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This is how I progressed during a semester course at my college.
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9th Project:

Deadliest Moth

Hey, haven't posted on here in a while, so here's a moth crossed with a Swiss Army Knife that I drew. Hope you like it.
This was rendered in graphite on illustration board and was a project for my animation/illustration class.

Bravo 343 Industries...Bravo.

On November 6th, 2012, I logged onto my profile and started Halo 4's campaign on Legendary. It was time for the Master Chief to wake from his long slumber.
On November 12th, 2012:
Eleven Hours of Campaign Time
2265 Kills (1106 of which were Headshots) with 194 Deaths (an 11.7 K/D ratio)
I have completed Halo 4's campaign on Legendary.

I would like to take a small breather from my Specimen Project rendering to say thank you to 343 Industries for making Halo 4.
I'm sure many of us had the same uneasy feeling when the new "Halo" trilogy was announce. We weren't entirely sure whether or not to trust 343 with our beloved "Halo". I was sure like that. When the game was first announced I was doubtful about this game, I wasn't sure what was going to happen story-wise nor was I sure if 343 Industries would be able to match up with Bungie's story telling. Like many people, I knew that there was a possibility for another Halo game to come after Halo 3 because of the Legendary ending, though at the same time I felt kind of comfortable thinking that this was the end. Though the idea that there was going to be a whole new trilogy? To me it just sounded like Microsoft wanted to milk the Halo cow dry.
However, as time went on and I learned more about who was on the team for Halo 4, my confidence with 343 began to grow with every behind the scenes video that was released, though I was still skeptic. I still wasn't sure if 343 could come even close to the story telling that Bungie had.
Today, all my doubts with 343 Industries have been dispelled.
343 Industries, I congratulate you for creating such an amazing, beautiful, and immersible game that towards the end made me tear up a little. Thank you so much for allowing me to continue Chief's journey and for giving me a game that I felt completely satisfied with. I can not wait for your next installment in the Reclaimer Trilogy!
Until then (if I ever get Xbox Live Gold), I will be continuing the fight in SpartanOps and Wargames.
Once again, Thank You 343 Industries!

Campus Movie Fest

So CampusMovieFest has finally made the short films submitted public. So if you want to see the short that I made "Dinner for Dummies", then here is the YouTube link:

If for whatever reason that link is not working, then you'l have to resort to watching it on CMF's personal YouTube channel or on their website. Here is the link to the short on their website (which can also take you to the YouTube link if you despise the layout there):
http://www.campusmoviefest.com/movies/16089-dinner-for-dummies

Anyways, I hope you enjoy the short that I made! It was a lot of fun and a lot of hard work but pretty worth it I would say. Will definitely do it again next time round! As well as participate in the 24 Hour Animation Contest (here's my friends' entry its pretty awesome!).

So I'm really tired right now but still got a lot of work ahead of me. Time to keep pressing on! :D

Weekly Update #4

Quick Weekly Update Notes Stuff:

• Brace Yourself, Busy Weeks Are Coming.
• Learning More About Drawing (I think I'm seeing a little bit of improvement in my figures...but I'm not satisfied. IT NEEDS TO BE BETTER!).
• I need to continue practicing drawing!
•  Lighting is really confusing.
• Still worrying about applying for the BFA program....scary stuff!
• Hanging with Friends outside your Major gets really difficult because of scheduling issues.
• Listening to Music is Awesome! Especially original Film and Game soundtracks. Currently listening to the Dead Island Trailer song...so many feels :'(  (Attempting to "Glove" (light shows) is really relaxing too)

This update is a little earlier than the last one since tomorrow I'm going to be working on several assignments from my Light and Optics class and won't get a chance to write anything. Actually, I'm about to work on an essay for my History class (grrrr...) that's due tomorrow, which is kind of a nuisance because I fell a little behind on my G.E. course work because I've been working on the courses that are directed towards my major. Why? Well, because I need to be really focusing on those classes so that I am learning the necessary skills needed to go further in the program. I could rant on and on about G.E. courses, but for one thing I feel I need a little more concrete evidence to support my points and two, I just want to keep this post short.
Anyways, another busy week has come and gone and started again. Hopefully this is only because we're in the middle of the semester...

See You Next Time!

Weekly Update #3

Okay, so a little different than the last two updates. Well for the most part at least. This week I'm a little less busy and yet I'm still going to be busy. I spent the entire weekend inside the Art Building on campus, that was an interesting experience. Not too many people around so early in the semester so was alone in the entire building (thank god I didn't play "Slender"). Anyways, most of the time that I was in the Art building was taken up with rendering in graphite. I'm starting to learn why people hate rendering in graphite...

Oh by the way, the video that I mentioned in last week's post currently belongs to CampusMovieFest, so they get the say as to whether or not I am allowed to upload the video anywhere public (i.e. Facebook and YouTube). They mentioned that once they have decided on the winners, they will make all the videos public and that should be in about a week and a half (I hope!). So I guess I'll link the video here once I am allowed to do that. Sorry, would like to link it now, but rules are rules. So sit tight! Maybe I'll upload some drawings to keep it interesting?

Till next week!

Weekly Update #2

Last week I finally got enough time to participate in Campus Movie Fest and was somehow able to shoot and edit a short in a very short amount of time. I don't think its the best thing that I've done, but needless to say I'm proud of it...even though I lost a lot of sleep and had to work really hard to make sure I was caught up with all my classes. This week is pretty much the same situation (least in the sense that I'm losing a day because of pre-planned appointments) so gotta make sure I'm finished with everything that's due before then. Kind of looking forward to next week because of this actually, since that's when I stop having to lose a day to do some other pre-planned thing in my schedule.
Needless to say, last week was rather rewarding, especially on the weekend. I was working on my drawings in Perspective, and I think I'm getting the hang of it. However, on Saturday my computer decided it would be nice to install some new updates and not save a very important document that I had been typing up, let alone auto saving it. I'm still a little bit befuddled about the whole incident because I could have sworn that I had saved it several times before it did that. Anyways, had to retype it from the very beginning, which needless to say, took a REALLY long time to finish.
I think I'm getting a little bit better at my figure drawings, thought its definitely something that I have to keep practicing, because right now its very "hit and miss" with my figures. Though I'm gonna do my best to get these drawings down ASAP!
Well, back to work, next time then.