just an FYI. Drawing this afternoon (just concept sketches) Will upload tonight.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Here we go again
Another school semester, another bummed out student. I've never been much for the schooling, but I guess it is good for me. I let my mind wander too much sometimes. I have such a powerful creative side, but very little discipline. The only way I can get through the school year now is the fear of not FINISHING school. This means, MORE school in the future. Please, god no. This semester I am going to keep everything organized and prioritized (no promises, mind you). I have attempted this way before, and it was quite...ugly. But we can always start anew. Most of my classes are film studies, so we write a few papers and watch a ton of movies. And this works just fine for me, except I loath writing papers. But I can do it. Do it well enough to get through the class anyway. My problem is the procrastination of it all. But, again, I will try to prioritize to make life easier for me. Then it is summer - my trip, training, and music gallore. I also am going to sketch up some ideas for my next animation (much more complex). This will be something worth putting in a portfolio. It will be a challenge to myself to see how good I really can be at this animation stuff. Is it really my (third) calling? I'll sketch some stuff up and post it for your input. (no promises)
Friday, January 18, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
A lot to update --
Updates updates updates...
Yeah, so here's the lot of them:
1. Got back from a relaxing vacation at home (I hope the lot of you had a wonderful holiday season as well). Not much got done while I was there, but it was a good hiatus as far as giving my brain a break went. The family is doing well and I was really excited to see Brad again and especially my dog Maggie ^_^. Spent the time bowling, shooting pool, and playin' ping pong, hehe. Now it's back to the grind - but on my terms.
2. The rock opera is coming along pretty well. I finished one song - now all I have to do is record a good session of it. I have the follow up song's guitar part done, but the lyrics need a go over. Tony and I have finally started playing together again, and it is nice to see some initiative in him. He wrote a beautiful part for 'Paper Cups' and I can't wait to record it. We also started playing with our friends Dan (bass) and Preston (drums). Right now they are just figuring out the basic paterns and notes, but once they get comfortable, I can see this music going in an amazing direction. It's a whole new sound to play with a full band. I still love the strait up acoustics, but sometimes having the backup is pretty rockin. We will see where this goes, and I hope it goes right. Oh, and I threw up some youtube videos of my solo workings so far. Plus the rock opera piece is on there. Just go to youtube.com and search risingside. They are crappy but, eh.
3. For those of you that know me (I mean REALLY know me, so not very many), you know that my brain works in a very sparatic way. I get an idea, and I have to work with it immediately - and then it's gone. Sometimes it comes back, but other times it's a one time thing. I take on projects and task, piling them on until it is impossible to accomplish any one of them. I am a dreams-first kind of person. I don't believe in setting them aside. If your going to live, you might as live to the fullest and do what you can with the time you have, while you have it. You have to go for what you dream about doing at the time it presents itself. Don't wait around, because it could be gone in an instant. Yes, you should always have a 'practical' backup plan - but it shoud be just that - a backup. It needs to be something that is much easier to accomplish and it has to be something you can stand to live with doing. But dreams should not be placed aside so you can work on practicality. What the hell for? So you can regret not going for what you really wanted for fear of failure? Failure is a part of life and it is meant to happen eventually in some respective way. But we can always get back on our feet. That is what the backup is for.
