The effects of my senior thesis

I looked at myself in the mirror this morning and it literally looked like I was dying. My face was as pale as ever, and I had some extreme bags under my eyes. Not enough sleep. I feel like a burnt out 30 year old in a 21 year old body, and I'm not even in the industry yet. Gotta watch out for that, getting old in a young body...But it's mornings like this when I view the world differently, and I feel the most together. My life makes more sense and has more structure on these types of mornings. I don't know why, but that's just the way it is. Maybe my mind subconsciously refuses to be defeated and retaliates by reorganizing my thoughts and keeping my emotions in check.


Or maybe its just the coffee.


Either way, game on.

Animation Progress: 97% done

Thank you so much Eric for the alternate ending idea.
I am treating you to outback steakhouse one day, haha.

Thesis Progress

Sup guys, took a while but here's an updated look at my thesis progress.

So I decided to change the location of my cow from a planet to a floating island/asteroid. There's a bunch of reasons why I did this, but I'll just say that in the end, it saves me a lot of trouble. XD Here's a quick concept I did (still using that ancient matte painting).



And here is my animation progress! About halfway done I'd say....Gotta crank out the rest quick! Hope I can do it!

An update, for the sake of updating....

I always thought Donnie Yen was awesome. And he still is. But now he's reached a completely new level in my eyes.

Sound on please. :)


Thank you Donnie, for making my day. XD

And sorry for the lack of any thesis work! I feel that there aren't enough new things to show you guys, but just wait a bit more, another preview is on its wayyy.

In the mean time, here. :)

School? ACK! Thesis? BLARG!

Winter vacation is gone....*sob*
It's gone, but I had a good time. Got to relax big time and catch up on a bunch of games I've been missing out on. I actually didn't draw that much this vacation, but I did work on this RE fanart. I was actually inspired to make this because I first saw Dan's RE fanart of Rebecca. This one includes Leon and Claire, with Ada and Chris in the background. I had a lot of fun working on it during vacation but then I ran out of steam. When I came back to my apartment, Eric gave me a renewed energy to finish up the piece, so here it is.


I am slowly starting to draw less and less, and it's scaring the crap out of me. I've got to start pushing myself to draw more, else I will remain as the "once in a while CG" man.

Anywho...school is starting soon, and I haven't done much thesis work at all. I've been baaad. Must get back on track...

Mass Effect, Oh how I love thee...

If you own an xbox 360, there's really no question about whether or not you should play Mass Effect. If you own a 360 and you don't know what Mass Effect is, then you probably don't play many games, and shouldn't have a 360.

Please excuse me while I get my nerd on...

Bam!

I've just beat this monster of an rpg (actually, the game is only about 20 to 30 hours) and I don't know what to do with myself. I'm completely overflowing with excitement for the game that the only outlet I felt that would do anything right now is to type it out, hence the new post. This game is a good example of something that's greater than the sum of its parts. The visuals, the combat, role-playing, sound and best of all, the story all come together to create an amazing and credible universe that you want to explore. Speaking of story, WOW. The complex plot and numerous revelations in this game blew me away. When you're policing an entire galaxy, traveling from one space cluster to another, ensuring the safety of all life as you know it, the word "epic" barely begins to describe the plot. I think I can safely say that this is one of the best science fiction stories that have ever been told. I won't say much about what actually happens in the story as I don't want to ruin it for those who'll be playing the game. All I'll say is that there is an ancient threat returning to the galaxy and you, a measly human, are the only hope.

The sound in the game is just as good, and you probably won't hear any voice acting better than this in some time. The amount of recorded dialogue in the game is a bit ridiculous, but in a good way. It just goes to show how passionate the people who were making this game were. I'm also in love with the music. Any music that uses 80's style electronica and synth beats are always a plus. Calling the music saturated is a good way to describe it. It's very thick and filled to the brim with darkness and wonder. Its ominous tones well suit the kind of evil you face in the galaxy, and the more fun, futuristic melodies help ground you in the colorful, technologically advanced societies.

Agh, I could go on and on. Oh, and one more thing I'll say about the game is that they force you to make some pretty difficult decisions. You know, defending the galaxy ain't all that easy. I'll leave it at that, heh.

Anywho, play the game! If you don't have a 360 that sucks...but you can always buy one...and then play the game! Otherwise I'll only have one or two people I can talk to about Mass Effect... -__-;;

Here are some pictures of the game for those who aren't familiar with it. Yes, I'm that excited.

Blog?... Thesis...? ...Blog! Thesis!

Blog, thesis blog thesis blog. Blog blog thesis, blog thesis thesis? Hahaha... Me too...

- Still conceptualizing how my thesis will look, using the same background picture over and over. Eric helped me out a lot with this giving me the cinammon swirl suggestion and adding more color/saturation to make it more cartoony. Thanks!

- This is a rough edit of my thesis so far. There are some funky areas like the last shot's transition. But for the most part, this is it. I'm open to any suggestions as I still have tons to learn about animation, so if you guys have anything to say, hit me.

Welp, I've enjoyed my brief return to the world of this so called "b-logging". Expect me to return in another four months.

... Or days.