Journals
A great friend of mine was recently diagnosed with HPV, Claumidia, and Tuberculosis all at the same time... I didn't know what to say to the poor guy. I have to admit I admire his spirit and determination. He knows his time is rather limited. So him and I are continuing to train in Super Smash Brothers: Brawl. We're entering a tournament at the end of this quarter. Also, over Christmas break (since he has no family to spend time with) he's going to spend a crap-ton of money on video games and play as much as possible while drinking and partying with his buddies in his studio room.
The whole thing has been a huge wake up call to everyone. I feel like I don't live in this fantasy any more. I feel human, and incredibly vulnerable. But at the same time, I had some epiphanies about life. Being vulnerable, I somehow sense that the omen of love is just around the corner for some reason. I wonder how long, my friend will last, let alone myself...
The whole thing has been a huge wake up call to everyone. I feel like I don't live in this fantasy any more. I feel human, and incredibly vulnerable. But at the same time, I had some epiphanies about life. Being vulnerable, I somehow sense that the omen of love is just around the corner for some reason. I wonder how long, my friend will last, let alone myself...
Welcome to the HEV Mach 4 Protective System, for use in hazardous environment conditions.
High Impact, Rickroll Armor; Activated.
( add to it :3 )
High Impact, Rickroll Armor; Activated.
( add to it :3 )
Looks like I have to stop beings such a pirate. 
As well, I'm getting to a point where things are now going to involve money, and yes, its illegal in the first place, but I don't want to be the guy who gets his reputation ruined, especially in the competition of the real world.
Geo (president dude of the GDC) is going to give the speech at the next meeting saying that if you can't take the heat, gtfo of the kitchen, and if they quit, all submitted work is forfeit, and if the quitters show the work they did as being a part of the club, he will hunt you. He was very serious, and surely the right guy for the position too.
He privately asked me to download Blender and Gimp and make something to boost the morale of those still standing after he verablly castrates everyone. He knows I could do it, and if anyone needs it, I can demo the stuff to the group.
This doesn't stop me from pirating stuff for personal use. As long as I don't use it to make any money, or use it professionally for that matter, I think I should be fine. From my understanding of Gimp, it has the basics necessary for texture painting. I've grown past a lot of the Photoshop specific junk anyway and I'm applying more skill/concept based approaches, which is applicable to any program with layers and tablet input.
I learned a lot today. If you've read this far haven't thought tl;dr I got something for ya.
I also found the glory that is Google Sketchup. Thats Ketchup is an S. It. Is. Amazing. It make environment previs and layout retardly simple, and its 3D. But not like the kind of Maya or Max 3D, this is so simple I've deamed it to be the 3D MSPaint. And its completely FREE! I would recommend using it for planning maps carefully and showcasing the work in the forums for feedback long before you start mapping. I may write a short tutorial for this in the future if it gets picked up. There is a wealth of online download free objects and resources, as well as it can export image files in DWG and other vector types. It can render in perspective or in a orthographic view like side, top, and front. The top is perfect for seeing the exact layout of the map. I see it as a tool that can greatly help even an innexperienced mapper. Its nearly easier than MSPaint to use. If you can click and draw shapes, you'll do fine.
I have some things I have to do this weekend. I was going to touch up on 6D, but the attention on that will likely be saved until after this semester is done for me. I have a lot on my to-do list and I know I'm spread a bit thin at the moment. Bare with me, I haven't forgot about 6D, and I've set some time aside for it for the upcoming week, just not this weekend. Sad, we've made it so far and its getting pushed down.
As well, I'm getting to a point where things are now going to involve money, and yes, its illegal in the first place, but I don't want to be the guy who gets his reputation ruined, especially in the competition of the real world.Geo (president dude of the GDC) is going to give the speech at the next meeting saying that if you can't take the heat, gtfo of the kitchen, and if they quit, all submitted work is forfeit, and if the quitters show the work they did as being a part of the club, he will hunt you. He was very serious, and surely the right guy for the position too.
He privately asked me to download Blender and Gimp and make something to boost the morale of those still standing after he verablly castrates everyone. He knows I could do it, and if anyone needs it, I can demo the stuff to the group.This doesn't stop me from pirating stuff for personal use. As long as I don't use it to make any money, or use it professionally for that matter, I think I should be fine. From my understanding of Gimp, it has the basics necessary for texture painting. I've grown past a lot of the Photoshop specific junk anyway and I'm applying more skill/concept based approaches, which is applicable to any program with layers and tablet input.