So why am I saying all this? Simple. Like I said before, I get an idea in my head and I go for it. My problem has always been timing. It never works out well for me - but I know that one of these times is the big one. And I won't set my intuitions aside because I think I may be kidding myself again. Because it might be the time. So here it is, my time. I can feel it in my blood. You're all going to laugh, I know, and that is totally fine. Because it is my dream. And what are dreams but silly ideas that may be the best thing that could happen to a person. So here is my dream: I want to be a professional MMA fighter. Ridiculous sounding eh? Sometimes I think so, but I've always thought I had a heart of a fighter inside of me. I've just never had the chance to prove myself, or the opening to really get down to it. I have been inspired mostly by my peer and former coach Kaitlin Young. She is my age and is now a professional fighter after a year of hard training. She has always been a hard trainer (much more than me) but her drive has inspired me to do what I never had the guts to do. So I'm going for it. Hehe, and with the American Gladiators back on the air, I can at least hope for the chance to jump on that band wagon next season. ^_^ I always wanted to compete on that show when I was a kid. And I think training for MMA is a step towards reaching that platform on the way. I want to prove myself. I don't care if I am the best (although it wouldn't hurt, hehe). I either need to kick some ass, or get my ass kicked. I'm not afraid of that. But something needs to happen. My loves in order = music, mma, and animation. Music will always be around for me, but the time is now or never for mma. So I will take the time to do both. This is my legacy, and no one will talk me out of it.
4. On the animation front, my project is online on my bands myspace page under videos. I think it's kinda crap, but I want to work on it more. (At least I got an A on the assignment) I can do so much more, but it was good practice with the time I had. The next project will be much more involved and beautiful. But it is going to take a while. I'll try to keep you posted.
So there we go - a mouth full. But I got it out. Now to do some actual work I get paid for. Toodleoo!
Yeah, so here's the lot of them:
1. Got back from a relaxing vacation at home (I hope the lot of you had a wonderful holiday season as well). Not much got done while I was there, but it was a good hiatus as far as giving my brain a break went. The family is doing well and I was really excited to see Brad again and especially my dog Maggie ^_^. Spent the time bowling, shooting pool, and playin' ping pong, hehe. Now it's back to the grind - but on my terms.
2. The rock opera is coming along pretty well. I finished one song - now all I have to do is record a good session of it. I have the follow up song's guitar part done, but the lyrics need a go over. Tony and I have finally started playing together again, and it is nice to see some initiative in him. He wrote a beautiful part for 'Paper Cups' and I can't wait to record it. We also started playing with our friends Dan (bass) and Preston (drums). Right now they are just figuring out the basic paterns and notes, but once they get comfortable, I can see this music going in an amazing direction. It's a whole new sound to play with a full band. I still love the strait up acoustics, but sometimes having the backup is pretty rockin. We will see where this goes, and I hope it goes right. Oh, and I threw up some youtube videos of my solo workings so far. Plus the rock opera piece is on there. Just go to youtube.com and search risingside. They are crappy but, eh.
3. For those of you that know me (I mean REALLY know me, so not very many), you know that my brain works in a very sparatic way. I get an idea, and I have to work with it immediately - and then it's gone. Sometimes it comes back, but other times it's a one time thing. I take on projects and task, piling them on until it is impossible to accomplish any one of them. I am a dreams-first kind of person. I don't believe in setting them aside. If your going to live, you might as live to the fullest and do what you can with the time you have, while you have it. You have to go for what you dream about doing at the time it presents itself. Don't wait around, because it could be gone in an instant. Yes, you should always have a 'practical' backup plan - but it shoud be just that - a backup. It needs to be something that is much easier to accomplish and it has to be something you can stand to live with doing. But dreams should not be placed aside so you can work on practicality. What the hell for? So you can regret not going for what you really wanted for fear of failure? Failure is a part of life and it is meant to happen eventually in some respective way. But we can always get back on our feet. That is what the backup is for.
