't a terrible experience, the constant crashes, the timeline lag from not making full use of my PC, and its ugly interface (compared to other software) led me to go all in with DaVinci. The free tier covers everything I need, I don't really need anything else. I also explored other open-source options, but none of them felt 100% comfortable or satisfying to use. DaVinci is really fast, has tons of features, works how I expect it to, and I haven't even tapped into everything it offers yet, so there's still lots to learn, which I really enjoy.

I've noticed I've distanced myself from almost all open-source software, first Krita to CSP, and now Kdenlive to DaVinci. There's definitely something that just doesn't quite work in all that... Also been drawing a lot more, I got another commission and I've improved my workflow a lot. It's something I've made good progress on, though that's become pretty normal by now, so there's not much new to report.

06/02/25

Hardware upgrades!

Some time has passed since my last status update, and I've improved my skills in several areas while changing others. I've continued drawing and making art for others. But the biggest change compared to my previous blog is the hardware.

Upgrading from a low-profile GPU to a GTX 1660 Super is undoubtedly a massive leap in performance. All the games I usually enjoy now run at 100Hz on ultra/high settings. Not only that, but Blender can finally use my GPU (my previous GPU was AMD and didn't support any hardware acceleration for Blender). So now I can use Blender without major complications. Windows also runs like butter, super smooth!

That dream of having a PC that can finally handle everything I need has finally come true...

05/13/25

Elevating My Knowledge with C#

I believe I've mentioned before that I've been learning C#, but lately I've been getting more serious about it. I'm beginning to understand why certain things have to be done the way they're meant to be done. I'm starting to extrapolate knowledge from what little I know about HTML/JS to XAML/C#. Clearly, they're vastly different, but I can still apply principles and ways of organizing code.

I want to have an app ready before August—a native Pinterest app built with WinUI 3, following the Windows 11 design language. Not sure if I've ever mentioned it, but I adore Windows' design. I think I might be a bit of a fanboy, but that's what happens when you dive so deep and absorb such profound knowledge of how Windows works.

04/17/25

Something cozier~

It's been over a year since I embarked on this journey with the site, and from the very start, it's been a process of constant refinement and iteration. Along the way, the code inevitably became a bit unruly, but I've always strived to keep things as organized as possible while also embracing opportunities to learn and grow as a programmer.

Though my limited coding experience meant plenty of missteps, every mistake became a stepping stone. Over the past year, armed with newfound skills and a deeper understanding, I've completely rewritten the page from scratch. This fresh start allowed me to incorporate everything I've learned into a cleaner, more efficient design.

Using variables, grid, and flexbox, paired with root elements and media queries. Has transformed the layout into something far more structured and manageable. It feels like a breath of fresh air to see the page finally come together in a way that reflects not just functionality, but also the progress I've made.

03/30/25

Deep changes!

Since the last update of the blog, I've made several coding changes to the page. I've improved its functionality and how it looks across different devices. I've refined several chunks of code to simplify it further and make it more manageable in the long term. I learned to use different HTML tags that helped me achieve this.

I implemented the legacy gallery (a gallery of my old illustrations) for anyone who wants to see how my progress has been. It's not perfectly organized, but it's better than nothing. The gallery includes all the illustrations I've created throughout almost my entire career as an artist. The gallery isn't particularly optimized, mainly because of the incredible amount of images I had to include. I didn't want to leave users without feedback, so I ensured that the images load instantly. I converted everything to WebP format to optimize things even further.

In addition to that, I started working on the first pages for my OCs (original characters). Currently, there is only one page, but there are four more coming with unique designs that showcase their personalities from the very core.

03/02/25

About translations

After a lot of work, I have finally translated a large part of the page into Spanish and Japanese. I won't dedicate myself to translating the posts because there are too many, and it's not worth the effort to keep all languages updated, so they will simply remain in English regardless of the language. I equally appreciate all readers regardless of where they're from and I'm always open to feedback if anyone knows of an easy way to translate and maintain the blogs.

Besides that, I have redesigned how the page looks on smaller screens to maintain consistency and avoid breakages as much as possible, but it's still not a priority for me. Firefox is also not a priority for me, so don't expect me to make the effort to ensure the page works correctly there.

Next, I will add a section for my NSFW art on the gallery. I will try to properly document myself and seek support to see if that is possible.

02/12/25

More and better

I didn't expect to fulfill one of my new year's to-do things so soon, but I finally made my first commission. It was a bit unexpected because I didn't expect to get a commission in that way and from the least unexpected person, hopefully you will genuinely feel satisfied with what I gave you and come back soon.