I learned a lot today. If you've read this far haven't thought tl;dr I got something for ya.
I also found the glory that is Google Sketchup. Thats Ketchup is an S. It. Is. Amazing. It make environment previs and layout retardly simple, and its 3D. But not like the kind of Maya or Max 3D, this is so simple I've deamed it to be the 3D MSPaint. And its completely FREE! I would recommend using it for planning maps carefully and showcasing the work in the forums for feedback long before you start mapping. I may write a short tutorial for this in the future if it gets picked up. There is a wealth of online download free objects and resources, as well as it can export image files in DWG and other vector types. It can render in perspective or in a orthographic view like side, top, and front. The top is perfect for seeing the exact layout of the map. I see it as a tool that can greatly help even an innexperienced mapper. Its nearly easier than MSPaint to use. If you can click and draw shapes, you'll do fine.
I have some things I have to do this weekend. I was going to touch up on 6D, but the attention on that will likely be saved until after this semester is done for me. I have a lot on my to-do list and I know I'm spread a bit thin at the moment. Bare with me, I haven't forgot about 6D, and I've set some time aside for it for the upcoming week, just not this weekend. Sad, we've made it so far and its getting pushed down.
Made something uninteresting.
Shitbricks.
Strider inspired me to dig through some of my old stuff and I found all the old cartoons I did in Highschool.
enjoieeee
enjoieeee
Ask not what you mean to the universe, ask what the universe means to you.
UPDATE! Papersnark is available here!
I fixed the plans up so they're not aperture science to try and make one. Have fun Snarking each other.
He's my shitty papercraft snark.
Also looks like my camera is going out on me as well. I couldn't finish the bugger cuz he is far too small to fold and glue all those parts underneath. He's only 2.5 inches tall, and he's sitting on my HL CD.
I dunno why I haven't posted this yet. It was in popular demand back when the 'gift from Rimrook' went out. So, here's a quick update to it, no scanned pages or anything.
lern2texture
I fixed the plans up so they're not aperture science to try and make one. Have fun Snarking each other.
He's my shitty papercraft snark.
I dunno why I haven't posted this yet. It was in popular demand back when the 'gift from Rimrook' went out. So, here's a quick update to it, no scanned pages or anything.
lern2texture
okok, I deleted my last journal entry cuz the whole thing was stupid. I talked to the guy again today and I told him I felt sorry for the whole thing and that I had drawn him a picture.
Case closed.
(For Spike)
The original problem was some guy was stalking my online art gallery. I recently did a picture for someone I felt sorry for, so this guy who has been buzzing around my page caught me on MSN messenger and blandly chatted for the afternoon. After a while, he started complaining about how great his internet life is compared to how terrible his real life is and how little money he has. I didn't really care at first, but he got a little on my nerves after typine depressing crap for 20 minutes. so I told him to buck up and do something about it. He was incredibly defensive immediately to convince me there is no hope in his life and that the whole world is as terrible as he says it is. So I told him some more advice to learn to control things in his life and not let it get out of control and stay optimistic about things and he flipped out on me saying I can't simply change a person with some magical words. I didn't get heated until this, cuz I was trying to be nice taking time away from my own things and he's trying to rip my head off. So we argued for an hour about our viewpoints and generally it was Optimism vs. Pessimism. Eventually he couldn't craft solid sentances. So I said he's weak and can't handle life and we're done. I quit chat and blocked him on MSN. He came to me on Skype and called me weak for running and irregardlessly wish me well like a cocktard. Its the internet, its either you duck out or sit and argue for hours. So I send him a message saying "Don't worry, its the internet, say whatever you want and have a great internet life." If you remember Orpheus, so this was really short compared to that. The guy is a pussy to be in university with a roommate and a job with bills, and sit there and complain about how bad it is to a complete stranger. At least I was nice at first about it. But overall, I think he wanted a pity trip (characteristic to some emoes i guess) to get free art from me. Given its rare I do anything for free, and most of the time I do commissions.
Thats the scenario in a nutshell, written with a clearer head. I'm already beginning to forget about it. His reaction to the drawing was rather predictable too. "GO FUCK YOURSELF!"
Case closed.
