ARTSTATE RETURNS WITH A SMALL INTRO WITH A VERY BIG LOGO!  CREDITS FOR THIS 'SIGN OF LIFE' GO TO MOTION FOR CODE, A.I. GRAFIX EDITING AND THIS FONT.  JUDGE DROKK FOR THE A.I. GENERATED LOGO AND THE MUSIC BY SYPHUS.  ALTHOUGH I'VE NOT RELEASED MUCH RECENTLY, I HAVE MANAGED TO WORK ON A FEW PROJECTS AND EVEN START SOME NEW ONES!  THIS DOES GET A BIT TIRING AFTER AWHILE, BUT YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT CREATIVE FLOW ON A DARK AUTUMN EVENING IN A SOFTLY LIT ROOM, WITH A SNUGLY FIT BEANIE ON MY HEAD, A HOT BREW AND A HOMEMADE APPLE COOKIE IN MY LEFT HAND, EXPERTLY BAKED BY MY ADORABLE WIFE.  WHAT MAKES IT ALL THE BETTER, IS GETTING A NICE PACKAGE FROM A FORMER VISION FACTORY MEMBER, STUFFED WITH ALL KINDS OF HARDWARE (A BOXED C2N TAPE DECK, A C64 PSU, A TEENSYROM CARTRIDGE, A GREASEWEAZLE V4.0 WITH A DISK DRIVE ATTACHED PLUS 10 TDK MF-DD 3.5 INCH DISKS!!).  IT WAS LIKE BEING A KID AGAIN AT CHRISTMAS TIME!!  JUST A FEW GREETINGS TO:  JUDGE DROKK (THANKS FOR MAKING THOSE LOGOS, AFTER A BIT OF WORK THEY'VE TURNED OUT RATHER NICE!).  PAV (YOU'RE A LEGEND! THANKS FOR EVERYTHING MATE!).  ADKD/TEK (I HOPE YOU'RE KEEPING BUSY AND KEEPING WELL).  ASLE (THANKS FOR TRACKING DOWN THOSE OLD DEMOS FOR ME, THEY REALLY CHEERED ME UP!).  CONRAD (I'LL BE HEADING BACK TO THE C64 ONCE I'VE QUIT MY AMIGA SCENE ACTIVITIES, AS I HAVE A FEW PROJECTS TO FINALISE AND THEN I'LL QUIT ALL SCENE ACTIVITIES).  DEPECHE/SPREADPOINT (I WONDER WHAT EXCITING RELEASES AWAIT US? YOU HAVE SUCH GREAT STYLE!).  ELKMOOSE (I HOPE YOU'RE KEEPING WELL IN AUSTRIA ...FOR A WHILE THERE, IT BECAME A TOTALITARIAN STATE!).  GALAHAD/SCOOPEX (IF YOU WANT SOME GRAPHICS DESIGNED FOR AN INTRO, DO SHOUT OUT).  GRIP/ISTARI (I HOPE YOU'RE KEEPING WELL! I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT RELEASE).  MAGIC/NAH KOLOR (IT'S TIME TO RETIRE FROM MY AMIGA ACTIVITIES, I'VE DONE WHAT I AIMED TO DO AND MORE).  MUG UK/ATARI LEGEND (I LOVE THE ST SOUND AND IT'S DEMOSCENE IS JUST SO AWESOME!).  STINGRAY/SCOOPEX (THANKS FOR ALL YOUR TIPS OVER THE YEARS!).  SYNESTHESIA/DEFEKT (I HOPE RICH GETS THAT MUSIC DISK FINISHED, AS YOUR TRACKS SOUND SO ORIGINAL ...AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE).  SYPHUS (REALLY INCREDIBLE CHIPTUNES, I JUST WISH YOU MADE MORE!).  AMIGA BILL (DUDE! YOU ARE THE AMIGA STREAM KING! NO ONE CAN MATCH YOUR ENTHUSIASM!).  SIDWAVE (THAT TRSI MUSIC DISK FOR THE DTV FEATURING YOUR MUSIC, LOOKS INCREDIBLY INTERESTING, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE LIMITED DISK SIZE).  FINALLY, A FEW HELLOS TO:  4-MAT, 4PLAY/RESISTANCE, AGHNAR/AGIMA, ALGORITHM, ANDY/ARKANIX LABS, ANTHRIUM, BLACKWINE AND JOK/DREAMWEB, CONJURER/OFFENCE, HAM/SOFTWARE FAILURE, NE7/TRIAD, ODIE/COSINE, OLYMPIAN/SPECTROX, PHANTASM/QUARTEX, PUNI/VOID AND SIR LUCAS!      .....IT'S A WRAP!