marine

I think it looks like my brother-in-law. Anyway, just another practice with the layers.

A post?

Here is another Wacom drawing. This one was done in Pixia. I'm trying to figure out these layers. So far I'm sucking.

I know this doesn't make up for not posting in a about 8 months. I'm sorry. Sort of. I won't promise more frequency. I just don't think I can keep that promise.

Anyway, :)

pit stop

I have run into some problems with Blender that it will take me some time to fix. In my real job I work in Employment Services with the government. And with the economy being what it is my job is hell right now. So I cannot predict when I will be able to work on Blender or even draw a picture. I'll post as I can.

For now, please accept his picture of my pumpkin as my most recent piece of art. I was particularly proud of it. The gourd was approximately 7 inches in diameter.

Wacom practice in Paint

Wave Machine

It doesn't seem like much, I know. But it took me about 4 hours just to get the robot to wave. That was just from rigging the armature and skinning it to the arm of ONE SIDE. I still have the right arm to do tomorrow. Sheesh.

Some day I'd like to actually understand what I'm doing here. I'm sure it will make for a much smoother process if I comprehend the fundamentals of WHY I'm doing what I'm doing. But right now I pretty much don't have a clue. I just keep doing things and when they work I say to myself, "Alright! We'll figure it out later."

More Blender

So I decided I wanted to try to use Blender to build one of my drawings. Here is the drawing I decided on:

Here is the robot thus far:

The head is a little less domed that it probably ought to be. But the more domed I made it the less smooth is seemed to get.

For anyone who cares, here is a picture of the wire mesh of the head:
The eyes were remarkably hard for me. I wanted perfectly round circles. But then I found that perfectly round from the front view can look pretty bizarre from the side view. I'm kind of embarrassed, but it took me a couple of days to get that right. There is probably a much easier way, but I don't know it.

The next picture I hope to render this week is one similar to the original drawing. In order to do that I have to give this guy bones. This is a bit more tedious than you might imagine. You have to name each one of those little things:

Still, this is proving a nice little distraction from actually accomplishing anything. I'll give $30 to anyone will mow my yard. I'll give you $50 if you'll provide your own gas.

Video

Hello, everyone.

My cousin (Taylor Dorris) e-mailed me yesterday to tell me he had finished a short film. It is 5+ minutes long. Please go have a look and vote on it. You don't have to tell me what you think. I didn't make it. Plus, I know you will like it.

http://www.chillertv.com/D2D2/Videos/?uv=281574

Take a look at some of the other flicks too. Good stuff!