I have some news I suppose. I just finished some work on a 3D character on the mod Ruiner that I have been working on. Development seems to be moving well with that mod, I'm pretty happy with the talented team I'm with!
I also just ordered a couple of DVDs to help me with my struggle to teach myself digital painting. Check it out:
This one by Chet ZAR: http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/dvds/cza01.html It looks to be pretty promising in the way of painting some line-art purely in Photoshop, which is what I've been looking for. Most DVDs, especially at the Gnomon Workshop, seem to only do Photoshop and Corel Painter. I don't have Corel Painter, and I don't plan on getting the software, so I'd rather just stick to Photoshop for now.
And this one by Keith Thompson: http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/dvds/kth01.html I've seen a lot of Keith Thompson's art in books that I own and at his website. He's a very talented artist, and the way that he pencil sketches looks strongly similar to the way I do it (purely coincidence), so besides him just being a great artist (which he definitely is), the similar drawing style attracted me to the DVD he created.
I'm counting the seconds by until these two DVDs arrive, I've been waiting to learn how to paint for quite a while (especially digitally)... In fact I've wanted to since ideas started popping in my head... So basically the moment I split into two atoms is the first time in which I wanted to paint.
I have more updates to post, but it's late and I have to get up tomorrow! So goodnight!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Welcome to 2008.
Well, here I am! I didn't post over the holidays because... Well they were the holidays and I spent them with my family! I hope you all had a fine Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I did have a pretty nice Christmas. I got exactly what I asked for.... *Drum Roll*... A Razer Boomslang Collector's Edition 2007. The Razer Boomslang was the first Razer mouse, and it was the original - the first - gaming mouse to ever hit the street. Originally, it was a ball mouse, it came out with 1000 dpi at first, and it was the only mouse with that much dpi. They later came out with a mouse with 2000 dpi, still just a ball mouse. It was the first true gaming mouse I ever used, and it was my favorite mouse mold. It was big, heavy (compared to most mice today) and it fit my hand perfect (I have big hands). No other mouse has ever fit me like the original Boomslang did.
I was practically at tears when I heard Razer went out of business, some time after the Boomslang became the most popular mouse on the market. The mouse soon became out-dated, optical mice taking over with dpi matching and surpassing the Boomslang. But I stuck to my old ball mouse. With my Boomslang ball mouse, I played Quake 3, Tribes 2, and Counter-Strike Source and I was very accurate, all thanks to my Razer Boomslang.
You can imagine how excited I got when I heard Razer was coming back, and bringing with it a new optical mouse, the Diamondback.
I'm a hardcore Razer fan, and I love the Boomslang.
The Razer Boomslang Collector's Edition 2007 is limited to 10,000 units worldwide; my Boomslang is number 291 out of that 10,000. It fits just like the original, but with some big technical and visual differences. The mouse it self is made from the same mold as the original Boomslang, but instead it has a titanium finish, laser etched Razer logo on the top, with lights on the bottom of the mouse and on the middle mouse button. The ball component has been replaced with Razer's 3G optical laser, 1800 dpi. (I was surprised it didn't get the Lachesis' 4000 dpi, but I only play at 1600 dpi so I don't mind.)
The mouse is awesome. And it is great to play all my games with. I do still, however, play with my Tempest Blue Razer Copperhead; I'm trying not to wear out the mouse feet on the Boomslang CE because you can't buy anymore, they come with some spares in the packaging but after you use those, that's it. Mine are already scratching against my aluminum Razer eXactMat =/. I love both my Copperhead, and my old sexy friend the Boomslang CE.
Also for Christmas, my parents got me Unreal Tournament 3, another gift I asked for. I originally got it just for modding purposes, as I played the demo and disliked it just as much as I disliked UT2004. (I hated that game!) But surprisingly enough, I'm really enjoying UT3!!! I do look forward to putting in some of my own custom models and textures and see how good I can make my assets looks, but for now I'm just enjoying playing the game. There are also some mods I'm watching and waiting for, like Renegade 2007, a Command & Conquer Renegade remake/better version mod for UT3, as well as some other mods.
If you haven't guessed already, I'm a pretty big fan of the classics, and the overall classic style of Quake deathmatch games. I still enjoy the old deathmatch and CTF games more than I enjoy anything else I've come across. That's not to say I don't enjoy those games, they are fun and all, but I just love Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, CTF (especially CTF), not to mention one of my favorite Q3 mods, Freeze Tag! I do miss Assault mode in UT3 though, and that's what I missed in UT2004 (it wasn't the same as the first UT). The original Unreal Tournament was and still is my favorite of all time, I just loved assault; and my family and I always had awesome LAN parties playing UT (that was back when Broadband wasn't completely available).
So what are the games I'm playing right now? Well, I'm listing them here, the games I play most are listed at the top:
1. Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
2. Unreal Tournament 3
3. The Witcher
4. Gears of War for Windows (I just beat it, so consider this off the list.)
I wish I could post some pictures of my Boomslang, but unfortunately the LCD lamps on my Olympus Stylus camera are broken, and I have to get the money to send it in to repair it before I can really use it! I plan on posting some actual photos from my day to day life if I can ever get that camera fixed. I'd love to show off the gear I use.
Speaking of the gear I use, I'll list them here!
