am impressed with your perserverance and I think you have the right concept. used similar myself with a little trick to have more room in the end for final determination.
EDIT: corrected poor/hasty reasoning
hello hotterthnfire and welcome to BrainDen. this is indeed a classic and is already included in this site. before posting riddles/puzzles please do a quick search to avoid duplication. oh, and say hey to MiKi for me. enjoy the Den.
Each object in the spoiler was made from the previous object with the addition of one opaque square (reading left to right, top to bottom). Is that not the objective?
ha - that was unexpected. figured I was damned if I responded, damned if I didn't. thanks for the out fabpig. okay -
trouble is like...
(and Jim somehow does not sound very ninja-like)