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I am a total bad ass.

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Finally got hired for the love. Working at Walgreens and it's really really easy. Astonishing then that everyone is so damn lazy. It gets busy sometimes, but unlike Gamestop that had a horrendously over complicated register system and asinine procedures, it's well, easy.

But of course despite the bosses promises that I'd only be working on weekends I'm being demanded to work on mondays at night right during school. Jerk. I doubt I'll be able to convince him to change it so my only choices are likely going to be to just quit or switch to part time school during days. Oi.


Project management is almost over. I have drawn many generic characters, so generic I am too ashamed of them to post them. Your not missing much believe me. To be frank the whole thing was absolutely stupid, basically think of some stupid Saturday morning anime mixed with Power rangers and your typical super hero show. I mean, you tell me.

I'm going to try my damnedest to get something drawn for Christmas. Even if it's not finished I'll have something to post. That, for once, I do promise. Get your pins and needles

]]> ~Absense-of-mind http://Absense-of-mind.deviantart.com/journal/21351636/ http://Absense-of-mind.deviantart.com/journal/21351636/ Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:24:53 PST
I've had some sort of lethargy towards this place lately, guess its due to the lack of motivation I've had thanks to college being high school for three months. But, the worst of that is about over. I passed math and English and I believe I'll get back into the creative stuff after this semester.

Hell, I'm in game project management right now actually and I'll have to provide art for the group, so I'll have some stuff to present then... Though I'm not too enthused about ti actually. I'll explain later.

So yes, for the whole... two of you (one?) that were on pins and needles about my existence (again?) I'm still snooping around = P

]]> ~Absense-of-mind http://Absense-of-mind.deviantart.com/journal/20283624/ http://Absense-of-mind.deviantart.com/journal/20283624/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:09:19 PDT
YES-UH!

But who cares because I've just gotten over a major hurdle: transportation. With the inheritance we recently received we were able to purchase and... well, upgrade many things: most notably for me the status of my owner ship of a vehicle or lack of therof.

I now have a 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix to tote my 115 lbs. ass around the valley. Very nice to actually have a car with good handling after driving my mother's Dodge Intrepid for so long, that thing is a whale of a car.

So now I can finally get to school easier as well as get to looking for a job at long last. If just so I can get into a situation like this: [link] (Because that simply WILL happen someday... watch.)

I planned to do alot of drawing this week... well, eh. I got some done at the beginning of the week, and I have some stuff i could turn into something great, but I kept losing interest in things and started something else, go go inconsistency.

Now I've got to try and get back to sleep so I'm not a mindless drone for developmental math... downgrades = (

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But of course, since I am not art, but a person I will still whine about my life. Cucucichu!

Basically, I got dropped from from college, because I failed math twice and Collins refused to give me the help I was promised, so its not my fault. Now that I've threatened to sue and all that I'm back after a month break and receiving said help so this damn deal with arithmetic should finally be dealt with.

So yeah, how about them knicks?

]]> ~Absense-of-mind http://Absense-of-mind.deviantart.com/journal/18201459/ http://Absense-of-mind.deviantart.com/journal/18201459/ Tue, 06 May 2008 18:16:22 PDT
I have been enjoying this 3D class alot though. So much so I'm tempting the idea of making it my focus. It kind of reminds me of the fun I had sculpting back in high school, it's just on a computer instead.

I still miss ceramics though, so much fun that was...

Well, guess I'll go finally answer all those messages I've let pile up.

And in case you never noticed... [link]

]]> ~Absense-of-mind http://Absense-of-mind.deviantart.com/journal/17752659/ http://Absense-of-mind.deviantart.com/journal/17752659/ Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:00:50 PDT
Not much has happened anyhow, besides my finals being a success. Otherwise spring break consisted of cleaning the house and WoW. Go figure I didn't draw like I had hoped, considering how boring my new classes are I'll likely be doing that than paying attention anyhow.

On a random note: skeletal drawings are annoying.

Beyond that nothing worth mentioning... I mean my birthday is this thursday, big whoop

...God, if there wasn't enough yoai, and cookie cutter designs being peddled on the front page as is [link]

]]> ~Absense-of-mind http://Absense-of-mind.deviantart.com/journal/17213179/ http://Absense-of-mind.deviantart.com/journal/17213179/ Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:50:58 PST
Speaking of class college took a turn for the best recently. Level design surprisingly turned out to be fun, mainly just for the fact that I finally got my hands on a 3D modeling program which I've wanted to play with for a long time. If only the damn thing would stop crashing every five minutes... regardless Torque serves my needs just fine. We're currently building a small environment with buildings and such, it's nothing overly exciting but I'll see if I can't take some screen shots once finished. I hope I get a crack at a character modeling class soon, that'd be grand.


