i did it! i mapped the turnarounds to the plane!! (i had to UV map the bugger, which i don't think you should have to do, but yosh!!)

now i can get on with work! oh man...but its like 5.15 and im tired now ^_~

Tags: blender
aroundabout now, i am: accomplished

( random stuff that probably doesn't go together at all... )

Tags: blender, money, music
i've been listening to: tenacious D again o.O;

i wouldn't have posted this up yet but i've got so much that i've done lately that i can't post anywhere yet (stuff for the job app and the SD doujinshi mainly) that i'm starting to feel like im doing loads of art stuffs but posting nothing o.O;

oh, if anyone doesn't know about fleet yet - there's a brief explanation on this thread over at SD --> http://www.sweatdrop.com/forum/showthread.php?p=92610#post92610

anyway, a new start for fleet! i wuv this cover! *snuggles fuss* he's *the best* character - so happy! so completely unaware that he might be underfoot and annoying people! XD



its got a bit of a 'hot gimmick' influence in the flat colour n stuff, but the inside is going to be in quite a different style to this! (should compliment each other tho)

the reason i don't feel too bad about posting this up now is that i actually do have pages on the way (otherwise it'd just be like those people who do constant character designs, pinups and cover art but never any pages ^^; )

all the pages are sketched in basic now, 1 is detail sketched too, but the others are going to need a lot of fill-in work before i ink them ^^;

im thinking of inking predominantly with a saji nib, and then fine details with a maru (i still find G-pen nibs too hard to control o.O;; )...oh that's if i can afford to buy some more ink *come on birthday*

in other news...

starting 3D character modelling tomorrow (uber low poly FTW! XD ) - i nearly went crazy this afternoon trying to start a character model, but luckily lee has put my mind to rest this evening by recommending a tutorial which has some good clear steps to follow (it was a case of big blank screen syndrome...where do i start?! >.< )

as for UV mapping in blender...i spent a while today running over it again and i think i have the major steps clear now, but boy does it try to make things difficult for you! my opinion is, you are no better/more hardcore for knowing blender...it and max do the same things, its just max has a better designed UI so its much easier - max users are not using a simpler program - they're using a better one! (heh - im sure max has a lot more downsides than im giving it @ the mo...im just staring at it from afar and putting it on a pedestal while getting stuck in the swamp of blender o.O;; )

Tags: 3d blog, blender, fleet, max
aroundabout now, i am: accomplished
i've been listening to: bjork - big time sensuality

argh!

they're re-thinking the role i've applied for to include more 3D, so they're cancelling my day on friday and actually re-thinking the advertised jobs as well ;_;

on the plus side tho, they actually have said that they're very keen on my application, and will contact me around the end of next week, so i can re-apply for the new role...

*dies*

d'you know what? i might just drop my blender stuff for today and do fleet instead....the UV unwrapping was being a bit of a bitch anyway ¬_¬

anyone up on UV mapping in blender let me know! i'm sure i'll work it out, but the manual seems to degrade into someone's random notes in this section ^^;

Tags: blender, work
aroundabout now, i am: crushed

but it seems like you have to have a light in the scene to render (no ambient light? o.O; ) plus you have to render from a camera...no quick renders of what you see on the screen? o.O; *grr*

Tags: blender
aroundabout now, i am: working

well i think i've found most of the main tools i would use for mesh modelling in blender now - *w00t!* (lee - i've even found edge loop/ring select & subdivide now *yay!* )

...and i think that in the long run it'll be a quick program to use (*pictures fingers deftly flicking across keyboard controls*) altho at the moment its just a case of rote-learning a load of different key combinations which is frustrating to say the least >.<

*sigh* and i found max so intuitive too! *waah!*

hehe...the most annoying thing so far is that blender's rotate is on the middle mouse button, whereas in max that's pan (its pan in CAD too), so i have to un-learn holding down MMB to pan >.<

the only thing i'm missing i think is finding the symmetry modifier/mirror tool...

Tags: blender
aroundabout now, i am: working

direct from Blender 3D: Noob to Pro

...hit TAB. This puts you in what's known as Edit Mode. In Edit Mode, you can change the shape and size of the cube. You could turn the cube into a puppy… or at least some day you'll be able to.

*rofls!* i don't feel so bad as i think i'd probably be able to make a simple puppy, but if i'd just started in 3D i'd be like *eep*

i bought a new notebook for my blender notes - its all cool and stripy ^_^ (don't really have the moola but my old notebook ran out once i'd finished scripting fleet o.O;; and its was only £2 from tescos so it should be ok ^^)

*dances off*

Tags: blender
aroundabout now, i am: amused

today i start my adventures with blender!

i'll be using the wikibook 'Blender 3D: Noob to Pro' (catchy title! XD ) --> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro

its basically a big set of tutorials that take you through from your 1st look at the interface, and it seems pretty good ^^

wish me luck! ^_^

Tags: blender
aroundabout now, i am: determined

CLM

the blooming new domain is still not operational yet >.< altho i've just emailed rydia so hopefully they'll get their skates on and we'll be up and running by tomorrow *shakes fist*

i've decided to stop thumbnailing and get sketching the new strips, as i have a cast list and about 15 strips thumbailed which will keep me going for a while! ^_^

the pirate arc is not even 1/2 thumbnailed yet tho lol! i think they're going to be pirates for about a year XD

someone has suggested a competition to go alongside the new website launch, but i have no idea what i'd do for that o.O;

fleet

the prelude is all scripted and thumbnailed and ready for sketching, plus i finished the re-write/script of issue 1 this morning yay! (i love it! XD ) so better get on with thumbnailing that ASAP...but *phew* have i been doing a lot of thumbnailing lately o.O;

other arty stuff

slowly coming along with the fanarts, altho i'm running doing them alongside my other work now, as if i try and concentrate on 1 thing at a time i seem to get bogged down in it - loads of projects at once FTW! XD

i've just sketched a new avatar for igtica over at DA (she's running an avatar creation comp) - its going to be a pixel art version of her animal chracter 'igtica' - sort of a blue and white horse/cat thing (i'll post it up when i'm done XD )

i'm wondering if i can show the stuff i produced for the job exams? nothing linked with the company, just the illustrations i had to do....i like them so i want to show them! >.< (i'll probably show them soon ^^)

scary work interview preparation

today i'll be keeping my pixel hand in by working on igtica's avatar...on the 3D front i've found various decent-looking documentation for blender, as well as what looks to be a good set of tutorials...altho i'm leaving blender til tomorrow as i found i wasn't sitting down in front of it with a sense of curiosity, i was just super-stressed...so no more of that until tomorrow! (when hopefully i'll have calmed down a bit ^^ )

life

food shopping is finally done! *w00t!* we were getting *seriously* low on everything o.O; which meant our shopping cost loads >.< but we had fun as we went to the mondo-tesco up in bar hill (they should re-name it that XD )

gonna make a roast chicken for dinner! *mmm* and we picked up loads of salad veg - so more salads next week! i've really been enjoying switching to salads instead of sarnies etc. ....its probably the warmer weather ^_^

bumblemoo studios

website is underway, and if my email to rydia does the trick we'll have a domain too! (its going to be bumblemoo.com ^_~ )

although its going to take *ages* to get all the info for the site together o.O;; and its going to be wierd bringing over some content from the mangacite and sort of amalgamating the 2....but hey we'll see how its goes ^_^

Tags: blender, bumblemoo studios, clm, comics, fleet, food, pixel art
aroundabout now, i am: anxious