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Monday, November 12, 2012
Sunday, November 04, 2012
Universal Appreciation.
In the midst of craziness that's been going on in the east coast of the United States, particularly where I'm from, I just wanted to thank send out a broadened scope of thanks in a multitude of different directions. (Typical of me).
First, but not foremorst to those who have been following my blog. I've been reading your comments and I really appreciate those of you who do take the time to comment as well as compliment... I have decided to share these comments. Thank you all again so much for the love and support.
Secondly, under the circumstances that my home state in experiencing right now-- a stamp in history, really, I want to send out my gratitude to all those laboring around the clock to restore the damages. Today they were filling the parking lot of a park where I run with remnants of fallen trees being discarded, dozens of tree service and landscaping trucks. Some gas stations are being monitored with added security nearby to make sure civilians are safe as lines of cars trail down miles of highway under stress and fear of the horrible trickle down effect that may occur. Police sit at lights of major intersections that still remain powerless-- some of them sounding their sirens to warn those that forget. Some of my friends that have lost houses and valuables and others stay overnight at their jobs to avoid a staying at a cold and dark home as the weather gets colder and the sunset sets earlier.... It really is comeplete choas underway to getting organized-- on its way to organized choas? I don't know. But this occurence will take time and patience, and both of those things have never been a popular attribute with most living on the planet unfortunately. The long hours-- seeing electricians working in the darkness with flashlights up in their buckets fixing tranformers. Would they do it for free? I don't know. But all that matters is that they are doing it. Those that didn't fluster and break under this type of pressure, it truly is an amazing and dedicated effort that warrants truckloads of beer and warm pizza. Really. And I, sided with many others out there, appreciate the time, haste, and efforts.
That was about as much light as I had to work with so the results are mediocre. There is a lot of disproportinate comparisons to the inital design, so now I have to make some major adjustments over the next few days and I have a few questions ready for the next crit. I'll still forge forward on it but for now I'm placing my concentration back on zbrush to catch up with the digital portion of the class.
Lastly, I wanted to thank my mentors and all of the artists out there that continue to help inspire me. In these last couple of weeks I've been learning a great deal from both the online Visualarium class with Jordu Schell and Ryan Kingslien, and just today watching Danny Williams, my old teacher from college instruct a free demo of his class at Visualarium on Character Design. A must do for those interested in clear and precise instruction and a disiplined ciriculum. The class will focus on building 3 assets for Gaming, Film, and Visual Effects. His way of explaining and ease of instruction are make the experience of learning very smooth-- I know firsthand because I was lucky enough to have gotten the chance to take a class with him already. Check out the course.
Also, I viewed another free webinar again today-- from an online school called Phoenix Atelier. A friend of mine had posted a link to the webinar this morning. The webinar was demoed by a name very familiar to this blog, Eric Keller, who took the class through the fundamentals of working in a pipeline strictly to being a generalist in Maya. He reinforced the importance of coated the surface of all areas in Maya to make oneself more valuable in the industry-- ranging from basic nurbs modeling through a workable rig with simple expressions and touching the surface of a industry standard renders. He even had his trademark robot bug creatures to example. This school seemed to surface out of nowhere fast to be honest, but it seems to pack the punch as both Maya and Keller are both unbeatable assemblies in an high staking industry. If you're at all interested in learning about 3D, check that school out too, definitely. Here are links to both schools:
First, but not foremorst to those who have been following my blog. I've been reading your comments and I really appreciate those of you who do take the time to comment as well as compliment... I have decided to share these comments. Thank you all again so much for the love and support.
Secondly, under the circumstances that my home state in experiencing right now-- a stamp in history, really, I want to send out my gratitude to all those laboring around the clock to restore the damages. Today they were filling the parking lot of a park where I run with remnants of fallen trees being discarded, dozens of tree service and landscaping trucks. Some gas stations are being monitored with added security nearby to make sure civilians are safe as lines of cars trail down miles of highway under stress and fear of the horrible trickle down effect that may occur. Police sit at lights of major intersections that still remain powerless-- some of them sounding their sirens to warn those that forget. Some of my friends that have lost houses and valuables and others stay overnight at their jobs to avoid a staying at a cold and dark home as the weather gets colder and the sunset sets earlier.... It really is comeplete choas underway to getting organized-- on its way to organized choas? I don't know. But this occurence will take time and patience, and both of those things have never been a popular attribute with most living on the planet unfortunately. The long hours-- seeing electricians working in the darkness with flashlights up in their buckets fixing tranformers. Would they do it for free? I don't know. But all that matters is that they are doing it. Those that didn't fluster and break under this type of pressure, it truly is an amazing and dedicated effort that warrants truckloads of beer and warm pizza. Really. And I, sided with many others out there, appreciate the time, haste, and efforts.
As far as my own progress, things have beeen difficult to adjust to lately. I'm fighting to get on a schedule, as I haven't really had to in about 12 years. Systematic doesn't work so well with me I'm finding, but I'm making it work somehow or another...
The class I'm taking is at the end of it's second week. The power outage backed me up a bit with my computer work. I spent the a night under candlelight working on my traditional sculpture.
Here she is so far:
That was about as much light as I had to work with so the results are mediocre. There is a lot of disproportinate comparisons to the inital design, so now I have to make some major adjustments over the next few days and I have a few questions ready for the next crit. I'll still forge forward on it but for now I'm placing my concentration back on zbrush to catch up with the digital portion of the class.
Also, I viewed another free webinar again today-- from an online school called Phoenix Atelier. A friend of mine had posted a link to the webinar this morning. The webinar was demoed by a name very familiar to this blog, Eric Keller, who took the class through the fundamentals of working in a pipeline strictly to being a generalist in Maya. He reinforced the importance of coated the surface of all areas in Maya to make oneself more valuable in the industry-- ranging from basic nurbs modeling through a workable rig with simple expressions and touching the surface of a industry standard renders. He even had his trademark robot bug creatures to example. This school seemed to surface out of nowhere fast to be honest, but it seems to pack the punch as both Maya and Keller are both unbeatable assemblies in an high staking industry. If you're at all interested in learning about 3D, check that school out too, definitely. Here are links to both schools:
And another leading online school for 3D that's been alive and kicking strong:
I spent some of my day rushing back home to watch these webinars escaping from the chaos outside and thankful that there are some nice resources being offered in this world outside of material necessities. And although I was one of the luckier ones that weren't signifcantly affected by the impact of this storm, I found comfort in these, as I'm sure others find their own sense of comforts out there. Love, family and friends, whatever, right?
Sometimes small gestures make insurrmountable impacts on one's life especiallly when things are in turmoil. You learn to appreciate things on all levels.
So in this post I send out my universal appreciation.
Thank you.
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