havreberg.com

This probably isn’t exciting for you, but I just fixed the site’s gallery. I’m not sure why this didn’t happen sooner; it was just a memory allocation issue and only took about 45 seconds to fix. There’s nothing new in the gallery yet, just old artwork and pictures. So you can check those out if you want. I have some new stuff in the works to post up eventually, but I’m considering taking it FARTHER THAN EVER BEFORE, so it may take a while. You can call me captain cop-out.

A bit of progress

So I just started what should be my last semester. Things seem kind of squared away for graduation. I just need to pass a math class I’m taking, which shouldn’t be hard, but will require more attention than I’d care to give it. The original idea was that this class would prepare me for computer graphics, but I took that class last semester and I don’t imagine I will receive greater insight this semester. It’s just kind of this box I need to check before I’m done. Of far greater interest is my independent study, in which I will be making some 3D models that will ideally catch someone’s eye when I’m done. I’ve started work on a skeleton to complement the self portrait I did last summer, which will also serve as the basis for humanoid models I will create in the near future. Right now I’m doing research into what kinds of models to make and what skills to polish, and trying to develop an overall focus. I will be putting some images online as I go along.

This is it.

Oh yeah and perhaps a bit of a recap is in order, in case anyone actually pays attention or cares after 4 months of inactivity. I got a decent grade for my summer efforts. The computer graphics class turned out well. I didn’t work as much as I would have liked on the creative project, but it took a bit of an unexpected turn and is even more appealing now. It is just hard finding time to work on it.

And lastly, the gallery is currently broken. I will fix it… soon.

I haven’t found out yet what grade I got for my efforts this summer, but in the meantime I thought I’d post a movie of the three different variations on the model I made.

What else is happening? I am taking computer graphics and that seems pretty cool, but I am a bit behind and there’s a test Tuesday. I took a gamble on a half.com/eBay seller with almost no feedback and lost, so I don’t have a book for the class yet. But hopefully the test will turn out reasonably well. There are some other test/assignment things currently looming, but they don’t seem like too big of a deal. Ideally I will have some time this semester to spend on a creative project with an esteemed peer, and to do some personal stuff as well, like pushing the self portrait and zBrush stuff a lot further.

My head hurts. There is a pressure congestion thing happening. Hopefully this is the last day of it.

White water rafting was cool. The water wasn’t all that white, and it wasn’t all that rough or intense, but it was fun and I had a good time jumping between rafts and throwing people overboard. Unfortunately it may have contributed to the current illness I am experiencing.

The brush size thing was resolved. I burned what I thought would be the definitive CD of my work from the summer to show for a grade, but that went in a slightly unexpected direction. So I am putting a bit more time into it this evening and hopefully all will turn out well. Or at least reasonably well. It will probably be another thing in the “at least it is over; too bad I’m not happy with it” category. That will probably be on my tombstone.

Carry on.