Zigs and Zags

"Does he know you're the Beeper King?" // "I don't think so."

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:14:28 GMT

I just thought I'd post this before I crash for the night. Hopefully I'll wake up before class this Friday!

Anyway, in my 3D class, we have an assignment due tomorrow where we were given a few textures and had to make a breakfast-ish setting. We didn't need to make our own cereal, but our instructor said we could if we wanted to. As soon as he said that, all I could think about was a s1 episode of 30 Rock, where they were trying to come up with names of icky cereals.

I know, I spelled it wrong. Whatever. I still haven't figured out what I'll tell Matt tomorrow when he asks why I called it that... eh. Too tired to figure out those details ;)

I'm not posting this to DA yet. There are a bunch of things I still have to fix. My box looks almost metallic in some places and the bump map's off and the UV textures aren't quite lined up yet. And my background (which was in the modeling interface, I swear) has somehow disappeared in the preview render shots. Maybe if I get all of that stuff done, I'll post it there. But, for now, the draft goes here :)

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"I've always wanted you." // "Oh no." // "What?"

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:06:20 GMT

Here are the assignments I handed in last week. Just got them back today. Managed to score a 10 out of 10 on each one. I'm pretty psyched. Now, if only I could get comfy in the 3D software...

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"You're still standing."

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:05:26 GMT

Here's some of my assignments from school for the past few weeks:

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"And now I’m telling you art is getting its ass kicked."

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:04:18 GMT

So, I haven't been around much. At all. I'm sorry about that. I miss reading up on your lives/posts/fic/so on. I hope you're all doing well.

School is pretty much kicking my ass. I don't think I've drawn so much in the past two weeks than I have in a long time---and it's not "recreational." I mean, it's enjoyable, but there are goals and projects and stuff. I alternate from feeling reasonably secure in my ability to feeling completely out of my depth from one day to the next and it's beginning to make me a little crazy.

ANYWAY.

I wanted to post last week's sketch tasks for my drawing class, but I haven't had the time to scan 'em yet. (My scanner's been requisitioned as a fax machine and hasn't been returned to my desk yet.)

Instead, I thought I'd post my Illustrator assignment that I just finished (for real this time... I hope) as a substitute.

The assignment is to draw something in AI, colour it, and then shade it using only gradients. No gradient meshes, which would have probably made it easier. I feel like I cheated because I used a ton of layers---setting the shadow ones to multiply. I guess I'll find out tomorrow if it's okay or not. *fings crossed*

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"That was lovely." // "I made it up. Don't tell."

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:05:01 GMT

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Since I'm not bringing my underwear in (and other sorts of things) for game-participation, I'm hoping a cartoon of the bride-to-be will be a cute gift to counteract my avoidance of all things uncomfortable ;)

"...and I don't remember seeing him at any of the Cylon parties."

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:27:18 GMT

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EDIT: Duh. Forgot to unlock comments!

"So, rumor has it you're going to have a chat with the groom tomorrow morning."

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:04:36 GMT

Before I head to bed (and on a trip tomorrow), I thought I'd post these drawings.

The first is a doodle I churned out after talking to some friends from home about a bachelorette party. I might clean it up and colour it, as a silly little gift to the bride-to-be, but I don't know if I have time.

The second is a collection of faces I drew with my brush and ink. I know there are a lot of mistakes, but I didn't always use a pencil first, so... there. lol.

Anyway, hope you like 'em!

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"She's having a personal crisis, sir." // "Yeah. It's called her life."

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:35:56 GMT

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Things have been kind of busy. And I've been distracted. But, here are some people I've drawn over the past couple of weeks :)

"My motto is: walk like it's for sale and the rent is due tonight."

Fri, 29 May 2009 04:01:18 GMT

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More of the same---people and brush/ink practice.

*headdesk* I need... to keep practicing.

"I think every model wants to date Nigel Barker, 'cuz he's so tall."

Thu, 28 May 2009 02:41:29 GMT

I'm trying to finish more.

I tend to start projects that end up becoming huuuuge. Then, I get discouraged and I scrap 'em, when I realise I don't have the know-how to make them materialise.

So, I have a pile of scrap paper squares from my old job (yes, still, with the scrap paper) and I'm going to try to fill them all. Each one gets a subject. And, as an added bonus, I'm going to either draw or go over my pencil lines with ink and a brush---to practice because my hand is soooo not steady.

I was watching Canada's Next Top Model for the first two. (And yes, I know the first one's neck is way off.) The third? Not sure why the cat has piercings.

Comments and advice are always welcome. Be tactful!

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"'Cause I don't believe in one-way streets. Not between people, and not while I'm driving."

Mon, 25 May 2009 17:34:57 GMT

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And now... off to work. *groan*

"Is there something funny about this, Jordan?"

Thu, 14 May 2009 17:43:26 GMT

View Poll: Frequency of Crack!strip...

"May I have some coffee, Mr. Lewis?"

