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Hi!

Today I figured I'd just write a bit about what I've been up to. Usually I would say I'm relaxing, and don't get me wrong, I have, but I've also been trying to keep up with the programs I learned from school.

One of the things I've been doing is following along with a few tutorials on this website called digital tutors.

My main focus for now is understanding the basics of modeling. Although I'm in my senior year I've been thought a few techniques that...well aren't the best lol Because I attended two different schools that taught things differently, when I returned to the original campus where I started out, they were confused by the way I was modeling and said the way I worked was time consuming.

I've also started over with learning the basics of 3D animating. This weekend I'd like to set aside some time to work on a 2D animation I haven't gotten around to finishing. I have two that are quite a bit of time and I'd like to complete those so I can add them to my demo reel.

I've also started learning the basics of a gaming program called Unreal Engine. I started this only a few days ago out of sheer excitement. I'll only learn a few things and continue working in Maya (the screenshot above is from the maya software).

What I'm planning to do is to finish up this model, then watch a few videos on texturing (although the tutorial I'm using has a texture portion), then I'll watch some videos on lighting so I can light the scene. I would like to rig this squirrel character that I downloaded from the project file and animate them in this environment. So that way everything I'm working on as a purpose ;)

But I have been relaxing. I started watching American Horror Story. It can get bizarre sometimes, but it's pretty interesting. I like weird stuff lol

With my nephews birthday out of the way and I don't have to work on any small projects for that, I decided to dedicate my time to doing/learning a few things that I'm interested in. I have all of this month and all of next month, then I return to school the month after that. If I can up my skill level and modeling abilities, I'd be super happy. So I'm putting forth the time and effort to do so.

If I'm lucky I'd like to start working on the next chapter to my webcomic. I already posted to the readers that I'd be taking classes this quarter, I haven't told them that I'm not. Shhhh! Don't say anything! lol I didn't say anything because I will be working behind the scenes on a few pages. I want to finish up a few of my projects, and then focus on that. Then I'll surprise them when winter break rolls around. :)

I told them it would be a while until I post anything, but I think it'd make a nice surprise to shower them with a bunch of updates. :) That's my grand scheme. heh heh

That's what I've been working on, and that's what I plan to work on for these next few weeks.

Oh! Btw, I finished up my scarecrow model. I also found a few human face references that I'd like to practice modeling as well. It sounds like a lot, but I feel that if I manage my time, I can get quite a bit done. I make sure I have an hour of two where I play video games or watch something funny to relax. Or while I'm working I'll wonder off into the interweb and dally around lol

That's all for now.Until next time

Mon