So why am I saying all this? Simple. Like I said before, I get an idea in my head and I go for it. My problem has always been timing. It never works out well for me - but I know that one of these times is the big one. And I won't set my intuitions aside because I think I may be kidding myself again. Because it might be the time. So here it is, my time. I can feel it in my blood. You're all going to laugh, I know, and that is totally fine. Because it is my dream. And what are dreams but silly ideas that may be the best thing that could happen to a person. So here is my dream: I want to be a professional MMA fighter. Ridiculous sounding eh? Sometimes I think so, but I've always thought I had a heart of a fighter inside of me. I've just never had the chance to prove myself, or the opening to really get down to it. I have been inspired mostly by my peer and former coach Kaitlin Young. She is my age and is now a professional fighter after a year of hard training. She has always been a hard trainer (much more than me) but her drive has inspired me to do what I never had the guts to do. So I'm going for it. Hehe, and with the American Gladiators back on the air, I can at least hope for the chance to jump on that band wagon next season. ^_^ I always wanted to compete on that show when I was a kid. And I think training for MMA is a step towards reaching that platform on the way. I want to prove myself. I don't care if I am the best (although it wouldn't hurt, hehe). I either need to kick some ass, or get my ass kicked. I'm not afraid of that. But something needs to happen. My loves in order = music, mma, and animation. Music will always be around for me, but the time is now or never for mma. So I will take the time to do both. This is my legacy, and no one will talk me out of it.
4. On the animation front, my project is online on my bands myspace page under videos. I think it's kinda crap, but I want to work on it more. (At least I got an A on the assignment) I can do so much more, but it was good practice with the time I had. The next project will be much more involved and beautiful. But it is going to take a while. I'll try to keep you posted.
So there we go - a mouth full. But I got it out. Now to do some actual work I get paid for. Toodleoo!
Monday, December 17, 2007
Going on #4
Sooo...yeah - #4. Take THAT.
Good news, I am completely done with the Fall semester of my senior year in college. Now I have 2 weeks of vacation before back to work, followed by another 2 weeks before next semester. There is no doubt in my mind that I will be a super-senior, however. So I won't be going anywhere or doing anything extravegant for awhile.
My animation is finished, and looks quite nice I think. There are always room for improvement, but I'm happy I got the whole concept out and finished on time. I will have a video of it up hopefully tonight when I go in to the lab to present it. I might as well upload it while I'm there. My next goal is to do more detailed animation using photoshop (more traditional stuff). I want to see if I can create something really fluid and beautiful...perhaps to another song off of my brothers cd - or even one off of my own cd. I love doing music videos, because they are like little short films. And I get to skip the tedious task of lip movements for voices...that, and recording voices myself. I would like to give voice acting a try sometime...but right now I'll stick to singing. We don't want to challenge me to much do we?
ASL was finished approximately 1 hour ago as well. My partner is awsome, because she has the same mentallity as me when it came to it. We did a good job I think, but we tried to keep it light and have fun with it. So I'm happy its all over. Now I just have next semester to keep on truckin'.
Rock Opera time begins tomorrow morning. I'm going to really dig into some lyrics and some basic chord progression so H and I have a base to work with durring our session. I hope it works out well, and we have a lot of fun with it...but I want it to be incredibly awsome at the same time. So I get psyched for this vacation time that I have to work on it as well.
Anyhoo - I'm bored now, so I'm gonna jump outa here. Catch ya'll later (whoever ya'll are...if anyone, hehe)
Good news, I am completely done with the Fall semester of my senior year in college. Now I have 2 weeks of vacation before back to work, followed by another 2 weeks before next semester. There is no doubt in my mind that I will be a super-senior, however. So I won't be going anywhere or doing anything extravegant for awhile.
My animation is finished, and looks quite nice I think. There are always room for improvement, but I'm happy I got the whole concept out and finished on time. I will have a video of it up hopefully tonight when I go in to the lab to present it. I might as well upload it while I'm there. My next goal is to do more detailed animation using photoshop (more traditional stuff). I want to see if I can create something really fluid and beautiful...perhaps to another song off of my brothers cd - or even one off of my own cd. I love doing music videos, because they are like little short films. And I get to skip the tedious task of lip movements for voices...that, and recording voices myself. I would like to give voice acting a try sometime...but right now I'll stick to singing. We don't want to challenge me to much do we?
ASL was finished approximately 1 hour ago as well. My partner is awsome, because she has the same mentallity as me when it came to it. We did a good job I think, but we tried to keep it light and have fun with it. So I'm happy its all over. Now I just have next semester to keep on truckin'.