With the money I got I saw quite convenient to make a return investment and buy a keyboard (my keyboard was really broken lmao), some RAM to not suffer so much for having so many heavy projects at the same time, or otherwise play more comfortably. The rest I will keep for other necessary expenses in my house.

Continue working on my personal projects, at some point I will show some progress of all that.

01/27/25

Really sharp!

Recently I had to buy a new monitor because my TV broke down (again, lmao), and gosh, it looks amazing. Reading on it is much more comfortable, the text looks so sharp, I can't see the pixels even if I get really close to the screen. It's also 100Hz, so it's incredibly smooth—scrolling through VSC is really incredible now. The colors also look great; I was genuinely surprised at how good it looks for the price I paid (which was relatively little).

Still setting up my games to enjoy the 100Hz, but drawing on it is also a very pleasant experience; it's quite bright too. I went into the monitor settings and noticed it's at 80% of the maximum brightness, and I already consider it very high.

Apart from that, I started playing Honkai Stair Rail, very fun. I really like the turn-based system it has, I'm not sure if other games have something similar, but this one is cool. The ultimate skills can skip all the turns and be used whenever it suits you best, adding a different strategic factor. I'm not very interested in the gacha side of the game though.

Lately there have been a lot of electrical problems where I live, I live in constant fear of something burning.

01/05/25

Keep it fancy with black!

First post of the year, hope everyone has been well. A lot has happened since the last time I made a status update. As part of the beginning of the year I finished fixing the last details of the site. I've also started working on improving my C# skills and I'm thinking it would be a good idea to learn C++ as well.

I finally added the dark mode, it will automatically switch the site to a nice dark theme for those of you who browse the internet with the lights off. While implementing the dark mode I realized what a mess I had with the CSS, so I took the liberty to fix it and stack it the right way. Now it's much easier to edit the styling of the page so I could take more liberties in the future and implement or learn to optimize future pages.

I also changed the color scheme, in light mode the emphasis color is purple and in dark mode the emphasis color is yellow. Referring to the color scheme I use in my Minecraft skin.

I improved some of the HTML and added the manifest.json to the server in case someone wants to convert the page to a PWA, maybe I'll work on that later to make the gallery send a notification directly to the user when a new illustration is available.

12/28/24

Merry Christmas and final blog!

This will be the last update of the year. I think it has been an excellent year for the page. I have made significant progress behind the scenes (especially in the last few months), optimizing and improving the appearance and making the page much more consistent by refining many aspects of its internal structure.

Another update I made along with this blog was the gallery. I greatly improved its design to adapt correctly to different screen formats and to struggle less with the aspect ratios of each drawing. It's no longer necessary for them to be 1:1 to be added to the gallery, which is good for me because I can upload more drawings.

For next year, I hope to create other pages to continue experimenting, starting with individual pages for my OCs. I will create them first to give them their own personalities, and second, because I would like to continue practicing different approaches to the same problem using HTML/CSS/JS (I'm practicing a lot more JS).

After that, I plan to seriously work on and finish Nasty Chore (also known as Fishy Chores). The script is somewhat advanced, but I would like to revisit and reformulate some parts to make it more appealing. I plan for it to be a smaller game so it doesn't get out of hand.

I would also like to open art commissions in the first half of the year, but I will resolve that in depth later.

12/17/24

I little bussy, but I'm okay!

Reading manga is much more entertaining than I expected; at least it distracts me from the monotony of drawing, playing, or programming that I was already doing and gives me moments to pause and read a bit more. I would like to be able to read them in Japanese by next year, so I will set much stricter goals to achieve this and try to document it so my progress can be reviewed.

I have loved Made In Abyss; I didn't expect the story and characters to captivate me the way they did. It's cool to finally be part of something that's still ongoin; theorizing and seeing how other fans eagerly await more information fills me with enthusiasm. I hope to finish watching the anime and try to finish the game, just to pass the time. I should do more drawings about this, especially of Faputa.

Besides that, I have continued playing other games, progressing and always trying to finish them, each one deserving the time it takes to complete.

It's very likely that it will take me some time to update the page. I want to fix the blog section because I discovered that using the "br" tag wasn't the most suitable for separating paragraphs.

11/05/24

Another month, more changes

I'm here again, I've kept making small changes to the way I code to optimize as much as possible, always avoiding using JS as much as possible.

Apart from all that, I've kept drawing and soon I'll be updating the gallery with new illustrations and sketches I've been working on. I haven't been able to draw as much as I would like because I had to configure my CSP again (related to the text below).

