As always, juggling things and going slowly.

I'm spending quite a bit of time helping design the new NaruSaku boards - and I'm the one tackling the skin! It's going to be a lot of work but it should be worth it.

I'm currently working on two fics - Spirit of Fire: Volume One (remade SoF with hopefully better story), and Dare to Hope; a NaruSaku one-shot set right after the latest manga arc (the Gaara arc as I type this).

There is one NaruSaku fanart coming up, it was inspired by an idea I had when I was thinking about how their relationship is summed up. ^_^ They're a pretty spontaneous and unpredictable couple, so that called for fanart that hopefully captures the never-know-what-happens-next thing!

So much stuff to do, never enough hours in the day...

Long time no update here! But there'll be an update soon... I hope.

I've been extremely busy finishing my Web Design course, and I hope to graduate soon! Now that's out of the way, I'm working hard on requests and stories I started ages ago but got sidetracked by life and other demands.

Right now, I'm working on:

3 Fictions:

Spirit of Fire: Remastered.

My existing Naruto "epic". I stopped writing on this a few months ago, but I now have the drive and inspiration back again. I will be giving the old chapters an overhaul, correcting errors and changing bits/characterisations I didn't like. Then I plan to add two brand-spanking-new chapters onto the end! I have had so many good reviews for this fic, and I am very thankful.

The old version will stay up for a while, it will just have an Author's Note pointing people towards the new one - then it might get deleted after a few months. The new version will of course carry on the story at a regular basis! I just wanted to sort a few messy bits out before continuing with new chapters.

Out of Order.

New Fic. This one will have mature themes and be more of a romantic comedy. Again, it's set in the Naruto universe, and it will centre on Naruto and Sakura. They will both be 18 years old. I wanted to set this just after the Akatsuki arc, and 17 felt too soon for the developments I wanted inbetween that and the story's settings. The title is because I wanted to develop the Naruto/Sakura relationship in unusual ways rather than the usual A-B-C of relationships.

"Uzumaki Naruto is having one of the best days of his life. He's just finished a hard solo mission and has finally been promoted to Jounin! He walks towards Ichiraku, daydreaming about telling/boasting to Sakura about his promotion.

All of a sudden, Naruto's great day becomes one of his worst..."

Plot? What Plot?

A new series of Naruto drabbles. They'll cover whatever I feel like covering.

Fanart Requests:

For Yoko-chan. A picture of her OC, Hyuuga Yuki. Sorry this took so long!

For Hoku. A picture of Team Sound in Ginyu Force pose.

Fanarts:

A picture of the Naruto boys in superhero costumes. XD

A Part Two picture I have been wanting to do for so long. Team Kakashi taking the piss out of Bleach's "fashion shoot" group poses. Expect to see Kakashi, Naruto and Sakura looking good.

And I hope there will be more soon...

I thought I would take a leaf from Soritia's book and add my own progress journal. ^_^ It'll definitely help me keep everything in perspective and hopefully keep myself motiviated! I work almost full-time and also do a part-time course so I don't get all that much spare time (which is mostly spent on checking out the Naruto forums ).

OK, let's see...

Current Projects:

NaruSaku fiction for Soritia:
95% Complete. A tribute to her rain painting. Longest one-shot I have ever done. Just adding polish. ^_^

Manga for Blayze:
15% Complete. This is a manga for one of his RPG parodies, and will be a big project considering the amount of pictures I need to draw AND put together in a layout! All concept sketches done, first page done. I wish I had Kishimoto's skill.

Picture for Yoko:
20% Complete. Moving into the lineart for the final piece. ^_^ It'll then be corrected, cleaned up then inked and coloured.

Spirit of Fire - Chapter 8:
65% Complete. I rewrote it. Sorry! I felt some of it was going a little too fast in terms of character relationships. But the bulk of the old chapter is still intact, and I just need to keep going. ^_^ If the Naruto manga does take a break for a while, then expect to see me work on this story a lot more.

Well, this has clearly helped me organise things in priority. I will finish the quickest jobs first, then mop up the rest before undertaking ANY new projects!

I've just added a quick WIP sketch to my Scraps collection. ^_^ I'm hoping to complete the coloured version this week. There will also be a final, larger and more detailed pencil drawing.

Next up will be a sample manga I'm drawing for a friend on the NaruSaku boards. ^_^ Then hopefully some more character art!

Whoops, I haven't updated this for a long while. ^_^;

Well, first things first. I updated my fic a few days ago with Chapter 7. It's a Naruto fanfiction that continues on from the moment Naruto and Sasuke faced each other at the waterfall. So, if you haven't gone that far in the story yet, be warned of spoilers! There will be EVENTUAL pairings. I stress EVENTUAL because there will be buildup before anything happens.

Here's the link! [link]

I hope to complete 8 today, then send it off to my beloved critics, SharinganK and Aethos! After THAT is done, I'm going to finally do plenty of drawing. ^_^ I've started to construct my own lightbox so I can make squeaky clean pencil drawings from scribbles. £150 for a professional lightbox when you can make a decent DIY one for far less?

I just hope I can get a picture done in time for Naruto's birthday this Sunday! Today is my last free day before that... so I should get a move on. Yeah.