Razer Boomslang CE 2007 (# 291 out of 10,000)
Razer Copperhead
Razer Tarantula (keyboard)
Zalman 5.1 Surround Sound headphones
My gaming computer's Hardware (hand build PC):
Intel Core 2 Duo e6600
2 Gigs of OCZ RAM
Gigabyte MoBo
EVGA 8800 GTX
Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty
Western Digital 250 GB Hard-Drive (I'm not sure of the RPM)
650W Antec power supply.
Oh, and one last thing, I found out I will be attending QuakeCon for the 4th time this year (4th year in a row as well). I started going to QuakeCon in 2005, and I just love it. I hope to be going with a group of people I know online to BYOC, and I'll make sure and bring my Boomslang CE to show off :D.
I did have a pretty nice Christmas. I got exactly what I asked for.... *Drum Roll*... A Razer Boomslang Collector's Edition 2007. The Razer Boomslang was the first Razer mouse, and it was the original - the first - gaming mouse to ever hit the street. Originally, it was a ball mouse, it came out with 1000 dpi at first, and it was the only mouse with that much dpi. They later came out with a mouse with 2000 dpi, still just a ball mouse. It was the first true gaming mouse I ever used, and it was my favorite mouse mold. It was big, heavy (compared to most mice today) and it fit my hand perfect (I have big hands). No other mouse has ever fit me like the original Boomslang did.
I was practically at tears when I heard Razer went out of business, some time after the Boomslang became the most popular mouse on the market. The mouse soon became out-dated, optical mice taking over with dpi matching and surpassing the Boomslang. But I stuck to my old ball mouse. With my Boomslang ball mouse, I played Quake 3, Tribes 2, and Counter-Strike Source and I was very accurate, all thanks to my Razer Boomslang.
You can imagine how excited I got when I heard Razer was coming back, and bringing with it a new optical mouse, the Diamondback.
I'm a hardcore Razer fan, and I love the Boomslang.
The Razer Boomslang Collector's Edition 2007 is limited to 10,000 units worldwide; my Boomslang is number 291 out of that 10,000. It fits just like the original, but with some big technical and visual differences. The mouse it self is made from the same mold as the original Boomslang, but instead it has a titanium finish, laser etched Razer logo on the top, with lights on the bottom of the mouse and on the middle mouse button. The ball component has been replaced with Razer's 3G optical laser, 1800 dpi. (I was surprised it didn't get the Lachesis' 4000 dpi, but I only play at 1600 dpi so I don't mind.)
The mouse is awesome. And it is great to play all my games with. I do still, however, play with my Tempest Blue Razer Copperhead; I'm trying not to wear out the mouse feet on the Boomslang CE because you can't buy anymore, they come with some spares in the packaging but after you use those, that's it. Mine are already scratching against my aluminum Razer eXactMat =/. I love both my Copperhead, and my old sexy friend the Boomslang CE.
Also for Christmas, my parents got me Unreal Tournament 3, another gift I asked for. I originally got it just for modding purposes, as I played the demo and disliked it just as much as I disliked UT2004. (I hated that game!) But surprisingly enough, I'm really enjoying UT3!!! I do look forward to putting in some of my own custom models and textures and see how good I can make my assets looks, but for now I'm just enjoying playing the game. There are also some mods I'm watching and waiting for, like Renegade 2007, a Command & Conquer Renegade remake/better version mod for UT3, as well as some other mods.
If you haven't guessed already, I'm a pretty big fan of the classics, and the overall classic style of Quake deathmatch games. I still enjoy the old deathmatch and CTF games more than I enjoy anything else I've come across. That's not to say I don't enjoy those games, they are fun and all, but I just love Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, CTF (especially CTF), not to mention one of my favorite Q3 mods, Freeze Tag! I do miss Assault mode in UT3 though, and that's what I missed in UT2004 (it wasn't the same as the first UT). The original Unreal Tournament was and still is my favorite of all time, I just loved assault; and my family and I always had awesome LAN parties playing UT (that was back when Broadband wasn't completely available).
So what are the games I'm playing right now? Well, I'm listing them here, the games I play most are listed at the top:
1. Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
2. Unreal Tournament 3
3. The Witcher
4. Gears of War for Windows (I just beat it, so consider this off the list.)
I wish I could post some pictures of my Boomslang, but unfortunately the LCD lamps on my Olympus Stylus camera are broken, and I have to get the money to send it in to repair it before I can really use it! I plan on posting some actual photos from my day to day life if I can ever get that camera fixed. I'd love to show off the gear I use.
Speaking of the gear I use, I'll list them here!
Razer Boomslang CE 2007 (# 291 out of 10,000)
Razer Copperhead
Razer Tarantula (keyboard)
Zalman 5.1 Surround Sound headphones
My gaming computer's Hardware (hand build PC):
Intel Core 2 Duo e6600
2 Gigs of OCZ RAM
Gigabyte MoBo
EVGA 8800 GTX
Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty
Western Digital 250 GB Hard-Drive (I'm not sure of the RPM)
650W Antec power supply.
Oh, and one last thing, I found out I will be attending QuakeCon for the 4th time this year (4th year in a row as well). I started going to QuakeCon in 2005, and I just love it. I hope to be going with a group of people I know online to BYOC, and I'll make sure and bring my Boomslang CE to show off :D.
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