Finally after two months I was able to buy a 1TB SSD, much more high speed space. This speeds up my workflow enormously, it's not only being able to open things faster, it's about opening a lot of things without taking repercussions on the things that are already open. I'm still configuring the programs to start working but soon I will be bringing progress on things I already had movement on.

10/19/24

Big quality life update

Just because the changes are minor doesn't mean they are not important, I have made several changes to the design and how things are expected to behave within the page, while I have reorganized much of the code (mostly things that were duplicated or unused due to the age of the CSS).

Some of the changes I made are:

I made some other minor changes but they're not important, like things I misspelled and some skill issue with the XML file.

10/04/24

I'm here again!

I know it's been a while since the last blog entry, I've been a bit busy with my personal life and working on another site has taken time away from fixing this one. I've totally decided to put aside rework the page and keep improving and iterating this one in order to do more important things instead like integrating an RSS Feed and a music player.

Apart from all that, I've kept drawing! I've put more illustrations in the gallery if you want to take a look, I think I'll make another RSS Feed for the gallery and send those new illustrations directly to the inboxes.

YuriJam is approaching so the game I had planned is still in process, it's taking me a little longer than I expected but soon I plan to give a preview of what I'm working on.

05/03/24

Time flies

It's been a while since the last blog update, don't worry everything is a bit better since last time haha. I have started to seriously set up the features, world building and all that related to my projects (OCs), soon I will finish the page of my OCs once I finish setting up clearly all that and I will provide great detail of all that if you need or want to know more about them.

Apart from that I have finally installed Visual Studio (On Windows, there went like 20GiBs but it's worth it to practice C#, I made a simple calculator with meows stuff). I will also use it to support my Godot projects as I prefer to use C# rather than Godot's native language (I say that because it's better documented and has more traversal and is apparently better optimized, but that doesn't affect me because my code is probably inefficient in itself).

I have continued making illustrations and I'm thinking that it's time to open commissions, probably Discord as a method of contact because it's much more comfortable than giving an email.

04/16/24

Everything went wrong Part 2

It all went so wrong that it had a sequel, my PC had a crash and I can't find what exactly produced it. I was able to fix it with the Windows system restore tool (SFC) in safe mode after struggling to get administrator permissions on my own PC, I don't know if it was a virus or something (which is weird because I haven't done anything weird on my PC in these last few months).

04/14/24

Everything went wrong

Everything that could go wrong, went wrong. My monitor died the last week I had to prepare for FishFest and since then I haven't been able to make any progress on my projects, really sad because I was excited about participating in FishFest.

I guess I will have to wait for the next one to do a fish related project. Now I will focus on finishing what I had planned for that week and finish the main project. Although I didn't make any progress I have been doing some concept ideas for the project.

Other than that, I have discovered how much fun SkullGirls is (both PC and Mobile). It's a very entertaining fighting game and really well done, you can see the dedication it has for each person and all its lore, I love it!

03/26/24

Godot with fish

The Fishfest is coming up, reading the rules again I realized that I really couldn't have started the project too early, I don't know if it applies to have written the story beforehand and start making the sprites the week of the event. I also had a plan B in mind in case something like that happened.

Another related mini-game and taking advantage of the fact that I wanted to practice Godot C#, I will do it there. I hope to learn in this week everything I need to do what I have in mind for the week of the event.

03/20/24

Fishy chores?

I have made great progress with the project, I have much clearer ideas of the plot and the setting of the events. I can say that the idea is much more real than before. I have been sketching the final designs of the characters that will participate in this VN.

I have written 8000 words, all related to the main route, I must write the secondary routes and different branches of it. Probably the 30% I said before was too optimistic haha, I think I actually do have a real 30% of what I've done, then I have to figure out how to put all that into the game in a way that I can then work on translations.

I have unlocked my love for writing again, Word Online is amazing, I prefer it over Google Docs and OnlyOffice is much better than LibreOffice for local documents. But I generally prefer to use Word Online.

I'm still working passively on integrating an RSS feed to this page for those readers who want to read my blogs as soon as possible while I'm still working on a chat.

I'm also working on polishing the site slightly, I've been watching some videos on JavaScript to make some stuff.

03/03/24

Nasty update

I have made great progress on the project, I would say that I have 30% of the whole story (it's less than I originally expected but the idea evolved and I think it will now be a little longer than I initially expected) anyway I hope that by the end of March I will have enough to show it.

Another unrelated thing in my life, I found an Xbox One controller lying in the trash that was fully functional lmao, I did some maintenance on it and it looks like new, surprised it doesn't have drift haha.