Even further awesomeness I'm actually drawing for school (nowai) in life drawing... which at first I was none too enthused about since that usually means drawing someone nude (though God knows I need the anatomy practice) since I'm stupidly afraid of being in the same room with someone naked... but they have no models on campus so we're just drawing those little dummy mannequins everyone knows and loves.

Audio class is okay. I'm not overly musical but it's interesting regardless. If DA allowed audio to be uploaded I'd have a silly little classical piece to share, but meh.


Now for my random drawing related plight: I'm happy with what and how I'm drawing since I will only improve with time, I just wish I could get out of the habit of leaving something half finished before I start another. You know that drawing that was WIP? ([link]) I haven't touched that since D: any suggestions besides brainwashing and/or shock treatment?

Lastly Smash Bros. releases this Sunday... so if I wasn't gone enough well guess what: AFK LONG TIME.

... Why?

Because of this: [link]

]]> ~Absense-of-mind http://Absense-of-mind.deviantart.com/journal/16835644/ http://Absense-of-mind.deviantart.com/journal/16835644/ Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:03:30 PST
I was working on a school project drawing concepts for a level (yes I'm actually drawing for school now) and I happened to see a daily dev that caught my eye. Besides it being very well done it also happened to have the character in a pose that just seemed so perfect for one of my characters.

So, I replicated the pose, and I was happy with it. I was confidently saying that "If you can't copyright a style then how could you copyright a pose" and I still kind of feel that way, but now I'm second guessing.

So if you all would be so kind as to give me your thoughts. Out of respect of the artist of the original should I not upload this drawing? Or it is true that just a pose in itself should not be consider something that can be plagiarized?

]]> ~Absense-of-mind http://Absense-of-mind.deviantart.com/journal/16728554/ http://Absense-of-mind.deviantart.com/journal/16728554/ Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:25:43 PST
Nothing really different, Collins still can't do anything right and now I'm going to be forced to take classes both the afternoon and at night, so good thing I have an odd sleep schedule because it's only getting even more odd. Pretty much going to sleep at 8 in the morning, waking up at about most likely 12 or 1 pm, after class going to my friends apartment to maybe sleep again and get back to school at 6.

Thank god I never had a job to give up in the first place.

This week I lost my laptop completely but fortunately thanks to my friend it's as good as new... I was so distraught about ti in the first place because once again I'd lose my story which I was nearing enough chapters to post on here. Well we backed everything up on safe and I checked three times that I had everything, and lo and behold it took me an hour later to realize what I forgot: All my writing. That would make about the third time I'd have to start that thing over, it seems pretty obvious to me that the world doesn't want said story to exist and quite frankly I feel like giving up on it.

/wrists

Really when I stop and think about it I wasn't getting much of anywhere with it, perhaps I need to just try something new, quit getting so lost in thought about these intricate story lines and doing next to nothing. Hell perhaps I should just draw random things and forget having my own little world to build. Let art just be art and not something to accent writing or whatever.

I'm sorry about being so emo. Just kind of discouraged at the moment. I have to be flat out honest, I've seemed to forgot what was fun about drawing. I mean that the whole idea that I'm going to school to be an artist and the fact that this school has caused heaps of stress has made me fixate drawing as work instead of something I enjoy. Though I do lose alot of time here and there, there has been plenty of occasions I could have drew and I just simply didn't, so, I guess my objective now to rediscover what made it fun again.

Who knows. Once I find that key again though, it'll be sexy time.

]]> ~Absense-of-mind http://Absense-of-mind.deviantart.com/journal/16179000/ http://Absense-of-mind.deviantart.com/journal/16179000/ Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:13:23 PST
But meh, Hope everyone had a pleasant holiday and will be safe on new years tomorrow ... Oh wait, New years. Guess you know what that means.

RESOLUTIONS (lol)

1. Get rid of more of my videogames and continue to spend less time with them (actually doing decently on that believe it or not.)

2. Use bloody photoshop.

3. Stop swearing so much.

4. Disregard the above resolution.

And I suppose that'll do... I'll forget in 6 hours.

Also, some good news: I'm going to be getting involved with a game project which of course will be the character artist for. We're getting things started right now but I'll begin showing what I can when we're clear on what needs to be done.

In any case. Drink more apple cider.

]]> ~Absense-of-mind http://Absense-of-mind.deviantart.com/journal/15666877/ http://Absense-of-mind.deviantart.com/journal/15666877/ Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:10:59 PST ready to chew me out for mocking him you may want to reconsider.

...

Come on, put two and two together.

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