Hello, again! I'm back with more Point Blank updates. BTW, the majority of this journal is going to be about Point Blank, if not all of it.

First off, I rescanned in all 39 pictures of Point Blank that I've drawn, and I'm planning on posting most of them, although not all. Throughout Point Blank's development, I've draw Adela the most, to now astonishing surprise, ha ha ha! Sadly, though, Randi has been pretty much neglected in comparison... poor Randi. But alas! He'll get his attention soon enough!

Those scans will also include, as mentioned in previous journals, I think, concepts for Adela's parents. I've confirmed what they'll look like, but not what they'll wear. So that will have to get solved sometime soon. A few minor characters have also been drawn. Lately I've been drawing people from a certain city that is built within canyon walls. They... are a creepy looking bunch, mostly because their clothing and accessories include animal bones. For example, as you'll see whenever I get it posted, one of the character's hair is up in a ponytail, and runs down a spinal column. Don't get me wrong, it looks pretty cool once you get past the... creepiness of it all. Anyway, these people, despite being freaks, are actually down to earth and relatively friendly.

Lastly, i have one antagonist drawn!! I don't know if he'll be THE antagonist that Randi has been hunting down or not, so I'll be sorting through that...

I almost want to incorporate the seven deadly sins and holy virtues. predictably, there will be seven antagonists representing lust, gluttony, sloth, wrath, envy, pride, and greed. If I were to follow through with this idea, the antagonist, whom I'm naming Hex, would most likely become wrath. Then there would be seven holy virtues; chastity, temperance, diligence, patience, kindness, humility, and charity. Randi will actually represent one of them. There will be six others. Of course, I will only carry out this idea if it ends up fitting the plot, which, now that I've been thinking about it for the last thirty or so minutes, I think I will... Yeah....

Which would give the MAIN main antagonist, the kid Randi has been going after, more purpose. His mission, the very thing Randi has been trying to prevent, is to awaken all of the seven sins, for whatever reason.

This has been helping me a LOT with plot holes... Phew!! FOr a while I wasn't getting anywhere, really. For a while, I haven't been coming up with anything decent. For memory's sake, though, I need to crack down on writing this stuff out, otherwise I'll forget some very important stuff.
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Without further ado, I've been researching the history and geography of Death Valley. It's almost like the Azubah Valley, where Point Blank is taking place, which obviously is why I've taken up researching it.

Take, for example, the fact that Death Valley was once a sparkly, fresh-water lake! Then, after the last Ice Age, it dried up do to rapid evaporation. Okay, the forsaken landscape of the Azubah Valley was NOT in any way caused by the end of an Ice Age, but the fact that it rapidly evaporated is what I'm looking at. I need to look at the geography of Death Valley in order to portray it in the manga correctly. Which also means I'm going to have to start drawing scenic art... OH GAWD MY WORST NIGHTMARE HAR HAR

Well, I can draw them, but with lines or colors is another story. I have to start somewhere, right?

Furthermore, scrounging up pictures of several caves, especially ones with remains of ancient civilizations, will also be on my to-do-list. Quite a few locations in the manga will be within the depths of caves. One, they provide protection from the acidic rain, and secondly, I've heard somewhere that water can get filtered when traveling through caves. It was in a movie, too, called Castaway. That was an amazing movie, and I hardly ever like movies like that.... The main character couldn't find any fresh water to drink, considering he was stranded on an island in the middle of the ocean... Drinking salt water dehydrates, in case you didn't know. Eventually he climbs into a cave and discovers water trickling down. My dad explained that the water was purified by the cave, somehow.

That, of course, won't be the only way they'll get fresh water. With the technology the cities have, their water can be purified. Also, since there are seasons and Azuban Valley is surrounded by a mountain range, in the summer season they get a stream of fresh water from the mountains (currently has no name). This natural phenomenon has been going longer than Azubah Valley has been a desert, so alas there is a vast canyon close the the mountains!! Years ago, it was even there when the lake still existed, and with it several waterfalls. Now those water falls only happen when summer comes. Also, there will be traders from the mountains in the "winter" time who trade fresh spring water, among other things.

I've taken a lot into consideration.... Including the fact that if you purify rain water that dissolves organic matter, you are going to have LOTS of toxic waste to deal and experiment with. What could the city government/scientists be planning, hm?
Could it have anything to do why Adela is against the very place her so called home is supposed to be? Maybe...

Okay, that's a dead give away that yes, Adela is not happy with these experiments. It's no spoiler at all, since you find it out in the very beginning.

The city itself is in development as far as graphic concepts go. I have no clue how int he world I'll draw it, though. All the more reason to practice environment drawings.
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I need to design a logo for Point Blank, as well. That's not on the top of my list, though. But I still need to do it...
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Updates for FFCC: Crystal Bearers has also been made! Three new videos among several others not posted on the other country's sites have been added!! Just click on the world map looking thing and click a sparkly sparkle!!

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Otherwise, as far as I know, the American site hasn't updated in forever, and neither have the other ones, but I could be mistaken about the other ones....

Anyway, if you don't mind waiting several long minutes for your country to load, here's the world website! Give your country some more pageviews, and maybe they'll update. That's what they were promising before, anyway... More pageviews, more videos.

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American site, so you don't have to go through that is here
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That's all for today^^