Mon, 11 May 2009 04:00:11 GMT

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"It's like Roman Holiday but I'm Gregory Peck and he's Audrey Hepburn!"

Sat, 02 May 2009 19:23:01 GMT

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"Come on, Gaius. Wake up and smell the psychosis already."

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:00:30 GMT

I'm trying something new. Not sure what it is yet. There'll be other characters from other shows, I think. I just want this to be a fun project to work on when I can't write or sketch, y'know?

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"Well, it's not like anybody'll hear. We're in your cabin in the forest, right?"

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:56:52 GMT

I'm pretty sick today. But, I tried to colour a fanart sketch I did at work yesterday. I need more practice with colouring. And drawing. Anyway, I thought I'd post it here to show you guys, too.

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"Well if it isn't the boss himself. Where's your E-Street Band?" // "They had another gig."

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:48:54 GMT

Subject: William Petersen
Prompts: :D and Weird Facial Expressions
Number of Pictures: 16 and 19, respectively
Innocent Bystanders: Marg Helgenberger, Edward James Olmos, and a glimpse of Gary Dourdan
Notes: I decided I should take the plunge and try a picspam for the_friday_spam, but when I was going through my WP pictures, I couldn't decide what prompt to pick, so I did two! Hopefully that's okay. I tried to adhere to the rules as best as I could, but it was late when I was putting this together, so if I missed something, let me know, and I'll fix it! // Also, most of the pictures come from GraveshiftCSI, but a couple come from the William Petersen Appreciation Page. The watermarks weren't cropped so I could pretend they're mine---just for space-constraints! // Some of the weird faces are smiles, but they're not regular smiles (he's either looking a little too devious or something) so I included them in the second prompt instead.

"Dad's on a hunting trip, and he hasn't been home in a few days."

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:14:56 GMT

I found these sketches all rolled up in my bag. Thought I'd post them here since I haven't posted any sketches in a while.

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"Doloxan fraks with your aim."

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:54:51 GMT

Bif Naked: The Anti-Christina by Ryan Porter
Breast cancer is not "beautiful blonde Hollywood women" says Bif Naked.

"I'll walk out with you."

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:56:43 GMT

Ron Silver dead at 62.

When you see this, quote Bruno Gianelli:

"Yeah. Uh, listen up. I've been thinking it might not be such a bad idea to lock you all in here and set the place on fire. We have 48 hours before we kick off this campaign. We will work hard. We will work well. We will work together. Or so help me, mother of God, I will stick a pitchfork so far up your asses, you will, quite simply, be dead."

---Bruno Gianelli, "Manchester, pt. 2," The West Wing

"It's a gift. Never lend books."

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:06:54 GMT

Indigo Books targets e-book market chapter by chapter

Canadian book retailer Indigo Books & Music Inc. has launched a web service for people who read books and articles online or on mobile devices.

With Shortcovers.com, launched officially on Thursday, the Toronto-based owner of chapters.indigo.ca seeks to expand its audience from people who buy books electronically to people who read them that way - a market that other online retailers such as Amazon.com have targeted heavily in the past two years. Indigo, which bills itself as Canada's largest book retailer, sells books both online and at stores across the country.

Indigo's new service focuses on providing "bite-sized" chunks of about 5,000 words such as individual book chapters, short stories, blogs, magazines, newspaper articles and pieces written and uploaded by users. That includes "fan fiction" written by fans of specific books, TV shows or movies, using the characters and settings from those books or TV shows.

Free and paid content can be viewed online or transferred to mobile devices using mobile apps that are distributed through iTunes and the Shortcovers website.

According to the Shortcovers official blog, by Friday users in 56 countries had signed up, and more than 1,000 downloaded its mobile applications...

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So Chapters is now distributing fanfiction? Can't we all just handle our fandom addictions ourselves without help from big business?

"I want to hear Admiral Atheist say that a miracle happened."

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:36:07 GMT

So today's art post is all angiescully's fault. Because we were talking back and forth on my last post and then I had to go back to work but they ran out of things for me to do so I started to doodle. And since I've just picked up a new fandom to obsess over, that's what I started to draw. No photo references, and it's not awesome, but it's the first thing I've coloured digitally and finished in a very long time (or so it feels), so I'm trying to be pleased with it!

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"Well, I don't feel like a laughing stock."

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:30:36 GMT

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"I know my muscles aren't, you know, but my mind is sharp. I can focus."

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:46:30 GMT

Here are my latest iPod drawings. Some of these are from my boring continuing education thing today (OMG it was so boring). There will probably be more tomorrow or Sunday if tomorrow morning's lecture is anything like this one today.

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"You really gonna be teaching a seminar on call-girl caution? Really?"

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:07:00 GMT

So, I just scanned and uploaded my just-filled sketchbook to my Facebook albums, and I thought I'd post the highlights here.

There are quite a few small-ish images, so I put 'em behind a cut.

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