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Recently I've been at work a lot with my professional aspirations (of which I need not say but you surely know). But, I've also been doing my best to keep drawing and some of those sketches are starting to turn out pretty fun.
Also been looking at doing more 3d work, some on projects of yore, some new stuff based on the enhanced capabilities of this place I've been hanging out a lot at recently.
Also been looking at doing more 3d work, some on projects of yore, some new stuff based on the enhanced capabilities of this place I've been hanging out a lot at recently.
It's a makerspace/hackerspace, and pretty well equipped with lots of cool people around. For those of you who don't know, a makerspace (somewhat related to Make magazine and related "maker" cultural trends) or hackerspace (modifying or making things in general is referred to as "hacking" in some parts of the Anglosphere, whereas in the USA that primarily refers to exploiting computer software) is a wonderful place indeed, like a communal machine shop where there's always someone cool making something interesting. Like a cool club of creative folk in a place full of magical machines. It's grand, relatively cheap, and I'm lovin' it so far.
Here's some useful sites, heck there might be a space near you: makerspace.com/ hackerspaces.org/
Some of the new software I've been working on is Blender, 123d Catch, and Makerware, and I'm getting to know Ubuntu a lot better having folks around who know how to pull its strings.
In conclusion, that's what I've been up to, just more striving to bridge the gap between digital and physical worlds and all that jazz. Maybe even post some stuff here, as irregular as that's become... :<
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Okaaay, so Eclipse
Yeah, apparently Deviant Art "Eclipse" really is here to stay. Suffice to say it's clumsy, unintuitive garbage, while at the same time being as vapid and soulless as possible. So much for the quaint, quirky DA I think all of us were familiar with and sticking around for. I don't know if that's what the Deviant Art dev team was going for, but they sure seem pleased with themselves. Maybe I'm just getting old and crotchety (though I feel more knowledgeable on UI design than when first joining, but whatev), and maybe in a couple more years or something it will get better, or I'll just get used to all the bizarre hidden menus and work-arounds to use the site somewhat normally. But right now I can't hardly figure out how to easily check group notifications, perform admin duties, check on and respond to messages, etc. I kept giving as helpful and specific feedback as I could, and turning "Eclipse" back off over and over, until it was no longer an option. Now... here we are. Cheers, and
The Fruits of Other's Labor
I feel like I'm finally starting to make things that I can start to be proud of. Arguably due to no particular merit of my own, but that of extremely patient and supportive family, friends, and mentors.
Summer's starting, and I'm looking back, thankful.
20177777777777
Oh my. Well, here we are, right? Anyways.
I'm drawing so much now! Doing a lot of traditional art, actually, finally invested in some new shading techniques inspired in part by AssasinMonkey (https://www.deviantart.com/assasinmonkey), hopefully to help accelerate my progress, and mayyybe even smooth the divide between my traditional and digital art workflows. That combined with syncing my mobile photos to the cloud will make it easier to get photos of my work on here perhaps.
Um, kinda bummer news for my groups though... almost all of my art is done manually, at work. So no new digital camo and no guns. ^^; I am still designing and testing camo, but with little time for any fu
2016
It's the year 2016. The post-future. Mildly considering making fun things like a wrist computer (phone case) and cyberpunk clothes.
Been feeling different kinds of ways. Playing a lot of games and getting wrapped up with work. Family matters have been pretty heavy, and lots of life stuff is keeping me from the important things, like making fantasy camo and 3d modelling ponies and other arguably silly but personally fulfilling things.
Anyways, tried to catch up on correspondences and uploaded a new icon. Will change it up a bit as the new year accelerates, but right now it looks pretty much how I feel.
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