I haven't posted on my account in ages, my last post was last year's wrap-up, even. (So much for my wish that my next post won't be another wrap-up...) I haven't been active on Twitter or Discord either, or in terms of creative work. Haven't really had the time or drive to create anything new sadly. What matters to me is that I made it to the end of the year, all things considered, and fulfilled last year's resolutions.

I think one of the biggest highlights from this year for me was being able to buy myself a Switch and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. (I also got Ring Fit Adventure, but I haven't gotten around playing it yet, especially with BotW being my focus.) Zelda has been one of my favorite franchises and being able to finally experience BotW had been exciting. I've had a blast with the game so far, it really is an amazing experience. Easily the best open world game I've played, and it's my favorite Zelda next to Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. I also bought a few Amiibo. I don't plan to expand my collection too far, but I think I am starting to see why people love figures and collecting them. They look surprisingly nice too.

I'm going to keep my New Year's Resolution simple:

• Stay alive
  
• Earn my Master's degree
  
• Do my best to be a good person

To be honest, I'm not expecting miracles from next year, but I want to try to keep my chin up. Whenever I can.

And with that, I wish anyone reading this a Happy New Year.

It's that time of the year, so it's time for one of those reflection posts. But it's not just the end of 2019, but the end of a whole decade. So I suppose this post doubles as looking back on my life in the past decade, too.
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While Final Fantasy IX was my first mainline FF game, I may or may not have played another game before it, which was a memorable part of my childhood: Chocobo Racing. I fell in love with the cute rendition of recurring characters such as Chocobo, Moogle and Bahamut, even though I wasn't familiar with the references to previous games, or the franchise's shared lore elements. Roughly 20 years later, I have several FF games under my belt, and World of Final Fantasy offered a chance to revisit the feelings Chocobo Racing evoked in me. A crossover game with a super adorable aesthetic? Sign me right up! To make it even sweeter, WoFF is the Pokemon game I didn't know I wanted so much.
( Full spoilers for World of Final Fantasy. Because of the nature of this game, there are full spoilers for several FF games as well! )

I felt like drawing today, so I fired up Clip Studio Paint and got right to it. I didn't really plan for this picture, my starting point was my desire to play with colors, so I thought gradients could be a fun subject. I also felt like my previous avatar could be improved upon. I already did Chatnoir, so I picked Omniscience Dragon, Cath Palug to draw this time. Roughly 7 hours later, here's my final result and I'm really happy with how it turned out! (I wish Twitter didn't ruin my upload over there... that bummed me out.)

I've Platinumed the game as of yesterday, so I can finally put the game down. It's time for my review! A game about the end of the world, just in time for the end of the year. Heh. Ahem.

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is the final part of the Fabula Nova Crystallis trilogy, and the conclusion of the Lightning Saga. It's been one hell of a wild and entertaining ride, so I'm jumping into my thoughts right away.
( Spoilers for the entire game and the XIII trilogy as a whole! )

Hi everyone!

I'm Arynis, and I've joined Dreamwidth thanks to the Tumblr purge. Not just that, but other issues also made my time at the site more difficult, such as any external link hiding my posts from tag searches. Tumblr wasn't meant for longer posts either, which is my preferred format. In the end, I'm happy to be in a place where I can happily write away once more.

I'm an Administrator of Neo Ark Cradle, a forum focused around the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise and Bushiroad's TCGs to a smaller extent. I'm also a staff member of Cardfight Coalition, a sister site of YGOrganization that focuses on Cardfight!! Vanguard. I've previously worked in the gaming industry, so one of my goals is working on my gamedev skillset. I've been dabbling in Blender and learning 3D modeling.

I've been chronicling my journey in Blender and post any models I create. I'm planning to do the same for gamedev in the future. I also enjoy talking about media I consume. I have no concrete posting schedule, I post when I have anything to share. To kick off my time on here, I ported my noteworthy posts from my Tumblr.

My blog is public, but anything personal is limited to friends only.

You can also find me on Twitter and Mastodon.

Lastly, here's a fanart of Chatnoir I drew to celebrate my move! 😺 Thank you for reading!

It's been a while since I last did anything in Blender. It's on my list to review the course lessons to refresh my memory, but I wanted to try making something regardless. So here's this snake.

It's not an optimal model, but I had fun working on it!

Today I've finished Section 4 of the Blender course I've been following, and with that the associated project: a low poly chess set!

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I've finished Section 2 of the Blender course I've been following!

I've learned about additional editing and controls. One of my earlier tasks was making a plane to see how extruding from faces worked.

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Roughly a year ago, I posted my impressions about the game after having watched a livestream of the final chapter and read translations/summaries. I recently took the plunge and bought the game despite my negativity from back then. My feelings on V3 and its twists changed over time, and my friend who shared my opinions with me at the time also encouraged me to get it, because it was still worth playing it. So I did, might as well see it with the full context and buildup, eh?
( Continued below the cut. Spoilers for the entirety of V3! )