Hello all. I have been absent from my blog for some time now so, I am going to get things updated because I have been busy. Here is some work that I recently complete in Maya, the 3D animation program. Enjoy. I did not create the fox.

The end of the term is now here and I am a happy customer. Not because the term is ending, but because I am going to be able to rest and recuperate. There is a lot of hard work that goes into being a student in courses that run fast and furious, (ten weeks only). You either keep up or fall behind, and once you are behind...good luck catching up; especially if you work also.

I have met some interesting new people, made some new friends, (I think), and have learned some new skills. The gradient mesh tool is my newest discovery. I still need to learn some more techniques, but this is a start. Here's a look. Tell me what you think.

I love creativity.



Image: Created by mE. via AI (Adobe Illustrator)

Looking Forward

Looking forward to the things that I am about to accomplish, I hope and expect the best...it does not always happen that way. The incredible teaching and help that is given by my instructors is phenomenal. I usually do not give credit to teachers, but this is a great experience from my school. Everything is not easy, but the professors make it better.

I have to take a 3D class soon, and I'm a bit apprehensive because this will be the first time that I haven't read the book ahead of time. I usually try to play around with a program that I will be using ahead of time also. This gives me an advantage when it comes to class. By testing the limits of what I know and listening to what the teacher knows, then combining those two together, I get a pretty good understanding. I'm definitely looking forward to the new term.

By Simply Asking Questions

(Thinking of You was done using Adobe Photoshop. All others were done using Adobe Illustrator.)



As a video and animation student, I do a lot of work in illustrator. Not all of it is great, but I am learning more and more each day. Part of my creative goal is to do better illustrations and eventually great animation sequences. I have not made it into the core classes that teach 3D animation as of now, however, I felt that I could share a few of the things that I have learned by simply asking questions and practicing. I also do some graphic design, video editing, and web design. Here are a few of my designs that I've learned to produce with practice and creativity. Enjoy.

These are beginning attempts in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. In the fruit bowl, you can notice lighting in the incorrect place. This will be corrected. Any comments or illustration submissions are welcome. (Please contact for submission)

Just In Case

Just in case you don't remember this group, OK Go was one of the wow factor video sensations. Their newest video swept over the web not to long ago, but they weren't the first to make an amazing video. There are many others, but here are a few of my favorite picks that I personally think are pretty good. Check them out and see what you think.

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Jamiroquai "Virtual Insanity"




Fred Astaire dancing on the ceiling. It's a bit long, but still amazing!


Old Spice commercial: Done in one take.

I Just Want To Scream

Kim Hiott
Tiger Woods

Enough with the Tiger Woods issues! I normally do not care about the paparazzi feeding frenzy but, there is only so much one wants to hear. In the Chicago area, one radio host talked about Tiger Woods' face being rubbed in muck of not winning the Green Jacket, and the fact that Mickelson's cancer stricken wife made the journey to the final hole that Mickelson birdied giving him the win. The fact of the matter is that the radio host stated that 'even if Tiger would have won, Elin, Tiger's wife, would not have been there anyway.'

Now we all know that Tiger cheated so many times that we've all lost count. It is a bit puzzling to think about Sandra Bullock's husband Jesse James, being in the same boat, and how he gets less coverage than the hand over that guys mouth in the photo above. Perhaps Jesse James is not the celebrity he used to be, huh? I don't really think that is the case here at all. It's all a choice of paparazzi coverage. I just want to scream like this guy.

Honestly, who cares anymore? Cheating has become so common-place today that most would not know honesty, sincerity, or loyalty if it bit us. No body's perfect right?

Creatively, this is one more tirade that will go unnoticed amongst the many stories that drown within the Internet savvy world of poetic symphony and double standard. I search for the creative outlook in everything that I come in contact with [information wise], whether it is Tiger Woods, Fred Astaire, or the Food Network. Creativity is the emphatic search for the idea that will spark to ignite passion, fever, or longing for that certain thing that you can express in your own way. I love creativity.



Image(s) from: extremecentre.org via yahoo images; wp.me via yahoo images; allvoices.com via yahoo images. All searches were under: Elin Nordegren-safe search off.

Climb Those Rungs

The Africans built structures in perfect alignment with the stars and perfect measurements, the Greek's were divers before diving began, while the Mayans read the stars as if they were in them when they were placed; but, I would bet anything, that somewhere in those time spans, someone told the divers and the builders and the astrologers that they should just quit trying and find something better to do with their time. I'm glad they set a good example of not listening for me to follow.

Within the cross-hairs of my mind I see the goal of once again, reaching the President's List while in school. This is reserved for a select few that have reached for the straight A ladder and pulled themselves onto it. In the beginning that was a goal of mine, however, circumstances...to be on the President's List; now I have the ambition once again to reach above and beyond the normal limits of the mere student.

The reason that I am talking about the climbing of the ladder of the President's List is because I have found my creative "mojo" again, and I'm feeling good about the possibilities of the future. Never let it be said that you did not try and you failed, for if you did not try, the only true result would have been failure. Even if I do not believe honestly that I can prevail in any given situation that I come against, I will at least attempt to conquer the unbeatable foe. Watch me climb.

I have been inspired through colleagues at school and family members to reach up toward that ladder and pull myself onto it again. It is a lot of hard work to be able to do this and maintain it. Sometimes it feels as if no one truly understands the goal unless they have been there before, (my opinion). I never understood it myself until I reached it. It's a great feeling to climb those rungs.

Image from; mE. via Adobe Illustrator