Rock Opera time begins tomorrow morning. I'm going to really dig into some lyrics and some basic chord progression so H and I have a base to work with durring our session. I hope it works out well, and we have a lot of fun with it...but I want it to be incredibly awsome at the same time. So I get psyched for this vacation time that I have to work on it as well.
Anyhoo - I'm bored now, so I'm gonna jump outa here. Catch ya'll later (whoever ya'll are...if anyone, hehe)
Friday, December 14, 2007
TskTsk..
This is the third time I've updated since Manticore pointed the fact out that I don't update enough either...but where is his follow up to the cookie recipe AND a response to my comment? Hm??
So a few things on the front lines right now...I am finishing up my final animation project entitled "Robots from the Moon" (credits to my brother Carl for the inspiration and awesome music). So when it is finished, you should expect to see some sort of link to it...whether Youtube or Myspace...I have to decide which is better.
Also, I have decided to devote my vacation time to working on an Acoustic Rock Opera...So far the lyrics I have spewed from the depths are ridiculously -- appropriate. We're talking story lines and plots and mayhem, with a touch of campy-ness. But I'm looking forward to coming up with the music part too. I already recruited my friend "H" from work to help out with ideas and vocal backup. Should be freakin sweet, cuz she has an amazing voice (too ^_^). So look forward to that. Tony isn't a part of it yet, because I just want to toy with the idea and make sure it pans out before he has to devote any time to it.
Finally, over the past few weeks I have commenced training for the National Collegiate Championship tournament for tae kwon do at Sanford University this April. I think I'm off to a great start, but now is the chance for me to prove myself because the club is concluded for the semester, and I will have to train on my own while I am back home in PW. At least I have access to a heavy bag and some weights in our basement. Mix with rockin' music, and I should have a routine down to keep my occupied. Now I just have to lay off too many Christmas cookie temptations, and oh-so-wonderful mashed potatoes that I KNOW will be aplenty. But the lucky thing about being home for this is I also have the opportunity to eat really healthy. Food shall be available to me in quantities I require to fuel my needs. I will succeed in my endeavor. Nothing can stop me now, I am a machine built to conquer!
Do you hear that? The sweet sound of "Eye of the Tiger" is aloft in the air...
So a few things on the front lines right now...I am finishing up my final animation project entitled "Robots from the Moon" (credits to my brother Carl for the inspiration and awesome music). So when it is finished, you should expect to see some sort of link to it...whether Youtube or Myspace...I have to decide which is better.
Also, I have decided to devote my vacation time to working on an Acoustic Rock Opera...So far the lyrics I have spewed from the depths are ridiculously -- appropriate. We're talking story lines and plots and mayhem, with a touch of campy-ness. But I'm looking forward to coming up with the music part too. I already recruited my friend "H" from work to help out with ideas and vocal backup. Should be freakin sweet, cuz she has an amazing voice (too ^_^). So look forward to that. Tony isn't a part of it yet, because I just want to toy with the idea and make sure it pans out before he has to devote any time to it.
Finally, over the past few weeks I have commenced training for the National Collegiate Championship tournament for tae kwon do at Sanford University this April. I think I'm off to a great start, but now is the chance for me to prove myself because the club is concluded for the semester, and I will have to train on my own while I am back home in PW. At least I have access to a heavy bag and some weights in our basement. Mix with rockin' music, and I should have a routine down to keep my occupied. Now I just have to lay off too many Christmas cookie temptations, and oh-so-wonderful mashed potatoes that I KNOW will be aplenty. But the lucky thing about being home for this is I also have the opportunity to eat really healthy. Food shall be available to me in quantities I require to fuel my needs. I will succeed in my endeavor. Nothing can stop me now, I am a machine built to conquer!
Do you hear that? The sweet sound of "Eye of the Tiger" is aloft in the air...
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