02/23/24

Nasty chores for fancy boys

It's not what it sounds like, it's the name (maybe it's a name holder, but I like it so it's probably permanent) for my next little project. I've been thinking for a couple of weeks about making a small demo project of what I can do in Renpy with my current skills as a Phyton programmer, artist and writer.

It won't be something very big but it's exciting to think that now I will start doing small projects that will add to my experience, I will take a month to do it completely and I will try to have a technical demo before March.

02/22/24

Working on...

These days I've been working on my Renpy project, I think it's a good excuse to learn Phyton even though it's not one of my favorite programming languages. If C# wasn't so complicated I would probably start with Unity or RPG Maker.

I plan to make a small demo of what I have in mind by the end of March, I hope to meet that deadline to encourage me to work more but I don't promise that it will be ready by then.

02/17/24

Drawings and some coding

I have been this last week drawing a lot, trying to recover some of the time I couldn't invest in this during all the course of 2023, this time it won't be the same and by the end of the year I should have mastered the style I have in mind for my drawings.

Apart from that I have been programming, making changes to the code and other tests that I don't think I will show in the short term, I fixed some problems and arrange parts of my code to make it easier to read over time, soon I plan to work on options to display other languages natively and thus have a better control of what my readers see in other languages.

02/08/24

Changes and status update

I have been working for a while on improving the site and making some fixes and working on new sections to make it more interactive. Right now I'm working on the live chat, things related to my projects and other additional pages to have mostly everything here.

01/28/24

Where have I been?

I've been sick for a couple of weeks, nothing important but I didn't have enough strength to update the page or make new illustrations, now I'm much better and with new ideas.

01/17/24

Some stuff I do

I've been drawing a couple of things, from time to time I've been doing some coding but most of the time I've been spending on drawing.

I'm working on adapting the site to a mobile format and while I'm drawing I'm watching videos on how to do it the right way, maybe I'll add a couple of extra things as I'm touching code.

I have also thought about adding a chat to be able to talk directly here but I haven't figured out how to do that yet, possibly I will see how others do it because I honestly don't know how I can do it.

01/10/24

Finally!!!

Finally I have been able to buy my first tablet, feels really good to be able to make my drawings much faster and with the precision that a pencil gives me, all this time drawing with my finger on my phone has been amazing but now I will be able to expand my skills in all senses and explore new ways to express my lines.

01/04/24

New design (again)

I'm never happy with the design of the site but this is definitely the final look I want to give it, something familiar like the book in which I write my ideas (I don't really write in a book, I use OneNote to keep my notes but you get the idea).

Old vs New design comparison
01/03/24

Some stuff I do

As my first challenge for this month I set out to create an unofficial OMORI main character page (Sunny, Basil, Kel and Aubrey) to improve my HTML/CSS skills and try different things. During this process I learned a lot of things related to page layout and the correct way to write code (I guess).

Possibly the Basil and Aubrey pages are some of my coolest HTML work I've done so far, it was definitely a fun thing to do, here is the link to each page so you can see what I have done.

12/30/23

Happy new year!

I hope you all were able to do your 2023 goals, I unfortunately wasn't able to do many of the ones I set to do but I still enjoyed the things I did, mostly it was a year of personal self-improvement of things that were on my mind.

Many issues I had pending and I think it was good to try to fix them before moving forward with my life, as first decision was to make this page as a method to distract me or kill time, to have the courage to do some of the things I liked was a big step for me and I hope to continue like this in 2024.

12/29/23

Changes to the page!

I have finished much of the site and would like to launch it in its current state, I don't know how it will look on different devices/browsers but in time I hope to see that there are no major problems.

I really like this new approach I've given to my site and I hope to keep improving, I'm not particularly skilled with HTML/CSS but I'm very excited to do this kind of things totally new and different from what I usually do.

12/23/23

Big update!

The first major update, I have completely redesigned the page and how they move through it, I have added a card style to give it a touch and make it clear where it ends and begins each thing (accessibility I guess).

12/18/23

Second update and more!

I made some fixes and changes to how the page adapts to improve the visibility of the elements.

I've been editing some videos for my channel, I haven't felt so comfortable doing this for a long time, I guess as you get older that fear of not being able to do enough is growing too...

12/09/23

First update!

This first update is only for the purpose of recording the first time this page has been created, it may take some time to be deployed publicly but I'm excited all the same. I hope to share many more advances in the future and to be able to improve, expand and enrich the experience of the site as it functions as a main hub for my future projects. First I plan to finish this page and then immediately start another minor project.

12/14/23

First release!

First release of this site, very excited to finally get this done. It's really something I've been looking forward to for a long time and I hope this same excitement will allow me to keep this site as I originally intended, a main hub for all my projects and updates.