(For Spike)
The original problem was some guy was stalking my online art gallery. I recently did a picture for someone I felt sorry for, so this guy who has been buzzing around my page caught me on MSN messenger and blandly chatted for the afternoon. After a while, he started complaining about how great his internet life is compared to how terrible his real life is and how little money he has. I didn't really care at first, but he got a little on my nerves after typine depressing crap for 20 minutes. so I told him to buck up and do something about it. He was incredibly defensive immediately to convince me there is no hope in his life and that the whole world is as terrible as he says it is. So I told him some more advice to learn to control things in his life and not let it get out of control and stay optimistic about things and he flipped out on me saying I can't simply change a person with some magical words. I didn't get heated until this, cuz I was trying to be nice taking time away from my own things and he's trying to rip my head off. So we argued for an hour about our viewpoints and generally it was Optimism vs. Pessimism. Eventually he couldn't craft solid sentances. So I said he's weak and can't handle life and we're done. I quit chat and blocked him on MSN. He came to me on Skype and called me weak for running and irregardlessly wish me well like a cocktard. Its the internet, its either you duck out or sit and argue for hours. So I send him a message saying "Don't worry, its the internet, say whatever you want and have a great internet life." If you remember Orpheus, so this was really short compared to that. The guy is a pussy to be in university with a roommate and a job with bills, and sit there and complain about how bad it is to a complete stranger. At least I was nice at first about it. But overall, I think he wanted a pity trip (characteristic to some emoes i guess) to get free art from me. Given its rare I do anything for free, and most of the time I do commissions.
Thats the scenario in a nutshell, written with a clearer head. I'm already beginning to forget about it. His reaction to the drawing was rather predictable too. "GO FUCK YOURSELF!"
Companion Clock!
Got mega bored in class today so I modded the OtaClock and made this.
It just tells you the time... but it shouldn't tell you anything, if it does, ignore it.
Download!
Got mega bored in class today so I modded the OtaClock and made this.
It just tells you the time... but it shouldn't tell you anything, if it does, ignore it.
Download!
A few weeks ago, my room mate's computer got tanked by a nasty virus. The kind that was all-in-one doom for your comp deal. He took quick and decisive measures to stop it and now have a freshly reinstalled windows and such. It was quite possibly the worse virus I've ever seen, doing both ad/spy/malware with a worm eating data, a keylogger, and a really bad trojan, as well as fake ads for removal tools.
Point being not just that, but where he got it. It somehow bombed him from Outspark.com/forums which has threads for a game he was currently playing, a little like WoW only 2D and no so graphic. The game itself is geared for a younger and older audience alike. At first, he read posts about someone else there getting the virus. People blamed the occurance on the failure of the victim's protection and the admins shortly erased the thread. After my room mate's computer was hit, he made a post about the virus hitting him. It, too, was deleted but in only a few minutes.
Being a little pissed off, he wrote an email to the support guys at the outspark forums, outright he got a reply which pinned an explanation that his virus protection was weak. FYI: My roomy has really awesome protection, a lot better than mine. So I doubt that was the case. The support guy that replied said they are investigating the matter, which is more than what anyone has said about it thus far. But its likely other people are still subject to the virus, and this has been going on for some time (perhaps months) without any signs of improvement. The worse part is that most of the people on that forum are children.
I don't know what to think of any of that, except that its got to be the most horrendous thing I've ever encountered. If I had a site with a virus on it, I'd dedicate a few days to maintainence just to make sure its clean, even then, they should've had a clean forum in the first place and not blame it on the individual's protection. For a while it sounded shadey as well, but I'm kinda relieved they're at least investigating it.
c'mon man, think of the children!
Point being not just that, but where he got it. It somehow bombed him from Outspark.com/forums which has threads for a game he was currently playing, a little like WoW only 2D and no so graphic. The game itself is geared for a younger and older audience alike. At first, he read posts about someone else there getting the virus. People blamed the occurance on the failure of the victim's protection and the admins shortly erased the thread. After my room mate's computer was hit, he made a post about the virus hitting him. It, too, was deleted but in only a few minutes.
Being a little pissed off, he wrote an email to the support guys at the outspark forums, outright he got a reply which pinned an explanation that his virus protection was weak. FYI: My roomy has really awesome protection, a lot better than mine. So I doubt that was the case. The support guy that replied said they are investigating the matter, which is more than what anyone has said about it thus far. But its likely other people are still subject to the virus, and this has been going on for some time (perhaps months) without any signs of improvement. The worse part is that most of the people on that forum are children.
I don't know what to think of any of that, except that its got to be the most horrendous thing I've ever encountered. If I had a site with a virus on it, I'd dedicate a few days to maintainence just to make sure its clean, even then, they should've had a clean forum in the first place and not blame it on the individual's protection. For a while it sounded shadey as well, but I'm kinda relieved they're at least investigating it.
c'mon man, think of the children!
only 3 quarters left!