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*Sigh*

*sigh x2* ]]> ~AndrewX http://AndrewX.deviantart.com/journal/18847119/ http://AndrewX.deviantart.com/journal/18847119/ Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:06:13 PDT
So, I've recently found a new job. Not in my educational background, since Edmonton sucks for 3D jobs, but nonetheless a job, it pays about 17$/hr for the first few weeks and then I get a boost in pay. I will be banking 8000$ as well as getting another 8000$ from my family for the trip. So as of, hopefully, January 1st, 2009 I will be moving to Japan I'm really looking forward to it.

The only thing I'll miss about Edmonton, is the sight of it in my window seat view, I've grown tired of this town and it's restrictions on new media art and catering too much to old styles of art.

]]> ~AndrewX http://AndrewX.deviantart.com/journal/18416299/ http://AndrewX.deviantart.com/journal/18416299/ Tue, 20 May 2008 14:11:33 PDT
For the past few weeks I've been motivating myself to make a new portfolio/demo reel, and I'm blocked. Every time I sit down and stare at Maya I can't even think of a thing to do. I have the standard walk cycle rendering out now, and a 360 spin of my guitar, but that only fills up about 8 seconds and it should roughly be about 2 minutes.

I've figured out a character model to do, which is Midna from Twilight Princess. Not the form she's in at the end of the game, but the one she takes on during the majority of the game. I'm not sure whether I want to rig and animate her or just leave her as a hi-resolution character model. I probably should have decided that at the start. Oh well.

I'm about 1/3rd done the body, I found some really great reference on ISOHunt where I could actually download the character models from the game and they were all set in the T-Pose. So you can't really get any better reference than that. I'll try and post something if I feel that it's even worth posting. I'll be re texturing her as well.

Anyways, I'm leaving my townhouse in a few weeks to move into a house a few blocks away with my brother, should be fun, I get alot more space than I do in the place I live now. It was a nice 2 years spent here, but I'll be glad to rid myself of some of the memories in this house.

On that note, I'm out.

]]> ~AndrewX http://AndrewX.deviantart.com/journal/18094774/ http://AndrewX.deviantart.com/journal/18094774/ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:32:40 PDT
I'm not trying to go all fancy and make a graphic intense site. I like clean designs with as little graphics as possible. I think I've achieved that, considering there's nothing more than my logo and my name in the banner. I might make a light, greyed out background for the contend region, but I doubt I will.

Anyways, it can be seen here [link] enjoy

]]> ~AndrewX http://AndrewX.deviantart.com/journal/17942284/ http://AndrewX.deviantart.com/journal/17942284/ Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:47:50 PDT
Next I'm going to attempt a low poly character, not sure what kind, and do high resolution texturing in ZBrush3. Let's see how that goes. For now I just need to finish the guitar. Going to start back up on it on monday and hopefully have it finished by the end of the day.

]]> ~AndrewX http://AndrewX.deviantart.com/journal/16770027/ http://AndrewX.deviantart.com/journal/16770027/ Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:17:31 PST Last I saw it with my grandmother who has since passed away, so I'm going to see it myself. It starts in 5 hours, can't wait hopefully it was as good if not better than the last time I saw it!

]]> ~AndrewX http://AndrewX.deviantart.com/journal/16515137/ http://AndrewX.deviantart.com/journal/16515137/ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:57:35 PST so just going to try working on my portfolio for a while and do some freelance hopefully. Gearing up for a possible huge move this coming summer to Japan. *crosses fingers* I've planned most of it out, the hardest part is just mustering the funds, but I have a few ideas about that. Anyways here's to hoping!

]]> ~AndrewX http://AndrewX.deviantart.com/journal/12294288/ http://AndrewX.deviantart.com/journal/12294288/ Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:05:11 PDT but I'm happy to have stable work and a great income. Hopefully it works out here, they seem happy so far with the work I'm putting out. If I'm allowed I'll be posting my work for my clients here.

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I like Staples though, it's a slower more relax work place then the money hungering Future Shop store. Seriously commission sales people there, well at least in the computer department, are sharks. I had to meet an unreachable daily quota of about $2800 a day in sales. With 3-4 commission sales people snagging all my sales left right and center this made the task that much more impossible. My best day I believe was $2100. Not to mention on boxing day I worked 15 hours and I got the only till with no scanner, they made me cashier for that day. So I had to punch in EVERY UPC manually. No one wanted to piss me off after about 7 hours I was on the verge of strangling ignorant customers.

Here's a tip for you if you ever go into a retail store. If you see only 1 person working in one department. DON'T BE A BITCH AND GET PISSED OFF AT THE WORKER! I try to help everyone as fast as I can and I prioritize my customers based on what they want and how hastely I can get what they want. You walk in and want a computer and another person walks in and wants ink, I'm helping the fucker with the damn ink first cuz a computer sale takes more then 3 minutes and you can wait. Most people are understanding, but I had some retard walk in today wanting to by an $80 dollar pen that we keep in a glass case and I didn't have the keys, because I don't work in that section. I told him I'd get help for him as quick as I could, another gentlemen asked for ink toner as I was going to the front desk to page, told him I'd do my page and help him. Did it started looking for his toner, couldn't find it, lady asked my for a 5 port DLINK hub to which I replied "Sorry miss I have 2 other people, and I'm the only one on the floor for computers right now, but I can tell you exactly what the package looks like and where to find it" She seemed satisfied and sure enough she found it. Asshole who wanted his stupid pen was walking out and I told him that the manager should be there shortly, manager was receiving new stock and didn't get out in time. So pen man left the store and gave me the dirtiest look. He's lucky I never found out what he drives.

Moral of the story, not every salesperson is neglegent of customers, infact the only ones that are I find are the ones on commission since they only talk to you if it's in their wallet's best interest. I get paid to help people out wether you want photo paper or $5000 dollars of computer equipment. Do salespeople around the world a favour and grab some patience, nothing makes you feel like you're not doing your job right then someone who is impatient and makes you feel bad because they think you didn't try hard enough to help them.


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I'm drafting up some ideas to post more stuff here D= ]]> ~AndrewX http://AndrewX.deviantart.com/journal/3861418/ http://AndrewX.deviantart.com/journal/3861418/ Wed, 17 Nov 2004 22:57:30 PST .< so now this friday my computer desk will not only be equipped with a coffee maker and grinder but a mini fridge as well, and apparently I'm going to get an espresso machine for christmas, I'm never going to see the light of day again XD ]]> ~AndrewX http://AndrewX.deviantart.com/journal/3822451/ http://AndrewX.deviantart.com/journal/3822451/ Sat, 13 Nov 2004 01:50:57 PST ]]> ~AndrewX