I got one of these fancy things as a Christmas gift. Extremely interesting; it’s almost like portable tech that I’ve envisioned in so many Star Trek novels. Wi-fi, the app, even getting to play games. This is the most amazing thing ever. This’ll be my companion device for quite awhile.
Read moreHo ho, hoo hoo hoo, we lazy bums!
Hanna Henderson
Took my Wall-E toy to school today. While on a class break at the Greeneville campus this evening, I got a bit bored and decided to have him start cleaning trash on my desk. Don’t mind him, he’s just doing his directive!
Read moreKERGASP – Dude… okay, next time you get even remotely close to a campfire… go find a stick and a marshmallow.
Heather Koob
Apologies for not being able to write a blog sooner. School has been very taxing and time-consuming for me, and when I wasn’t doing either, I was out of energy. Nevertheless, here goes.
Academic progress seems satisfactory so far. I have poured in hours to studying math, and though it looks like I didn’t hit rock bottom, I still need to continue to study that even harder. Art seems fun, Geography is a little bit of a drag due to a very cold room and a 3 hour length class, and Western Civ because of all the people packed around me.
I’m not going to explain all my problems to bore you, but I’m not doing well for the moment. Attempting to be upbeat every single day with no place to plug in and charge up your upbeat battery drains you after a while. I haven’t been able to charge for weeks…
Besides that, started liking Steampunk genre style and cosplaying, so working on that. Fish are doing fine, Orion needs tuning and maintenance.
Signing off for now.
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This was a charcoal study we did in class today; the point of it was to get used to the drawing properties of charcoal and how to use them on mediums. The teacher took a bunch of random wood blocks, dumping them onto a table and having us draw still life. It was actually real fun, and it was great to take my mind off stuff like other classes I was going through at the time.
I’ll have to figure out how to scan this. While it does fit on a flatbed to a degree, the charcoal is quite smudgy and leaves a mess. Maybe a high definition photo sometime?
EDIT 2009: You can view a high-res of the work here.
Got this done recently; this was my class assignment for drawing a portrait into an 18″ x 24″ full piece of an art piece in my Art History book (the name escapes me, but I’ll update it as soon as I remember). I got a B on it as I could’ve added more shading depth, but my teacher was impressed that I duplicated it more or less. I was surprised as well. Snapped quickly with my v325i.
EDIT 2009: You can view a high-quality piece with more info here.
Whelp, got my first assignment in Basic Design 1. I have to re-interpret a painting!
I’ll definitely share details as it comes along, as the name escapes me. Don’t worry, I’ll definitely let you know what it is with the completed piece, or do an edit later.
But as you can see, first thing’s first is to block out everything in a grid. I’ll then get the basic outline of everything, then start putting in details. It’s quite daunting as the figure is more realistic, so I have no idea how this will turn out in my art style.
I snapped this quick with my v325i for self-memory, while we were working in class. Typically I use the HP717 and getting a good photo of things, but I opted for a quick snap here instead.
EDIT 2009: Here’s the finished piece, and a proper high-resolution shot of the finished work.
While I was waiting for some evaluation results at the Walters State general office, I got to work with playing with some kid’s blocks they had sitting around. This was the final result; a rough version of the Vigilance from my to-be 2008 NaNoWriMo entry. Apparently the lady at the desk was somewhat impressed with it as well.
I’ll give getting to to around to places like Animazement some credence; it helped me just a bit become more outgoing and feel like I had something in common with somebody. So what does that have to do with a room shot?
Because I redecorated the room to what it is. I bought certain furniture, used paint leftover from my parent’s store to give it a facelift, and even bought some recessed lights to go into the ceiling. The result was this fairly attractive room, that had some styling to feng shuei and a tad splash of new age.
I had cleaned up my room pretty good as I was starting school again, and I decided to show you guys what it looks like before it got messy again.
And yes, while that view may be physically lovely (which it is sometimes, I admit), the lack of communication and connection with the outside world makes it one of the most depressing and soul-crushing vistas at the same time. You can’t communicate or reach out to people here, and it isn’t a place for a “non-local” college student needing friends, a girlfriend and a place to sink roots to start his life. Just my two cents.
My name's Janeil.
Welcome to my part of the galaxy.
Moonlight game dev, creative writer, sharing my personal experiences.