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They’re like tasty morsels of… finals.

I made a little progress with 3D stuff. But I won’t get to do much of it this week because I’ll be busy limboing under my expectations. But afterwards… man. You better watch out.

This site has degenerated into something so shoddy that it may actually be representative of the real me.

The PC is up and running. The art is not.

The summer is full of classes and work, and not a great deal of art creation. This will have to change, not least of all because otherwise I will have an F on my transcript and have to repeat Senior Thesis if I don’t make some 3D stuff by the end of July.

There are probably two weekends in July when I won’t be focusing on 3D. There are probably also a lot of days dedicated to homework and the like.

I hope I can pull this off. Meanwhile, I’m avoiding doing an assignment for my databases class.

One day I’d like to post something thought-provoking. Or at least something that takes some thought to write and isn’t just an expression of anxiety about the future and an acknowledgement that I haven’t written in a while.

I’m going home this weekend. All seven members of my immediate family will be together for the first time in something like four years. I am looking forward to it. I promise.

I guess I’ll end this before it becomes even more of a rambling and nonsensical post about nothing.

Well.

I put paintings from the spring semester in a new album in the gallery. They are all there, even though some of them aren’t worth looking at. There are detail shots of some paintings on later pages.

I realized the writing here took a bit of an informal turn when I started posting while sleep deprived during said semester. I don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing, but it happened.

Developments: It looks like I will be finishing my C.S. degree after all. I should be graduating next spring if all goes according to plan. Authorities on the matter generally concur that this is a good thing.

I wish I had time to take more drawing and painting classes before I graduate, and it would be nice to try my hand at sculpture and printmaking. However, I will need to focus academically on C.S. this last year, and develop a strong 3d portfolio outside of classes. Currently I am trying to figure out just what my ‘strong 3d portfolio’ will entail. I intend to focus on modeling this summer, and probably move into rigging and animation in fall and spring.

I am making some kind of promise to myself to experiment with other media in the future.

Lastly, there is a diminutive human in Wellington, Florida. Her name is Kacey, and she is awesome.

I almost dove right into productivity and frog modeling this morning. I’m glad I didn’t.

I’m not sure if it’s due to the fact that I’m taking a painting class, the disillusionment and inefficacy animation, an unnurtured interest in illustration that refuses to be ignored, maturation as an artist, general curiosity, or what, but I’m getting more and more interested in two-dimensional stuff, concept art, character design, and somewhat bizarre or surreal organic forms. Which leads me to today’s sites. Which I haven’t fully explored yet, but I hope to after the frog is done.

http://www.1000tentacles.com/

And for the second one there isn’t much of a site for the work specifically. There are some CGTalk posts by a member named Blackheart Gang, with some cool stills. I should make a point to learn more about this. And also come up with better words than ‘cool’ and actually talk about why I like certain art. Maybe some day.

Oh, and somewhat surprisingly, I received the instructor approval for which I so greatly yearned for my froggish self portrait. Suggestions include making it delicate or graceful (or some other related word, I can’t remember exactly what she said) and not really cartoony or hokey, and thinking about the symbolism. I should post an image of the sketch/composition I’m planning, but that’s really not interesting and when it’s done, if it’s successful, maybe I’ll put the finished thing up. WHAT AN ADVENTURE!

So I just spent about 45 minutes ‘hacking’ into the user database for Textpattern because i couldn’t remember my password. So. That was dumb. BUT I’M IN NOW.

Um… I haven’t written in a long time. A few things of note… Firstly, it has come to my attention that I’m a lot stupider than I used to be. This has probably come to my attention before as well, and the fact that I’m bringing it up again or think that it’s a novel concept is further evidence of my worsening condition.

I want to start doing a drawing every day. I doubt that will happen. I should take responsibility for my own actions. I frequently say “hopefully I’ll do [insert random productive/important thing].” It’s up to me though. So I really should just say I’ll do stuff, then do it. Time is a ridiculous thing. And so am I.

Um. Henceforth all paragraphs may very well start with ‘um.’ Capitalized of course. It’s 3:34 a.m. and I’m in the animation lab on campus. At least that’s what the computer says. It’s probably really only about 3:26, but it may very well be 3:34 by the time I finish typing this post. This was a worthless paragraph.

So I’m modeling a frog for my thesis project that isn’t really my thesis project. By which I mean that the project extends beyond thesis and that I never planned on finishing said project before the end of the term. It is mildly cool, and I am trying to put a lot of detail into it, but it is kind of taking forever which indicates to me that I kind of suck a lot.

Upcoming: conceptual self-portrait for painting. Possibly featuring frog legs and monkey feet.

Upcoming: finished frog.

Upcoming: A slightly miserable day because I won’t have slept and won’t have accomplished anything.

Upcoming: most likely an unfavorable instructor response to my idea for my self portrait. If you can even call it that.

Upcoming: more phrases preceded by the word ‘Upcoming.’

I lied.