Thousand Arms in December

Hello drunken monkeys!

December felt like a month of tying loose ends. Not closing chapters exactly, but definitely starting to see things take shape. In this case, after many years 🙂

One of the more important things I updated this month was a chapter that functions as the prphecy for the world of The Thousand Arms. It’s called Sunanda and Sadananda. These characters aren’t just lore anymore — they carry the contradictions, tenderness, and quiet violence that sit underneath Satori’s journey. Writing their story clarified what kind of world he comes from, and what he’s unconsciously carrying forward.

Alongside that, I spent time updating the landing page for The Thousand Arms. A lot of this work was visual; layout, graphic decisions, and finally committing to a colour palette. For a long time, the art direction kept slipping away from me. With many styles and techniques and coming and going. But nothing felt like it fit. I knew I wanted it to feel chaotic, abrasive, even uncomfortable, something that mirrored the noise inside Satori’s head. The guilt, the fog, the looping thoughts. I had fragments of symbolism, but not a language that held them together.

This month, something clicked. At least I think it did 🙂

The palette — black, white, red, and yellow — feels like a good place to start. Harsh, limited, almost confrontational. The lines are dense and tangled, slightly drunk, refusing to sit neatly on the page. It’s not “resolved” yet, but it finally feels honest. Like the work is no longer pretending to be calm when it isn’t.

On the narrative side, Satori is also becoming clearer to me. He’s still lost, still unreliable in his own memories, but he’s no longer just drifting. There’s a tension now; between who he thinks he is, who he was, and who he’s afraid of becoming. That tension is beginning to show up both in the writing and the visuals, and that feels important.

I’ve also started posting parts of the story publicly, and I plan to continue doing that alongside Signals. Letting the work breathe outside my own head feels necessary at this stage, even if it’s uncomfortable (My fears of rejection and judgement).

We also have a logo now, and the project finally has an Instagram presence as well. Starting next year, I’ll be sharing updates there more regularly; fragments, visuals, and moments from the process as the project continues to evolve.

This feels like a quiet but significant end to the year. Not everything is finished, but the foundations feel stronger. The world is clearer. The characters are speaking back. And for the first time in a while, I feel like I know where this is heading next.

Leaving you all with some of the visual updates from the year 🙂