...well

this is one of those days where giving up looks real nice.

I need more sleep.

sigh

responsibilitys

the thing about collaborations is that you have no control beyond your own part in the project. this can get stressful when people agree to do more then they can actually get done.

Flit

Well i've finally gotten around to working on flit. before i was having trouble with the pictures, in the book it says t0 use a front and a side view, and i was doing fine with the side view but i couldn't manage to draw him from the front, at least not while standing, i can draw him sitting down from the front but that's not what i needed. then today i realized i didn't need to draw him from the front just from a diferent viewpoint, so i drew him from the top and that worked great. then i just need to remember to select and move groups of verts rather then trying to move them one at a time and it worked until Maya decided to stop working.
so i didn't get the whole three hours done, only two and a half. at least i'm farther along then i was.

some scans for Halloween

some scans for the Halloween arc.

The comic Plan

Ok for the comic class i'm going to be working on a collaborative project with two of my friends.
the finished project will be a ten to twelve page comic centered around Halloween. I will be designing the characters as well as doing the formatting and line work. my two friends will be scripting and coloring the arc.

Characters:
the main character is a young girl, she is seen in the beginning in a frilly dress but most of the time she is in an overlarge sweatshirt, rubber boots and a bird mask. she has long wavy hair and curls framing her face.

the next character is a little boy with black hair. his costume is a crocodile suit that is reminiscent of Dino pajamas. the hood hangs down his back and the tail drags behind him on the ground.

our antagonist is a tall man is a smiling mask. his body is overly long. he has long matted black hair and is wearing tails. he is smiler to Jack Scelington (sp?)

the other characters are all children dressed in various costumes, A knight, a flower, an angel, a witch, a ghost, and others. the personalities of these children are contradictory to their costumes. the angel is mean the which is nice ect.

refrences for Flit

the closest real animal to flit is a cat, he's about the same size and apart from the ears and tail he's built like a cat, so here are some cat pictures.

stuff from my scetchbook

like the title says.

a better picture of Flit

it's not colored but the proportions are better.

The Plan

Ok here is the plan for my project.
As soon as they get the computers up i'm going to start building Flit in Maya.

My goal is to build and rig a low poly model of Flit for a game environment.
if i finish early i plan to build a landscape for him to play in, and start animating jumps a run cycle, and other things like that.

Flit:
flit is a small purple creature. his body structure is smiler to a cat but he is leaner with slightly longer legs and a tail like a lions. his ears are closer to a rabbits then a cats.

ok that's not the best picture but but there it is and there are plenty of pictures of him in the comic so go look at The Realm of my Roommates Closet (link in sidebar)

what i'm into right now

right now i'm into two very different things. Digimon, and Final Fantasy VII.
Digimon because i used to watch it when i was feeling nostalgic, that and I like little kid things.
Final Fantasy because i've been meaning to play that game forever and I'm finally getting around to it. Also the old-school graphics have got me thinking....

Elfwood

I found the elfwood site while looking for Halloween art, a lot of good stuff. reference
http://www.elfwood.com/

insperation

I've always loved otherworldly tings and landscapes are my specialty. the way some people can figure out how to put the normal next to the strange and make it seem normal, or right is amazing.

not quite dreaming

you know how ideas always seem to turn up at the most random of times like when you're on the verge of sleep, that happened to me last night. two characters that i had completely forgotten about popped into my head. i ended up writing about them until way later then i should have been up. the best part, i still don't even know their names, or if they have names for that matter. for now they are being called the Crocodile king and his friend. the king is about 6 and the friend is about 10 or 11. they're going to star it this years Halloween arc for the closet.

the girl with red hair

another bit of fiddling with flash

Flash test

this is my first movie fiddling around in flash.

Dave Matthews band

i love good music. Music is one of humanity's greatest creations. i don't understand how so many people can go without it. The Dave Matthews Band are my current favorite. especially a song called funny the way it is, in their newest album, big whiskey and the GrooGrux king. that whole album is good but that song is amazing. it made my short list the first time i heard it.

i guess i never really thought about how music is as inspiring as artwork or anything else.

just stop

all that abstract stuff hurts my brain, not to mention my eyes. way too many colors way too fast. don't get me wrong i love colors i don't like stuff that only a high person could understand.