Well, I'm not quite done with the "Shadw: It Doesn't Matter" music video just yet. I got sick, so that threw me off by a couple of days. Instead, I'm pushing the expected release date back to be sometime in early to mid September...which is past my birthday, I'm afraid. This makes me kind of sad, because I was hoping to be done as a little birthday present from me to me. Oh, well.

On a brighter note, I have several other projects decided on and lined up for the coming months. I won't be doing something for Halloween or the holidays this year, but I am planing to make a music video of Sonic and Shadow (100% drawn this time) singing (and acting like a couple of goofballs to) "Live and Learn" from Sonic Adventure 2. I always imagined that to be their team-up theme, since that's the song that played when they fought the Finalhazard. It's funny when I think of Sonic and Shadow and how they relate to each other, because they remind me of brothers...almost. Granted, they're brothers that engage in deadly combat against each other every once in a while, but still. I mean, in Sonic '06, when Sonic (spoiler immanent) was dead, Shadow kind of had this look like he was thinking "Big boys don't cry, big boys don't cry." Also, when he saved Sonic's butt from Silver, Sonic gave him a thumbs-up...which he wouldn't do if he didn't like him at all, and he seemed kind of heart broken after Shadow kicked his butt in one of the endings to Shadow The Hedgehog. Now, I don't know about anyone else, but to me that kid of gives away that Sonic cares about and trusts Shadow...like a big brother, no?

My other project, which I have just begun scripting, is a series called "Sonic Excelsior." Excelsior is a working title, though, until I think up something catchier. This will follow the continuity of the games up until "Unleashed", ignoring "Chronicles" and "Rivals", but not "Rush" and "Rush Adventure" (Yes, I'm picking and choosing the stuff that happened before my series. Problems?). In this series, I hope to capture the magic of the old Dic Sonic cartoons from the 90's, even bringing back some of my favorite catch phrases from SatAM and Adventures. Expect to hear Sonic call Eggman "Robuttnik" once again, my friends!! Also, Uncle Chuck returns, but not as you remember him. Of course, I'll also be throwing in plenty of my own flavor to the series and a couple of original characters. Also, we will finally learn what really happened to Takal and Chaos after the end of Sonic Adventure...and it'll be funny. I'll probably also to a story arch that parodys Sonic '06...simply because I want to pick on Elise and Mephie so, so, so, so, so bad.

This concludes another exciting CatDragon Studios Coming Attractions. Until next time, if you don't neuter your cat, keep your sketches in a water-proof binder :P