Animation 2 - 2013. Been sick.

Been sick abatnz fans. Fucking sick. That is all.
Haven't had much time to work on this over the past week, but I have added the walkway above and a cup on the table. Still want to get a chair done and minor bits and pieces and then should be ready for some texturing and painting. Looking forward to that.

Pretty happy with the camera move too, but will have to jiggle it up a bit.

Current listening to Vomitory - Opus Mortis VIII and Grave's new ep Morbid Ascent

Animation 2 - 2013. Fucking rain.

Nearly a year since I've got my shit together to write on here, so here we go again.

Animation 2
Maya Environment

Despite some trepidation (ie didn't know what the fuck I was doing) I kinda liking Maya more and more. It's one of those things - TIME, TIME AND MORE TIME.

A couple of weeks into the Semester and its time to post the first screen grabs of the environment I've created so far. A deserted, decayed factory somewhere in time. The camera pass and animation will finish out at about 15 seconds, so not long to tell a story.

These screens are just the model, no texturing or shading etc done yet. Miles to go. Just added the one light and a little bit of ambient. Still mucking around with that, but now I've basically got the camera pass sorted I can now spend plenty of time detailing what's in shot.

Nice.

Also, the new Autopsy album The Headless Ritual fucking rocks.

First recipient of the Crossed Arms Of Metal Disapproval Award

Goes to

Kevin Milne - douche

Last one on - first one off.

Keeps everybody waiting on the airport tranfer bus for 10 minutes while he fucks around at his hotel being a cock and then stampedes like his head is on fire when the bus arrives at Hong Kong International to be the first off. What a special person (read 'self-centred wanker'). Congrats Kevin on being awarded my first Crossed Arms Of Metal Disapproval award. Who knew it would go international so quickly?

Inspired Choices

Riot Fashion Egyptian-style. One man's hat  . . .  is another man's lunchbox

  

This image is a regular favourite of mine that I keep looking at again and again. I have even used it as a FB and Google profile pic for the last year at least.

To me it's all about inspiration. What makes this guy think that having food wrapped on his head is going to protect it in the middle of a riot? Did he even think that he was going to be in a riot when he left home with his lunch wrapped to his head as usual? Does his wife make his lunch for him and wrap it to his head on the way out the door?

Whatever. It's an inspired choice. He's ready for action AND lunch.

These guys are proof positive that even a riot can be a creative outlet. Inspired choices indeed.

Clearing the Decks - Album of the Year (so far . . .)

In anticipation of thrashing the shit out of the new Grave album 'Endless Procession of Souls' which comes out at midnight tonight (NZ time), I'm clearing the decks and declaring an early leader for my album of the year. Based objectively on amounts of plays in iTunes, subjectively on the fact I've had a copy in the car since it came out and the kids are sick to death (or grind) of it and the fact that it just plain fucking rules Terrorizer's brutal 'Hordes of Zombies' is at a very easy number one.

Close behind Suicidal Angels' 'Bloodbath' album. Surprisingly only second because they've been a favourite band for a few years now.

... and a newer album that's still getting plenty of plays and may well end up being the top album, Prong's 'Carved Into Stone'.

Honourable mentions: Zombiefication's 'Reaper's Consecration' ep, Everlast's 'More Songs for the Ungrateful Living' ep (sweet acoustic versions of some old classics), Ministry's 'Relapse', Asphyx's 'Deathhammer', Corrosion of Conformity's self titled album, Torture Division's free download ep 'Satan Sprit och Vald', KMFDM's 'Amnesia' ep and Overkill's 'The Electric Age' (ruling speed metal since the 80s).

Sadly missing the mark was the new Testament album 'Dark Roots of Earth' despite the addition of drum legend Gene Hoglan and the return of Alex Skolnick and a great video for Native Blood. Too much power metal balladry, not enough thrash and the cover songs are weak.




Inspired by the guru's of metal over at Angry Metal Guy blog

Angry Metal Guy himself

and Steel Druhm

Carry on.

I'm back - and now come with goals. WTF?

Yeah I know! First time for everything. So much for the concept of a 'freeform' life.

These are goals for a website project though. Not life goals.

I'd rather stab myself in the face than get any of those.

Anyway goals for my personal portfolio website:

TECHNICAL

• Learn to embed audio and video into my website and create popups of said art.
• Learn some basic coding. Duh.

DESIGN

• Aesthetically appealing final look (harmony of colour).
• Bridge the gap between massive scale and slow-ass web.

PERSONAL

• Legacy web presence - leave a record.
• Leave behind graphic design and move towards art/animation as a way of getting through the week.

Out for Marking

Blog is out for marking for two weeks - no new posts over that time. Sorry.